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City and Neighbor Support: Pearland Volunteers Assisted in Lunar New Year Festival on Feb. 16 2025

In preparation for the Pearland Lunar New Year Festival on February 16, AYLUS volunteers conducted a final training and rehearsal session on February 15 to ensure a seamless event. Derek and Edwin, along with Gavin and Christy, were selected as event hosts and start drafting script since February 14. Under the guidance of Derek and […]

West Essex AYLUS with My Circle of Friends joined performance show at Livingston Care one on 02/23/2025

West Essex AYLUS members and My Circle of Friend organized a joint event for those sr. people at Livingston Car One for seasonal greetings. They coordinate over 10 different performance shows and gain a lot of appreciation from the senior center. Members and duration: 5 hours – Rena Wang, Valentina Zheng, Yaming Wang, Isabelle Ni, […]

Greater Princeton & Far Beyond AYLUS Collects Sporting Shoes, School Supplies and Medicine for Senegal Children (18th) in February 2025

In February 2025, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) called its members to collect gently used sporting shoes, school supplies, and medicines for Senegal children, as well as assisting an Africa Cries Out medical service team to provide local people much needed healthcare services. Africa Cries Out was birthed through the […]

AYLUS Rancho Cucamonga Branch Volunteers at ALFC Generosity Center on 02/22/25

On February 22, 2025, 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 their commitment to making a difference, the volunteers arrived early in the morning, eager to dedicate their time and effort to assisting families in need. […]

San Diego Branch hosted the 2024-2025 33rd Solution for Hope Beast Academy Online Class on February 17-23, 2025

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 33rd Beast Academy online class in 2024-2025 was on February 17-23, 2025. Beast Academy is a mathematics program for elementary and […]

AYLUS Roslyn Partners with Brookville Center for Childrens Services to Teach Music to People With Intellectual Disabilities (2nd) on February 21st, 2025

On Friday February 21st, from 11:00 AM to 13:00 PM, the AYLUS Roslyn Branch had the privilege of performing at the CP Nassau Special Concert Auditorium with the Syosset Fortune Star Band. The Roslyn Music Group is made up of talented musicians from all across Roslyn who dedicated their time to perform and spread music […]

Greater Tulsa Branch African Library Project Febrary book drives

Reported by Kevin Chen This past weekend, our volunteers organized several book drives in the neighborhood, collecting gently used children’s books for our African Library Project. They went door to door, explaining our library project to neighbors and friends. Their book donations provided great encouragement to our volunteers. These volunteers and their contributions are: Neddy […]

Morrisville Branch Packages Robotics Kits for Kits4Cause on February 23, 2025

On February 23rd, 2025, 2 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 […]

Morrisville Branch Packages Robotics Kits for Kits4Cause on February 22, 2025

On February 22nd, 2025, 2 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 […]

AYLUS North Hollywood Volunteers for an LA Compost Hub in Cottonwood Urban Farm | February 8, 2025

Activity & Impact On February 8, 2025, three members of the AYLUS North Hollywood Branch volunteered at a Compost Hub in Cottonwood Urban Farm from 9am-1pm. This Compost Hub was established by LA Compost and works to reduce landfill waste. Volunteers helped turn food scraps provided from the community into compost to be reused. Activities […]

Greater Princeton & Far Beyond AYLUS Volunteers in Local Libraries (90th) in February 2025

In February, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) supported local libraries, such as the Summit Free Public Library, 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, tutoring, etc.) Book sorting (categorize […]

West Essex AYLUS – Love Serving Autism Tennis – 02/23/2025

On 2/23/2025, West Essex members volunteered in the Love Serving Autism tennis class offered to special needs children at West Orange Tennis Club. The program provides inclusive therapeutic racquet sports instruction for neurodivergent children to enhance communication, motor coordination, life skills, and behavior on and off the courts. In the class, the coaches and volunteers […]

West Essex AYLUS – Special Olympic Figure Skating Team Training – 02/23/2025

On 2/23/2025, West Essex AYLUS volunteered with Essex Special Skaters to help skaters with disabilities train and practice for the Special Olympics Figure skating program at Codey Arena in West Orange NJ. The mission of Special Olympics is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and […]

West Essex AYLUS – Special Olympics swimming team training – 02/22/2025

On 2/22/25 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 basic swimming […]

West Essex Aylus Volunteers at martial arts class for Children on 2/10/25 and 2/14/25

West Essex members Jaden Leung, Hebe Leung, and Zoe Leung volunteered at Taekwondo classes for children on 2/10/25 and 2/14/25. 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 : 3 hours: Zoe […]

West Essex Aylus Volunteers help Livingston Huaxia Chinese School – 02/22/2025

West Essex Aylus Volunteers attended Livingston Huaxia Chinese School on Saturday, Feb. 22, 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, and helped around the information desk. Teaching Violin in […]

Austin, TX

Status: ACTIVE   On June 22nd, 2020, Jessamine Q, Andrea D, and Sharon Y from Texas founded the sixty-third branch for the Alliance of Youth Leaders in the United States (AYLUS): Austin, TX.   Description of the Austin Branch The Austin Branch is a student-run volunteer group that helps spread the spirit and goal of […]

West Essex AYLUS – HMSAT Volunteering – 2/22/2025

On 2/22/2025, West Essex Aylus members volunteered at the second annual Heritage Middle School Academic Tournament, a QuizBowl tournament where 20 teams from the surrounding area competed in a 10-round tournament. Volunteers played a crucial role in setting up, running, and cleaning up after the tournament, including reading questions and managing matches. The tournament fostered a supportive environment […]

Syosset AYLUS Organization Attends Long Island Native Plant Initiative To Help Volunteer On 02/22/25

Written By Felix Zheng On February 22nd, the Syosset AYLUS organization attended the Long Island Native Plant Initiative to volunteer. On that day, we primarily worked on sifting seeds, watering soil, and separating containers for use with the soil as a placement. We sifted seeds because the greenhouse had extra plants that needed to be […]

AYLUS Basking Ridge members performed at Rutgers Chinese New Year Celebration on 2/22/25

Rutgers, Princeton and NJIT Chinese Student Association held its annual Chinese New Year Celebrations at Rutgers Nicolas Music Center, address 85 George St.,New Brunswick,NJ,08901 on 2/22/25. About 1000 people attended the celebration. During the celebration, AYLUS Basking Ridge members performed Dance “Rain” and their performance received warm applause from the audience.

Newtown Branch Presents Golf/Table Tennis Information Session to Local Chinese School on 02/21/25

On Friday 2/21/25, two members of AYLUS Newtown presented information about their respective sports. Lucas presented golf during high school and possibilities at reaching the college level to play golf. He also discussed the GHIN rating system in golf and how the index is calculated. He also shared information about nearby courses such as their […]

Newtown AYLUS Members Tutor Math (14th) at Local Chinese School

On Friday 2/21/2025, 3 members of AYLUS taught students ranging from third-graders to ninth-graders in various math topics at the local Chinese school, the Newtown Yardley Chinese School. Lucas Zhang (Event Leader), Albert Chen, and Alex Hu participated, teaching from 6:00pm to 7:00pm. Our volunteers taught two different classes, one for younger students and one […]

AYLUS Roslyn Volunteers at the Cerebral Palsy Association of Nassau County’s Group Home (40th) on February 22nd, 2025

On Saturday, February 22nd, 2025, Aylus Roslyn volunteered for the Cerebral Palsy Association of Nassau County (CP Nassau) at a group home in Seaford. Today the volunteers did many fun activities with the residents, and everyone had a great time. First, we started by baking sugar cookies. The residents all enjoyed mixing and adding in […]

AYLUS Roslyn Provides Food to Local Families Through NOSH Delivery! Food Pantry (55th) on February 21, 2025

On Friday, February 21st, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., the Roslyn Branch of AYLUS volunteered with NOSH Delivers! to support a community food drive. At their food pantry, they helped pack groceries for adults and lunches for kids, signed members in, and assisted them with picking out food, restocking shelves, breaking down boxes, and […]

AYLUS Roslyn Provides Food to Local Families Through NOSH Delivery! Food Pantry (54th) on February 22, 2025

On Saturday, February 22, 2025 from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM, the AYLUS Roslyn Branch took initiative to engage in community service for NOSH Delivers— located at Glen Cove— a non- profit organization aiming to supply food to people in need. Right when everyone arrived, they were immediately put to work in either stocking and […]