On Sunday June 15th 2025, Aylus Oakland Gardens hosted its 164th event at the north-east corner of Kissena Park. During the event we worked with Roxanna, the park supervisor, and Gardeners Ada and Peter. At the beginning of the event Roxanna explained to the whole volunteer group what we were doing today. She instructed us […]

On a mission to fight hunger and support families in need, members of the AYLUS Morris Branch recently organized a canned food drive benefiting the local Chatham United Methodist Church. This meaningful initiative brought together youth volunteers and their communities to make a tangible impact through collective generosity and service. Over the course of several […]

High school student volunteers at AYLUS went to the Great Neck Library Station Branch on Tuesday, June 17 and tutored elementary students from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Throughout the hour, volunteers would be assigned to tutor the younger students who came into the library. The volunteers helped the students with math and English assignments. […]

Reported by Lauren Kan 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 Tuesday, June 17th, volunteers from the Roslyn Branch of AYLUS spent the morning helping out at NOSH Delivers, a nonprofit focused on making food more available to families across the North Shore. NOSH began during the pandemic as a meal delivery service and has since grown into a full-time food resource, offering pickups, deliveries, […]

On Monday, June 16th, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., volunteers from the Roslyn Branch of AYLUS joined NOSH Delivers! to support their ongoing efforts in addressing food insecurity within the community. During this service event, volunteers focused on sorting food donations and packing delivery bags to be sent out later in the week. Upon […]

On Saturday, June 14, 2025, from 12:30 PM to 2:30 PM EST, the Newtown Branch of AYLUS (Alliance of Youth Leaders in the United States) provided volunteer support at the Bucks County Free Library – Levittown Branch. The efforts contributed meaningfully to the library’s mission of serving the community as a welcoming and engaging space […]

On Wednesday, June 18, 2025, members of the Newtown Branch of AYLUS dedicated their time from 1:45 PM to 4:15 PM volunteering at the FabLab Center (One Ivybrook Blvd. Ste 190, Warminster, PA). FabLab is a STEAM learning center where children and youth of all ages are able to explore various technologies and skills related […]

On Saturday, June 14th, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM, 2025 volunteers from the AYLUS Roslyn Branch helped Nosh Delivers, which is a nonprofit food pantry that was founded during the 2020 pandemic to help struggling families in need. 5 years later they still provide nutritious groceries or “Nosh bags” to hundreds of families. When […]

AYLUS Great Neck participated in a Farmers market on July 15th following the first week on June 1st. In this second Farmers Market we continued to sell the stock of homemade items in order to raise money for the community. Organizers gathered at 9:30am to set up the function and officially started at 10:00 a.m. […]

On 6/15/25, 11 members of the San Clemente AYLUS Branch volunteered to clean the beach at the San Clemente Pier in San Clemente, CA at 2:00pm. All members arrived around 2:00pm and prepared the trash bags, gloves, and grabbers that would be used for the cleanup. After everyone arrived, they walked down to the beach […]

AYLUS held its weekly Tech Support program at Ridge Oak Senior Center on 6/16/25. Volunteers helped seniors regarding how to find the inbox section in email. Additionally, volunteers helped seniors with deleting a facebook account and choosing whether or not to update their phones. A senior had issues with connecting a CD to the computer, […]

AYLUS Basking Ridge held its weekly iPad Club at the Fellowship Village on 6/14/25. Today was very slow, and our volunteers use this opportunity to socialize with the seniors in the community. We introduced our iPAD club and also the monthly concert. The seniors are looking forward to welcome us back next week. Clarence Wu, […]

On Sunday, 6/15/25, AYLUS-Columbus volunteered at the Dublin Giving Garden to water and weed the vegetable beds from 10:00 – 11:00 AM. The volunteers weeded around the garden fence and placed them into the provided lawn bags. The volunteers also watered the vegetables and herbs growing in the recently newly constructed garden. They also saw […]

On Saturday, June 7th, 2025, 3 volunteers volunteered at the Dublin Miracle league located on Darree Fields. These volunteers became game day buddies where they helped physically challenged kids play a game of baseball. The volunteers became buddies for 2 different games, each game assisting a different kid. The games played had 2 innings each, […]

On Saturday, June 14th, 2025, 3 volunteers volunteered at the Dublin Miracle league located in Darree Fields. These volunteers became game day buddies where they helped physically challenged kids play a game of baseball. The volunteers became buddies for 2 different games, each game assisting a different kid. The games played had 2 innings each, […]

On 6/15/2025, West Essex members volunteered at the Livingston Mall Barnes and Noble from 10 am to 12:00 am for the event “Volunteering Onebook Reading Club” (The address is 112 Eisenhower Parkway Livingston, NJ 07039). Our volunteers took turns reading chapters of a book aloud with a group of third and fourth-grade children. After the […]

On 5/30/25 members of Stony Brook AYLUS taught a tech support Q&A class at Brightview Port Jefferson, a local senior home. Members + Hours: Zeyu (Frank) Wang (2 hours), Sarah Xu (2 hours)     

On Thursday June 12th from 6pm to 7pm, the Great Neck AYLUS branch held a tutoring session at the Station Library to help students with their homework, upcoming tests, and school projects. The volunteers helped the participants in a wide variety of subjects, including science, math and english. Rebecca helped students with their math homework, […]

The Birmingham Branch of AYLUS regularly volunteers at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens, assisting with the upkeep and maintenance of the gardens, as well as with regular seasonal events. On May 17th, members of the Birmingham Branch aided the Botanical Gardens in clearing out a large patch of weeds and unwanted grass in the Little Ones […]

On Saturday, June 14, 2025, members of Newtown AYLUS volunteered to host a reading session for elementary schoolers. As a group, they read two interviews about Jane Goodall, the world’s foremost expert on chimpanzees. Through introducing young readers to these interviews, the Newtown AYLUS team aimed to not just improve their literacy, but more importantly […]

From 5:30 to 6:30 PM on Saturday, June 14, the Bellaire Branch of AYLUS volunteered at Evelyn’s Park (4400 Bellaire Blvd, Bellaire, TX 77401-4306). During this event, members of the AYLUS Bellaire Branch cleaned up trash from around the park. Volunteers picked up waste items such as plastic wrappers, bottles, cans, and others. All of […]

On 06/14/2025, members of West Essex generously volunteered in the Love Serving Autism tennis program, which offers specialized instruction to children with special needs. This inclusive program is designed to support children by providing therapeutic racquet sports instruction that enhances communication, motor coordination, life skills, and positive behavior on the court. During the session, coaches […]

West Essex AYLUS members volunteered to help out the Livingston Huaxia Chinese school, located at 11 Broadlawn Dr, Livingston, NJ 07039, graduation events on Jun,7th, 2025. Members have participated in the graduation ceremony, performance, and helping to setup and serving dinner in the movie night event. Their volunteer work has supported the school’s mission of […]

Reported by Charlotte Chen Posted by Charlotte Chen On the morning of June 15th, 2025, AYLUS Frisco & Plano Branch members gathered at the Lexington County clubhouse for a Loops For Love crochet event. Many members got started crocheting their hats right away because they were already knowledgeable about what to do. Newer members received […]

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 43th Beast Academy online class in 2025-2026 was on June 9-June 15, 2025. Beast Academy is a mathematics program for […]

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Reported by Emily Chen   Coop with Libraries With Love, the AYLUS San Diego Committee kicked off the 2025-2026 Solution for Hope on-line classes for raising funds to build libraries in Africa. The Tutoring Class Activity continued in the week of Jun 9, 2025 – Jun 15, 2025. The goal of tutoring classes is to […]

Activity & Impact On Saturday, June 7, 2025, four members of the AYLUS North Hollywood branch volunteered at a Petco from 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM. Volunteers helped set up crates and tables, placed water bowls and towels at each dog crate, and attached each dog’s bio for interested adopters. Volunteers also participated in street […]

Reported by Emily Chen   Coop with Libraries With Love, the AYLUS San Diego Committee kicked off the 2025-2026 Solution for Hope on-line classes for raising funds to build libraries in Africa. The Tutoring Class Activity continued in the week of Jun 2, 2025 – Jun 8, 2025. The goal of tutoring classes is to […]

On May 17th, eight people participated in the Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) volunteer event. We started in a large room with other volunteers, where the staff gave an introduction about the organization and explained the rules and procedures. After the explanation, we split into smaller groups and got ready to pack meals. We followed […]

On June 7th, 9 participants participated in the FMSC event. We began in a large room with other participants, listening to the staff explain the introduction and rules. After the explanation, we split into smaller groups, ready to pack the meals. We make sure to wash our hands firmly, wear gloves, and avoid touching the […]

Reported by Karen Zhou Posted by Karen Zhou On June 15th, we gathered at the Cypress Meadow Clubhouse in Allen, TX, to create pet toys from old clothes for the cats and dogs at the local animal shelter. We started by teaching the new volunteers how to cut t-shirts into strips for making the toys. […]

On Sunday, May 25th, volunteers from the AYLUS Columbus Branch were able to perform once again at the Senior Star at the Dublin Retirement Village. This was the final performance of the year at Senior Star, and our audience was excited to hear our wonderful performers one final time before our hiatus. The volunteers played […]

On Friday, June 13th from 4:30 to 5:30 PM, AYLUS volunteers accompanied and organized an activity for children at Firefighters Park where it allowed them to exercise and play different sports. Some of the games included tag, football and ping pong. Since tag was the most enjoyable activity, they ended up spending the majority of […]

On Thursday, June 12th, members of the Roslyn Branch of AYLUS volunteered at NOSH Delivers, a nonprofit that helps make food more accessible to families in the North Shore area. NOSH started during the pandemic to deliver meals to families. Now, they’re open four days a week and offer food pick-ups, deliveries, and even a […]

On Tuesday, June 10th, from 9:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M., members of the AYLUS Roslyn Branch (Remon Cao and Yinshuo Gao) volunteered with NOSH Delivers, a nonprofit food relief organization based in Port Washington. NOSH Delivers provides groceries to individuals and families in need throughout Nassau County. Their mission is to combat food insecurity by […]

  On Monday, June 9th, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., members of the Roslyn Branch of AYLUS volunteered with NOSH Delivers! to support a local community food drive. During this event, volunteers focused on packing breakfast supplies and unloading fresh vegetables to help prepare for the week’s food distributions. At the food pantry, volunteers […]

On Sunday, June 8, 2025, from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM, the Roslyn Branch of AYLUS assisted the Sunrise Association in facilitating the 20th annual SunriseWALKS Long Island at Henry Kaufmann Campgrounds, located at 75 Colonial Springs Road, Wheatley Heights, NY 11798. Sunrise Association is a nonprofit organization offering children with cancer and their families […]

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AYLUS Volunteer Service Award   The AYLUS Volunteer Service Award is a temporary alternative for the Presidential Volunteer Service Award (PVSA) pause. This award is similar to the PVSA, with Gold, Silver, and Bronze levels, as well as adhering to the PVSA criteria. The following names are members who have met the PVSA criteria and […]

Columbus Branch Volunteers at the 2025 Dublin Special Olympics Shamrock Games at Dublin Coffman High School   On Saturday, May 31st 2025, AYLUS Columbus members volunteered at the Shamrock games at Dublin Coffman High School. They helped to support over 400 athletes from various delegations in Track and Field and Tennis events. Volunteers assisted in […]

During the month of May, AYLUS volunteers made 56 placemats to donate to the Dublin Service Center for the Meals on Wheels program. This month, the placemats theme was none other than “Summer” to honor the beginning of Summer break, where volunteers used their creativity to make their placemats represent the theme. Then, they laminated […]

On Saturday, May 17, 2025, 4 volunteers volunteered at the Dublin Miracle league located on Darree Fields. These volunteers became game day buddies where they helped physically challenged kids play a game of baseball. The volunteers became buddies for 3 different games, each game assisting a different kid. The games played had 2 innings each, […]

Reported by Lillian Qian Posted by Lillian Qian   On Sunday, June 8, 2025, a group of volunteers from AYLUS Frisco-Plano gathered at the Lexington Country Clubhouse to crochet for Loops for Love. The volunteers started at 10:00 AM and created hats that will be donated to the local children’s hospital. Every volunteer worked hard […]

On June 9th, Syosset AYLUS volunteers dedicated their time to the Long Island Native Plant Initiative (LINPI). They played a role in planting native grasses and making a new supply of nutrient-rich soil for upcoming projects. Assisting with LINPI staff, the volunteers’ efforts directly supported local species of plants. Attending members: Justyn Lam (3 hr), […]

  On Saturday, June 7th, Syosset AYLUS members came to Long Island Cares, Huntington as an opportunity to give back to the community, and those who are less fortunate than us. Long Island Cares is an organization dedicated to opening food banks to help fight food insecurity all over Long Island. They donate over 14 […]

On Sunday June 8th 2025, the Roslyn AYLUS Branch worked as teacher assistants at the Chinese Cultural Association of Long Island (CCALI) Chinese School. This last day wrapped up its academic year with a joyful and heartwarming end-of-year celebration. Held at the school’s usual weekend campus, students, families, and teachers gathered to recognize the hard […]

On Tuesday June 10th, 2025, from 6:00 to 7:00 PM, five AYLUS Great Neck volunteers assisted students in elementary and middle school with their homework and/or extracurricular assignments at the Great Neck Station Library. The volunteers present were Linzi Yeung, Ivy Li, Brian Zhang, Rebecca Xu, and Anhang Lu. Ivy helped a fifth grade student […]

On Saturday, June 7, 2025, from 12:30 PM to 2:30 PM EST, the Newtown Branch of AYLUS (Alliance of Youth Leaders in the United States) provided meaningful volunteer service at the Bucks County Free Library – Levittown Branch, supporting the library’s goal of creating a more accessible and welcoming environment for the community. During this […]

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On June 8, members of AYLUS proudly volunteered at the SunriseWALKS Fundraiser held in Wheatley Heights, an annual event organized by the Sunrise Association. This year’s event was especially meaningful as it marked the 20th summer of “Sunrise Magic,” celebrating two decades of joy, hope, and healing for children with cancer and their siblings. The […]

On June 2, 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 June 9, 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 Sunday, June 8th, 2025, 11:30 pm – 6:30 pm. AYLUS Oakland Gardens works with FASCA during the Taiwan Children’s Festival in Flushing. FASCA needed more help during the festival, so AYLUS Oakland Gardens offered to help them. The goal of the festival was to get the children out of their houses and have fun […]

On June 7th, 2025, AYLUS Oakland Gardens held its 162th event at the Kissena Park Lake Shore. We were accompanied by Park Supervisor Roxana and other park workers. During the event, we worked along the shoreline, trimming trees and clearing our invasive plants. This event lasted from 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM, and around 50 […]

Great Neck Branch Volunteer at Bethpage State Park on 6/7/2025 (36nd)  On Saturday, June 7, Aylus volunteers participated with others at Bethpage State Park during 9:00 to 11:00am. The total volunteer time for this event was two hours.  First, the Aylus volunteers gathered at the main parking lot, and the volunteer coordinator passed out gloves […]