On Saturday, May 24, Alex Liu and Sophia Li went to Cary Learning Center as volunteers. They directed the students to the suitable class, helped the teacher set up the classroom as needed, and cleaned up all the mess after class. They also put much effort into supervising students during classroom activities, ensuring they […]

In May, the Greater Princeton Branch of AYLUS (GPA) 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 subjects for each weekend every week. GPA Volunteers (5/24, Tutoring […]

West Essex AYLUS is working with Seesaw vision center for the youth volunteer program. AYLUS volunteer’s work involves patient communication and basic front desk duties, as well as assisting the physician during patient care encounters. The goal of the program is to raise awareness about eye health in the youth community and give them an […]

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.  05/12/25: Kenneth Wu (2 hours), Andrew Zhou (3 hours) 05/13/25: Jessica Yu (2 hours), Carson Yu (2 hours)

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.  05/05/25: Samuel Xue (4 hours) 05/07/25: Andrew Zhou (3 hours) 05/09/25: Jiahui (Chloe) Wang (4 hours) 05/10/25: Jiahui (Chloe) […]

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.  05/01/25: Jasmine Guo (2 hours) 05/02/25: Jiahui (Chloe) Wang (4 hours) 05/03/25: Jiahui (Chloe) Wang (4 hours)

Reported by: Amanda Zhu Posted by: Jenny Lin On May 10, 2025, four members of AYLUS and three parents participated in a Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) packing session. We arrived at FMSC around 7:15 pm. FMSC provides MannaPack rice to kids in need all over the world. MannaPack rice has four ingredients: vitamins, veggies, […]

Reported by: Sophia Li Posted by: Jenny Lin On the evening of May 3, 2025, ten members of our Frisco Plano branch volunteered at Russell Creek Playground in Plano for a fundraising event. We set up tables and sold boba tea, ice cream floats, and cotton candy to families and visitors enjoying the weekend at […]

On Saturday, May 24, from 9:00 to 11:30 AM, the AYLUS Dix Hills branch volunteered at Bethpage State Park to support local ecosystem restoration efforts. Volunteers focused on removing invasive mugwort from the Valley, specifically targeting a hedgerow of native Sweet Pepperbush. Thanks to rainfall from the previous days, the soil was softened, making it […]

The Arlington Branch helped out at Mission Arlington on April 26th, 2025 from 11am-1pm. They helped pack some hygiene kits and packed clothing requests from donated items.   Volunteers (04/26/25, 11am-1pm, 2 hours each): Kyra Taylor Sunny Lin Danny Lin Trish Lam  

In May, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) continued to host flea market booths in New Jersey running a business for charity.  Children’s Specialized Hospital is the nation’s leading provider of inpatient and outpatient care for children from birth to 21 years of age facing special health challenges — from chronic […]

In May, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) forest restoration team worked for the Forest Restoration events at the Billy Johnson Mountain Lakes Nature Preserve in Princeton (57 Mountain Avenue). Together, we can help protect our forest lands. Founded in 1969, FOPOS is a nonprofit organization dedicated to acquiring open space […]

On May 23, 2025, our team hosted our 158th event. The AYLUS Oakland Gardens Branch has partnered with Books for Taiwan in order to collect books to donate. This is the second year that we have done this, motivated by our success from last year. Books for Taiwan is a non-profit volunteer group in New […]

This is the 157th event held by AYLUS Oakland Gardens on Sunday May 18, 2025, 8:45am to 12:15pm. During the event we partnered with Alejandra Vanegas to repaint the Bocce ball court and surrounding areas in Kissena Park. Alejandra is the Senior Community Engagement Coordinator in Queens. She has worked with local community groups to […]

In May, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) continued to host flea market booths in New Jersey running a business for charity.  Children’s Specialized Hospital is the nation’s leading provider of inpatient and outpatient care for children from birth to 21 years of age facing special health challenges — from chronic […]

In May, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) visited the NJ Veterans Memorial Home in Menlo Park (132 Evergreen Road, Edison, NJ 08837) to host a wonderful concert. GPA members presented a music program with fabulous singing, dancing, piano, and more instruments to hundreds of veterans and their families. Rebuilt in […]

In May, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) continued its bluebird box monitoring project along with Mercer County Park and Plainsboro Preserve.  Eastern Bluebirds were once a common bird in New Jersey. With habitat loss and competition from introduction of aggressive, non-native birds, the populations of these beautiful birds declined. Through […]

Since fall 2024, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) volunteers, who are primarily middle and high school students, have been putting on “Music for Healing” concerts for the Special Education audience, bringing talent, charisma, and joy to the students.  During these concerts, AYLUS invites around 10 of its members to put […]

On May 17, 2025, youth volunteers from the Rancho Cucamonga Branch of the Alliance of Youth Leaders in the United States (AYLUS) gathered at the ALFC Generosity Center for a meaningful day of community service. With a united goal of combating food insecurity, these passionate young individuals arrived early to support families in need with […]

Columbus Branch Held an In-Person Tutoring session at Abbey Church Village on May 7th, 2025 On May 7th, 2025, three members of the AYLUS-Columbus branch—Estella Li, Grace Guo, and Brenna Li — held an in-person weekly tutoring session at Abbey Church Village in Dublin, Ohio. This community is part of the National Church Residences and […]

Columbus Branch Held an In-Person Tutoring session at Abbey Church Village on May 14th, 2025 On May 14th, 2025, two members of the AYLUS-Columbus branch—Brenna Li and Aurick Guo — held an in-person weekly tutoring session at Abbey Church Village in Dublin, Ohio. This community is part of the National Church Residences and serves low-income […]

On Saturday, May 17th Aylus hosted its weekly tutoring sessions at the Parkville library. Two volunteers went to the Parkville library to tutor 4 kids with grade levels varying from kindergarten to 6th grade. One volunteer tutored one first grade student with vocabulary, paragraph writing, reading books, and phonics. The first grader seemed very eager […]

On May 20, 2025, volunteers gathered at the Great Neck Station Library to help create an academic and productive evening for the tutees. The members of ALYUS collaborated with the students and explored many subjects. Baiyu Chen checked her tutee’s math homework, ensuring her work was thorough and accurate. Later, she aided another student with […]

Reported by: Bernice Zhang, Bryan Wang On March 7th, 2025, the AYLUS Farmington Branch assisted the Farmington Public Library in hosting a fun and interactive mystery dinner for local adudlts. In between setting up and cleaning up the event, volunteers took on various roles and positions. Performing key roles in the performance, we worked to […]

On May 18th 2025, members of AYLUS set up a table at their third annual Asian American Heritage Festival. The festival celebrates multiple Asian cultures including Chinese, Bangladesh, Thailand, Japanese and others. It included many music performances and tables from local businesses. AYLUS offered face painting, ballon, chess, origami, china charity sales, and some even […]

West Essex members Jaden Leung and Hebe Leung volunteered at Taekwondo classes for children on 5/19/25. Volunteers coordinated and helped with teaching, warming up, Taekwondo forms, nunchucks, and sparring footwork, so participants who are between 6-15 years old can increase their martial art skills. West Essex members 2 hours: Jaden Leung and Hebe Leung

West Essex members Jaden Leung, Hebe Leung and Zoe Leung volunteered at Taekwondo classes for children on 5/12/25 and 05/16/25. Volunteers coordinated and helped with teaching, warming up, Taekwondo forms, nunchucks, and sparring footwork, so participants who are between 6-15 years old can increase their martial art skills.    West Essex members 2 hours: Jaden […]

On Sunday, May 18th, members from the Syosset AYLUS branch met up with Duke Alumni to plant flowers for Sunrise Planting Day at the Sunrise Day Camp.  There were people everywhere, ready to plant flowers all over the camp. The volunteers took garden shovels, gloves and a tray a flowers and got to work.  They […]

On May 17th, members of the Syosset AYLUS organization volunteered at Long Island Native Plant Initiative, where we assisted the plant sale they had going on, and various tasks to support the greenhouse. Members first assisted with planting smaller plants into pots. Some members then continued to remove the wilted leaves inside the pots, and […]

The Legacy of Art concert was more than just a performance. Hosted by the Long Island Music Conservatory in celebration of its fifth anniversary, the event brought together performers, families, and volunteers for an evening filled with culture, music, and community spirit. AYLUS member volunteered from 4-10 on May 17th. From the very beginning, volunteers […]

On May 18, we volunteered from 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM as teacher assistants at the Chinese Cultural Association of Long Island’s Chinese school. Our role was to assist both students and teachers throughout the day to help ensure that classes ran efficiently and smoothly. We began by warmly welcoming students as they arrived, helping […]

On May 17th, members of AYLUS Puget Sound went to Factoria in Bellevue to help walk along the streets and pick up scattered litter in a street cleaning event with Keep Bellevue Beautiful, organized by the city. A total of 7 volunteers helped to pick up trash. Organizer: Chloe Kwan Participants: Chloe Kwan, Felicia Chow, Timothy […]

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On May 18th, 2025, members of Aylus Raritan Branch has met up in Butterfly Park to clean up this wonderful park. This has allowed people of different ages to work together and get an invaluable experience and have bystanders to understand that maintaining a clean environment in a park can allow kids to enjoy their […]

In response to the growing crisis caused by the rising cost of infant formula, members of the AYLUS  Morris Branch organized a meaningful community service project to support local families in need. With formula prices having increased significantly in recent years, many mothers are struggling to afford the basic nutrition their babies depend on. Motivated […]

Reported by Charlotte Chen Posted by Charlotte Chen On the morning of May 18th, 2025, AYLUS Frisco & Plano Branch members gathered at the Lexington County clubhouse for a Loops For Love crochet event. Many members got started crocheting their hats right away because they were already knowledgeable about what to do. Newer members received […]