In the months of January and February 2024, members of the East Cobb Branch of AYLUS contributed to the Missing Maps project. Missing Maps is an online project in which members use the HOT (Humanitarian OSM Team) Tasking Manager to create maps for OpenStreetMap. The members are shown a satellite image from Bing and must trace […]

The volunteering event took place on a vibrant and sunny day, marking the much-anticipated arrival of spring. We gathered at Long Island Native Plant Initiative. The event was scheduled to be from 10 am to 2 pm, on March 16, 2024. The main focus of our volunteering efforts was to embrace the arrival of spring […]

In our recent community endeavor, members of AYLUS Woodbridge rallied together to support the Friends of the Library nonprofit organization. On March 13, 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 […]

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

Reported by Karen Li Posted by Jenny Wang Frisco & Plano Branch members collected donations for sale and raised funds to support Plano Children’s Medical Center foundation, address is P.O. Box 847253, Dallas TX 75248, email is giving @childrens.com, contact name is Carolyn Allsup and phone number is 214 456 8360. On March 16 2024 […]

On February 23rd, AYLUS Fullerton Branch Member Ethan Li volunteered at a Santiago K-8 school, helping lead the event in egg drop and clay molding, and helping out students. Ethan Li – 7 hours

Reported by Andrew Zhou Smiling Stars Reading Program is a new project by AYLUS San Diego and kicked off on September 23, 2023. This program serves a dual purpose: to facilitate meaningful connections with local children with autism and improve their communication skills, while simultaneously improving their foundational reading comprehension skills. Our commitment is not […]

On March 13, 2024, from 2 to 4 PM, the members of the AYLUS Raritan Branch volunteered at the Chelsea Senior Living Center in East Brunswick, where many elders live and are cared for. Three distinct groups volunteered in the Chelsea and participated in activities with the elders. The first group was on the third […]

Four AYLUS Basking Ridge members participated in Saturdays in Motion at the GSCY YMCA on 3/16/24. The two volunteers that were new to SIM participated in a brief new volunteer training first. They all helped set up the gym equipment before the session began. Once the session started, each volunteer paired up with a special […]

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 to host more flea market booths in New Jersey for charity.  GPA leaders Tom Cui, Sean Xu, and Steven Li purchased attractive products in Amazon overstock outlets, collected donations, set up flea market booths, and raised funds for AYLUS Save a Life […]

On the sunny morning of March 16, 2024, the Upper Manhattan Branch organized an environmental stewardship event at Oakland Lake. The event aimed to clean up the hiking trail, which had become littered with single-use water bottles, soft drink cans, and other food trash discarded by partygoers. Richard Xu and Mark Li, two dedicated volunteers, […]

Aylus Greater Triangle Volunteers3/16/2024 Clean-up adopted streets. The purpose of this event is to enhance the cleanliness of the local area while promoting children’s community involvement and environmental responsibility. The focus is on cleaning the sidewalk along Highcroft Drive from McCrimmon Parkway to the whole food plaza. AYLUS’s commitment to maintaining and improving public spaces […]

Reported by Isabella Zhang Posted by Jenny Wang Frisco & Plano Branch members collected donations for sale and raised funds to support Plano Children’s Medical Center foundation, address is P.O. Box 847253, Dallas TX 75248, email is giving @childrens.com, contact name is Carolyn Allsup and phone number is 214 456 8360. On the Friday of […]

  Aylus Greater Triangle 3/16/2024 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 […]

On 3/16/2024, members of the AYLUS Syosset participated in the Bayard Cutting Arboretum and helped eradicate invasive plants. The plants we eradicated included vines, cape leaves, etc. Due to the massive invasive plants at the place, AYLUS members worked extremely hard to remove everything but did not hurt other suitable plants. The weather today was […]

In a concerted effort to revitalize the local environment, members of the Upper Manhattan Branch dedicated their time and energy to cleaning up Alley Pond Park on March 10, 2024. The focus of this community service event was on removing litter that had accumulated in the area, specifically targeting cans, bottles, and discarded towels. Through […]

In March, the Greater Princeton 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 & Thrift Store […]

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) Apparel Committee worked together again to promote youth volunteerism among nearby students and to dress up new AYLUS memberships with our home-printed cardinal red uniforms. This project is to encourage GPA members to use their talents in all kinds of crafting and arts […]

On March 15th, 2024, AYLUS Great Neck Branch organized its exercising event for the thirteenth time. In which, children in our community were offered an opportunity to engage in a variety of physical activities. Today, we played a bit of tag and just ran around the park in the time we weren’t doing anything specific. […]

Reported by Miranda Yu Posted by Jenny Wang Between the months March 2024, four AYLUS volunteers made pieces of art using numerous recycled objects and materials. They took recycled materials and garbage found at home such as plastic bottles, caps and containers, glass coke bottles, used paper, tinfoil, tissue boxes, and milk cartons and turned […]

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 4, 2024 – Mar 10, 2024.   The goal of tutoring classes is […]

This is the 51st event held by Oakland Gardens on March 09th, 2024. The weather today is quite cold, the temperature is very low, and the wind blows hard. Such cold weather cannot stop our love for the community. Our ranger Dana has returned from vacation in Vietnam and looks very energetic. Dana and his […]

On March 7th, 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 […]

Reported By Amelia Kuo Posted by Jenny Wang During this volunteer event, we have dedicated time to picking up trash in Russell Creek Park, Skaggs Elementary School, and Rice Middle School. Not only have we cleaned those locations, we have also cleaned the surrounding parking lots, creeks, lakesides, sidewalks and playgrounds during this volunteering event. […]

On March 10, 2024, AYLUS Bridgewater Branch held its 2024 Spring Concert at the Chelsea Senior Living Center. We had 11 performances in total. The concert mostly featured musical instruments – including piano, cello, guzheng, and more. We also had two dances. Some volunteers from the Basking Ridge Branch collaborated with us.   Volunteers: Jeffrey […]

On Wednesday 3/13/24, the Great Neck Branch of AYLUS helped out at the Great Neck Public Library. It was for a calligraphy workshop, where they set up tables and folded paper before the class. During the class, the volunteers helped to refill ink, provide more paper, and hold up examples drawn by the calligraphy teacher. […]

In March, 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, […]

Columbus Branch Held a In-Person Tutoring session at Abbey Church Village on March 14th, 2024

AYLUS San Clemente members volunteered at FAM food pantry on March 11th and March 13th, 2024. On March 11th, 2024, Jasmine, Kevin and Eddie volunteered at FAM food pantry from 9 am to 12 pm; three hours. The supervisor was Dean, Jasmine’s dad. For the first hour, we made goodie bags. Kevin took out the […]