On Sept.28th 2023, West Essex AYLUS members performed and helped out at Livingston Public Library Mid-Autumn Festival. Would you like to watch the Moon with a telescope? Would you like to taste a mooncake? Come to Livingston Public Library for a Mid-Autumn Festival celebration and enjoy live singing and music. This program will be presented […]

  On 10/21/2023 members of AYLUS Syosset branch volunteered at the Brentwood Greenhouse with LINPI (Long Island Native Plants Initiative). Members helped sort out the many stacks of pots to help with future planting projects. We filled up many pots with fertile, damp soil and took apart and planted individual sprigs of Eupatorium hyssopifolium and […]

On Oct. 8th 2023, West Essex AYLUS members volunteered with ACEing Autism at Orange Lawn Tennis Club.  ACEing Autism’s adaptive tennis curriculum creates an opportunity and safe, patient, and fun space for children with autism to foster the enjoyment of fitness, gain interest in a new sport, and increase social skills, fine & gross motor […]

On Oct. 7th, 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.  The volunteers worked with each participant to sing line by line till they can sing it out loud.  Then volunteers and participants sang the song […]

In October 2023, West Essex AYLUS worked with Fang Gong’s team to support Gong’s BOE campaign.  Members worked with a LHS graduates who has pervious campaign experience to come up with a canvassing script and prepare answers for potential questions.  The script and Q&A was submitted to Gong’s team for their edit.  On Oct. 4th, […]

On Oct. 1st 2023, West Essex AYLUS members volunteered with ACEing Autism at Orange Lawn Tennis Club.  ACEing Autism’s adaptive tennis curriculum creates an opportunity and safe, patient, and fun space for children with autism to foster the enjoyment of fitness, gain interest in a new sport, and increase social skills, fine & gross motor […]

On Sunday, October 15th, members of the AYLUS Bellaire Branch volunteered at the annual Nature Discovery Center Pumpkin Patch Festival from 9:30 am- 1:30 pm and 1:00 – 5:00 pm. The Nature Discovery Center hosts this event every year with games, food, prizes, petting zoos, and most importantly, pumpkins. The center was packed with families […]

On Sept. 24th 2023, 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 October 14, 2023, the AYLUS Bellaire Branch members volunteered at the Nature Discovery Center for the first day of the annual Pumpkin Patch Festival.   In the morning, volunteers helped set up and facilitate different game stations including the pumpkin ring toss, pumpkin push, rat-tac-toe, and pumpkin bowling games. In addition, branch members helped […]

On Sept. 17th 2023, 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 Sept. 30th 2023, West Essex AYLUS members volunteered for Saturday in Motion at Somerset Hills YMCA.  Saturdays in Motion (SIM) is a recreational program for children with autism.  Autistic children and their families join together at Somerset Hills YMCA on Saturdays for two hours of recreation. Volunteers first meet up for preparation including setting […]

In October, the Greater Princeton Branch of AYLUS (GPA) started its Winter Clothing Drive. No one should go cold this winter. The health effects of extreme cold are life threatening. The unprecedented crisis created by the COVID-19 Pandemic is still affecting the lives of millions of people. Families who were already struggling are now at […]

In order to raise mental health awareness, AYLUS headquarter committee of mental health conducted a mental health related anonymous survey across all the branches to take a snapshot of mental health status of American teens  and preteens (Grades 5-12) and collect publicly available mental health resources offered by schools or other official sources. In Sept. […]

On Sept. 23rd, 2023, West Essex AYLUS members volunteered for Saturday in Motion at Somerset Hills YMCA.  Saturdays in Motion (SIM) is a recreational program for children with autism.  Autistic children and their families join together at Somerset Hills YMCA on Saturdays for two hours of recreation. Volunteers first meet up for preparation including setting […]

On Sept. 16th 2023, West Essex AYLUS members volunteered with ACEing Autism at Orange Lawn Tennis Club.  ACEing Autism’s adaptive tennis curriculum creates an opportunity and safe, patient, and fun space for children with autism to foster the enjoyment of fitness, gain interest in a new sport, and increase social skills, fine & gross motor […]

On Sept. 16th 2023, West Essex AYLUS helped Livingston Huaxia Chinese School prepares for the new school year.  Livingston Huaxia Chinese school is located at Mt. Pleasant Elementary school, 11 Broadlawn Dr, Livingston, NJ 07039. Members worked with school management team to unload new books for the school year, sorted for each grade and allocated […]

In September 2023, West Essex members helped promote LifeTown Friendship Circle 5K Run and Walk which is scheduled for Oct. 22nd at LifeTown, 10 Microlab Road, Livingston NJ. LifeTown is a 53,000 square foot fully inclusive and accessible center where everyone celebrates and experiences life together. It offers a myriad of opportunities for recreation, education […]

On October 22nd, 2023, The Roslyn AYLUS branch partnered with The Chinese Cultural Association of Long Island, as scheduled from 1:30 to 5:00 PM. Assigned as teacher assistants, our job is to make sure students are behaving when the teacher is teaching, and also assisting children if they are having trouble understanding the subject. We […]

On Aug.11th 2023, West Essex AYLUS volunteered at the Pool Party for residents with special needs and their families in Livingston.  The event was hosted by Advisory Committee for Disabilities from 4pm to 7p.m. at Haines Pool, located at 10 Wahler Road in Livingston.  West Essex members assisted and played with participating children to help […]

On Aug. 6th 2023, West Essex AYLUS hosted a summer sports workshop for special needs children.  Members showed and trained participants basket ball and succor skills and then played with them together.  Members also helped participants practice language and  social skills. West Essex members (2 hours each): Ethan Yang, Evan Yang, Qing Liu and Min […]

On June, 18th 2023, West Essex AYLUS members volunteered with ACEing Autism at Orange Lawn Tennis Club.  ACEing Autism’s adaptive tennis curriculum creates an opportunity and safe, patient, and fun space for children with autism to foster the enjoyment of fitness, gain interest in a new sport, and increase social skills, fine & gross motor […]

On June 11th 2023,  West Essex AYLUS volunteered at the Tour de Westfield from 9am -12pm at registration. Members found people’s names on the registered list, checked them off, and gave each participant a bag and laptop sticker. West Essex members (3 hours each): Ava Lee, Orion Lee and Sophie Lee

On June, 11th 2023, West Essex AYLUS members volunteered with ACEing Autism at Orange Lawn Tennis Club.  ACEing Autism’s adaptive tennis curriculum creates an opportunity and safe, patient, and fun space for children with autism to foster the enjoyment of fitness, gain interest in a new sport, and increase social skills, fine & gross motor […]

On June 11th, 2023, West Essex AYLUS volunteered with Essex Special Skaters, which is an non-profit 501(c)(3) charity adaptive skating program for those with intellectual disabilities. Skaters meet once a week on Sunday’s to learn, grow, adapt, and exercise by skating. In June Essex special skaters practiced their program at Codey arena to prepare for […]

On June 4th, 2023, West Essex AYLUS volunteered with Essex Special Skaters, which is an non-profit 501(c)(3) charity adaptive skating program for those with intellectual disabilities. Skaters meet once a week on Sunday’s to learn, grow, adapt, and exercise by skating. In June Essex special skaters practiced their program at Codey arena to prepare for […]

Reported by Andrew Zhou In cooperation with the Libraries of Love, the AYLUS San Diego Committee kicked off the 2023-2024 Solution for Hope on-line classes to raise funds for the Libraries of Love. The 19th AoPS on-line class was kicked off on Oct.16-Oct.22, 2023. AoPS is a mathematics program for elementary, middle, and high school […]

Reported by Andrew Zhou In cooperation with the Libraries of Love, the AYLUS San Diego Committee kicked off the 2023-2024 Solution for Hope on-line classes to raise funds for the Libraries of Love. The 19th Beast Academy on-line class was kicked off on Oct. 16-Oct.22, 2023. Beast Academy is a mathematics program for elementary and […]

The volunteers primary responsibility at the school was to assist in grading students’ classwork and homework assignments. This allowed the teacher more time to focus on classroom instruction and individual student needs.   Volunteers helped maintain a productive learning environment by monitoring students’ behavior and encouraging them to stay focused on their assignments. Through reminders […]

In October and November, Basking Ridge Branch joined GPA to do the 2023 Winter Clothing Drive. No one should go cold this winter, and the health effects of extreme cold are life threatening. The unprecedented crisis created by the COVID-19 Pandemic is still affecting the lives of millions of people. Families who were already struggling […]

October 22nd,2023 – AYLUS held its weekly iPad Club for senior citizens at the Fellowship Village. Members helped residents with managing photo albums on their phones, listening to podcasts, cleaning out their email inboxes, listening to the radio, and helped one new resident set up Fellowship Village apps on their phones for maintenance, housekeeping, and […]

On October 21, 2PM-3:30PM, AYLUS Great Neck Branch organized an event that offered an opportunity for special needs children to paint rocks and make origami stars. The painted rocks and origami stars would be used in the scavenger hunt in the woods planned for next week. There are 13 AYLUS volunteers and 5 special needs […]

On October 22, AYLUS Great Neck Branch organized an event that offered an opportunity for special needs children to play basketball. The children fared well with our 3 branch members and had fun while getting a good amount of exercise. Overall, today’s event was very enjoyable, and I’m very proud that we had the opportunity […]

On October 22, 2023, AYLUS Bridgewater volunteered at the 22nd Huaxia Athletics Games, also known as the 2023 Huaxia-AAF Athletics Championships at Oak Ridge Park, Clark, NJ. Volunteers served in multiple sports events, assisted referees in organizing the competition venues and participated tug of war. Each of volunteer received volunteer certificate from the organizer. Many […]

Reported by Alisa Tong Posted by Jenny Wang All of Us is a government-sponsored program aimed at making medicine more directed to the average person. It is important to include Asian Americans in the initiative, and it would benefit our communities. On October 21st, groups of members came together and continued to spread awareness about […]

To help provide thick clothing to people in need before the cold winter arrives, members of Auburn Branch collected winter clothing from school, neighborhood and church friends. On Oct 21, 2023, they delivered bags of clothing to the local Goodwill donation center. Our members who participated in this activity are Joy Ahn (2 hours), Annie […]

October 21st, 2023 AYLUS Bridgewater volunteered with Feeding Hands to help serve those in need. Volunteers helped people get food, stocked shelves, organized refrigerators, and more.   Many thanks to our two volunteers. Jeffrey Hu and Thomas Yang (4 hours each).

In October, the Greater Princeton Branch of AYLUS (GPA) started its Winter Clothing Drive. No one should go cold this winter. The health effects of extreme cold are life threatening. The unprecedented crisis created by the COVID-19 Pandemic is still affecting the lives of millions of people. Families who were already struggling are now at […]