Reported by Eric Xie  AYLUS San Diego Committee kicked off the Beast Academy online class in 2020 during the COVID-19 period. During 2024-2025, we continue cooperating with Libraries of Love to raise funds. The 30th Beast Academy online class in 2024-2025 was on January 27- February 2, 2025. Beast Academy is a mathematics program for […]

On February 2, 2025, youth volunteers from the AYLUS Rancho Cucamonga Branch came together at the ALFC Generosity Center in Rancho Cucamonga for another day of meaningful community service. With a shared commitment to making a difference, the volunteers arrived early in the morning, ready to dedicate their time and energy to supporting families in […]

In February, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) volunteers continued to help our local community at Community Food Bank of New Jersey (31 Evans Terminal Road #1, Hillside, NJ 07205), Mercer Street Friends Food Bank (824 Silvia Street, Ewing, NJ 08628), Princeton Community Kitchen for Low-Income Families, and Rise Food Pantry […]

In February, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) supported local libraries, such as the Summit Free Public Library, West Windsor Public Library, Montgomery Public Library, Plainsboro Public Library, Livingston Public Library, and more. BECOME A VOLUNTEER: HOW YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE Library Programs (teaching Chess, tutoring, etc.) Book sorting (categorize […]

On 2/2/2025, West Essex members volunteered in the Love Serving Autism tennis class offered to special needs children at West Orange Tennis Club. The program provides inclusive therapeutic racquet sports instruction for neurodivergent children to enhance communication, motor coordination, life skills, and behavior on and off the courts. In the class, the coaches and volunteers […]

On 2/1/25 West Essex members  AYLUS volunteered with the Special Olympic swimming team at JCC Metro West. West Essex members worked as unified partners and assisting coaches to help participants improve their swimming skills. Our members also worked with swimmers with special needs to help them understand the “swimming team” format and learn basic swimming […]

West Essex AYLUS is partnering with Livingston neighbors helping neighbors for a variety of volunteering and donation opportunities this year. PB&J Sandwiches Drive is going to be an on-going activity to support homeless people in Newark. 01/27/25: Ethan Tang (2 hours), Scott Yao (3 hours), Samuel Xue (3 hours) 01/28/25: Zoe Leung (2 hours), Jiahui […]

Aylus West Essex members, Aily Wei and Forest Yang, volunteer to raise Seeing Eye Puppies. They raised and trained their puppies with many commands such as walking, resting, lying down, sitting, and much more. These puppies will be the guiding dogs for blind people. 01/26 Forest Yang(2 hours), Aily Wei(2 hours) 01/27 Forest Yang(2.5 hours), […]

In these weeks, West Essex Aylus Environmental Committee organized an ink cartridge recycling event. Members collected and gathered leftover empty ink cartridges and dropped off East Handover Homedepot to recycle. Participants: Orion Lee (4 hours), Samuel Xue (5 hours), Jeffrey Yang (1 hour), Ethan Tang (1 hour), Jeremiah Au (5 hours), Gabriel Au (4 hours)

From 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM on Saturday, February 1, the Bellaire Branch of AYLUS volunteered at the Chinese Community Center 2025 Lunar New Year Festival (9800 Town Park Dr., Houston, TX 77036).   The Chinese Community Center is an organization that provides educational, cultural, and social services in Houston. Some of the core programs […]

Reported by: Yuqi Nie On Saturday morning, February 1, 2025, volunteers from the AYLUS Syosset Branch gathered at the Tilles Center for the Performing Arts in Brookville, NY, to assist with the setup and decorations for the Nassau County Lunar New Year Festival. As this was a county-wide celebration, the venue was bustling with excitement, […]

Reported by: Yuqi Nie On Saturday, February 1, 2025, volunteers from the AYLUS Syosset Branch participated in the Will Sing for Food Winter Concert at Queens Theatre in Corona, NY, an event hosted by Long Island Cares. Now in its 14th year, the concert raises funds to combat hunger on Long Island, featuring a high-energy […]

On February 1st, 2025, two members of the AYLUS San Clemente Branch, Tylon Zhou and Miah Zhou, spent their morning volunteering at Mercy’s Warehouse in Laguna Niguel, beginning their journey from 11 a.m. They were sent to the womens clothes sorting section and were given two tasks to complete during their time frame. One of their tasks […]

West Essex Aylus Volunteers attended Livingston Huaxia Chinese School on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025. Volunteer activity/location: Livingston Huaxia Chinese School (Mount Pleasant Elementary School, Livingston). Activities – Teacher Assistant, helped in the main office to figure out the volunteer tasks, helped with the morning traffic direction, and helped around the information desk. Teaching Violin in […]

West Essex AYLUS Members collected multiple products such as paper towels and food items to the Millburn-Short Hills Neighbors Helping Neighbors Food Pantry. These collections provide multiple essentials to those who are in need of them.  Members:  1 hour: Kailey Kwan, Orion Lee, Zoe Leung, Kenneth Wu, Forest Yang, Gabriel Au, Jeremiah Au

The Starry Art Choir participates in the Lunar New Year event at Verizon’s headquarters in the United States every year, performing Chinese songs for employees across the United States to better spread Chinese culture and also express the thanks for their hard work.   Members and duration: 2 hour – Rena Wang , Gabriel Au,  […]

Reported by Karen Zhou Posted by Karen Zhou On February 2nd, 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. We started by cutting t-shirts into strips and making the pet toys.  We are quite productive this […]

Reported by Jerry Yang Lake Washington Branch The third online 3D modeling camp, hosted on 2/2/2025, was taught by Jerry Yang with assistance from Eric Huang. From 11:00am to 12:30pm, students were taught new tools like accessing Wireframe view and reviewed old class materials such as orthographic views and adding objects. They warmed up by […]

AYLUS Basking Ridge Branch organized the 2nd Concert in Residence at Basking Ridge(219 MT Airy RD, Basking Ridge) on 2/2/2025. AYLUS Basking Ridge sent out a performance signup form a month ahead to AYLUS members in the local area. Around 12 performances performed an one-hour long concert. Based on each concert theme, our member gave […]

Bridgewater Huaxia Chinese School held its annual Chinese New Year Celebrations at Bridgewater Raritan High School, address 600 Garretson Rd, Bridgewater, NJ, on 2/2/25. About 500 people attended the celebration. During the celebraiton, AYLUS Basking Ridge members performed several dances, violin Piece and  Guzheng piece. All their perfromance received warm applause from the audience. Claire Zhang, […]

Bernards PEC Program is a program for students to help other students with special needs. For these monthes, their theme is yoga. The program this time was held at WAMS (Address: 70 Quincy Rd, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920) and the program was split into two parts: yoga and arts & crafts.Our members had helped students […]

AYLUS held its weekly iPad Club at the Fellowship Village on 2/2/25. We taught how to shift android screen and how it functions differently from apple phone, how to free ipad date, how to forward message from one person to another, how to remark a person in contact, how to use phone and contact services, […]

On February 1, 2025, members of the AYLUS Memorial Branch volunteered at the Houston Chinese Community Center (9800 Town Park Dr, Houston, TX 77036) for the annual Lunar New Year festival. During the festival, members helped set up tents, control traffic, and run the tents for vendors. The main tent that the members operated was […]

Reported by Jenny Lin Posted by Jenny Wang On January 25th, AYLUS volunteers set up a stand at the Plano Event Center to fundraise for childrens’ hospital. At the Event Center, they were holding a Lunar New Year performance, which meant a lot of people would come to go see it (and maybe get something […]

On February 1, 2025, AYLUS Great Neck helped decorate Great Neck Main Library for the annual Lunar New Years celebration. Volunteers who participated today assisted in hanging up red lanterns and banners on the library windows and prepping the performance room for the 2/2 lunar new year performance. Additionally, we also learned how to tie […]

On February 2nd from 1:30 to 4:30, the AYLUS Dix Hills Branch volunteered at the Long Island Chinese School as teacher assistants. Volunteers chose classrooms to help in, (usually the ones they have been volunteered before), assisting with various tasks such as printing assignments, helping teachers retrieve/hand out materials, watching over classes, and escorting little […]

Reported by Daniel Zeng Posted by Jenny Wang On January 26, 2025, we participated in a memorable volunteer event—a dragon dance performance. This was part of the Spring Festival Gala organized by the Henan Association of Dallas, held at the Art Performance Center of McKinney High School. Many residents came to watch, and everyone enjoyed […]

On February 1st, 2025, the Phoenix Branch volunteered at the local FMSC. During the volunteering event, the members of the branch packed ingredients such as rice, soy, vegetables, and vitamins into plastic bags for children around world. The volunteers all had specific jobs in the process, such as scooping, bagging, weighing, or sealing. By the […]

On February 1st, 2025, AYLUS Phoenix woke up early in the morning to volunteer at their local Midwest Food Bank from 9am to 11am. Volunteers packed pasta into portions which will be distributed to the community. Overall, the students worked diligently to pack as many bags as they could while having fun conversing with friends. […]

Reported by: Tianlu Zhou Posted by: Karen Li On February 1, 2025, AYLUS volunteers Tianlu Zhou, Kevin Dong, Andrew Wang, Olivia Xu, Vivian Wang, and Ryan Ma brought festive cheer to the Special Needs Program at DCFC by hosting a Chinese New Year-themed craft session. The event, themed around the Year of the Snake, immersed […]

On January 30, 2025 AYLUS Space Coast volunteered at Literacy Night hosted by Suntree Elementary. Literacy Night was an event hosted for elementary students and their families with local authors reading stories and students showcasing their latest projects. Our AYLUS members first assisted with the dinner before splitting up to help out at various stations. […]

In February, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) National Empowerment Education Committee Chair Xing Liao continued hosting a free tutoring program at 19 S 2nd Street, Highland Park, to help local students through a network with Interfaith RISE.  AYLUS has scheduled this Free Tutoring for any elementary, middle, or high school […]

In February 2025, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) called its members to collect gently used sporting shoes, school supplies, and medicines for Senegal children, as well as assisting an Africa Cries Out medical service team to provide local people much needed healthcare services. Africa Cries Out was birthed through the […]

On Jan. 25, 2025, Aylus West Essex members volunteered Zen Wushu’s performance for Montclair AAPI Lunar New Year Celebration at Montclair Art Museum. Volunteer Time: 10:00am – 4:00pm (6 Hours) Volunteer activities: – lead team to warm up & stretch before performance – assist coach in leading team to walk the stage and rehearse before […]

On Jan. 26, 2025, Aylus West Essex members volunteered Zen Wushu’s performance for Lunar Fest 2025 for Woodland, Maplewood NJ. Volunteer activities: – prepare exhibition weapons, print info sheets, prepare all materials for booth display and load car – attend booth at the vendors sections, distribute flyers, talk and introduce wushu to interested families, demonstrate […]

In February, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) supported the local community for Chinese New Year Celebrations. GPA volunteers helped with booth setup, check in, games, and recruiting new members at the celebration events. Date & Time: 2/2 Sunday, 12-6 pm Address: Edison High School, 50 Blvd of Eagles, Edison, NJ […]

In February, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) supported the local community for Chinese New Year Celebrations. GPA volunteers helped with booth setup, check in, games, and recruiting new members at the celebration events. Date & Time: 2/2 Sunday, 12-6 pm GPA volunteers at WW-P High School North (2/2): Gloria Wang […]

On February 1st, from 1:30-3:30 pm, AYLUS Great Neck held another event at the Parkville Library. This was an AAPI event to learn about and celebrate the Lunar New Year. The volunteers came early to help set up all the tables and activities. At 2:00 kids came in and the volunteers Zoe and Rebecca read […]