Reported By: Ryan Wang The AYLUS Farmington Branch organized another fundraiser this week, raising funds to support the purchase of new books for the Farmington Public Library. Students sold various snacks, books, and lemonade to raise funds .    Audrey Wang: 4 Hours Audrea Wang: 4 Hours Ryan Wang: 2 Hours

The AYLUS Mclean Branch participated in Mclean Branch Music Buddies from May 2024 to April 2025 consistently each week. The days that we volunteered are 10/22/2024, 10/29/2024, 11/10/2024, 11/11/2024, 11/19/2024, 12/03/2024, 12/17/2024, 1/14/2025, 1/21/2025, 2/18/2025, 2/25/2025, 3/04/2025, 3/12/2025, 4/01/2025, 4/10/2025, 04/21/2025, and 04/29/2025 from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm.  Reported by Sarah Tao  The Aylus […]

The AYLUS Mclean Branch participated in a Food Donation Bank collaboration with the non-profit TeensForFoodBanks during the week of 04/20/2025-04/27/2025. Reported by Sarah Tao and Anneliese Nguyen  The Aylus Mclean Branch collaborated with Teen s for Food Banks to support local food banks by organizing and participating in a food drive. Through their effort they […]

West Essex AYLUS members baked a variety of delicious desserts and cookies at home during 4/25/2025- 4/26/2025 and participated in the bake sale event on 4/26/2025 to raise funds for Chinese school. All proceeds from the sale were generously donated to Chinese school to support the school’s mission of promoting Chinese culture within the community. […]

West Essex AYLUS is partnering with Livingston neighbors helping neighbors for a variety of volunteering and donation opportunities this year. PB&J Sandwiches Drive is going to be an on-going activity to support homeless people in Newark. 04/14/25: Kenneth Wu (4 hours) Calvin Cheng (3 hours) Sarah Li (4 hours) 04/15/25: Calvin Cheng (4 hours) Sarah […]

West Essex AYLUS is working with Seesaw vision center for the youth volunteer program. AYLUS volunteer’s work involves patient communication and basic front desk duties, as well as assisting the physician during patient care encounters. The goal of the program is to raise awareness about eye health in the youth community and give them an […]

On April 26, 2025, AYLUS West Essex Members volunteered at the West Essex YMCA(321 S Livingston Ave, Livingston, NJ) Healthy Kids Day event. The event aimed to promote healthy living and active lifestyles for children and families in the community. Throughout the day, they also assisted with activities. Their helpful attitudes and willingness to assist […]

On Saturday, April 26, 2025, AYLUS Mendham branch volunteers performed music concert at Maplewood Senior Living in Princeton, NJ. With attention to detail, the senior living community has been designed to exceed every expectation. Residents enjoy arts and cultural opportunities inside and outside the senior living community. The volunteers performed different instruments (piano, violin, cello) […]

On Apr. 26th, 2025, West Essex Aylus Members Volenteered Livingston Huaxia Chinese School not only their regular class as TA in the morning but also as timers and assistants of Huaxia Chinese School Debate Contest in the afternoon. This is Livingston Huaxia Chinese School which is located at 11 Broadlawn Dr., Livingston, NJ first time […]

On April 26, 2025, AYLUS Space Coast helped out at the 40th annual Melbourne Art Festival. Our volunteers were in charge of traffic at the main entrance. Approximately 4000 cars were guided over the course of 7 hours. The annual art festival showcases art of all ages from around the county. The festival gives local […]

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

In April, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) continued to host flea market booths in New Jersey running a business for charity.  Children’s Specialized Hospital is the nation’s leading provider of inpatient and outpatient care for children from birth to 21 years of age facing special health challenges — from chronic […]

In April 2025, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) continued its conservation, a continuing effort for the GPA students to put their influence on the local community since 2018. GPA conservationists collect watershed samples, donate foods & clothes, recycle plastic bags & batteries, pick up trash at nearby parks and trails, […]

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 […]

Reported By John Zhang Posted By Charlotte Chen Our wonderful AYLUS members spent their time collecting batteries from their neighbors/ friends. After spending lots of time on this project we went to the Frisco recycling center to recycle all the batteries we collected. Instead of spending time and resources making new batteries we recycled old […]

Reported By John Zhang Posted By Charlotte Chen Our wonderful AYLUS members spent their time collecting clothes from their neighbors/ friends. After spending lots of time on this project we went to the Goodwill store to donate all the clothes we collected. Instead of spending time and resources making new clothes we used clothes that people […]

AYLUS held its weekly iPad Club at the Fellowship Village on 4/26/25. As the Fellowship Village has changed to Icon, our volunteers helped the seniors register and install Icon on their mobile decives or use the webpage version. Our volunteers also helped seniors to fix problem with verification in IRS, teach them how to tell […]

The Bernards PEC Program runs every Saturday morning from 9-11am in April and May. It is a program for students to help other students with special needs. First our members had helped students through warm up, by demonstrating to them how to do many things such as galloping, high knees,etc. Our volunteers had also played […]

Reported By Melody Zhang Posted By Charlotte Chen On April 18th, 2025, four AYLUS volunteers helped move 27 boxes of books to be shipped to Kalumba CDSS in Malawi. The Frisco and Plano branch has worked in tandem with the African Library Project to build multiple libraries, allowing children in underserved communities in Africa to […]

  On April 26, two Greater Triangle Branch volunteers went to the Cary Learning Center in the afternoon. As teacher Assistants, they had the opportunity to support teachers and students in various capacities, including classroom management, providing individualized student support, and contributing to the overall learning environment. They assisted the teacher in preparing lesson materials, […]

In April, members of the AYLUS Morris branch organized a community service project by setting up collection sites at a local tennis club, gym, and study center. Their goal was to gather summer essentials to support children in need. Throughout the month, they collected six baseball hats and twenty-one pairs of sunglasses, all sunglasses are […]

Since fall 2024, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) volunteers, who are primarily middle and high school students, have been putting on “Music for Healing” concerts for the Special Education audience, bringing talent, charisma, and joy to the students.  During these concerts, AYLUS invites around 10 of its members to put […]

On April 20, 2025, Fullerton Branch members tutored kids ranging from 1st to 3rd graders in English. They were able to teach the kids the fundamental basics for reading. TOTAL HOURS Daisy Wei, Michelle Li: 4 Hours    

Activity & Impact On Friday, April 18, 2025, three members of the AYLUS North Hollywood branch volunteered at the Khalsa Food Pantry in Laurel Canyon from 3:30 PM to 7:00 PM. Volunteers assisted with preparing food, setting up distribution areas, handing out food to families, and assisted with closing down at the end of the […]

Activity & Impact On April 24, 2025, three members of the AYLUS North Hollywood branch volunteered at a town hall event in partnership with Breathe Free LA from 3:00 PM to 7:30 PM. AYLUS members ran an information booth throughout the event, conducting outreach to educate attendees about the benefits of AYLUS. Executive members were […]

Activity & Impact On April 19, 2025, three members of the AYLUS North Hollywood branch volunteered from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM at the annual Gloria Molina Grand Park’s “Easy Morning’s” event in partnership with Breathe Free LA. Members raised awareness about the effects of secondhand smoke, especially in multi-unit housing, while also asking for […]

In April, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) continued to host flea market booths in New Jersey running a business for charity.  Children’s Specialized Hospital is the nation’s leading provider of inpatient and outpatient care for children from birth to 21 years of age facing special health challenges — from chronic […]

AYLUS Houston Volunteers Shine at the 2025 Taiwan Yes Night Market On April 19th, 2025, dedicated volunteers from AYLUS Houston took the lead in managing the gaming areas at the highly anticipated annual Taiwan Yes Night Market, generously sponsored by the Light and Salt Association. In the days leading up to the event, our volunteers […]

  In response to Aylus’ call for “Youth Volunteer Service in the Community”, on April 25, 2025, two volunteers from our branch participated in the spring carnival at Hortons Creek Elementary School. The event was themed “Big Hands Holding Little Hands, Growing Together”, aiming to involve high school students in community service, while creating a […]

Reported by Jing Zhang   Posted by Mateen Benarieb The weather was sunny and was particularly pleasant. A total of 15 volunteers gathered together at the Frisco Community Park to participate in this packaging activity. In the end, we successfully completed the packaging of 27 boxes, and donated a total of 1,018 books. With the advancement […]

Reported by Emily Yin    Posted by Mateen Benarieb To support our mission to build libraries for the underprivileged in Africa, the AYLUS Frisco & Plano Branch has coordinated countless volunteers to collect books. As a result, we are already gathering material for our eighth library! Once the books were collected through donations, volunteers sorted […]

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 April 25, three members from AYLUS Morrisville branch hosted STEM Outreach session at NC state level Science Olympiad Competition. Our members combined their passion for AI and community outreach by designing interactive games that demonstrate the fundamentals of artificial intelligence and computer vision. Using simple, hands-on activities, they illustrated complex concepts like image recognition […]

On April 19th 2025 from 8:45 AM to 12:45 PM AYLUS Oakland Gardens held its 145th event at the Olde Towne of Flushing Burial Ground. During the event we partnered with Maureen, her husband Frank, park employees Ada, and Mattias, to maintain the gardens and square. The Olde Towne of Flushing Burial Ground is the […]

On Sunday, April 13th, volunteers from the AYLUS Columbus Branch returned to the Senior Star at the Dublin Retirement Village. Volunteers played music on the saxophone and piano. Although only a few members came, we were still able to have a great performance. The residents enjoyed the music and were excited to see our members […]

On April 16th, 2025, four members of the AYLUS-Columbus branch—Maggie Zhang, Estella Li, Grace Guo, and Brenna Li — held an in-person weekly tutoring session at 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 assisted middle school students with […]

On April 9th, 2025, two members of the AYLUS-Columbus branch—Aurick Guo, and Brenna Li — held an in-person weekly tutoring session at 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 assisted two middle school students with their math homework […]

On Sunday, March 30th, volunteers from the AYLUS Columbus Branch returned to the Senior Star at the Dublin Retirement Village. Volunteers played music on the saxophone, violin, and piano. The residents enjoyed the music and were excited to see our members again. Volunteer Hours: 1 Hour: Lucas Zhang, Avery Li, Enoch Chung, Eric Hong, Austin […]

On April 20th, 2025, 4 volunteers from our community branch worked on packaging robotics kits for a local organization, Kits4Cause. These dedicated volunteers carefully packaged BristleBot and Car kits, ensuring each kit was quality and organized. The kits will be used during free robotics workshops at elementary/middle schools, YMCAs, libraries, and more, providing young students […]