During the Spring break from March 11, 2024 to March 15 2024, AYLUS members Ryan Tang and Catherine Sun, along with other volunteers helped organize and order books at the Fort Bend Library at University branch. The event took 2 hours each day during the spring break; they total volunteered 10 hours for this event […]

On Saturday, March 23, 2024, from 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM, the Roslyn Branch of AYLUS volunteered at a CP Nassau Group Home in Hicksville. CP Nassau (Cerebral Palsy Association of Nassau County) is a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to providing quality services for children and adults with cerebral palsy. One of their programs […]

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

In March, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) promoted AYLUS for youth volunteerism at the annual APEX International Music Events. GPA members served at the audition events hosted in Art Building of Raritan Valley Community College (118 Lamington Road, Branchburg, NJ 08876), distributing AYLUS fliers, playing AYLUS orientation videos, displaying AYLUS […]

During March 22, Aylus Great Neck branch, hosted an event for children with special needs. Games involving badminton and running were employed to create fun events for everyone. Additional children from the public park also joined in to participate in the various activities. All participants have fun during the activities and also prove to be […]

On March 8th, the Chatham Aylus Branch Volunteered at the Chatham Library and helped with sorting seeds for the public seed distribution of the Library of the Chathams. 2 hours: Aidan Wong Kevin Wang Mason Ludwig Spencer Matthews Michael Lin

On 3/23/24, members of AYLUS Syosset and AYLUS Oyster Bay performed for the elderly at the Sunrise Senior Center of Dixs Hills. We started to set up at 1:45 pm and the performance started at 2:00 pm. Syosset iSchool’s Fortune Star Band performed five songs and 5 other solos and groups performed following the band. […]

Every month, the Greater Princeton branch of AYLUS (GPA) volunteers, who are primarily middle and high school students, gather at Brookdale Senior Living in Hillsborough, New Jersey (600 Auten Road; Community 908-431-1300), to put on a one hour long concert for a senior audience, bringing talent, charisma, and joy to the seniors.  During these concerts, […]

In March, 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 […]

On Saturday, March 23rd, volunteers participated in the Maple Festival at Niagara Heritage Center where volunteers made pancakes, cooked sausages, and helped clean up and serve meals. It was a great event!!   Ashley Chi: 7.5 hr Muling Lu, Grace Wang, Ethan Lin , Amber Ren: 4.5 hr Ziyi Cheng, Austin Xu: 3 hr

Reilin Lyu volunteered with the Buffalo Museum of Science on March 9. She was supervising children and making sure everywhere is sanitary within the Curious George Exhibit. Kevin Zou on March 22 and with the Buffalo Museum of Science “the Curious George event”. He upervised children throughout the day.   Volunteer: Reilin Lyu (3 hours), […]

On Thursday, March 21, 2024, AYLUS Oakland Garden members went to MS 74 to pick up the books. This is the 56th event held by AYLUS Oakland Gardens branch. It was our last time going to MS 74, as we collected all the books we needed. As some of our members were MS 74’s students, […]

On Tuesday March 19, 2024 our team received another special balloon making event. The entire event lasted an hour. This is the 55th event held by AYLUS Oakland Gardens. We made balloons for our goal of making a library for Africa along with an extra 500 dollars for the supplies and the shipping cost. Every […]

3/20/2024: On 3/20/2024, Aylus Great Neck hosted its largest tutoring session yet in the Great Neck Library Station Branch. Our four volunteers, Ruiqi Liu, Jason Zeng, Xingzhi Li and Zixi (Cici) Zhang arrived at the library at around 4:30PM. Two of us, Ruiqi Liu and Xingzhi Li, stayed with four of our students to help […]

Aylus Greater Triangle 3/23/2024 Launches Open Sky Book Club to Help New Immigrants Read Aloud AYLUS volunteers are assisting new immigrants in integrating into American society by promoting English communication through activities such as reading aloud and discussing current affairs. Building upon this, the “Open Sky Book Club” program has been launched, not only aiding […]

Five AYLUS Basking Ridge members participated in Saturdays in Motion at the GSCY YMCA on 3/23/24. They all helped set up the gym equipment before the session began. Once the session started, each volunteer paired up with a special needs kids and did various activities. The volunteers are responsible for monitoring their child’s safety while […]

At AYLUS’ weekly iPad Club meeting today at Fellowship Village, AYLUS members had helped out by helping someone be able to translate a email by using the translate app then copy and pasting it in the message. The members had then helped a elder be able to connect their phone to their watch, which was […]

On Wednesday, March 20, the Great Neck Branch of AYLUS volunteered at the Great Neck Public Library to help out with the second week of a Chinese calligraphy class. The class is held every Wednesday for three weeks. The class is taught by Professor Yixin Yuan, and has 12 students. Before the class started, the […]

In March, the Greater Princeton 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 high school subjects […]

In March, 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 March 4th, 2024, Yuqi Chen and Grace  Ding worked on a volunteer event that was very successful. In this event, they passed out thousands of toys to lighten and add joy to so many families. Near the door organizer would call out a number. As the volunteers, they would look at the tags of […]

In March Spring break time, volunteers from the Greater Memphis Branch packaged food, drinks, and diapers for the local food bank. They also assisted with checking the quality of the food during the distribution process. The packaged goods and items were then distributed to those in need. The details are below. Date: 3/11/24 Volunteers: Evan […]

Greater Memphis Branch members taught chess and played Bingo at the Gardens of Germantown: Date:1/6/2024 Volunteers: Evan Wu, Pobby Wang, Charlotte Cheng, Shirley Chen, Owen Chen, Eric Chen, and Ryan Call (1.5/each) Date:1/13/2024 Volunteers :Alex Shi, Evan Shi, and Joshua Dong (2hrs/each) They played chess at Germantown Plantation Senior Living, 9293 Poplar Ave, Germantown. A […]

Reported by Steven Xiao   Coop with Libraries With Love, the AYLUS San Diego Committee kicked off the 2023-2024 Solution for Hope on-line classes for raising funds to build libraries in Africa. The Tutoring Class Activity continued in the week of Mar 11, 2024 – Mar 17, 2024.   The goal of tutoring classes is […]

On  03/16/2024, the Great Neck Branch dedicated their time to volunteering at Bayard Cutting Arboretum. We became part of the early response team fighting invasive species in New York state parks. It’s imperative to do early and rapid response because invasive species can take hold and ruin an entire ecosystem in weeks or even days. […]

Reported by Colin Xie On March 17th, San Diego students of AYLUS organized the 207th 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 […]

Reported by Colin Xie On March 10th, San Diego students of AYLUS organized the 206th 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 […]

On Sunday, March 17th, the Great Neck Branch of AYLUS held its first ever member recruitment/informational session event. This event was held at the main branch of the Great Neck Library from 2:00 to 4:00 pm. All officers attended the meeting and talked about the various parts of AYLUS. More than 80 people attended the […]

On Wednesday 03/20/24, members of the AYLUS Plantation branch returned to Cleveland Clinic Florida to perform music for the hospital’s patients and visitors. After spending a considerable amount of time practicing, they spent over an hour at the hospital performing in the Braathen Building. One visitor became emotional while listening to President Emily Wang play […]

Reported by Karen Zhou Posted by Jenny Wang On March 16th 2024, AYLUS volunteers sold handmade gemstone bracelets at a local flea market, Third Monday Trade Days in McKinney Texas. All of our proceeds will be given to the Children’s Medical Center Foundation in Plano (giving@childrens.com, 214-456-8360). The event was very successful and volunteers showed impressive […]

Reported by Lillian Qian Posted by Jenny Wang On Sunday, March 17, five volunteers worked to fundraise at the Third Monday Trade Day market. The TMMTD is a flea market-like setup in McKinney with different shops and organizations selling and advertising their goods and services. It is located along University Drive during the weekend before […]

3/12/2024 On 3/12/24, AYLUS Great Neck organized another tutoring session at the Great Neck Library Station Branch. From 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm, our volunteers, Emma Ding, Cynthia Luo, and Steven Ni, worked with a middle school student from Great Neck South Middle school with her math and biology homework and answered any additional questions […]

On March 15th – 17th, Austin Branch organized a clothing drive to collect unused or gently used clothes, graciously donated by local residents. Each item was carefully inspected and sorted to ensure quality. The clothes were donated to local charity to help individuals and families facing hardship.  

The Roslyn AYLUS branch assisted at The Chinese Cultural Association of Long Island (School of CCA) from 1:30 to 5:00 PM on the Sunday afternoon of March 17, 2024, at Neck South High School. As Teaching Assistants (TAs), we, the volunteers, helped and supported the teachers to ensure the well-being and concentration of the children. […]