On December 20th, members of the Syosset AYLUS joined the Long Island Native Plant Initiative (LINPI) to assist with their support for local environmental initiatives. Members also assisted with removing seeds from mature plants. Some members were involved in the process of removing seeds from a unique plant, a plant that can easily fly away […]

On December 22nd, 2025, the AYLUS Auburn Branch volunteered at The Food Bank of East Alabama (355Industry Dr, Auburn, AL 36832) from 9am to 11:15am. The mission of the Food Bank of East Alabama is to nourish lives through a strong and equitable hunger relief network while multiplying the generosity of a caring community.Our volunteers […]

AYLUS Twin Cities Feed My Starving Children Packing Event — 1/2/2026 On Friday evening to kickstart the new year AYLUS members volunteered once again at FMSC in Chanhassen. Overall they worked to pack 57 boxes, and fed 33 children a daily meal for a whole year! We will continue making an impact in 2026. Event Organizer: […]

Reported and posted by Charlotte Chen On the afternoon of December 22nd, 2025, AYLUS Frisco & Plano Branch volunteers gathered at the Children’s Health Plano hospital for a Loops For Love donation event. Through various Loops For Love events that were previously held, volunteers had crocheted many different items for donation at the event. 30 […]

Reported and posted by Charlotte Chen On the morning of December 21st, 2025, AYLUS Frisco & Plano Branch members gathered at the Lexington County clubhouse for a Loops For Love event. As they arrived, volunteers signed in and got to work on crocheting their stuffed animals and hats. Many volunteers were familiar with the process […]

Reported By Kathleen Jiang Posted by Charlotte Chen On November 22, 2025 we arrived 10 minutes before 7 PM, making sure to get there early to not miss any instruction or preparation. When we arrived, we removed our jewelry and put on hairnets to protect food from being contaminated. Then we introduced ourselves to each […]

On Saturday December 20th, the AYLUS Great Neck Branch held their 39th AAPI event at the Great Neck Main Library. The event started off with volunteers reading books to the kids. Jiangyuan read “The Tiger Prince,” Christina read “At the Beach,” and Catherine read “Built To Last”. Afterwards crafts and activities were provided for the […]

On Sunday, January 1st, 2026, two members of AYLUS Chapel Hill Branch helped support Charles House by collecting flowers generously donated by Trader Joe’s. These beautiful blooms were delivered to Charles House, a nonprofit that provides care for seniors and those with dementia within the Carol Woods Retirement Community. The flowers will be used in […]

AYLUS Basking Ridge held its weekly iPad Club at Fellowship Village and on December 20th, 2025, it was a relatively slow days for the volunteer. Volunteers took this time to socialize with the seniors in the community thorugh talking about their holiday plans. One of our members Claire Zhang saw that seniors were getting ready […]

On January 3rd, 2026, our members volunteered at tech support in the Fellowship Village Senior Living Center (8000 Fellowship Rd, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920). Volunteers helped seniors with many different questions such as ones about how to know when face ID is required to fill in passwords,  open up their phone, and two step varification. […]

On December 6th, 2025, members of the Aylus Memorial Branch in Houston, Texas volunteered at the MAM Resale Store to help families in need. The volunteers sorted clothes, organized toys, electronics, sorted pillows and folded linens. The volunteers also helped sort out shoes based on condition to sell. Volunteers at this 1.5 hr event: Dylan […]

Fontana (CA) Status: NEW On January 3rd, 2026, three students from Fontana, CA founded the 185th branch of the Alliance of Youth Leaders in the United States (AYLUS™): Fontana, CA. Founders: Congratulations to Yixuan Yuan, Yuze Ji, and Liyuan Ye!   Description of AYLUS Fontana, CA We are passionate about community service, student leadership, and […]

Reported by: Bradley Fang On November 1th, 2025, AYLUS Cheshire Branch volunteered at the annual Cheshire Food Drive. Volunteers were brought in from all over Cheshire as well as neighboring towns. They would collect donations shipped in from schools and from donors during the day. There, they would check the food for expiration dates, sort […]

On Friday, January 2, 2026, from 9am to 1pm, The AYLUS members of the Roslyn branch volunteered at Nosh Deliver, a food pantry founded during 2020 to help people in need of food. When working in the food pantries, we all asked the staff for directions and helped with jobs that needed an extra hand. […]

On December 24, 2024, members of the Newtown AYLUS Chapter volunteered at Doylestown Hospital to assist with patient transportation. During this one-hour event, volunteers helped transport patients using hospital beds and wheelchairs to essential areas such as X-ray, the emergency department, and other key hospital units. Volunteers also assisted with moving patients from room to […]

On January 2, 2026, the Aylus Morris Branch proudly participated in the New Jersey Community FoodBank’s annual Students Change Hunger initiative, a statewide effort that empowers students to take action against food insecurity. Through this meaningful community service project, branch members worked together to collect and donate food items to support families in need across […]

On Saturday, December 20th, from 1:00 to 4:00 pm, three volunteers of ALYUS Roslyn visited CP Nassau’s Bellmore residential home. The afternoon began with baking brownies. Residents helped with mixing ingredients and pouring the batter into pans. While the brownies baked, residents and volunteers worked on paper cutouts. Using markers and stickers, they added colors […]

On Monday, December 29, 2025, AYLUS Oakland Gardens members visited Forest View Center to put on a concert for the seniors there from 1:45 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. as their 211th event. Our members used a wide variety of instruments, ranging from cellos to pianos, from accordions to flutes. The elderly living there enjoyed this array […]

The Aylus Morris Branch began 2026 with a meaningful act in response to Helping Hands’ urgent request to help a few families in need, reinforcing its ongoing commitment to supporting community members in need. As part of a winter outreach initiative during the holiday season, branch members successfully collected 19 winter coats to assist individuals […]

On Friday, 12/19/2025, 3 members of AYLUS taught students ranging from third-graders to eighth-graders in various math topics at the local Chinese school, the Newtown Yardley Chinese School. Lucas Zhang (Event Leader), Albert Chen, and Randall Zhang participated, teaching from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM. Our volunteers taught three different classes, one for 7th and […]

This holiday season, many of us will gather with friends and family to enjoy warm meals and the spirit of giving. But for thousands in our community, the holidays are a time of hunger and uncertainty. Together, we can change that. Established in 1981, the Food Bank’s annual Holiday Food Drive brings in more than […]

On December 31st, 2025, AYLUS Chapel Hill Branch members handcrafted heart pillows for cancer patients and developmental hearts for newborns at WakeMed. These soft fabric hearts are designed to comfort infants and cancer patients. With every stitch, the volunteers poured their time, care and compassion into a project that brought both comfort and hope to […]

On December 31st, 2025, AYLUS Chapel Hill Branch members made origami pieces for patients. For hours, our volunteers worked with dedication and compassion, meticulously crafting beautiful origami pieces. Each creation was made with love, as everyone aimed to bring a moment of comfort and joy to those enduring the challenges of sickness. We believe these […]

On December 29, 2025, AYLUS San Diego Branch made sack lunches for Interfaith Community Services. Interfaith Community Services, founded in 1979, is a nonprofit based in San Diego, CA. The organization provides food, housing, employment, treatment and other emergency resources for local people in crisis.  Food is our most basic human need, yet thousands of […]

On December 20, 2025, youth members of the AYLUS Rancho Cucamonga Branch participated in another impactful community service event at the ALFC Generosity Center in Rancho Cucamonga. United by a common goal of supporting their community, the volunteers arrived early and ready to contribute their time and effort. Each individual completed 6.5 hours of service, […]

On Tuesday, December 30, 2025, from 9 am to 1pm, members of the AYLUS Roslyn Branch volunteered at Nosh Deliver. Which is a nonprofit food pantry that was founded during 2020 to help the people who needed food. We worked inside the food pantry and followed the staff’s directions. Everyone got started right away, and […]

On December 20th and 21st 2025, Aylus Austin Branch volunteers dedicated their time and creativity to craft holiday greeting cards. These handcrafted greeting cards, filled with colorful designs and seasonal cheer, carry a heartfelt touch. These beautiful handmade cards were donated to the nearby seniors, where they brought warmth and happiness to elderly residents during the […]

Reported by Brianna Zhang. AYLUS San Diego Branch organized the 22th collection and recycling of used batteries in December 2025. We dropped the batteries to recycle at Staples, where our volunteers collected a total of 7 lbs of used batteries. Scientific researchers have claimed that recycling batteries can save 51.3% of natural resources. The recycling of batteries […]

Posted by Max Yang Smiling Stars Reading Program is a new project by AYLUS San Diego and kicked off on September 23, 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 Dec 20th, 2025, from 1:00 to 3:00PM, Volunteers from the San Diego Branch of AYLUS organized and participated in the Computer for Kids Lab, repairing and cleaning electronic devices in order to prepare them to send to children of low-income families. This helps the kids achieve academic success through possible access to technology. The […]

On Dec 13th, 2025, from 1:00 to 3:00PM, Volunteers from the San Diego Branch of AYLUS organized and participated in the Computer for Kids Lab, repairing and cleaning electronic devices in order to prepare them to send to children of low-income families. This helps the kids achieve academic success through possible access to technology. The […]

On Dec 6th, 2025, from 1:00 to 3:00PM, Volunteers from the San Diego Branch of AYLUS organized and participated in the Computer for Kids Lab, repairing and cleaning electronic devices in order to prepare them to send to children of low-income families. This helps the kids achieve academic success through possible access to technology. The […]

On Saturday, November 27, 2025, the AYLUS Twin Cities Branch went to 5K Tonka Turkey Trot to help after events clean-up.  Participants (2 hrs each): Isabel Chen Lucy Chen

Reported by: Bryan Wang On December 27th, 2025, the AYLUS Farmington Branch hosted a holiday performance at the Holiday Farmington Senior Center. 11 student volunteers delivered a thoughtfully prepared program featuring singing, cello, and piano performances. The event was warmly received by the senior citizens, singing along to songs they knew such as Jingle Bells […]

On Monday, December 29th, 2025, from 9:00AM to 1:00PM, the AYLUS Roslyn Branch volunteered with NOSH Delivers. NOSH Delivers is a food pantry in Glen Cove that strives to make sure families in need have access to food. As soon as we arrived, we were quickly given tasks to complete.  We received donations of non-perishable […]

West Essex Aylus Volunteers attended Livingston Huaxia Chinese School on Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025. Volunteer activity/location: Livingston Huaxia Chinese School (Mount Pleasant Elementary School, Livingston). Activities – Teacher Assistant, helped in the main office to figure out the volunteer tasks, helped with the morning traffic direction, guided the parents and students to find their classroom, […]

West Essex members Jaden Leung, Hebe Leung, and Zoe Leung volunteered at Taekwondo classes for children on 12/22/25. 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 2 hours: Jaden Leung, Hebe Leung, […]

West Essex members Zoe Leung and Hebe Leung volunteered at Taekwondo classes for children on 12/15/25. 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 2 hours: Hebe Leung, and Zoe Leung

West Essex members Jaden Leung and Hebe Leung volunteered at Taekwondo classes for children on 12/08/25. 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 2 hours: Jaden Leung and Hebe Leung

West Essex members Jaden Leung, Hebe Leung, and Zoe Leung volunteered at Taekwondo classes for children on 12/01/2025. 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 2 hours: Jaden Leung, Hebe Leung, […]

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 […]

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 […]

Date: 12/21/2025 Time: 1:30-3:00 pm Location: CareOne at Livingston West Essex members spent a delightful afternoon preparing a music event for the senior residents at CareOne, accompanying them as they enjoyed the performance and shared a joyful, memorable afternoon together. They provided assistance to the senior residents by helping them move from one location to […]

Date: 12/18/2025 Time: 4:30-5:30 pm Location: CareOne at Livingston West Essex members William Sun and Joshua Cao volunteered at CareOne to set up events of Menorah Lighting for the senior adults. They set up the candles for the Menorah Lighting and assisted the senior adults when they celebrated. West Essex Members 1 hour: William Sun, […]

On December 14th, 2025, the Starry Arts Children’s Chorus performed at the CareOne Center at Livingston. During the Christmas season, they sang two closing pieces, “You Raise Me Up” and “Xuan Cao Hua,” for the senior residents. Additionally, those chorus members who are in AYLUS participated in other performances, including singing duets and violin ensembles. […]

West Essex AYLUS members held a musical class for special needs children at Springfield Genius Academy. Members set up classrooms, taught children’s music and simple percussion instruments to enrich the kids with more music knowledge. Members and duration: 1.5 hour – Jennie Zhang, Jessica Hao , Hubert Zheng, Yaming Wang，Isabelle Ni, Serena Ni

West Essex AYLUS members are working to provide a younger audience with opportunities to interact with other academic trivia games similar to Quiz Bowl. These games offer an environment that empowers students by encouraging curiosity, critical thinking, and rapid recall of knowledge across a wide range of subjects. In a session at Aquinas Academy, members […]

The Starry Arts Children’s Chorus, which many AYLUS members are in, joined the Livingston Interface Thanksgiving Service on November 23rd, 2025. They performed two songs at the Temple Beth Shalom with gratitude and sincerity, sharing the spirit of Thanksgiving. Members:  2 hours – Ella Chai, Jessica Yu, Yaming Wang, Iris Wang, Summer Li, Gabriel Au […]

On Thanksgiving, members of the Ridgewood branch of AYLUS organized a Senior Technology Help Clinic at the Broadway Adult Day Care Center in Fair Lawn, NJ. The clinic was designed to assist seniors with common technology questions and challenges, such as using smartphones, sending emails, adjusting device settings, and navigating popular apps. In the weeks […]

On December 28th, 2025, AYLUS Chapel Hill members dedicated their time to Charles House, where they collected beautiful flowers donated by Trader Joe’s. These flowers are intended to be delivered to elders, and promise to bring joy and lift the spirits of the residents at Charles House. We believe that these blooms will brighten their […]

On Tuesday, December 23rd, from 9 am to 1 pm, volunteers from the AYLUS Roslyn Branch helped out at the NOSH Delivers! food pantry. NOSH Delivers! goal is to provide food to people in need in their local community. They deliver bags of groceries weekly to families who cannot come in person to the food […]

On Monday, December 22nd, the Aylus Roslyn Branch volunteered at Nosh Delivers!, a food pantry dedicated to providing food to those in need. We started our session by splitting up into two groups. One group helped with sorting and packaging groceries that had just come in, sorting them into smaller boxes for more efficient storage and […]

The AYLUS Birmingham Branch frequently partners with Grace Klein, an organization dedicated to sharing resources for the purpose of building relationships to ignite restoration of individuals, families, and communities. Grace Klein holds drive-thru sites to fight food insecurities and provides a variety of other resources for families, including baby products as well as school supplies […]

Reported by: Jenny Lin Posted by: Jenny Lin On December 13th, 7 AYLUS volunteers helped pack meals at the non-profit Feed My Starving Children. Other volunteer groups joined as well, some were there for the first time. Starting off, every person got a hair net, and watched the orientation video that gave instructions. Then, each […]

On December 19, members of the AYLUS Greater Buffalo Branch celebrated Christmas through dancing, singing, and instrumental performances. We also hosted a joint, Christmas-themed birthday party for our two children. The kids played music, enjoyed games, danced, shared cake, and had so much fun together as a community. They also shared kind words with one […]

On December 19 2025, the AYLUS Greater Buffalo branch, in partnership with Bridges from Boarders and Buffalo Chess Association, launched the BFB#OneWorldChessClub. This program is dedicated to creating a welcoming and supportive environment where individuals, especially immigrants and refugees, can connect, learn from each another, and build lasting relationship through the shared experience of playing […]

On December 12 2025, members of the AYLUS Greater Buffalo branch are proud to help immigrants and refugee find a supportive community in Buffalo. The Aylus Instrumental Team volunteered with Bridges From Borders in their OneWorld Choir to help participants create long-lasting relationships that extend far beyond the choir’s rehearsals. Volunteers created and practiced music […]

On December 2, 2025, AYLUS Space Coast volunteered at The Children’s Hunger Project. The Children’s Hunger Project aims to provide meals on the weekend for the children of Brevard County throughout the school year. Our volunteers helped prepare meals for the children by working in an assembly line to package the food. They also stowed […]

Reported by Zoe Ying   We are helping 92130Cares, a non-profit organization that provides food to low-income families in 92130. Grocery stores are not allowed to remove broken eggs from a carton, so they donate the whole package to 92130Cares. 92130Cares repackages the good eggs into packages of 6, and the donated egg carton will be cut […]

On December 15, 2025, AYLUS San Diego Branch made sack lunches for Interfaith Community Services. Interfaith Community Services, founded in 1979, is a nonprofit based in San Diego, CA. The organization provides food, housing, employment, treatment and other emergency resources for local people in crisis.  Food is our most basic human need, yet thousands of […]

On December 8, 2025, AYLUS San Diego Branch made sack lunches for Interfaith Community Services. Interfaith Community Services, founded in 1979, is a nonprofit based in San Diego, CA. The organization provides food, housing, employment, treatment and other emergency resources for local people in crisis.  Food is our most basic human need, yet thousands of […]

On December 1, 2025, AYLUS San Diego Branch made sack lunches for Interfaith Community Services. Interfaith Community Services, founded in 1979, is a nonprofit based in San Diego, CA. The organization provides food, housing, employment, treatment and other emergency resources for local people in crisis.  Food is our most basic human need, yet thousands of […]

On December 21th, 2025, AYLUS Oakland Gardens had their 210th event at MS 158 with the youth Orchestra. During the event we welcomed people coming in to view and enjoy their winter concert, alongside passing out programs and fliers . This event took place from 2PM to 6PM. The Youth Orchestra is a nonprofit organization, […]

Reported by Emily Chen   Coop with Libraries With Love, the AYLUS San Diego Committee kicked off the 2025-2026 Solution for Hope online classes for raising funds to build libraries in Africa. The Tutoring Class Activity continued in the week of Dec 8, 2025 – Dec 14, 2025. The goal of tutoring classes is to […]

Reported by Emily Chen   Coop with Libraries With Love, the AYLUS San Diego Committee kicked off the 2025-2026 Solution for Hope online classes for raising funds to build libraries in Africa. The Tutoring Class Activity continued in the week of Dec 1, 2025 – Dec 7, 2025. The goal of tutoring classes is to […]