In October, the Greater Princeton Branch of AYLUS (GPA) served at the Branch Brook Park (Branch Brook Park Drive, Newark, NJ 07104). Essex County Branch Brook Park has the largest and most varied collection of Japanese Flowering Cherry Blossom trees in a park within the United States, with 5,200 in 18 varieties. Essex County Branch […]

Reported by Andrew Zhou Smiling Stars Reading Program is a new project by AYLUS San Diego and kicked off on October 7, 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 September 23rd, a member of AYLUS volunteered with Sleep in Heavenly Peace to build beds for children in our local community. Our volunteer sanded wood planks, built headboards and dipped the frames into a mixture as a final product to ready the beds for delivery and assembly in the homes of Buffalo residents who […]

On September 16th, volunteers from AYLUS excited children about science at the Buffalo Science Museum’s Bubble Festival! Volunteers helped out at the museum’s stations: from slime making to the bubble pool to creating a giant, human-sized bubble! Volunteers: Reilin Lyu (3hr), Susan Tu(3.25hr), Kevin Zou (3.5hr)

Step up for science! On September 30th, our local science museum hosted their gala, and our local AYLUS branch was determined to help. Our volunteer helped out at the gala by greeting the guests and hanging their coats. Volunteer: Kevin Zou (4 hours)

On September 23rd, Kevin volunteered at our local Buffalo Science Museum. To show visitors how scientists observe the stars in our galaxy, Kevin hosted a performance by demonstrating how to filter light. Volunteer: Kevin Zou (3 hours)

On October 1st, 2023, the volunteers at AYLUS Raritan Valley Branch participated in East Brunswick Day, in order to promote our branch to other people who may have never heard of it before. EB Day is a special event in East Brunswick that happens once a year. Companies, clubs, and organizations come together to promote […]

In October, the Greater Princeton Branch of AYLUS (GPA) started a free tutoring program to help refugee students through a network with Interfaith RISE. The AYLUS Free Tutoring for any elementary, middle, or high school subjects has been scheduled for Weekday afternoons & Weekends every week. Josie Ruggiero School Impact Case Manager Interfaith RISE A […]

September is Suicide Prevention Month in the United States. During that month, AYLUS Auburn participated in the HELP RAISE MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS survey, share it with teen friends and fellow peers, and collected publicly available mental health resources offered by schools or other official sources. Our members who participated in this survey are Annie Bao […]

On October 7th from 10 am to 2 pm, the Roslyn branch volunteered at Long Island Native Plant Initiative (LINPI) to help out with the process of “up potting”. Up potting is the process of transferring various plants to new pots. Some of the plants helped transferred were Yarrow and Bayberries which are native to […]

AYLUS Basking Ridge performed in Journey through the past art show at Farmstead Arts Center, adrress: 450 King George Rd,Basking Rdige,NJ on 10/7/2023. This event will last two days. The performance got great feed back from the audience and our members will come back for a performance on 10/8/23. The Friends of the Kennedy Martin […]

In early October, the American Youth Leadership Foundation (AYLF) Board of Directors has selected Greater Princeton, Pearland, Murrieta, Syosset, Chapel Hill, San Diego, Frisco & Plano, Columbus, Scottsdale, Cheshire, Great Neck for Winning the Branch of the Month Award for September 2023. Congratulations to all the volunteers from these branches! – AYLF Board of Directors

On October 6, AYLUS Great Neck Branch organized an event that offered an opportunity for special needs children engage in physical activity like playing soccer, frisbee and football. On top of that, we also provided leftover halloween costumes that are available for trade. The children and our branch members alike enjoyed the 1.5 hours of […]

From 4:30 to 5:30PM on 10/4/2023, Aylus Great Neck hosted a tutoring event at the Great Neck Library Station Branch for autistic children. Lucas Liao, Andrew Qian, and Ruiqi Liu helped the student with doing addition, subtraction, and multiplication tasks. The student seemed to struggle immensely in trying to solve the arithmetic problems, and we […]

On October, 7th, 2023, members of AYLUS’ Basking Ridge branch held their weekly iPad Club meeting at the Fellowship Village. Aylus members helped by answering questions about an app called Libby, and also questions about the calender app, a radio app, and podcast apps. Furthermore members helped by showing apps, turn on ringtone and possibilities […]

Reported by Daniel 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. We decided to hold a fundraiser event […]

In October, the Greater Princeton Branch of AYLUS (GPA) joined a group of volunteers at Feed My Starving Children (Montgomery Evangelical Free Church (246 Belle Mead Griggstown Road, Belle Mead, NJ 08502). About Feed My Starving Children: By volunteering, donating, or fundraising, your generosity makes a huge difference in the lives of thousands of children […]

In October 2023, the Greater Princeton Branch of AYLUS (GPA) Environment Committee continued its conservation, a continuing effort for the GPA students to put their influence on the local community since their last public speech to the West Windsor Council in 2019. GPA conservationists collected & recycled plastic bags, batteries, clothes, picked up trash at […]

In October, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) supported local libraries, such as the West Windsor Public Library, Montgomery Public Library, Plainsboro Public Library, Livingston Public Library, and more. BECOME A VOLUNTEER: HOW YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE Library Programs (teaching Chess, etc.) Book sorting (categorize books to prepare for our […]

In October, 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), and Rise Food Pantry & Thrift Store (133 Broad Street, Hightstown, NJ 08520). […]

On September 30, 2023, members volunteered at the John’s Creek Symphony Orchestra Performance held at Newton Park. Before the show, they set up chairs and tables and put up posters to prepare for the event. Once the gates opened,  they greeted and assisted hundreds of guests, while handing out performance schedules and giveaway QR codes. […]

In October, the Greater Princeton Branch of AYLUS (GPA) joined a group of volunteers at Feed My Starving Children (Montgomery Evangelical Free Church (246 Belle Mead Griggstown Road, Belle Mead, NJ 08502). About Feed My Starving Children: By volunteering, donating, or fundraising, your generosity makes a huge difference in the lives of thousands of children […]

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 September 25, 2023 – October 1, 2023.   The goal of tutoring classes is […]

On Sunday, October 8th, volunteers from the AYLUS Columbus Branch returned to Senior Star at the Dublin Retirement Village, performing for the first time after a summer-long hiatus. From 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., volunteers played music for the senior residents on the piano, saxophone, and violin, including pieces written for ensemble instruments. Volunteers played a […]

On October 26th, 2023, members of the AYLU-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. Four AYLUS Columbus members helped 6 elementary or middle […]

On October 19th, 2023, members of the AYLU-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. Only a few students came but they were able […]

On October 12th, 2023, members of the AYLU-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. Three AYLUS Columbus members helped 4 elementary or middle […]

All of Us Research Program is a program by the National Institute of Health (NIH). It aims to provide a national research resource to inform thousands of research questions, covering a wide variety of health conditions. A diverse cohort of 1 million or more participants will contribute data from electronic health records (EHRs), biospecimens, surveys, […]

On October 5th, 2023, members of the AYLU-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. Five AYLUS Columbus members helped 6 elementary or middle […]

Date: 10/07/2023 Volunteers shoveled gravel piles into a new location to level out the ground for prospective plans to build a new shed. Pulled excess weeds and stored decayed plants within gardening bags, transporting them into the shed for future use. Volunteer hours: 1.5 hours: Henry Wang, Max Wang, 2 hours: Jeffrey Xie Reported by […]

On October 7th, the Columbus branch helped sort shoes that were received as donations and in storage by One Dublin, a non-profit organization. These shoes will go out to families in need of them in the Dublin Ohio region. Members Kyle Jiang, Aurick Guo, Lucy Liu, Vivian Chen, and Senona Shuai helped with this project […]

AYLUS-Columbus Volunteers Make Crafts for OCCS Mid-Autumn Festival event on October 2nd On October 2nd, AYLUS volunteers finished collecting handmade, Mid-Autumn themed bookmarks and coloring pages to the Dublin Rec Center, which were used as handouts for the annual Mid-Autumn Festival ‘Culture Corner’ display. The crafts were made during the preceding 2 weeks in collaboration […]

On October 1, 2023, Columbus branch members, Eason Wang and Henry Wang volunteered at the Ohio Chinese Academy School. First, they helped to set up fun activities for the kids during the Autumn Festival. Then, they supersized kids in games such as tug of war and they even gave out prizes for the tickets earned […]

On Saturday, September 30th, the AYLUS branch of San Clemente volunteered at the South Orange County Walk to End Alzheimer’s event in Sendero Field, Rancho Mission Viejo. The members helped distribute dog treats into bowls for the Pet Area, organized different colored windwheel flowers in the Promise Garden, set up the tables for the event […]

The Wishing Crane Project  Wishing Crane Project’s mission is to instill hope and optimism into hospice patients statewide. “One origami paper crane represents good luck and happiness but if you create 1,000 origami paper cranes, you make a wish come true and you are also instilling good luck and happiness into the community.” One folded […]

The Heart Pillow is a post-surgical operation support pillow for heart surgeries and/or other surgeries. It is heart-shaped and covered in flannel fabric. It is stuffed with fiberfill (stuffing) to allow the pillow to adjust to each patient’s comfort needs, while still maintaining the needed support required. The volunteers need go shopping and purchase cloth, […]

The Heart Pillow is a post-surgical operation support pillow for heart surgeries and/or other surgeries. It is heart-shaped and covered in flannel fabric. It is stuffed with fiberfill (stuffing) to allow the pillow to adjust to each patient’s comfort needs, while still maintaining the needed support required. The volunteers need go shopping and purchase cloth, […]