Basking Ridge, NJ – Alliance of Youth Leaders

Status: HONOR

Branch of the Month Award: 2023 (May)
Branch of the Month Award: 2024 (January)
Branch of the Month Award: 2024 (February )
New Jersey State Governor’s Volunteerism Awards 2023-2024 Group: Youth Volunteer Group Category Individual: Ethan Zhang –Youth in Service Category

Resolution of the Township of Bernards 2024 (August 24)

Founders: Albert Gu, Daniel Woo, Brian Yoon, and Jimmy Yu

Current Leaders: Ethan Zhang, Olivia Chen, Kevin Jin, Isabelle Qi, Emily Jin and Kenneth Cheng

The Basking Ridge branch of AYLUS is located in Central New Jersey. Since 2021, Leading and promoting volunteerism locally, AYLUS Basking Ridge branch kept growing, double its membership and triple volunteer activities each year to include a a much larger variety of activities to help the community and won Best Branch of the Month 3 times since 2023, out of the 170 AYLUS branches nationwide.

From June of 2021 to May 1st, 2024, AYLUS Basking Ridge members organized and participated in a wide range of activities to benefit the community. These included large-scale events such as:

2022 5K Run in partnership with FAHVI. Raised $5,000 to fund Johnnie Thomas’s hearing aids
Good Grief 5k in partnership with Semper Fi annually from 2023.
Organizing multiple Disaster Relief Drive/Winter Cloth Drive/Eclipse Glasses and raised over $10,000 worth of donations to support Non-Profit Organization/Charity Project globally
Hosts cultural diversity events twice a year in partnership with the Bernards Chinese American Association annually
Supporting local Special Education programs such as YMCA SIM program/Bernards PEC monthly
Regularly supporting local Food Bank/Art Center/Bernards Charter Day through the year
Weekly iPAD club and monthly concert in fellowship Village senior living center and other local senior centers

We hope that in holding events in a larger variety of ways, the impact of the Basking Ridge branch of AYLUS will be felt among different members in terms of both crucial aid and ordinary enjoyment as well.

Orientation for New Team Members:

Welcome to the Alliance of Youth Leaders in the United States (AYLUS)

Volunteer Liability Release Forms:

(New Members & Parents Must Sign the Forms Prior to Participating)

Volunteer_Liability_Release_AYLUS

PRESIDENT’S VOLUNTEER SERVICE AWARD (PVSA)

Proud to be an official certifying organization for PVSA, we reward all substantial contributions of active members who have accumulated qualified amount of community service hours during our award year (May 1 to next April 30).

- Apply by May 1st. Send both documents to: yangxiaojia@hotmail.com

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OUR PVSA AWARD WINNERS

AYLUS Basking Ridge Branch 2023-2024 PVSA Winners:

Left to Right: Isabelle Qi (silver), Emily Jin (Gold),Angelina Gao (Gold), Charlotte Liu (Gold), Richard Qi (Bronze), Ben Zhang(Bronze), Claire Zhang(Gold), Ethan Zhang (Gold)

AYLUS Basking Ridge Branch 2022-2023 PVSA Winners:

Olivia C.(Silver), Emily J.(Bronze), Isabelle Q.(Bronze), Claire Z.(Bronze) Ethan Z.(Gold)

Branch Leadership

Position	Name	Email
President (2023-2025)	Ethan Zhang	ethanzhang07920@gmail.com
Vice President (2023-2025)	Olivia Chen	Oliviachen88@gmail.com
Vice President (2023-2025)	Kevin jin	kevjin07@gmail.com
Head of Publicity and Communications (2023-2025)	Isabelle Qi	iqmps2018@gmail.com
Head of Volunteers (2023-2025)	Kenneth Cheng	hungryhippo9001@gmail.com
Head of Concert (2023-2025)	Emily Jin	emilyjinlife@gmail.com
2021-2023 Leadership	Ethan Zhang, Kevin Jin, Andrew Gu, Juliet Bu, Stephanie Lu	Advisor: Yu Jin & Michelle Yang
2019-2021 Leadership	Andrew Gu, Sara Ouyang, Juliet Bu, Stephanie Lu	Advisor: Yu Jin & Shannon Yu
2016-2019 Founder and Leadership	Albert Gu, Daniel Woo, Brian Yoon, Jimmy Yu	Advisor: Yu Jin & Shannon Yu

Advisor	Michelle Yang	yangxiaojia@hotmail.com
Advisor	Sally Zhou	sallyzhou@hotmail.com
Advisor	Sophia Hu	sohu88@gmail.com

Branch Members

Name/School

Name/school

Name/School

Selin Daskiran

Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School

David Jen

William Annin

Alice Ma

Hillsborough Auten Road Intermediate School

Michelle Wang

Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School

Sara Yu

Pingry

Kevin Chen

Ridge High

Kevin Jin

Delbarton

Kaylie Shook

The Hun School

Tonia Wu

Far Hills Country Day School

Daniel Zhu Mount Prospect

Olivia Chen

Ridge High

Anya Knudsen

Ridge High

Lucas Ni

Ridge High

Clarence Wu Gill St. Bernard’s

Madison Yu

Ridge High

Kenneth Cheng

Ridge High

Jeremy Liu

William Annin

Zeming Pan

William Annin

Yirui Xu

Ridge High

Yihao Zeng

Ridge High

Chelsea Cui

Gill St. Bernard’s

Charlotte Liu

Ridge High

Richard Qi

William Annin

Sophia Yu

Pingry

Claire Zhang

William Annin

Katie Cui

Gill St. Bernard’s

Oscar Liu

William Annin

Isabelle Qi

Ridge High

Ruolin Yuan

William Annin

Ethan Zhang

Ridge High

Angelina Gao

Pingy

Ryan Liu

Mount Prospect

Catherine Shen

William Annin

Emma Qu

Mount Prospect

Rupert Zhang

William Annin

Angelina Huang

Ridge High

Yuzhou Miao

Rutgers Prep

Christine Shen

Ridge High

Fred Yao

Ridge High

Madeline Zhu Pingry

Grace Jen

Liberty Corner

Lily Mei

Pingry

Andrew Leng

Ridge High

Angelina Yang

Ridge High

Yige Zhou

Ridge High

Emily Jin

Ridge High

Mira Mei

Pingry

Anya Wang

Ridge High

Madison Yu

Ridge High

Chole Zhou

William Annin

Edison Nie

William Annin

Ethan Nie

Ridge High

Louis Liu

Ridge High

Grace Jen

Liberty Corner

Ethan Zhou

Newark Academy

Ben Zhang

Mount Prospect

Ridge Beats Performance Group (age under 10)

Eric Shen

Ridge High

Amelia Liu

Pingry

Yinxuan Xu

Liberty corner

Activities:

AYLUS Basking Ridge Attended Bernards PEC Mentor training and volunteered to social with kids in special education on 9/29/24

AYLUS Basking Ridge Attend Bernards PEC Mentor training and volunteered to social with kids in special education on 1/21/24

AYLUS Basking Ridge Branch works closely with Basking Ridge Chinese American Association and host the 1st Lunar New Year Celebration in Ridge High School on 1/29/23

AYLUS Basking Ridge Branch member performed in Bridgewater Chinese Lunar New Year Celebration on 2/5/23

AYLUS Basking Ridge Branch Performed in Brookdale Senior Living Center on 2/19/23

AYLUS Basking Ridge Branch organized Disaster Relief Drive for Turkey Earthquake Survivors and delivered the donations to New York on 2/21/23

AYLUS Basking Ridge Performed for Local Seniors on August 4th, 2019
AYLUS Basking Ridge Performed for Local Seniors on October 6th, 2019
AYLUS Basking Ridge Performed for Local Seniors on November 3rd, 2019

AYLUS Basking Ridge Branch Established
Basking Ridge Branch Held Successful Disaster Relief Benefit Concert

Our Retired Members

Thank you for your services and the time you all dedicates to AYLUS Basking Ridge. We wish you the best in your future endeavors.

Name/School	Name/School	Name/School	Name/School
Juliet Bu*/ Harvard	Megan Jin*/ Stanford	Evan Li*/ UMichigan	Nicole So*/ Tufts
Albert Gu*/ Upenn	Sharon Jin*/ Columbia	Stephanie Lu*/CMU	Alexandra Szabo*/ Fordham University
Andrew Gu*/ Stanford	Kevin Ju*/ NYU Stern	Sarah Ouyang*/Cambridge	Kevin Tang*/ Yale
Fiona He*/ Rutgers	Andrew Kim*/ Cooper Union	Andrew Qin*/ Washington University of St. Louis	Daniel Woo*/ Cornell
Claire Ho*/ Cornell	Sean Lee*/ Emory	Helen Shen*/ UMichigan	Brian Yoon*/ Vanderbilt
		Angelina Yang/ CMU	Jimmy Yu*/ Rutgers

Status: HONOR

Branch of the Month Award: 2024 (February )

New Jersey State Governor’s Volunteerism Awards 2023-2024 Group: Youth Volunteer Group Category Individual: Ethan Zhang –Youth in Service Category

Orientation for New Team Members:

Volunteer Liability Release Forms:

PRESIDENT’S VOLUNTEER SERVICE AWARD (PVSA)

OUR PVSA AWARD WINNERS

Olivia C.(Silver), Emily J.(Bronze), Isabelle Q.(Bronze), Claire Z.(Bronze) Ethan Z.(Gold)

President

(2023-2025)

Ethan Zhang

ethanzhang07920@gmail.com

Vice President

(2023-2025)

Olivia Chen

Oliviachen88@gmail.com

Vice President

(2023-2025)

Kevin jin

kevjin07@gmail.com

Head of Publicity and Communications (2023-2025)

Isabelle Qi

iqmps2018@gmail.com

Head of Volunteers

(2023-2025)

Kenneth Cheng

hungryhippo9001@gmail.com

Head of Concert

(2023-2025)

Emily Jin

emilyjinlife@gmail.com

2021-2023 Leadership

Ethan Zhang, Kevin Jin, Andrew Gu, Juliet Bu, Stephanie Lu

Advisor: Yu Jin & Michelle Yang

2019-2021 Leadership

Andrew Gu, Sara Ouyang, Juliet Bu, Stephanie Lu

Advisor: Yu Jin & Shannon Yu

2016-2019 Founder and Leadership

Albert Gu, Daniel Woo, Brian Yoon, Jimmy Yu

Advisor: Yu Jin & Shannon Yu

Advisor

Michelle Yang

yangxiaojia@hotmail.com

Advisor

Sally Zhou

sallyzhou@hotmail.com

Advisor

Sophia Hu

sohu88@gmail.com

Name/School

Name/School

Name/School

Name/school

Name/School

Selin Daskiran

Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School

David Jen

William Annin

Alice Ma

Hillsborough Auten Road Intermediate School

Michelle Wang

Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School

Sara Yu

Pingry

Kevin Chen

Ridge High

Kevin Jin

Delbarton

Kaylie Shook

The Hun School

Tonia Wu

Far Hills Country Day School

Daniel Zhu Mount Prospect

Olivia Chen

Ridge High

Anya Knudsen

Ridge High

Lucas Ni

Ridge High

Clarence Wu Gill St. Bernard’s