On Monday, July 15th, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m, members of the AYLUS Roslyn Branch volunteered at NOSH Delivers!, a food pantry helping people in need of extra groceries. Our first task was to assemble NOSH bags that would be delivered to Glen Cove residents. Today, we managed to make 240 NOSH bags filled […]
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Murrieta AYLUS Hosts a Beach Cleanup (23rd) (7/17/2024)
Reported by Caien(Daisy) Chen : On July 17th, AYLUS members had a local beach cleanup. They started by picking up all the trash in the upper park which included paper scraps and plastic shredding. They then made their way down to the lower areas of the park where they found a number of trash including […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Food Bank (58th) (7/16/2024)
Reported by Jessica Lu : On July 16th, 2024, Murrieta AYLUS members helped their local food bank. Members started by making food boxes. For each box, they put one bag of meat, one bag of cheddar cheese, one deli, a small box of fruits/veggies, a salad bag, and yogurt/milk. Then they passed the cart onto […]
San Diego Branch Prepared Sack Lunches for Interfaith Community Services on July 15th, 2024
Reported by Andrew Zhou On July 15th, 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 […]
Morrisville Branch Offers Summer Writing Workshop, second class on July 16th, 2024
On July 16th, 2024, two members of the 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 […]
Phoenix AYLUS volunteers at Midwest Food Bank on 7/16/24
On July 16th, 2024, AYLUS Phoenix woke up early in the morning to volunteer at their local Midwest Food Bank from 9am to 11am. Volunteers packaged hope packs for hungry individuals around the world. Overall, the students worked diligently to pack as many bags as they could while having fun conversing with friends. Volunteers (2hrs): […]
The Phoenix Branch Packs Food at Feed My Starving Children on 7/13
On July 13th, 2024, the Phoenix Branch volunteered at the local FMSC. During the volunteering event, the members of the branch packed ingredients such as rice, soy, vegetables, and vitamins into plastic bags for children around world. The volunteers all had specific jobs in the process, such as scooping, bagging, weighing, or sealing. By the […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Senior Center (70th) ( 7/16/2024)
Reported by Adora Xiao : On July 16th, 2024, Murrieta AYLUS members volunteered a local senior center. The volunteers started by preparing a snack while the residents exercised. They washed and cut strawberries and blueberries and put them into cups, before topping with cottage cheese. While the volunteers were horrified by the concoction the residents […]
AYLUS Oyster Bay Joins Kindness Garden Maintenance on July 15, 2024
After finishing the construction of the kindness garden on June 13, we proceeded to remove weeds and covered the area with black tiles amidst the summer heat. It’s been rewarding to see the garden taking shape and making a positive contribution to the environment. Christina Mink 2.5 hrs, Shirley Yu 2.5 hrs
AYLUS Oyster Bay Participates in Water Quality Monitoring Training on July 15, 2024
Participating in water quality monitoring training. Learning how to use all the equipment and understanding their purposes. Looking forward to fieldwork. Christina Mink 2.5 hrs, Yuqi Wu 2hrs, Dylón Gray-Cohen 2hrs, Li Mink 2hrs, Dalene Liu 2hrs
AYLUS Oyster Bay Participates in Shorebirds Walk & Cleanup at Sunken Meadow State Park on July 8, 2024
Post 4th of July Special! We enjoyed a Shorebird Walk while cleaning the beach. The sunset that day was especially brilliant, as if nature had gifted us a perfect conclusion. Christina Mink 2.5 hrs, Isabella Yu 2hrs, Benjamin Chen 3hrs, Kevin Chen 2hrs, Eric Wang 3hrs, Pengyu Chen 2.3hrs, Lucas Ho 3 hrs, Marcus Ho […]
Greater Princeton AYLUS Builds a Primary Community Library in Lesotho, Africa (13th) in July 2024
Changing Lives, Book by Book. Work together with AYLUS! In July 2024, the Greater Princeton Branch of AYLUS (GPA) completed another project to build a Community Library in Africa by collecting up to 700 gently used children’s books (preschool to 8th grade reading level books) and $650 (to cover the domestic and international shipping cost, […]
AYLUS Bellaire Branch volunteered for trash clean-up at Evelyn’s Park after Hurricane Beryl July 14, 2024
On July 14, 2024, members of the AYLUS Bellaire Branch volunteered for trash clean-up at Evelyn’s Park from 7-8pm. In the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl, despite the city being strewn with debris and experiencing a multi-day power outage, AYLUS Bellaire members rallied to volunteer for the cleanup efforts at Evelyn’s Park. Volunteers wore gloves and […]
AYLUS Bellaire Branch volunteered for trash clean-up at Evelyn’s Park on July 7, 2024
On July 7, 2024, members of the AYLUS Bellaire Branch volunteered for trash clean-up at Evelyn’s Park from 7-8pm. Shortly before Hurricane Beryl’s arrival, in the brief period when the rain had ceased, members of the AYLUS Bellaire Branch wore gloves and used old plastic grocery bags to collect trash around Evelyn’s Park. Volunteers collected […]
AYLUS Syosset folds and packages AYLUS shirts for the national AYLUS organization 07/12/24
On Thursday, 7/12/24, AYLUS Syosset members gathered at the Syosset branch president’s house to sort through three hundred or so shirts that would need to be checked for potential holes or defects before being shipped to new AYLUS members who ordered merch. Each member checked each shirt and folded them into piles sorted by size. […]
Teh purpose of this event is to enhance teh cleanliness of teh local area while promoting children’s community involvement and environmental responsibility. Teh focus is on cleaning teh sidewalk along Highcroft Drive from McCrimmon Parkway to teh whole food plaza. AYLUS’s commitment to maintaining and improving public spaces in Cary Town includes cleaning this location adopted from teh town. Teh meeting point is teh Whole Foods supermarket parking lot at 5055 Arco St., Cary, NC 27519. from 2:30-4:30pm Volunteers are advised to bring their gloves, garbage bags, and litter pickers to ensure safe and effective cleaning. After teh cleanup, volunteers will inform teh township of teh centralized location of teh garbage bags for proper disposal arrangements. 1. sky tianyi Han (2hrs) 2. Alex Liu (2hrs) 3. Yuyang Luo (2hrs) 4.Alex Zhang (2hrs) 5. Haochen Guo (2hrs) 6.Ria Wu (2hrs) Alex Zhang reported
STEM n Tech (#20): Pearland Branch Community Robotics Class (#6) – July15.2024
On Monday, July 15th, AYLUS volunteers came back to Hua Xia Chinese School Pearland Branch after Hurricane Beryl, to give the Robotic class. Students built a beautiful “Dancer”. With different program settings, she can dance at different speeds, with various arms and legs combinations, with the music, and she can laugh. Students laughed a lot, they […]
STEM n Tech (#19): Pearland Branch Community Robotics Class (#5) – July.14.2024
On the evening of July 14, 2024, , the 3rd AYLUS robotics class was hosted in the Pearland public library with 5 students and 4 AYLUS teachers attending it. The students were split into 2 groups of 2 and 3 and were given a Spike Prime set to use. The teachers used a PowerPoint they made that taught about the 3 color sensors in the kit and 2 challenges. During the presentation, the students were shown […]
SMILE 4 Special Needs (#154): Pearland Volunteers Taught Bucket Drumming Lesson (#13) at Easter Seals Special Needs Adult Camp on July 15th, 2024
On July 15, 2024, Pearland volunteers taught a bucket drumming session to adults with special needs at a summer camp organized by Easter Seals. Many participants had cerebral palsy and used wheelchairs, so volunteers adjusted the setup and modified the curriculum to suit their needs. This was the first time the volunteers taught an age […]
Greater Princeton AYLUS Serves at National Historic Landmark Morven Museum Giving Garden (66th) in July 2024
In July, 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 […]
Riverside County AYLUS Members Support Local Food Bank on July 12th, 2024
On July 12th members of the RCA branch assisted a local food bank. They started with organizing the bread. They unpacked boxes of bread and sorted them onto different carts. Then they moved onto unpacking cakes, donuts, muffins and other pastries. These were then loaded onto the carts as well. The cakes were moved into […]
San Diego Branch Hosted the 219th Online English for the Elderly Program on July 14th, 2024
Reported by Colin Xie On July 14th, San Diego students of AYLUS organized the 219th 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 […]
Frisco & Plano Branch Hosted Fundraiser Event For 6th African Library at Russell Creek Park on July 13th 2024
Reported by Karen Li Posted by Karen Li Today on July 13, we went to Russell Creek Park to sell beverages and raise money to build libraries in Africa. This event required a lot of preparation work which was mainly making various drinks. The drinks we provided were iced water, lemonade, Boba tea and shaved […]
AYLUS RSM Volunteers Crossline Church food pantry July 9-12
July 9 Tuesday morning at Crossline Church food pantry 6 volunteer joined to help out at over there. They did their usual stuff; they packed food and load them onto the trunk. You could imagine where this is going to. It will go to people in need. Aiden Ji 3 hour Yansong Shi 4 hour […]
Greater Buffalo Branch Volunteers with Sleep in Heavenly Peace (7/13/2024)
On July 13 2024, a member of AYLUS volunteered at Sleep in Heavenly Peace from 8:45AM-1PM. She helped build beds by sanding, drilling, and assembling wood for kids in need.
AYLUS Roslyn Volunteers at the Cerebral Palsy Association of Nassau County’s Group Home (20th) on July 13th, 2024
On Saturday, July 13th, from 1:00 – 4:00 pm, members of the Aylus Branch volunteered at the Cerebral Palsy Association of Nassau County in Levittown. (CP Nassau is an organization that has been assisting individuals with disabilities since 1948.) Today four members came together and prepared some fun activities for the residents. We started with […]
Greater Buffalo Branch AMC 8 Preparation Sessions (7/11/2024)
On July 11 2024, a member of AYLUS tutored students to prepare them for the AMC 8 competition. The tutor is an accomplished and experienced competitor in national competitions, where he has won many of them in AMC honor roll, mathcount, and others. Volunteers: David Cong (2 hours)
AYLUS Cheshire Branch Fundraises with Barbecue 07/14/24
Reported by: Bradley Fang On July 14th, 2024, AYLUS Cheshire Branch hosted the major fundraising event that went towards a donation to the local high school. Branch members cut the meat into sizable portions, skewered it, sliced it, lit the fire and coal, helped set the equipment up, and cooked the lamb skewers to be […]
San Diego Branch hosted the 2024-2025 4th Solution for Hope Beast Academy Online Class on July 08-14, 2024
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 4th Beast Academy online class in 2024-2025 was on July 08-14, 2024. Beast Academy is a mathematics program for elementary and […]
Riverside County AYLUS Members Return to Lend a Helping Hand to a Senior Home on July 11th, 2024
On July 11th, 2024, Evan and Kyan Chang volunteered at a local senior home. They assisted in entertaining the residents with several rounds of playing a horse racing game. During a round, the seniors place their bets on the different horses and then throw the two dice. The first dice determines the horse, and the […]
San Diego Branch Hosted the Solution for Hope Online Tutoring Class on July 8 – July 14, 2024
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 8, 2024 – July 14, 2024. The goal of tutoring classes is to […]
West Essex AYLUS Volunteers at Special Tennis Class on 6/22/24
On June 22th 2024, West Essex members volunteered in the Love Serving Autism tennis class offered to special needs children at West Orange Tennis Club. The program provides inclusive therapeutic racquet sports instruction for neurodivergent children to enhance communication, motor coordination, life skills, and behavior on and off the courts. In the class, the coaches […]
West Essex AYLUS Volunteers at Special Tennis Class on 6/15/24
On June 15th 2024, West Essex members volunteered in the Love Serving Autism tennis class offered to special needs children at West Orange Tennis Club. The program provides inclusive therapeutic racquet sports instruction for neurodivergent children to enhance communication, motor coordination, life skills, and behavior on and off the courts. In the class, the coaches […]
Greater Princeton AYLUS Volunteers in Local Libraries (54th) in July 2024
In July, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) supported local libraries, such as the Summit Free Public Library, West Windsor Public Library, Montgomery Public Library, Plainsboro Public Library, Livingston Public Library, and more. BECOME A VOLUNTEER: HOW YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE Library Programs (teaching Chess, tutoring, etc.) Book sorting (categorize […]
AYLUS Saratoga Members Volunteer at Resource Area For Teaching (7/13/2024)
Reported by: Angel Shi Event description: From 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM PDT on Sunday, July 14th, members of the Saratoga AYLUS branch volunteered with the organization Resource Area For Teaching. Our goals included helping educators around the Bay Area. During the event, volunteers were able to assemble and prep project kits for learning in […]
AYLUS Saratoga Members Volunteer at Resource Area For Teaching (7/14/2024)
Reported by: Angel Shi Event description: From 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM PDT on Sunday, July 14th, members of the Saratoga AYLUS branch volunteered with the organization Resource Area For Teaching. Our goals included helping educators around the Bay Area. During the event, volunteers were able to assemble and prep project kits for learning in […]
AYLUS Saratoga Members Volunteer at Resource Area For Teaching (6/23/2024)
Reported by: Angel Shi Event description: From 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM PDT on Sunday, June 23rd, members of the Saratoga AYLUS branch volunteered with the organization Resource Area For Teaching. Our goals included helping educators around the Bay Area. During the event, volunteers were able to assemble and prep project kits for learning in […]
AYLUS Plano & Frisco Branch: Sorting Books for 5th African Library Project-Lesotho on July 15th, 2024
Reported by Amelia Kuo Posted by Jenny Wang The African Library Project is dedicated to providing gently used books to libraries in Africa. We are proud to say that this will be our 5th time donating books to the ALP. We have each organized the books we have collected individually, the amount ranging from 50-200. […]
AYLUS Plano & Frisco Branch: Collecting Books for 5th African Library Project-Lesotho on July 14th, 2024
Reported by Amelia Kuo Posted by Jenny Wang The African Library Project is an organization dedicated to creating and improving libraries all across Africa. This is AYLUS’s 5th African Library Project, and we are honored to help out the ALP. Our group of AYLUS members have collected an estimate of 1000 books to donate on […]
San Diego Branch hosted the Veterans Village of San Diego Annual Clothing Drive on July 12, 2024
Reported by Andrew Zhou On July 12, 2024, the AYLUS San Diego Branch participated in the Veterans Village of San Diego Annual Clothing Drive. Our branch, working as a team, donated about seven bags and five boxes full of clothes and shoes to support our heroes. On that day, we partnered with another nonprofit organization, […]