On Monday, Mar 2nd, from 17:30-19:00, Felicia Liu and Catherine Tao, in Great Neck House, Accessible Art Program During this program, we helped students with special needs explore their creativity through art. Today we drew our own faces on paper, color the facial features with markers, and eventually stick the hair on the heads with […]

On February 27 2026, members of the 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 for […]

On Sunday, 3/1/2026, four members of Newtown AYLUS volunteered at the Churchville Nature Center. Located at 501 Churchville Lane, the Churchville Nature Center is an environmental education facility that provides information to the youth community about local wildlife, plants, and weather. They also emphasize conservation, preservation, and environmental consciousness. Our members helped with the center’s […]

On March 1st, 2026, the volunteers of the AYLUS Roslyn branch served as teacher assistants at the Chinese Cultural Association of Long Island from 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. During this time, we supported the teachers and helped students through classroom activities. As teacher assistants, our job is to ease teachers’ responsibilities and guide students […]

Reported by: Bryan Wang On March 1st, 2026, the AYLUS Farmington Branch hosted a Chinese New Year’s performance at the Holiday Farmington Senior Center. 11 student volunteers delivered a culturally expressive program featuring singing and instrument performances. The event was applauded by the senior citizens, praising members’ musicianship. April Ge: 1 hour Aaron Lin: 1 […]

On March 4th, 2026, the AYLUS Auburn Branch volunteered for Spring 2026 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 […]

AYLUS Activity Report – Crochet Class at Huagen Chinese School Date: Sunday, 3/1/2026 Participants/Volunteers: Winny Wang and Rachel Dai                                                                          […]

Today at Ridge Oak, volunteers helped seniors with video editing questions. The senior wanted to learn how to include background music in a video, cut videos to a certain length, etc. There was also another senior who had issues with trying to add the wechat of someone in China. A senior had issues with turning […]

Today, members taught seniors how to turn off the recording mode during the phone call, find the mail on gmail and move the apps to different positions. There was also a question about how to use the phone and stay on the phone call at the same time. One member helped with general questions about […]

Today our members helped with issues on how to delete photos on iPhone 2, upgrade the iCloud 3, create a kindle account and pin the person in messages. There were also questions about how to remove the abnormal blank in the message of iPhone 6, turn silence mode off on iPhone and issues regarding emails […]

Reported by Eric Huang Lake Washington Branch   The AYLUS Lake Washington Branch successfully held the first session of the AP Physics 1 Prep Camp on March 1, 2026, led by instructor Yufei Ye with assistance from Eric Huang. The class ran from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM and included a structured lecture followed by […]

During the month of February, AYLUS volunteers decorated 78 placemats to donate to the Senior Star at Dublin Retirement Village for the Meals on Wheels program. This month, the placemats theme was “Spring” where volunteers used their creativity to make their placemats filled with flowers and sunny designs. Then, they laminated their placemats to gift […]

On February 21st, 2026, Grace and Leah brought 4 heart pillows and 100 origamis to the Ronald McDonald House at Chapel Hill. They were very well received! Thanks to all the volunteers, especially to those who handcrafted this batch of pillows and origamis. Volunteers who participated in the event are Grace Gao (0.5 hours) and […]

On Sunday, February 22nd, 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 […]

On February 28, 2026, the Chapel Hill Branch continued its care for the Little Library along the Bolin Creek Trail, near the Gene Strowd Community Rose Garden. The library is stocked with a variety of gently used books, offering something for everyone, from fiction and non-fiction to books for children and adults. This simple but […]

On February 28, 2026, three members of the AYLUS Chapel Hill group cleaned up Bolin Creek Trail and part of Town Community Center Park. The group collected trash along the trail, filling three bags in total. They also made their way to the deeper areas of the stream to pick up trash that had gathered […]

On Friday, 2/27/2026, 5 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. Albert Chen (Event Leader), Ivan Lee, Alex Hu, Lucas Zhang and Randall Zhang participated, teaching from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM. Our volunteers taught three different classes, […]

On March 1, 2026, from 12:30 PM to 3:30 PM, Aylus Great Neck Branch volunteers participated in the Lunar New Year Celebration hosted by the Great Neck Chinese Association at Andrew Stergiopoulos Ice Rink. At 12:30 PM, AYLUS volunteers arrived at the ice rink with smiles on their faces, ready to volunteer and dedicate their […]

On February 28, 2026, AYLUS Bridgewater Branch members volunteered at the Bridgewater Chinese American Association (BCAA) Chinese New Year celebration event, helping support the community festival throughout the day. Volunteers assisted as stage managers to help coordinate performances and ensure the program ran smoothly. They also operated a cultural activity booth featuring traditional Chinese crafts, […]

On February 27, 2026, AYLUS Bridgewater Branch members volunteered to assist the Bridgewater Chinese American Association (BCAA) in preparing the venue for the 2026 Chinese New Year celebration event. Volunteers helped set up tables, organize decorations, arrange event materials, and prepare the space to welcome community members for the upcoming celebration. Their teamwork and dedication […]

On February 8, 2026, AYLUS supported the Syosset Chinese School Chinese New Year celebration at SUNY Old Westbury. As it was Lunar New Year weekend, the event brought together many families to celebrate Chinese culture and traditions. Volunteers helped with setting up decorations, organizing activity stations, assisting children with crafts, guiding guests, and cleaning up […]

On February 28, 2026, youth volunteers from the AYLUS Rancho Cucamonga Branch gathered at the ALFC Generosity Center in Rancho Cucamonga for another impactful day of community service. United by a strong commitment to giving back, the volunteers arrived early, ready to devote their time and energy to assisting families in need. From 7:20 AM […]

  On Mar.3, 2026, it is a no-school day. Our volunteers decided to clean up the adopted street. Due to the nearby construction project, large amounts of garbage, including plastic bottles, bags, and wrapping paper, can be easily found along the sidewalk, posing a serious hazard to people and pets in the community. We kept […]

On February 28th , 2026 many AYLUS members and community volunteers assisted the Greater Roslyn Association for Chinese Enrichment (GRACE) Lunar New Year Event at the Sid Jacobson JCC. Members of AYLUS showed up on time and began to help to prepare for the event as early as 3:30PM. Volunteers were assigned specific stations such […]

On February 21st, 2026, AYLUS Roslyn Branch volunteered at the Cradle of Aviation Museum which hosted the VEX V5 Push Back Qualifier from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM. The VEX V5 Push Back Qualifier was a competition where 60 teams from Southern New York paired up, aiming to score as many points as possible (using […]

On March 1, 2026, the AYLUS Howard County Branch had the wonderful opportunity to bring music and joy to the seniors at Morningside House of Ellicott City as part of our Music in Town outreach program. The center hall was filled with seniors, their smiles lighting up the room as our young musicians shared heartfelt […]

On February 28th, 2026, from 3:45 to 5:10 PM, eight volunteers spent time reading and making arts and crafts with children. The volunteers present were Rainie Cheng, Andrew Li, Christina Pan, Catherine Tao, Rebecca Xu, Victoria Xu, Brian Zhang, and Amber Zhou. It was a very productive day, and the volunteers not only worked well […]

Reported by Colin Xie. On Febuary 28 and March 1, members of the AYLUS San Diego branch participated in the 298th 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 […]

On February 22, 2026, members of the Chapel Hill Branch baked homemade cookies for Meals on Wheels, an organization dedicated to fighting hunger in our community. Our volunteers baked the cookies in their own kitchens, putting care and thought into every batch. These cookies were more than just treats. They were heartfelt gestures meant to […]

On February 18th 2026, members of AYLUS Puget Sound hosted a 1 hour concert at Seattle Children’s Hospital. This was our second concert in the Winter Medicine Series in 2026. A total of 8 volunteers performed 11 performances at the concert.   ​MC: Ava Lo ​Performers: Julia Hu, Leland Chen, Emma Zheng, Megan Liu, Ava […]

On February 17th 2026, members of AYLUS Puget Sound hosted a 1 hour concert at Overlake Medical Center. This was our first concert in the Winter Medicine Series in 2026. A total of 15 volunteers performed 12 performances at the concert.   ​MC: Caileen Wan ​Performers: Julia Hu, Scott Shen, Ava Lo, Keyu Guo, Emma […]

On Feb 28th, 2026, 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 Feb 21st, 2026, 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 Feb 14th, 2026, 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 Feb 7th, 2026, 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 […]

Invited by Bridgewater township Chinese Association and cooperated with AYLUS Bridgewater, AYLUS Basking Ridge volunteered at Bridgewater township Chinese New Year Celebration at Bridgewater township Senior Center, 455 Somerville Rd, Bridgewater,NJ, 08807. Before the performance, Yihao, Fred, and Jeremy managed order in the calligraphy area, and after the performance, all volunteers took their positions in […]

AYLUS Basking Ridge members participated in the Saturdays in Motion program at the GSCY YMCA on 2/21/26. Our members helped set up the gym rooms before the children arrived. Once the session began, each volunteer was paired with a child with special needs and engaged in various activities such as using the gymnastics equipment, playing catch, […]

West Essex Aylus Volunteers attended Livingston Huaxia Chinese School on Saturday, 2/28/2026. 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, ringed the […]

West Essex AYLUS is partnering with Livingston neighbors helping neighbors for a variety of volunteering and donation opportunities this year. PB&J Sandwiches Drive is going to be an on-going activity to support homeless people in Newark. 02/25/26: William Sun (4 hours) Leon Yuan (4 hours)

West Essex AYLUS helped GRACE for food distribution. Volunteers helped handing out groceries to people in the community who come to GRACE. Members: Ethan Liu (2 hours) Francis Carr (2 hours) Richard Xie (2 hours) Ella Chai (2 hours) Aily Wei (2 hours)

West Essex AYLUS is partnering with Livingston neighbors helping neighbors for a variety of volunteering and donation opportunities this year. PB&J Sandwiches Drive is going to be an on-going activity to support homeless people in Newark.    02/24/26:   Samuel Xue (2.5 hours) Kenneth Wu (2.5 hours)

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 […]

Reported by Max Yang To celebrate the 2026 Chinese Lunar New Year, Huaxia Chinese School organized a celebration event at Oceanair Creation Park, San Diego. On February 14th, the day before the event ,  members of the AYLUS San Diego Branch prepared a variety of homemade Chinese traditional foods for the event and organized a […]

To celebrate traditional Lantern Festival,  Huaxia Chinese School organized a new year celebration event at Miramar Collere-Hourelass Park on Feb 15, 2026. AYLUS San Diego Branch students volunteered in helping set up this event and organized Charity Sales to raise fund and support project “Library with love”  to ship books from US to East Africa. […]

Reported by Derek Ying ————————————————————————————————————————————— AYLUS San Diego Committee kicked off the Beast Academy online class in 2020 during the COVID-19 period. During 2025-2026, we continue cooperating with Libraries of Love to raise funds. The 77th Beast Academy online class in 2025-2026 was on February 23-February 28, 2026. Beast Academy is a mathematics program for elementary and […]

The Melody Project – Eighth Performance Report Reported by: Gavin Zheng Date: February 28, 2026 Location: Bayshire Torrey Pines Senior Home On February 28, 2026, The Melody Project held its inaugural performance at the Bayshire Torrey Pines Senior Home. The mission of this initiative is to provide musical entertainment for senior residents while offering student […]

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 Feb 23, 2026 – Feb 28, 2026. The goal of tutoring classes is to […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 February 27 and 28, Austin Branch volunteers organized a spring clothing drive to collect unused or gently used clothing and bedding donated by residents. Volunteers carefully inspected, sorted, and cleaned if needed each item to ensure quality before delivering the donations to a local charity supporting families in need. The initiative provided essential resources […]

Reported by Katherine Backues Public libraries are invaluable community institutions that merit both recognition and unwavering support. Our local public library, Pacific Highlands Ranch Library, recently opened on November 9, 2024. The new library is an 18,000 square foot building designed to fit the changing needs of a modern neighborhood. It has a bookstore that […]

On February 23, 2026, 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 February 18, 2026, 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 February 9, 2026, 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 February 2, 2026, 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 […]

Aylus Gainesville Branch and Huagen Chinese School 2026 Spring Festival Gala On February 22, 2026, the Aylus Gainesville Branch cooperated with Huagen Chinese School to support the successful organization of the 2026 Chinese Spring Festival Gala held at Oak Hall School in Gainesville, Florida. The event celebrated the Lunar New Year and brought together families […]

Reported and Posted by Charlotte Chen In the second half of February 2026, AYLUS Frisco & Plano Branch members continued their fundraising through more sausage sales. Information about the pick-up locations and the types and amounts of sausages available was sent out, and people were able to sign up to pick what kind of sausage […]

  On Feb.28, 2026. Andrea Zhang and Hanci Li went to Cary Learning Center as volunteers. They directed the students to the suitable class, helped the teacher set up the classroom as needed, and cleaned up all the mess after class. They also put much effort into supervising students during classroom activities, ensuring they remained […]

Our volunteers noticed that a considerable amount of waste sometimes occurs around us. People don’t want to take the time to sort and donate clothes; they just throw them into the garbage can. So our branch decided to launch a Community Clothing Drive to collect as many clothes as possible for individuals and families in […]

Reported by Michelle Ji, Posted by Charlotte Chen On Saturday, February 28, 2026, volunteers from the AYLUS Frisco and Plano Branch fundraised outside our sponsor, Tao Rice Roll McKinney, from 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM. Volunteers made cotton candy for the customers of Tao Rice Roll. All of the volunteers made a lot of progress […]

Reported by:Rosie Zhang, Posted by Charlotte Chen Towards the beginning of the year we received donations from Trepmall LLC. To express our gratitude and appreciation multiple of our Aylus & Loops For Love volunteers helped deliver these gifts to organizations, groups, and people who have supported us and fundraised in the past. At the same […]

Reported by: Rosie Zhang, Posted by Charlotte Chen Towards the beginning of the year we received donations from Trepmall LLC. To express our gratitude and appreciation multiple of our Aylus & Loops For Love volunteers helped deliver these gifts to organizations, groups, and people who have supported us and fundraised in the past. At the […]

On 2/28/2026, Aylus volunteers went to a greenhouse in Nissequogue State Park to help prepare pots for planting Chrysanthemums from 9:30am to 12:00am (2.5 hours). After gathering, we started our work to prepare pots for planting Chrysanthemums, which the park staff called “mums”. Since there’s snow that covered the pots outside the greenhouse, we needed […]

On February 2/28/26, STL AYLUS volunteers presented interesting research and engineering projects at a science fair. Some volunteers presented about new water purification techniques, while others presented about mud batteries. Volunteers presented alongside WashU PhD students and helped pass out WashU merchandise. Over 150 children and adults came to hear our volunteers’ exposition. Thanks to […]

Reported by Elissa Song Lake Washington Branch   On February 25th, 2026, AYLUS Lake Washington Branch members Elissa Song and Emily Qi volunteered at Eastlake High School’s National Foreign Language Week Feast and Showcase. They helped event set up and preparations, setting up tables and decorating the interior with flags of various countries. They assisted […]

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 Feb 16, 2026 – Feb 22, 2026. 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 Feb 9, 2026 – Feb 15, 2026. 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 Feb 1, 2026 – Feb 8, 2026. The goal of tutoring classes is to […]

  Tuesday after school volunteers headed over to Gilda’s Club to decorate cards for new members! Gilda’s Club MN is a cancer support organization that focuses on the mental and emotional impact of cancer, whether it’s you, your family member, or someone you know that has/is dealing with cancer. Along with some new members, we had […]

On February 26, 2026, volunteer members of Aylus gathered at the Great Neck Station Library for their bi-weekly tutoring session. The evening was very productive; the tutors and tutees worked cohesively to make the most of the hour. A plethora of subjects were covered including mathematics, biology, etc. For instance, Ivy Li helped an eighth […]

On February 27, 2026, STL AYLUS volunteers put together a short Lunar New Year performance at the local nursing home. The program was a blend of European and Asian cultural music. Afterwards, members helped to serve food, refill water, and keep the senior citizens company. Thanks to our volunteers for their time! Mirabelle Avgust – […]