On 4/5/25 and 4/26/25 West Essex members AYLUS volunteered with the Special Olympic swimming team at JCC Metro West. West Essex members worked as unified partners and assisting coaches to help participants improve their swimming skills. Our members also worked with swimmers with special needs to help them understand the “swimming team” format and learn […]

West Essex AYLUS members held a musical class for special needs children at Livingston 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 hour – Valentina Zheng, Hadrian Zheng, Hubert Zheng, Jennie Zhang

West Essex AYLUS members held a musical class for special needs children at Livingston 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 hour – Rena Wang, Yaming Wang, Hadrian Zheng, Hubert Zheng, Carrie Zhang, Chelsea Zhang, Serena […]

Report 4/6/2025 by Darren Gao On Sunday, April 6th, 2025, AYLUS volunteers from Syosset, along with those from Roslyn, volunteered to work at Cerebral Palsy Association of Nassau County’s Group Home at Bayville. The volunteers taught and helped the residents in Sprouting Green Seeds as an activity related to Spring. The residents and volunteers did […]

Reported by Eric Xie  AYLUS San Diego Committee kicked off the Beast Academy online class in 2020 during the COVID-19 period. During 2024-2025, we continue cooperating with Libraries of Love to raise funds. The 39th Beast Academy online class in 2024-2025 was on March 31-April 6, 2025. Beast Academy is a mathematics program for elementary […]

Reported by Elissa Song, CARES We Care Project Lake Washington Branch On April 6, 2025, AYLUS Lake Washington Branch members Eric, Jerry, Kevin, and Elissa volunteered at the CARES 5K Walk/Run World Autism Awareness Day Event at the Sixty Acres Park in Redmond. They were assigned various tasks. Eric and Kevin were stationed at the […]

On April 4th, 2025, 5 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 […]

On March 22, 2025, members of the AYLUS Greater Memphis Branch volunteered at Shelby Farms Park to pick up trash from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM. Their efforts helped to preserve the beautiful scenery at Shelby Farms Park and contributed to the health of the environment. Each member received the following volunteer hours: Sophie Zhan: […]

AYLUS Scottsdale members preparing clothes to donate and donated in the month of March (March 31st, 2025) to Savers or Goodwill. The purpose of this event was to donate old or new clothes to       those in need. This event served as winter cleaning for various AYLUS families but also to give back to […]

For the month of March (March 30th, 2025), AYLUS Scottsdale donated shoes to the Soles4Souls Donation Drive at Designer Shoe Warehouse. This drive provides the homeless and needy with shoes that were previously unwanted and unused. By cleaning and donating these shoes, we hope to support vulnerable populations and also put our old shoes to […]

Gave away 1 mulberry, 1 pomegranate and  3 moringa starter plants to Houston and Sugar Land locals.

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 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 6th from 1:30 to 4:30, the AYLUS Dix Hills Branch volunteered at the Long Island Chinese School as teacher assistants. Volunteers chose classrooms to help in, (usually the ones they have been volunteered before); their responsibilities varied across different classrooms but generally included a range of essential tasks. These tasks involved assisting with […]

On March 23rd around 1-3 pm, embers of the Raritan Bay Branch in Aylus met up at Welsh Park for a thorough clean up throughout this park. This activity has cleared up most of the garbage throughout this park and now people who plan on coming to this park get a better experience due to […]

In April, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) hosted the Crafts for Hope program to support cancer patients. Caring For Others One Stitch At A Time. Since June 2024, GPA participants have learned how to crochet chemo hats for cancer patients. No previous experience needed. Limited materials provided.  For our project, […]

Reported by Jerry Yang, Hometown Sammamish Youth Action Project Lake Washington Branch   On 4/5/2025, AYLUS Lake Washington Branch members Jerry, Jacky, and Yuhan volunteered for 3 hours at East Sammamish Park for the City of Sammamish. From 11:00am, to 2pm, the members helped plant a variety of local vegetation and planted an estimated total […]

Aylus Great Neck Brance Volunteer at Bethpage State Park on April 5th, 2025 On 4/5/25, members of AYLUS worked at Bethpage State Park, from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM for the first time this year. In order to get rid of some invasive plants that were previously inhabiting the park, multiple people worked together getting […]

On April 5th, from 9:00 to 11:30am AYLUS volunteers headed to Bethpage to work cleaning up a nature walkway. After the volunteers were instructed on where to work, they were given rakes, shovels and buckets. That day’s task was pulling out the English Ivy that was covering the ground and climbing up trees. For over […]

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 […]

The Annual Princeton National Rowing Association Championships Regatta occurred at the Mercer County Park’s Lake in West Windsor, NJ in Spring 2025.  The Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) Sports Committee encouraged AYLUS members to volunteer at the 2025 National Rowing Championship Regatta. They supported positions such as parking, ticketing, boat holding, […]

On April 5th members of the Syosset AYLUS organization volunteered at Long Island Native Plant, where we were assisted with various tasks assigned by Pam. The tasks assigned to us included the following. Cleaning up, Sweeping, Labeling Plants, as well as putting the LINPI stickers on the plants Pam requested to have stickers on. Another […]

Reported by Eric Chen On April 5, 2025, Aylus members recently volunteered at a local senior center, assisting with a community bingo event. Their efforts included helping seniors with their bingo cards, calling out numbers, and creating a warm and engaging atmosphere. This initiative not only brought joy to the residents but also strengthened intergenerational […]

Today volunteers came out to the garden from 9-3 to help with many important tasks. They began with the organization and distribution of small sprouts for classrooms and families before transitioning to harvesting broccoli. Afterwards, they began weeding garden beds and the walkways between the greenhouses to prep for the formation of new pathways, which […]

AYLUS held its weekly iPad Club at the Fellowship Village on 4/5/25. Today volunteers helped seniors on how to set up the community app again. Also, we helped the residents on how to do a screenshot and how to print it out, how to check the emails and how to find a certain email, how […]

On April 5, 2025, from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm, members of the AYLUS Bellaire branch volunteered at the Houston Food Bank. Volunteers worked in the School Market of the Houston Food Bank and were assigned to fill boxes up with food. Volunteers worked through a system where some put packaged food into boxes, while […]

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 […]

On April 2nd, 2025, the AYLUS Auburn Branch volunteered for Spring 2025 Dream Court Adaptive Tennis Clinics. Dream Court Inc. is a non-profit organization that provides an adaptive tennis program for individuals with physical, developmental, and/or intellectual disabilities, striving for inclusion and acceptance. The Dream Court program in the Auburn community is ongoing at Yarbrough […]

The AYLUS Auburn Branch member, Kwon-Larson Hanna, participated in the AYLUS 2025 Poster Contest in March. (2 hours)

On February 17th, AYLUS Houston volunteers dedicated their time to supporting the KCM Resale Center, assisting with tasks that help fund resources for families in need. During this session, volunteers focused on sorting and organizing donated items, ensuring that clothing, household goods, and other essentials were ready for resale. By helping streamline the donation process, […]

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, 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 […]

In April, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) worked at the Institute Woods 6K Run and Walk Event as volunteers. Come on out for a 6K at the beautiful Institute Woods. Place: Princeton Friends School Event details and schedule Sign-in time: 8:45 AM – 9:45 AM Runners start: 10:00 AM Walkers […]

On March 30, 2025, a Fullerton Branch member tutored kids ranging from 4th to 6th graders in math. In the class, the kids took their final exam for the term. TOTAL HOURS Eric Wei, David Li: 4 Hours