The “Young Writers Club” project, a program aimed at supporting and inspiring young writers in the San Diego Region, was a great success. Organized by Hans Yang from the AYLUS San Diego Branch, a Young Writers Club Session took place on January 6th, 2024. The project got together and worked on the New Years Competitions […]

In January, West Essex AYLUS joined  Blossoming in Nature to educate students and volunteers on helping special needs children, specially autistic children to enjoy outdoor activities.  Blossoming in Nature is a high school students run nonprofit organization who focuses on bringing special needs children to hiking and other outdoor activities to enjoy nature. The goals […]

On 1/26/24, West Essex AYLUS hosted a QA session to help high school students set their academic goals, choose suitable courses, and explore to more fields of study.  Students shared their experiences in course selection, challenges they faced in different courses and answered questions from high school students and their parents. Livingston High School will […]

On 1/14/24 West Essex AYLUS helped Special Olympics Skating team clean up team closet.  Members took out skates, costumes, equipment, props, decorations and supplies from the team closet.  Members then sorted through the items, identified items for different teams, put skates into storage bins and hang up costumes.  Organized inventories were then stored in different […]

West Essex member participated in the monthly concert in Fellowship Village hosted by AYLUS Basking Ridge and King’s Academy of Dance Art (8000 Fellowship Rd, Basking Ridge, NJ, 07920) on 12/17/2023. Per AYLUS Basking Ridge branch, most of the AYLUS Basking Ridge members attending King’s Academy of Dance Arts, AYLUS BR and KADA planned this […]

Attached are the pictures of Zoe Leung and Hebe Leung  volunteering 2 hours at Taekwondo class on 1/29. 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: Zoe Leung and Hebe Leung

These are the pictures of Zoe Leung and Hebe Leung  volunteering 2 hours at Taekwondo class on 1/2. 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 Dec.18th, West Essex members helped out at Martial Arts class. Zoe Leung and Hebe Leung  volunteering 2 hours at Taekwondo class on 12/18. 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.

In Jan.2024, West Essex AYLUS supported Livingston High School Fencing team fundraising event. Members helped high school team communicate with local vendor, decide on fundraising dates, and design fundraising flyers.  The fundraising was a success and both the high school team and the vendor are looking forward to more events in the future.   West […]

On Jan.15th， West Essex AYLUS hosted a card for hospitalized children table at the Livingston Day of service event. The Livingston Committee for Diversity & Inclusion (LCDI) held its annual Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK) Day of Service on Jan.15th at the Livingston Senior and Community Center, where many organizations conducted service projects and several […]

In Jan. 2024, West Essex AYLUS conducted a yarn drive to collect yarns for St. Barnabas hospital.  The yarns will be used to make baby hat for babies at the hospital.  West Essex members collected from family, friends and MLK a day of service event participants West Essex members: Ella Chai, Hebe Leung, Zoe Leung, […]

In Jan. 2024, West Essex conducted a food drive to help Livingston Chinese Association (LCA) collect canned food to help low income families. Livingston  Committee for Diversity and Inclusion (LCDI) organized a day of service event to celebrate MLK day.  Livingston Chinese Association initiate a food drive as part of the service day activity.  To […]

On Jan.31st, West Essex AYLUS volunteered at inclusive martial art class.  Members guided participate during warm up, served as companies for participating children, and worked as assisted coach to teach participants steps and forms. Taekwondo may promote self-confidence in social and physical abilities, leisure exploration, and participation in children with social interaction skills deficits.” (Calinog et […]

On Jan.17th, West Essex AYLUS volunteered at inclusive martial art class.  Members guided participate during warm up, served as companies for participating children, and worked as assisted coach to teach participants steps and forms. Taekwondo may promote self-confidence in social and physical abilities, leisure exploration, and participation in children with social interaction skills deficits.” (Calinog et […]

On Jan.10th, West Essex AYLUS volunteered at inclusive martial art class.  Members guided participate during warm up, served as companies for participating children, and worked as assisted coach to teach participants steps and forms. Taekwondo may promote self-confidence in social and physical abilities, leisure exploration, and participation in children with social interaction skills deficits.” (Calinog et […]

On Jan. 27th 2024, West Essex AYLUS members volunteered with My Circle of Friends to provide music class for special needs children.  Members first read the lyrics together with the participants.  Volunteers worked with each participant to sing line by line till they can sing it out loud.  Then volunteers and participants sang the song […]

On Jan. 20th 2024, West Essex AYLUS members volunteered with My Circle of Friends to provide music class for special needs children.  Members first read the lyrics together with the participants.  Volunteers worked with each participant to sing line by line till they can sing it out loud.  Then volunteers and participants sang the song […]

On Jan. 13th 2024, West Essex AYLUS members volunteered with My Circle of Friends to provide music class for special needs children.  Members first read the lyrics together with the participants.  Volunteers worked with each participant to sing line by line till they can sing it out loud.  Then volunteers and participants sang the song […]

On Jan. 6th 2024, West Essex AYLUS members volunteered with My Circle of Friends to provide music class for special needs children.  Members first read the lyrics together with the participants.  Volunteers worked with each participant to sing line by line till they can sing it out loud.  Then volunteers and participants sang the song […]

On Jan. 28th 2024, West Essex AYLUS volunteered with Essex Special Skaters to help skaters with disabilities train and practice for Special Olympics Figure skating program. The mission of Special Olympics is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them […]

On Jan. 21st 2024, West Essex AYLUS volunteered with Essex Special Skaters to help skaters with disabilities train and practice for Special Olympics Figure skating program. The mission of Special Olympics is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them […]

On Jan. 14th 2024, West Essex AYLUS volunteered with Essex Special Skaters to help skaters with disabilities train and practice for Special Olympics Figure skating program. The mission of Special Olympics is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them […]

On 12/16/23, West Essex AYLUS volunteered with Essex special skating team to perform synchronized skating for the annual Ice Show.  Members served as unified partner for special skaters.   West Essex members: Olivia, Jessica Choy,  

On 1/27/24, West Essex AYLUS volunteered with Special Olympic swimming team at JCC metro west. West Essex member worked as unified partner as well as assisting coach to help participates improve swimming skills. Our member also worked with younger swimmers to help them understand the “swimming team” format and learn basic swimming skills. West Essex […]

On 1/20/24, West Essex AYLUS volunteered with Special Olympic swimming team at JCC metro west. West Essex member worked as unified partner as well as assisting coach to help participates improve swimming skills. Our member also worked with younger swimmers to help them understand the “swimming team” format and learn basic swimming skills. West Essex […]

On 1/13/24, West Essex AYLUS volunteered with Special Olympic swimming team at JCC metro west. West Essex member worked as unified partner as well as assisting coach to help participates improve swimming skills. Our member also worked with younger swimmers to help them understand the “swimming team” format and learn basic swimming skills. West Essex […]

On 1/6/24, West Essex AYLUS volunteered with Special Olympic swimming team at JCC metro west. West Essex member worked as unified partner as well as assisting coach to help participates improve swimming skills. Our member also worked with younger swimmers to help them understand the “swimming team” format and learn basic swimming skills. West Essex […]

AYLUS Bellaire Branch members volunteered at Ed White Elementary School from 9:00am to 12:00pm on Saturday, January 27, 2024.   The main focus of the program is to assist children that come from low-income families with reading and math. Members of AYLUS tutored kids on topics, such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Also, some […]

On Saturday, January 20, 2024,  AYLUS Bellaire Branch members volunteered at E.D. White Elementary School. The weekly volunteering program aims to help students with disadvantaged families with mathematics and reading. Members tutored kids in 4th and 5th grade on topics ranging from fractions, multiplication, division, addition, subtraction, and English. Some volunteers even communicated in Spanish […]

In January 2024, The Aylus Chatham Branch continued to volunteer and partner with “Help4All” organization in collecting socks, gloves, hats, water bottles for people in need. They created an artwork to spread the word around them, collected and sorted the donations. The donations were drop off to Help4All on January 28th, 2024. Volunteers:2 HoursXiang LiKelly […]

Reported by Lauren Kan. AYLUS San Diego Branch organized the 1st collection and recycling of used batteries in Jan of 2024. Our volunteers collected 15 lbs of used batteries. The batteries are dropped at Staples. Scientific researchers have claimed that recycling batteries can save 51.3% of natural resources. The recycling of batteries will contribute towards conserving […]

This January, members of Chapel Hill Branch crafted heart-shaped pillows for cancer patients on their healing journey. These handmade cuddle buddies provide some much-needed comfort after surgery and are all about sprinkling smiles, hope, and strength to those tackling the tough parts of cancer. We hope that our little, but full-of-love, project adds a positive […]

Museum of Idaho is doing two guided tours: under the canopy to encounter exotic rainforest animals and also way out west, which immerse visitors in our region’s human and environmental story of our region. The Museum was short of staff and needed volunteers to help as docents.   From left to right: Nolan Ma, Zach […]

In January, Chapel Hill Branch hosted a volunteer event where we crafted handmade gifts for Kits to Heart. Throughout the month, we gathered handwritten letters and sewed cloth masks to contribute to cancer care kits. Our members spend hours sewing masks and adding extra touches like hand-drawn pictures and encouraging words specially made for those […]

On Sunday, January 28th, 2024, AYLUS Chapel Hill dedicated their time to volunteer at Charles House, a house at Carol Woods Retirement Community. Members helped collect flowers from Trader Joe’s and brought the flowers to the Charles House. We hope these flowers will help improve the lives of seniors who reside at Carol Woods. In […]

Engineers Without Borders (EWB) is an international organization that applies engineering solutions to aid in the development of underprivileged communities through community-centered design. EWB-OSU is the student led chapter at The Ohio State University of the national organization. In addition to international projects, such as building a school for Ecuador, current local projects include designing […]