In August, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) continued to host more flea market booths in New Jersey for charity.  GPA leaders Tom Cui and Steven Li purchased products in Amazon overstock outlets, collected donations, set up flea market booths, and raised funds for AYLUS Save a Life Diabetes Children Fund […]

In August, members of the Greater Princeton branch of AYLUS (GPA) served at Morven Museum Giving Garden (55 Stockton Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08540; Phone 609-924-8144). A National Historic Landmark, Morven is on five pristine acres in the heart of Princeton, New Jersey. The home of Richard Stockton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence […]

On August 11 2024, members from the Greater Buffalo Branch helped out at the AYLUS table at the Asian Food & Cultural Festival. Our event at the Asian Food Festival was a complete success. Kids managed the bounce house, twisting ballon and face painting. Volunteers also sold plates and Chinese calligraphy while hosting a successful […]

Members gathered at the San Lorenzo Family Help Center from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm on August 10th. Volunteers helped unbox and pack fruits and vegetables, so they were ready for families to take. They restocked the bins and shelves of food. In addition, members cleaned the tables and fridges of the food pantry. AYLUS […]

During the week of August 12 2024 members of AYLUS volunteered at WEDI’s summer program to teach children math, science, and literacy skills along with many other exciting activities like cooking and art. Volunteers met with the children and supervised the WEDI programs to further WEDI’s mission of strengthening communities and breaking barriers by providing […]

During the week of August 12 2024, a member for AYLUS volunteered at the Buffalo Science Museum from 9:45AM-4:00PM on August 12, August 14, and August 17. She did a fingerprint pattern and bird adaptation demonstration. Volunteers: 18.75 hours: Leila Hu

This is our 107th event on August 12th, 2024. Some of the AYLUS Oakland Gardens Branch members worked together to create a video that spread and showed the community our one year anniversary celebration as a branch. This video also serves the purpose of introducing AYLUS and spreading the reach of AYLUS further. With the […]

On August 11th, 2024, AYLUS Oakland Gardens held its 106th event at the Soldier Monument in Kissena Park. We worked with Park Rangers, including Ada and Roxana, to beautify the park through mulching, cutting weeds, pulling vines, and removing branches. Despite the hot weather, many members attended the event to better our community. Before our […]

Reported by Jenny Lin Posted by Jenny Wang On Sunday, August 11, we set up our station at Russel Creek park. We sold cotton candy, shaved ice, and iced water. For most of the volunteers there that day— it was their first time at AYLUS. So, after everyone had been taught how to make the […]

On 8/6/2024 and 8/8/2024, AYLUS Great Neck hosted two more tutoring sessions for students in the Great Neck Library Station Branch from 4:30pm-6:00 pm. On 8/6/2024 our volunteers Zhaoxi Chen, Yuhao (Henry) Xu, Kylie Lam and Sophia Li collectively tutored students at the Great Neck Library. Henry and Zhaoxi helped tutor pre-algebra topics such as […]

On Saturday, August 10th, 2024, from 9am to 12 pm, the AYLUS Roslyn Branch volunteered with NOSH Delivers. NOSH Delivers a non-profit organization in Glen Cove dedicated to helping families facing food insecurity. Their mission is to improve the well-being of the North Shore community by increasing access to food.  During our time at NOSH […]

On Friday, August 9, from 9:30 am to 1:30 pm, the AYLUS Roslyn Branch participated in the NOSH Delivers! food pantry. NOSH delivers! was founded in March of 2020 to bring food to local families impacted by the pandemic. Four years later, volunteers provide food to many of these same families as they continue to […]

On August 10th, 2024, AYLUS Phoenix woke up early in the morning to volunteer at their local Midwest Food Bank from 9am to 11am. This time volunteers volunteered on something new and unique. Instead of packing food, volunteers packed soaps instead. Volunteers picked out rectangular pieces of soaps and packaged them into plastic bags, which […]

Reported by Andrew Chen   Coop with Libraries With Love, the AYLUS San Diego Committee kicked off the 2024-2025 Solution for Hope on-line classes for raising funds to build libraries in Africa. The Tutoring Class Activity continued in the week of August 5, 2024 – August 11, 2024. The goal of tutoring classes is to […]

Reported by Andrew Zhou On August 12, 2024, AYLUS San Diego Branch made sack lunches for Interfaith Community Services. Interfaith Community Services, founded in 1979, is a nonprofit based in San Diego, CA. The organization provides food, housing, employment, treatment and other emergency resources for local people in crisis.  Food is our most basic human […]

Reported by Andrew Chen   Coop with Libraries With Love, the AYLUS San Diego Committee kicked off the 2024-2025 Solution for Hope on-line classes for raising funds to build libraries in Africa. The Tutoring Class Activity continued in the week of July 29, 2024 – August 4, 2024. The goal of tutoring classes is to […]

AYLUS Mendham Branch volunteer continues to coach and support Asian Kids’ soccer campus during summer 2024 on 8/10/2024. Volunteers (2 hours): Boxuan (Robin) Fu  

In August, 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 […]

On Aug 3rd, AYLUS Mendham volunteers host Experience Sharing Zoom Meeting of College Soccer Recruitment process with kids of all ages from the region. Successful college students shared with us their great experience about how soccer has played an important role in their life and the exciting journey during the university recruiting process, as successful […]

In August, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) supported a local children’s summer camp at 92 Youngs Road, Hamilton NJ 08619. The annual week long Summer Camp is for community children ages 5-11. In the camp children play music, read books, enjoy hands-on art projects, prepare skits, props for camp presentation, […]

Reported by Amelia Kuo Posted by Jenny Wang On August 10, our team of AYLUS members packaged 1100+ books to ship to Botswana through the African Library Project. The African Library Project is an organization committed to providing a variety of books for children in Africa. Packaging includes taping shipping information and labels on the […]

Reported by Melody Zhang Reported by Jenny Wang On August 11th, 2024, Frisco & Plano branch volunteers congregated for the second time at the Frisco Public Library for three hours instructional time. Our volunteer leaders stepped up to assist others with more advanced crochet and knitting techniques for the Loops for Hope project. This non-profit […]

Reported by Melody Zhang Posted by Jenny Wang On August 10th, 2024, members of the Frisco & Plano branch set up a four-item stall under the Russel Creek Park playground pavilion. Two members volunteered beforehand to prepare black tea and tapioca pearls for our boba tea station for this event. Volunteers worked continuously to man […]

On Sunday, August 11th, 2024, AYLUS co-presidents Hanna Xue and William Tian volunteered at the Clock Tower Thrift Shop in Falls Church, VA.    The Clock Tower Thrift Shop is a special program part of an organization known as Northern Virginia Family Service (NVFS), a non-profit dedicated to serving individuals of diverse communities in Arlington […]

On August 10, 2024, AYLUS Fullerton Branch members helped distribute and load food at the St. Vincent De Paul Pantry. They aided with several tasks including distributing, breaking down boxes, and packaging food. They aided over 100 families in the Fullerton Area. TOTAL HOURS Daisy Wei, Michelle Li, Sijia Hao, David Li, Eric Wei,  Aaron […]

On August 8, 2024, Fullerton Branch members tutored kids ranging from 1st to 6th graders in both Coding and English. They were able to teach the kids the fundamental basics for coding and reading. TOTAL HOURS David Li, Eric Wei, Michelle Li, Daisy Wei: 4 hours

Reported by Karen Li Posted by Karen Li Today, August 3, we held the ShineALight Award ceremony. The ShineALight Award is an initiative of the US-China Next Generation Education Foundation (NGF). It aims to recognize and support exceptional young people who demonstrate outstanding leadership, innovation, and contributions to their communities. We were honored to have […]

Gave away 3 mulberry, 2 moringa, 1 pomegranate and 4 Asian pear starter plants to Houston and Sugar Land locals

On August 10 2024, a member for AYLUS volunteered at the Buffalo Science Museum form 1:00PM-4:00PM. He did a laboratory called creating nebulas. In this lab, he showcased how nebulas are formed to people and taught them upon the process, and made mini nebulas with people. Volunteers: 3 hours: Kevin Zou

In August, the Greater Princeton Branch of AYLUS (GPA) hosted its donations of backpacks with school supplies for children in need that reside in Central New Jersey through United Way (People Care Center, 120 Finderne Avenue, Bridgewater, NJ). Preparing Students For Success! No child should grow up without access to the resources and opportunity to […]

In August, members of the Greater Princeton branch of AYLUS (GPA) served at Morven Museum Giving Garden (55 Stockton Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08540; Phone 609-924-8144). A National Historic Landmark, Morven is on five pristine acres in the heart of Princeton, New Jersey. The home of Richard Stockton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence […]

On August 11, 2024, AYLUS Cupertino branch conducted the clean-up event at Homeridge Park. We picked up roughly 3 full bags of trash, including things like empty bottles, gums, chip bags and cigarette butts. The collected items were disposed of safely. Members that participated were: Truman You, Hengrui Chen, Feinan Xu, Guizhen Zhang (2 hours for each […]

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 8th Beast Academy online class in 2024-2025 was on August 05-11, 2024. Beast Academy is a mathematics program for elementary and […]

    AYLUS Open Sky Book Club Hosts Summer Reading Marathon, Kicking Off World Read Aloud Day ,Cary, NC – this summer, volunteers from the AYLUS Open Sky Book Club organized a creative and fun-filled reading marathon at the Cary Learning Center to kick off World Read Aloud Day. The event aimed to spark children’s […]