On August 3rd, 2024, members of the AYLUS Bergen branch came together to host a park cleanup event at Overpeck County Park in Leonia, New Jersey. Despite the very hot weather conditions, AYLUS members were able to persist in the park cleanup! Overall, the cleanup was a success, resulting in a cleaner and happier park […]

Reported by Andrew Li: The College Station Branch of AYLUS volunteered at the Brazos Valley Food Bank, a non-profit organization serving people in need in the Brazos County area. On August 7th, members sorted a wide variety of donated goods and performed quality control, eliminating hundreds of expired or damaged goods and creating 60+ crates […]

On Sunday, July 28, 2024, AYLUS Twin Cities members performed for Seniors at Plymouth Towne Square The event lasted from 2:00-4:00 PM, totaling 2 hours. Our members showcased their talents in piano and played many classic pieces. Seniors greatly welcome and appreciated the efforts our members made! Participants: Shayan Farhan, Zane and Nyel Uffa

On Sunday, July 14th, from 10am to 3pm, 4 Aylus members helped out with the Edina Chinese Community’s summer picnic. Many people showed up for food and games, while we worked with running activities and event management. Total Volunteer Hours: 5 hours Aylus Members: Jeffrey Chen, Claire Cao, Jessica Cao, Kaining Zhang

On Saturday, August 3, 2024, AYLUS Twin Cities participated in a food packing event at Feed My Starving Children, an organization that sends food to communities with food insecurity. The event lasted from 5-6:45 PM, totaling 1 hour and 45 minutes. We had a fantastic time and can’t wait to volunteer again! Participants: Jessica Cao, Claire […]

On 7/26/24, AYLUS members volunteered to help set up the 2024 Special Olympics Regional Metro Bocce Competition. They unloaded bags & equipment and set up bocce courts for participants to compete the following day. Katie Huang(3 hours), Penny Pang (3 hours)

Reported by Tingfei Li Posted by Jenny Wang Before the event, two members worked on making the posters and lemonade. Two members worked on making the light-up led balloons. Volunteers cooperated to sell lemonade and balloons to help fundraise for the African Library Project. During the sales process we met some customers from Africa who […]

On August 4th, 2024, 9am-1pm, the last day City of Dublin hosted its annual Irish Festival where Irish food, music, and culture were celebrated and shared among families in the Dublin Community. On this day, volunteers cleaned, sorted, and weighed the garbage, making the Irish Festival more enjoyable and impactful for families and friends. Hours: […]

On August 4th, 2024, from 9am-1pm, the City of Dublin hosted its annual Irish Festival where Irish food, music, and culture was celebrated and shared among families in the Dublin Community. On this day, volunteers signed up for a variety of positions such as hospitality and food preparation, managing the gate entrances to the festival, […]

On August 3rd, 2024, from 9am-1pm, the second day City of Dublin hosted its annual Irish Festival where Irish culture and festivities were shared among local families and friends in the Dublin community. On this day, volunteers, Kyle Jiang and Brenna Li signed up for volunteered at the waste station, cleaning and sorting trash, making […]

On 8/3/24, volunteers in Aylus Syosset went to Eisenhower Park to help in the Cornell Cooperative Extension Farmers Market.  The market’s purpose was to support local businesses and bring awareness to the benefits of eating fresh produce.  These businesses would sell locally made desserts, pickles, jams, coffee and much more. Starting from as early as […]

On August 3rd, 2024, from 9am-1:30pm, the second day that City of Dublin hosted its annual Irish Festival where Irish culture and festivities were shared among local families and friends in the Dublin community. On this day, Maggie Zhang and Evan Yu volunteered at the station selling “Pot Of Gold” bouncy house wristband tickets for […]

On August 2nd, 2024, from 9am-1pm, the City of Dublin hosted its annual Irish Festival where food and festivities were available to the Dublin community to celebrate and share Irish culture. On this day, volunteers Angie Feng and Eliana Chung signed up for and worked at the waste sorting station sorting garbage into recycle and […]

On Monday, July 15th from 10-12, the Chatham Aylus branch helped the Chatham Library for Computer Help.   2hrs: Leon Wang Kevin Wang

On August 2nd, 2024, from 10am-1:30pm, the City of Dublin hosted its annual Irish Festival where food and festivities were available to the Dublin community to celebrate and share Irish culture. On this day, volunteers, Katie Lu and Eason Wang signed up and helped out with hospitality and food preparation; they made the experience for […]

On 8/03/24, from 9am-12:30pm, Maggie Zhang, Brenna Li, Dan Yi and Dakun Wang organized, packed, and mailed AYLUS T-Shirts for 4 AYLUS branches across the nation; The Puget Sound Branch, the Trophy Club Branch, the Rancho Cucamonga Branch, shipping 37 T-shirts in total. The volunteers then went to the local post office to mail the […]

Reported by Colin Xie On August 1st-4th, San Diego students of AYLUS organized the 222nd online English for the Elderly activity. The goal of this activity is to help elderly men and women from China learn the basics of English so that they’re able to use them in their daily lives. Due to the current […]

In early August 2024, the American Youth Leadership Foundation (AYLF) Board of Directors selected the Greater Princeton Branch, Great Neck Branch, Pearland Branch, Murrieta Branch, Riverside County Branch,San Diego Branch, Syosset Branch, Roslyn Branch, Oakland Gardens Branch and Frisco & Plano Branch for the Branch of the Month Award for July 2024. Congratulations to all […]

On August 6th, 2024, ALYUS Morrisville/Cary Branch offered FREE Summer Writing Workshop. This is a four week summer program called Inkwell Writing Workshop designed and ran by our own branch members Claire Zhong and Kenna Zhang. Inkwell Writing Studio’s goal is to inspire and empower young writers to reach their full potential. The workshop offers […]

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 […]

West Essex members collected new school supplies to donate to Jersey Cares. These new school supplies are for children who are in need of school supplies for the upcoming school year. On July 27, members packed the school supplies to deliver to Jersey Cares.    Members: Gabriel Au (3 hours), Jeremiah Au (3 hours), Ella […]

West Essex members Hebe Leung and Jaden Leung volunteered at Taekwondo classes for children on 6/24/24 and 6/26.  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 6/24: Hebe Leung (2 hours), Jaden […]

In August, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) supported the Somerset County 4-H Annual Fair (https://4histops.org/fair-volunteer-info). NORTH BRANCH PARK 355 Milltown Road, Bridgewater, NJ WITH A RICH HISTORY CONNECTED TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, THE 4-H FAIR HAS BECOME AN ANNUAL CORNERSTONE OF SOMERSET COUNTY. DRAWING IN A DIVERSE AND EVER GROWING […]

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 […]

On August 3rd, 2024, AYLUS Houston successfully hosted their eleventh SMILE Inclusive Playdate at the Katy Christian Community Church. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to the church for generously allowing us to use their space, which was instrumental in creating a welcoming and inclusive environment for children of all abilities. The playdate featured a variety […]

On August 5 2024, a member for AYLUS volunteered at the Buffalo Science Museum from 9:40AM-4:00PM. She did a fingerprint pattern demonstration. Volunteers:  6.25 hours: Leila Hu

On July 28 and 31 2024, a member of AYLUS volunteered to teach online math class. During the class she went through math concepts with students and helped with MOEMS problems. She volunteered 1.5 hours each day. Volunteers: 3 hours: Annie Jiang  

On August 1st, 2024, members of the AYLUS Memorial Branch volunteered at Memorial Assistance Ministries from 2-6PM. The volunteers did a variety of volunteer work. They added tags to clothing in good condition, hanged clothing, and helped out in the jewelry section. The members were able to create a much more organized and neat thrifting […]

Reported by Andrew Zhou On August 05, 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 […]

On August 4th, several AYLUS and GNYTC volunteers hosted a tennis fundraiser tournament for ACEing Autism, an organization aimed at helping children with autism. Participants were asked to pay $10 prior to entering the tournament. All funds were donated to Aceing Autism. Despite the forecast of rain, the tennis tournament went on from 2 p.m. […]

On August 5th, 2024, members of the Aylus Memorial Branch in Houston, Texas volunteered at the Chinese Community Center (9800 Town Park Drive, Houston, TX 77036) to assist with the summer youth camp from 9 AM-5PM. The volunteers cleaned and took apart a portable swimming pool, served kids lunch, organized storage, prepared items for an […]

  The American Youth Leadership and Service (AYLUS) Great Neck Branch recently organized a volunteer event at Steppingstone Park to contribute to the community’s environmental efforts. The group of enthusiastic volunteers dedicated their time to cleaning and improving the park’s landscape. Our primary tasks included removing invasive weeds that threatened the local flora and picking […]

Today, August 3rd, 2024, is the 101st event of the AYLUS Oakland Gardens Branch. This event marks the one year anniversary of the AYLUS Oakland Gardens Branch. This event is a celebration of all that we have accomplished for the past year, as well as a way to give happiness to the community. Our team […]

On Friday, August 2nd, from 4pm to 5pm, the Great Neck Branch of AYLUS volunteered to read AAPI (Asian American Pacific Islander) book titles for young readers while also organizing many different arts & crafts activities. Yuhao (Henry) Xu, Serena Chen, and Kylie Lam read picture books to children, engaging them in tales of “bao-making,” […]

This is the 103rd event held by AYLUS Oakland Gardens. On August 4th, 2024, AYLUS Oakland Gardens members had another Color-A-Smile event. Our president also gave some important information during that event. To review, Color-A-Smile is a non-profit organization dedicated to spreading smiles to the sick, the elderly, and our veterans. To spread smiles, people […]

On August 4th, 2024, the AYLUS Warren Branch members joined the Basking Ridge Branch at the Fellowship Village (8000 Fellowship Rd, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920) to put on a concert for elders at this senior living center. This concert marked the 11th monthly concert held at Fellowship Village by AYLUS members. There were a variety […]