On August 27th, 2023, 9 members from our branch volunteered at the Lazy Daze Festival. The annual Cary Lazy Daze Arts and Crafts Festival celebrates the “Lazy Daze” of summer, welcoming nearly 300 artists from across 16 states in the U.S. For nearly half a century, the Lazy Daze Festival has provided art, entertainment, food, […]

On August 16, 2023, members of the AYLUS Bellaire helped set up and take down a ceremony at Houston Dragon Academy (HDA) and did some fundraising afterwards.   Volunteers first helped set up the projectors and clear out the church for the Houston Dragon Academy to hold their ceremony. They set up banners, flowers, and […]

On August 12, 2023, AYLUS Scottsdale attended an FMSC event to help give back to children in impoverished conditions around the world. Members packed, stored, and processed parts of Soy, Rice, Vegetables, and Vitamins for those who are starving from malnutrition. Members that attended include: Session 5 (2.75 hours each) Sophia Lau Catherine Lau Jingbo […]

On August 19, 2023, members of the AYLUS Bellaire branch volunteered to help set up and disassemble stands, distribute backpacks and school supplies, lead families to different activities, and help them by providing information at the Teen Nation’s 6th Annual Back to School Jamfest. Volunteers helped in two separate areas during Shift 1 (The Dome […]

On August 5, 2023, AYLUS Scottsdale attended an FMSC event to help give back to children in impoverished conditions around the world. Members packed, stored, and processed parts of Soy, Rice, Vegetables, and Vitamins for those who are starving from malnutrition. Members that attended include: Session 5 (2.75 hours each) Sophia Lau Catherine Lau Melaniia […]

On August 20, 2023, AYLUS Cupertino branch conducted the clean-up event at Westwood Park. We picked up roughly 3 full bags of trash, including things like empty bottles, gums, chip bags and cigarette butts. The collected items were disposed of safely. Members that participated were: Truman You, Feinan Xu, Hengrui Chen (2 hours for each member)  

August 27, 2023 AYLUS members go to local donation centers to donate books. Volunteer:1: Yuyang Luo (1.5 hours)2: Alex Zhang (1.5 hours)3:sky tianyi Han (1.5 hours)4:Ria wu(1.5hours)Reported by Luo Yuyang

In summer, the Greater Princeton Branch of AYLUS (GPA) supported free tennis leagues for students from the Princeton community at the Tennis Court of Princeton Community Park (365 John St., Princeton, NJ 08542). The league meets on weekends, Fridays and Sundays. Registered students played together and learned from each other. GPA members volunteer in the […]

On Sunday, August 27th, the Greater Princeton Branch of AYLUS (GPA) hosted a flea market booth. The market’s location includes 2919 US-206, Columbus, NJ 08022, and 111 Elm St, Branchburg, NJ 08853. GPA members collected donations for sale and raised funds for AYLUS Save a Life program-Supporting the Children’s Specialized Hospital Long Term Care Center […]

Written by: Sophia Liu On Saturday, August 26th, members of the AYLUS Syosset branch attended the Cornell Cooperative Extension Nassau Farmers’ Market at Eisenhower Park for the seventh week in a row! The market is dedicated to bringing awareness to the benefits of eating farm-fresh produce and supporting local businesses. There were many vendors featured […]

Reported by ERIC LI On August 25, 2023, AYLUS San Diego Branch run the volunteer event at the San Diego Food Bank. Since its establishment in 1977, the San Diego Food Bank is on a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. The San Diego Food Bank provides […]

On 8/26/2023 members of AYLUS Syosset branch volunteered at brentwood LINPI ( long island natural park initiative) green house to help plot down plants such as  white snake-root and button-bush. Some of the plants had yellow leaves and wilting behaviors. It is very important that we take great care of the plants and bring back […]

On August 26th, 2023, 10 members from our branch volunteered at the Lazy Daze Festival. The annual Cary Lazy Daze Arts and Crafts Festival celebrates the “Lazy Daze” of summer, welcoming nearly 300 artists from across 16 states in the U.S. For nearly half a century, the Lazy Daze Festival has provided art, entertainment, food, […]

On August 26, 2023, from 12:00 to 4:00pm, Wang Zhe from our branch will be a volunteer at the Laziness Festival. The annual Cary Lazy Daze Arts and Crafts Festival celebrates the summer of Lazy Daze, welcoming nearly 300 artists from 16 U.S. states. For nearly half a century, the Cary Lazy Daze Festival has […]

On Saturday, August 26th, the Greater Princeton Branch of AYLUS (GPA) hosted a special fundraising event with an organic farm located at 1868 Millstone River Road, Hillsborough, NJ 08844. GPA members worked at the farm and raised funds for AYLUS Save a Life program-Supporting the Children’s Specialized Hospital Long Term Care Center (150 New Providence […]

Members of AYLUS’s Raritan Valley Branch joined volunteers from Save Coastal Wildlife Nonprofit in cleaning up Sandy Hook Beach on the 23rd of August, 2023. Volunteers were tasked with searching the beach for litter and removing all items of garbage that were found; this included plastic bottles, discarded cigarettes, plastic wrappers, pieces of styrofoam and […]

In August, 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). […]

Reported by Jenny Wang and Duojian Kongcao Posted by Jenny Wang During the week before, Charlotte and Melody spent their time designing and drawing posters for this event to make the audience understand what & why we do. On the afternoon of August 20, 2023, we gathered together and distributed flyers for the Light & […]

In August, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) supported local libraries, such as the Montgomery Public Library in Skillman, Plainsboro Public Library, Livingston Public Library, and more.  BECOME A VOLUNTEER: HOW YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE Book sorting (categorize books to prepare for our book sales) Staffing events and programs (Book […]

Reported by: Charlotte Shi   Event description: From 9:00 to 11:00 AM PDT on Sunday, August 20th, members of the Saratoga AYLUS branch cleaned up Saratoga Creek Park. Our goals were finding a way to help the environment and spreading awareness about pollution. Volunteers collected around 5 bags’ worth of trash; at the end of […]

In August, the Greater Princeton Branch of AYLUS (GPA) hosted its donations of backpacks with school supplies for children in need that reside in Central New Jersey through Rise (619 NJ-33, Hightstown, NJ 08520).. GPA Volunteers helping with backpack donations (8/24): Amy Chua (3 hrs), Max Chua (3 hrs), Chloe Hua (1.5 hrs), Claire Hua […]

Between August 21st and 24th, the Greater Princeton Branch of AYLUS (GPA) volunteered at the American Junior Golf Association’s National Championship Tournament.  The tournament featured 98 of the nation’s best junior golfers playing at the Fiddler’s Elbow Country Club. GPA Volunteers helped in the following roles: -Timing/Water Stations: Record groups’ times at timing station holes […]

Reported By: Emily Zou  On August 18th, AYLUS Main Line hosted a free Day of AI camp at Tredyffrin Public Library. A total of five volunteer student tutors engaged 17 middle schoolers (Grades 5-8) across three districts in AI-based activities and programming lessons. The program ran from 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM and consisted of […]

Reported by: Charlotte Shi   Event description: From 4:00 to 6:00 PM PDT on Thursday, August 10th, members of the Saratoga AYLUS branch volunteered to teach kids in 4th grade about various computer science-related topics, such as Arduino and Python, at a local Chinese School. The lesson materials and plans were created by the volunteers. […]

Reported by: Charlotte Shi   Event description: From 4:00 to 6:00 PM PDT on Wednesday, August 9th, members of the Saratoga AYLUS branch volunteered to teach kids in 4th grade about various computer science-related topics, such as Arduino and Python, at a local Chinese School. The lesson materials and plans were created by the volunteers. […]

Reported by: Charlotte Shi   Event description: From 4:00 to 6:00 PM PDT on Tuesday, August 8th, members of the Saratoga AYLUS branch volunteered to teach kids in 4th grade about various computer science-related topics, such as Arduino and Python, at a local Chinese School. The lesson materials and plans were created by the volunteers. […]

Reported by: Charlotte Shi   Event description: From 4:00 to 6:00 PM PDT on Monday, August 7th, members of the Saratoga AYLUS branch volunteered to teach kids in 4th grade about various computer science-related topics, such as Arduino and Python, at a local Chinese School. The lesson materials and plans were created by the volunteers. […]

Reported by Colin Xie On August 20th, San Diego students of AYLUS organized the 180th online English for the Elderly activity. The goal of this activity is to help elderly men and women from China learn the basics of English so that they’re able to use them in their daily lives. Due to the current […]

Reported by Colin Xie On August 13th, San Diego students of AYLUS organized the 179th online English for the Elderly activity. The goal of this activity is to help elderly men and women from China learn the basics of English so that they’re able to use them in their daily lives. Due to the current […]

In August, 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 Wednesday, August 23rd, 2023, from 9:30 am to 12 pm, volunteers from the Oakland Gardens Branch hosted a fundraising sale to support Team Seas, an organization dedicated to removing trash and plastic from our oceans, seas, or any other bodies of water. For every one dollar that we manage to raise and donate, this […]

Reported By Max Yang On August 19th, members from Aylus San Diego branch gathered in a predetermined post office to send the 578 books to Kenya, co-op with Libraries With Love. Libraries With Love’s mission is to promote awareness of the importance of equal and high-quality education. You can find more about Libraries With Love […]

On Saturday, August  19, 2023, the AYLUS Chapel Hill Branch shared their musical talents at Carol Woods, a retirement community in Chapel Hill. The performance featured a group of four members: three pianists (Eric, Kevin, and Luna) and a flutist (Rithika). They played a mix of classical pieces for the senior residents. The volunteers loved […]

On August 22nd, members of AYLUS Syosset participated in volunteering at LINPI (Long Island Native Plants Initiative) Greenhouse in Brentwood. Members aided in the following tasks: preparing plant trays filling pots with soil preparing new batches of soil and fertilizer repotted buttonbush plants into bigger pots Buttonbush is an important native species as it attracts […]

Members from the Greater Buffalo Branch helped empower refugees in their community by starting the year off strong with a school supply drive! Aylus volunteers donated much needed school supplies and helped spread the word of our drive in support of Journey’s End Refugee Services. From backpacks to pencils, scissors and more, volunteers accepted donations […]

In support of families in need of assistance in Buffalo, members of AYLUS volunteered to help FeedMore WNY’s largest food drive of the year by collecting food donations from fair-goers as they enter the fair. Volunteers helped manage the amount of food collected, tally up the cans donated and the prize wheel to help bring […]