Every month, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) volunteers, who are primarily middle and high school students, gather at Brookdale Senior Living in Hillsborough, New Jersey (600 Auten Road; Community 908-431-1300), to put on a one hour long concert for a senior audience, bringing talent, charisma, and joy to the seniors.  […]

Reported by Andrew Zhou Smiling Stars Reading Program is a new project by AYLUS San Diego and kicked off on September 23, 2023. This program serves a dual purpose: to facilitate meaningful connections with local children with autism and improve their communication skills, while simultaneously improving their foundational reading comprehension skills. Our commitment is not […]

Written By Felix Zheng On November 16, the Syosset AYLUS organization visited the Long Island Native Plant Initiative to help out at the greenhouse. Since the weather was chilly, we worked indoors and focused on sifting seeds from plants. We were down to just two buckets of seeds left to sift. Sifting removes chaff and […]

On Tuesday November 12th, 2024 and Thursday  Novermber 14th, 2024, 6:00-7:00 PM, AYLUS Great Neck Branch hosted another two tutoring sessions at The Great Neck Station Library. On Tuesday November 12th,  there were many volunteers and students who came to the event today, but just enough for every student to work one on one with […]

On November 16th, 2024, the AYLUS Auburn Branch helped clean up after Food Truck Friday. Food Truck Friday is an award-winning event of the Opelika Chamber. It is hosted in downtown Opelika on various Friday nights throughout the year, and attracts food trucks, live music, vendors, and thousands of visitors who dine, drink, and enjoy […]

Reported by Karen Zhou Posted by Ellie Zhou On November 16, we gathered at the Cypress Meadow Clubhouse in Allen, TX, to create pet toys from old clothes for the cats and dogs at the local animal shelter. Since many of our volunteers were new to this activity, we started by teaching them the basic […]

The Birmingham Branch of AYLUS regularly volunteers at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens, assisting with the upkeep and maintenance of the gardens, as well as with regular seasonal events. On November 16, members of the Birmingham branch aided the Botanical Gardens in clearing out a large patch of weeds, grass, and small trees in the Little […]

On Nov.16th, our branch held a non-profit sale at the community sale event to raise money for our future activities. Our volunteers donated some items like hand-made crafts, artwork that they painted, and some DIY jewelry. One parent also provided her jewelry and promised that she would donate the profit to our funding. During this […]

Ten AYLUS Basking Ridge members participated in Saturdays in Motion at the GSCY YMCA on 11/2/24. The one volunteer that was new to SIM first participated in a brief new volunteer orientation, while the other two helped set up the gym rooms before the kids got here. Once the session started, each volunteer paired up […]

On 11/16, a windy but sunny Saturday morning, volunteers from the AYLUS program went down to Planting Fields Arboretum State Historical Park to help maintain the park. The volunteers were provided with gloves, along with numerous tools like scissors, shovels, shears, and garden rakes to remove invasive plants. The task at hand was to get […]

Reported by Colin Xie On November 10th, San Diego students of AYLUS organized the 236th online English for the Elderly activity. The goal of this activity is to help elderly men and women from China learn the basics of English so that they’re able to use them in their daily lives. Due to the current […]

Reported by Colin Xie On November 3rd, San Diego students of AYLUS organized the 235th online English for the Elderly activity. The goal of this activity is to help elderly men and women from China learn the basics of English so that they’re able to use them in their daily lives. Due to the current […]

On November 13th 10:30-11:30, Warrington AYLUS volunteered in the Kind-like Joey foundation for World kindness day, the foundation purchased thousands of beads for the purpose of creating shareable friendship bracelets with positive messages, words of affirmation, and as a random act of kindness. 1 hour: Emily Schaab, Alexis Kharkov, Keria Im     Reported by […]

On Saturday, November 16th, AYLUS held its weekly iPad Club at the Fellowship Village.We helped a lady lower the amount of storage being used in iCloud. We first taught her what iCloud was, and then we taught her how to delete photos and permanently delete them. Afterwards, she asked about newer phones, and we gave […]

In November, Basking Ridge Branch held Winter Clothing Drive. No one should go cold this winter, and the health effects of extreme cold are life threatening. The unprecedented crisis created by the COVID-19 Pandemic is still affecting the lives of millions of people. Families who were already struggling are now at severe risk, and many […]