In our latest community gathering, members of AYLUS Woodbridge came together to contribute to the enrichment of our local library’s collection through a collective book review writing initiative. On April 5, participants immersed themselves in the world of literature, writing an abundance of book reviews and submitted them to a local library, which will serve […]

In our recent community endeavor, members of AYLUS Woodbridge rallied together to support the Friends of the Library nonprofit organization. On April 3, our volunteers dedicated their time to cleaning and organizing books, contributing to the noble mission of the Friends of the Library of the Woodbridge Town Library. This nonprofit, known for its commitment […]

On April, 6th, 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 David Li, Michelle Li, Aaron Yoo:  4 Hours

On Saturday, March 30th, 2024, members of the Jericho Aylus Branch dedicated their day to an environmental conservation effort at Tobay Beach. Their primary activity was planting Dune Grass, a plant known for its robust root system and ability to stabilize sand dunes, thereby playing a critical role in shoreline protection. This initiative is particularly […]

At AYLUS’ weekly iPad Club meeting today at Fellowship Village, AYLUS members had helped out by teaching a senior how to copy a  translation into a email,how to turn off a apple watch and delete fraud emails. They had also teached the seniors how to report fraud emails to junk. Tonia Wu, Clarence Wu, Sarah […]

On April 4th, 2024, members of the AYLUS-Columbus branch held an in-person weekly tutoring session for the 2023/2024 school year at the Abbey Church Village in Dublin, Ohio. This community is part of the national church residences and serves low income families, including new immigrant families. AYLUS Columbus members helped 8 elementary, middle, or high […]

The AYLUS Dix Hills volunteers at Planting Fields Arboretum to help get rid of invasive vines. Volunteers used multiple different tools like metal pitchforks, rakes, clippers, and other gardening tools to cut down and gather the vines in a pile for removal. Volunteers cut the vines at the base to put them all in a […]

Aylus Greater Triangle, a community organization dedicated to supporting immigrants, launched the Open Sky Book Club on April 6, 2024. This initiative aims to assist new immigrants in improving their English language skills through group reading sessions. By encouraging participants to read aloud in a supportive environment, the club seeks to enhance language proficiency, foster […]

On April 1st at Cross line Church food pantry, we provide foods and other resources for people in need. Our participate include Derek Liu, Yufei Liu, and Aiden Ji. This activity includes making boxes, where we put foods in boxes and later these resources will get donated to special needs people. Although not everyone show […]

On April 1st at Cross line Church food pantry, we provide foods and other resources for people in need. Our participate include Aiden Ji, Henry Sun, Yufei Liu, PengPeng Zhang, ShengSheng Zhang, Derek Liu, Ethan Zhang, Matthew Zhang, and Danny Wang. This activity includes making boxes, where we put foods in boxes and later these […]

On April 5th, 2024, the Aylus Great Neck branch hosted a sports activity at Firefighter Park to promote a healthy lifestyle for our residents and special needs kids. Our volunteers, including Zhaoyu Liu, Zoe Xia, Austin Wang, Isla Zeng, Jason Zeng, Cody Ngo, Xingzhi Li, Andrew Qian, and Melody Fan, arrived at Firefighter Park at […]

In April, 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, Sean Xu, 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 […]

In April, 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 early April 2024, the American Youth Leadership Foundation (AYLF) Board of Directors selected the Greater Princeton Branch, Great Neck Branch, Roslyn Branch, Murrieta Branch, Frisco & Plano Branch, Pearland Branch, Oakland Gardens Branch, San Diego Branch, Chapel Hill Branch, and Upper Manhattan Branch for the Branch of the Month Award for March 2024. Congratulations […]

In April, 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 […]

On Saturday, March 30, the Great Neck Branch of AYLUS visited the Valley Stream State Park. Their goals every Saturday are to help out at state parks which may include getting rid of invasive species of plants, which was bamboo this week. They helped to clear the area of invasive bamboo which is a plant […]

AYLUS Auburn Branch volunteered for the Aurburn High School World’s Fair On April 2, 2024. On this day, Auburn High School became a vibrant tapestry of cultures, colors, and traditions with students and their families representing 23 countries. Our group helped at the craft table to exhibit Chinese culture by writing Chinese characters and drawing […]

On March 20, 2024, AYLUS Cupertino branch conducted the clean-up event at Central Park. We picked up roughly 2 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 (2 hours for each member)  

On 3/30/2024, Aylus Great Neck hosted another tutoring session at the Great Neck Library Station Branch. Our three volunteers, Ruiqi Liu, Emma Ding, and Kevin Zhang arrived at the library at around 4:30PM. We had three separate students, so our volunteers all went their separate ways. Ruiqi Liu helped a student who was struggling to […]

In April, 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 […]

This is the 61th event hosted by AYLUS Oakland Gardens, held on March 31, 2024. Our members partnered with the Olde Towne of Flushing Burial Ground Conservancy for an Easter clean-up event. This site is a historic cemetery, overseen by Maureen Regan, Ada, and other park workers of the conservancy. Maureen, an advocate who preserved […]

Reported by Jenny Wang All of our proceeds will be given to the Children’s Medical Center Foundation in Plano (giving@childrens.com, 214-456-8360). On March 31st, 2024, TweeTea Boba Shop hosted a special fundraising event for the Children’s Medical Center of Plano. We offered face painting, balloon art, and cotton candy services to the party. The guests […]

The 60th event held by AYLUS Oakland Gardens was on Saturday, March 30th, 2024, from 12 pm to 2 pm. Volunteers from the Oakland Garden Branch went to Park of the Americas, where they were in encourage to participate in the free archery lesson by our Queens Urban Park Rangers. The day was quite windy […]

In March 2024, The Aylus Chatham Branch volunteered and partnered with Helping Hands(a local Non-profit organization) & Chatham Methodist Church in collecting donations for underprivileged people. They created the artwork to pass the words around the community, collected and sorted the food products，baby products and feminine products donations. The donations were drop off to Helping […]

On March 27th, 2024, The Aylus Chatham Branch continued to volunteer and partner with “Help4All” organization in monthly(March) donations. They collected cleaning supplies, spring Adult and children clothes and shoes, sorted the donations and dropped off to Help4All to support the families in the newly built shelter in the Chatham area, NJ. Volunteers: 2 Hours […]

On March 29th 2024, The Aylus Chatham Branch collected and sorted food donations within community to support people in need with food insecurity, and dropped off to the Community Food Bank of New Jersey in Hillside location. Volunteers: 2 Hours Xiang Li Han Li Kelly Nie Shirley Nie

In April, 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 […]

In April, to help children to build stronger social skills, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA), continued a volunteer program using their strength and passion to teach chess, art, and more to children in the local community. Encourage Them To Communicate. … Teach Them To Share. … Help Them Develop Empathy. […]

In April 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 […]

In April, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) volunteers supported our local community at Rise Food Pantry & Thrift Store (133 Broad Street, Hightstown, NJ 08520). GPA members collected and donated non-perishable foods, helped hand out and carry out food boxes, helped set up, guide clients through and clean up the […]

Written by Christina Mink On March 29, 2024, after securing a meeting room at the Melville Public Library, our members gathered and organized the items intended for donation to the Portledge School Gala, scheduled for April 11, 2024. These items will be auctioned during the gala to benefit the school foundation. We carefully curated eco-friendly […]

From 9 AM to 12 PM, the members of AYLUS Bellaire branch worked with other volunteers under the leadership of Houston Food Bank supervisors in the assembly line area, where they were sorted into various food into their respective groups, such as milk, tuna, chicken, dried dates, fruit mix, rice, and raisin. As the volunteers […]

Written by Christina Mink On March 17, 2024, AYLUS Oyster Bay organized the “Under the Sun” benefit concert in support of UNICEF. After obtaining permission from UNICEF for fundraising, we collaborated with renowned soprano Fang Tao Jiang and pianist Bryan Wagorn to present the concert at the National Opera Center in Manhattan. Members of the […]