On July 13th, 2024, AYLUS Mendham branch participated to volunteer at Asian Sports Summer Campus as assistant soccer coach. Kids in the age group of 10-13 years joined this 2 hours’ long session focusing on improving their technical abilities such as Ball Control, Passing, Dribbling, Finishing as well as physical aspects like endurance, speed and […]

In May 2024, AYLUS Missouri City member Catherine Sun participated in the Chinese Tutoring volunteer event at Bellaire High School, Houston, TX 77401 on every Tuesday. Catherine taught and instructed students who are learning Chinese. The event lasted 1 hour on every Tuesday in May 2024 (5/7, 5/14, 5/21, 5/28). There are totally 4 hours for […]

On July 13 2024, members of the Greater Buffalo Branch volunteered at the OneWorld Soccer Tournament hosted by Bridges From Borders from 9AM-6PM. Volunteers helped out with selling water, taking photos, doing interviews, and helping with yard games. The event was a success and furthered Bridges From Border’s mission to promote diversity, inclusion and friendship. […]

In July 2024, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) Environment Committee continued its conservation, a continuing effort for the GPA students to put their influence on the local community since their last public speech to the West Windsor Council in 2019. GPA conservationists collected & recycled plastic bags, batteries, clothes, picked […]

Julia played piano for residents of Harbor Chase Assisted Living Center to provide entertainment during their lunchtime. (Julia Chen: 30 minutes)

Julia played piano for residents of Harbor Chase Assisted Living Center to provide entertainment during their lunchtime. (Julia Chen: 30 minutes)

On Sunday, July 14th 2024, the members of AYLUS went to Steppingstone park to pick out weeds and help pick up trash. During the 2.5 hours, the productive members helped clean the flowerbeds and trees and were able to pick out a lot of weeds, along with keeping the park clean and making sure that […]

On 7/12/24 AYLUS syosset members volunteered at Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary to help spread mulch around newly planted plants. Spreading mulch is very important as it controls weeds, the mulch suppress sunlight which makes it harder for weeds to germinate and spread. Mulch also helps regulate soil temperature and helps retain moisture in the soil. Members […]

In July, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) collaborated with other branches for the newest edition of newspapers to promote youth volunteerism.  Founded by AYLUS Honorary President Cassie Wang in Aug. 2019, editors across the country worked together to have this newsletter published on a monthly basis. Besides the AYLUS announcement, […]

In July, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) Empowerment Committee Chair Xing Liao continued hosting a free tutoring program at 19 S 2nd Street, Highland Park, to help Turkish and Syrian refugee family students through a network with Interfaith RISE.  AYLUS has scheduled this Free Tutoring for any elementary, middle, or […]

In July, 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 […]

In July, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) collaborated with Sunrose Arts & Photography (80 Main St, Madison, NJ 07940) for a fun art & craft sale event as part of GPA Art Therapy Initiative, raising funds to support diabetes children of low-income families.  Sunrose Arts & Photography Sunrose is a […]

In July, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) continued its music performance program at Wilentz Senior Residence (360 Demott Lane, Somerset, NJ 08873).  GPA leader Jason Shi (7/7, 3 hrs) organized this performance program by calling for performers, assembling the music, designing a program flier, bringing in music stands, and hosting […]

In July, 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 […]

Between June and August, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) supported the Best Day Foundation at the Great Lawn Beach, Long Branch & Brick Beach III Seneca Dunes, Mantoloking, New Jersey. Best Day Foundation is a volunteer organization that helps children and young adults with special needs build confidence and self-esteem […]

On July 12th, 2024, AYLUS Scottsdale attended an FMSC event to help give back to children in impoverished conditions around the world. Members packed, stored, and processed parts of Soy, Rice, Vegetables, and Vitamins for those who are starving from malnutrition. Members that attended include: Session 5 (2 hours each): Jason Kai Jun Xi Wu

On Saturday, July 13th, from 9:00 am – 12:00 pm, the Roslyn Branch of AYLUS helped a community food drive called NOSH Delivers! by working at their food pantry to give out food and products to families who cannot afford them. NOSH Delivers! was founded in March 2020 to bring food to local families impacted […]

On July 12th, 2024 AYLUS Great Neck Branch put on their weekly Friday sports day initiative, helping the special needs children and help boost physical activities for not only the kids who attended this event, but also the volunteers. On this day, we did fun activities like playing freeze tag and frisbee with a group […]

On July 13, 2024, the Syosset AYLUS organization visited the Long Island Native Initiative to plant native plants. This initiative aims to maintain biodiversity on Long Island and support the growth of native plants to prevent invasive species from taking over. Many members of our organization and parents joined us at the greenhouse to participate […]

This is the 85th event hosted by AYLUS Oakland Gardens. It was a warm evening, and we spent 2 hours of it working for Crocheron Park’s Garden Bed. We would like to thank Jessica from Friends of Crocheron Park & John Golden Park, for helping and teaching us about the plants. She joined the nonprofit group […]

On Saturday July 13, 3 members of the AYLUS Idaho Falls Branch volunteered as docents for the Museum of Idaho. The new exhibits explores the science, innovation, and wonder of space, planes, and technology. The 3 members helped explain the transformative power of innovation throughout history from Wright brothers to Jets, and helped guide visitors […]

On July 13th, 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): […]

On July 11th, 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 […]

on 6/21, West Essex branch members participated in a charity performance for senior residents at the Care One senior center in Parsippany NJ.  Members sang classic songs, performed Chinese traditional dance, modern dance, rhythmic gymnastics, cello , violin, viola, etc.  West Essex members (2 hours each): Emily Cai, Kayla Fang, Isabel Ni, Serena Ni, Rena […]

On July 9th, 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): […]

On 6/29/24, West Essex members volunteered with Essex special skating team at the 15th Annual National Theatre On Ice Competition in Evansville, Indiana at the Ford Center. Eighty teams traveled to Evansville, Indiana, for 2024 National Theatre on Ice. Held June 25-29 at Ford Center, teams competed for theatrical skating titles across nine divisions: preliminary, intermediate, […]

On 6/1/24 and 6/2/24, West Essex members volunteered with Essex special skating team at the Cardinal Classic TOI competition in Woodbridge, VA. SCNV’s Cardinal Classic 2024 competition, held at Prince William Ice Center from May 31 to June 2, 2024. Singles, Pairs, Well-Balanced, Excel and Showcase, Aspire, Compete USA, and Theatre on Ice events will […]

During the week if July 8 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 […]

On July 13, 2024, AYLUS Cupertino branch conducted the clean-up event at Machato 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, Hao Chen (2 hours for each […]

West Essex AYLUS Volunteers for the event Specturm360 and the Walk on J (une 9, 2024. Spectrum360 provides people with autism and those with related challenges the specialized programs and support they need to realize their aspirations, lead thriving lives, and fully engage with their families and in their communities. Spectrum360 organized this ‘a Walk […]

Reported by Jenny Wang Posted by Jenny Wang The African Library Project changes lives, book by book, together with partners in Africa and North American volunteers, to create, improve, and sustain libraries in African communities. During July, many AYLUS members sorted K-8 books into four reading levels: PreK-1, 2-4,5-6, and 7-8 for our Lesotho library, […]

On 7/9/2024 and 7/11/2024, AYLUS Great Neck hosted two more tutoring sessions for students in the Great Neck Library Station Branch.   On 7/9, Zhaoxi Chen,Xingzhi Li and Yucheng Fu helped three middle school students learning math,   and Yuhao (Henry) Xu helped a peer about sicence. On 7/11, Zhaoxi Chen helped two middle school students […]

In July, 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 […]

In July, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) Empowerment Committee Chair Xing Liao continued hosting a free tutoring program at 19 S 2nd Street, Highland Park, to help Turkish and Syrian refugee family students through a network with Interfaith RISE.  AYLUS has scheduled this Free Tutoring for any elementary, middle, or […]

West Essex members Hebe Leung and Jaden Leung volunteered at Taekwondo classes for children on 6/17/24, 6/18/24, 6/19/24.  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: 6/17: Jeremiah Au (1 hour); 6/18: […]

On 6/19/24, West Essex branch volunteered with Livingston Chinese Association (LCA) and Livingston Police department at the Livingston Safety and Civic Engagement event held at the LPD training room. The Livingston Chinese Association (LCA) and Livingston NJ Police Department co-hosted an incredibly successful community event on June 19th, focused on safety and civic engagement. Held […]

West Essex members Zoe Leung, Hebe Leung and Jaden Leung volunteered at Taekwondo classes for children on 6/10/24 and 6/12/24.  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.  On 6/12/24, the three members helped in […]