Status: HONOR
- Branch of the Month Award: 2023 (May)
- Branch of the Month Award: 2024 (January, February)
- Branch of the Month Award: 2025 (January,February,March)
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New Jersey State Governor’s Volunteerism Awards 2023-2024 Group: Youth Volunteer Group Category Individual: Ethan Zhang –Youth in Service Category
About Us
Founded in 2016 under the national AYLUS (Alliance of Youth Leaders in the United States), the Basking Ridge Branch was started by a group of passionate American teens who wanted to make a difference in our local community.
We focus on big issues like mental and physical health, senior engagement, and hands-on community service. With over 100 active members, we’ve doubled in size every year and tripled our impact—earning recognition across AYLUS’s 170+ branches nationwide.
We’re here to lead, serve, and inspire—and we’re just getting started.
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).
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- 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: Olivia Chen(Silver),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 (2025-Present)
| Position | Name | |
| President |  Angelina Gao |
angelinagao087@gmail.com |
| Vice President |  Charlotte Liu |
charlottecliu01@gmail.com |
| Vice President |  Claire Zhang |
Claireruihanzhang@gmail.com |
| Director of Concert |  Madeline Zhu |
Maddiezhu2020@gmail.com |
| Director of Multicultural events |  Yihao Zeng |
zyh20080128@gmail.com |
| Director of Inclusion & Accessibility |  Catherine Shen |
Shencatherine42@gmail.com |
| Director of Tech Support |  Lucas Ni |
lucas.chengming.ni@gmail.com |
| Director of Publicity and communications |  Madison Yu |
madison.zyu@gmail.com |
2021-2025 Leadership |
Ethan Zhang, Kevin Jin,Olivia Chen, Isabelle Qi, Emily Jin, Kenneth Cheng |
Advisor: Linchun Gao, Sophia Hu and Sally Chen |
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 |
Na Liu |
naliucu@gmail.com |
Advisor |
Linchun Gao |
linchun.gao@gmail.com |
Branch Members ( 110 Members)
Activities:
2025 May-2026 April
AYLUS Basking Ridge volunteered at Bernards PEC program on 5/3/25
AYLUS Basking Ridge weekly iPAD club to Fellowship village on 5/4/25 (86th)
AYLUS Basking Ridge 4th concert In Residence at Basking Ridge on 5/4/25
AYLUS Basking Ridge volunteered at Farmstead Art Center Art Month Preparation on 5/8/25
AYLUS Basking Ridge weekly iPAD club to Fellowship village on 5/10/25 (87th)
AYLUS Basking Ridge volunteered at Bernards PEC program on 5/10/25
AYLUS Basking Ridge held Tech Support program at Ridge Oak Senior Center on 5/13/25 (5th)
Ours Past Events
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 fundraising 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 /Tech Support 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)
2024 May-2025 April (120 events)
2023 May—2024 April (87 events)
2022 May–2023 April (35 events)
2021-2022 May (10 events)
2016-2020 (9 events)
Our Retired Members