Activity & Impact On Friday, April 18, 2025, three members of the AYLUS North Hollywood branch volunteered at the Khalsa Food Pantry in Laurel Canyon from 3:30 PM to 7:00 PM. Volunteers assisted with preparing food, setting up distribution areas, handing out food to families, and assisted with closing down at the end of the […]

Activity & Impact On April 24, 2025, three members of the AYLUS North Hollywood branch volunteered at a town hall event in partnership with Breathe Free LA from 3:00 PM to 7:30 PM. AYLUS members ran an information booth throughout the event, conducting outreach to educate attendees about the benefits of AYLUS. Executive members were […]

Activity & Impact On April 19, 2025, three members of the AYLUS North Hollywood branch volunteered from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM at the annual Gloria Molina Grand Park’s “Easy Morning’s” event in partnership with Breathe Free LA. Members raised awareness about the effects of secondhand smoke, especially in multi-unit housing, while also asking for […]

AYLUS Houston Volunteers Shine at the 2025 Taiwan Yes Night Market On April 19th, 2025, dedicated volunteers from AYLUS Houston took the lead in managing the gaming areas at the highly anticipated annual Taiwan Yes Night Market, generously sponsored by the Light and Salt Association. In the days leading up to the event, our volunteers […]

  In response to Aylus’ call for “Youth Volunteer Service in the Community”, on April 25, 2025, two volunteers from our branch participated in the spring carnival at Hortons Creek Elementary School. The event was themed “Big Hands Holding Little Hands, Growing Together”, aiming to involve high school students in community service, while creating a […]

Reported by Jing Zhang   Posted by Mateen Benarieb The weather was sunny and was particularly pleasant. A total of 15 volunteers gathered together at the Frisco Community Park to participate in this packaging activity. In the end, we successfully completed the packaging of 27 boxes, and donated a total of 1,018 books. With the advancement […]

Reported by Emily Yin    Posted by Mateen Benarieb To support our mission to build libraries for the underprivileged in Africa, the AYLUS Frisco & Plano Branch has coordinated countless volunteers to collect books. As a result, we are already gathering material for our eighth library! Once the books were collected through donations, volunteers sorted […]

On April 25, three members from AYLUS Morrisville branch hosted STEM Outreach session at NC state level Science Olympiad Competition. Our members combined their passion for AI and community outreach by designing interactive games that demonstrate the fundamentals of artificial intelligence and computer vision. Using simple, hands-on activities, they illustrated complex concepts like image recognition […]

On April 19th 2025 from 8:45 AM to 12:45 PM AYLUS Oakland Gardens held its 145th event at the Olde Towne of Flushing Burial Ground. During the event we partnered with Maureen, her husband Frank, park employees Ada, and Mattias, to maintain the gardens and square. The Olde Towne of Flushing Burial Ground is the […]

On Sunday, April 13th, volunteers from the AYLUS Columbus Branch returned to the Senior Star at the Dublin Retirement Village. Volunteers played music on the saxophone and piano. Although only a few members came, we were still able to have a great performance. The residents enjoyed the music and were excited to see our members […]

On April 16th, 2025, four members of the AYLUS-Columbus branch—Maggie Zhang, Estella Li, Grace Guo, and Brenna Li — held an in-person weekly tutoring session at Abbey Church Village in Dublin, Ohio. This community is part of the National Church Residences and serves low-income families, including new immigrant families. AYLUS-Columbus members assisted middle school students with […]

On April 9th, 2025, two members of the AYLUS-Columbus branch—Aurick Guo, and Brenna Li — held an in-person weekly tutoring session at Abbey Church Village in Dublin, Ohio. This community is part of the National Church Residences and serves low-income families, including new immigrant families. AYLUS-Columbus members assisted two middle school students with their math homework […]

On Sunday, March 30th, volunteers from the AYLUS Columbus Branch returned to the Senior Star at the Dublin Retirement Village. Volunteers played music on the saxophone, violin, and piano. The residents enjoyed the music and were excited to see our members again. Volunteer Hours: 1 Hour: Lucas Zhang, Avery Li, Enoch Chung, Eric Hong, Austin […]

On April 20th, 2025, 4 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 […]

Reported by Kevin Chen On April 19, from 9:30 AM to 1:00 PM, the Greater Tulsa Branch of AYLUS completed the final packing of 16 boxes containing a total of 930 children’s books (grades K–8) at President Kevin’s house. We then shipped all 16 boxes to Ayeasu-Atrensu DA School in Ghana, Africa, from the Jenks […]

  Reported by Lillian Qian Posted by Lillian Qian   On Sunday, April 20, 2025, volunteers gathered to crochet for Loops for Love. The event took place at a volunteer leader, Charlotte Chen’s home due to the unavailability of the usual space. Volunteers continued to work extremely hard to crochet new pieces for the next […]

Reported by Kevin Chen On April 18, at advisor Chaoying Zhang’s home, our youth volunteers Andrew and Kaylin made a generous contribution to our African Library Project. They donated a total of 76 books—27 educational books and 49 books for young children—collected during their most recent book drives. Although we later learned from the project […]

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Reported by: Kaiting Hsu On the evening of April 18th, 21 members from the AYLUS Greater Tulsa branch brought music and joy to the residents of University Village. After a meaningful performance back in January, we were excited to return and share even more. The event showcased a diverse program, including choir performances, violin, piano, […]

On April 19th, 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 April 12th, 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 April 5th, 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 […]

Reported by Andrew Zhou 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 […]

Reported by Andrew Zhou 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 […]

Reported by Brianna Zhang On 4/12/2025, San Diego students of AYLUS hosted its 40th monthly bottles and cans recycling event. Inspired by the Earth Day 2023, we set a goal to take action and to be a part of the green revolution. The students collected recyclable items and sorted them in a nearby recycling center. […]

On Thursday, April 17th, 2025, volunteers gathered at the Station library to aid students with various homework. Baiyu Chen read books and helped kids playing with kids, Anhang Lu taught a child to read books, Ivy Li helped a student with checking his math homework, and Brandon Li helped a child with math and english […]

Reported by Jiayi(Joey) Zhu, Hand in Hand We Code Club Lake Washington Branch   The fifth Python class took place on April 20, 2025, from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM. It was led by Jiayi (Joey) Zhu, with assistance from Xiao Mao, Jerry Yang, and Kevin Chen. During the session, students learned how to convert […]

On Tuesday, April 15th, 2025, from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm, members of the AYLUS Roslyn Branch volunteered at Long Island Native Plant Initiative, or LINPI, a non profit organization dedicated to preserving Long Island’s biodiversity by growing native plants. During our time volunteering, we helped clean, pack items, and separate seeds. First, we helped […]

On Friday, April 18, 2025, from 12:45 PM to 3:45 PM, the AYLUS Roslyn Branch took initiative to engage in community service for the Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery & Aquarium— a learning center for children with outdoor ponds and freshwater aquariums— Egg Hunt. When we arrived, we immediately set up the stand and were […]

On April 12, 2025, dedicated youth volunteers from the AYLUS Rancho Cucamonga Branch gathered once more at the ALFC Generosity Center for a meaningful day of community service. Driven by a strong commitment to helping others, these students arrived early in the morning, ready to roll up their sleeves and support families experiencing food insecurity. […]

Reported By: Audrey Wang On April 19th, 2025, AYLUS Farmington Branch organized a Farmington Library Book Drive. The students did fundraising to buy new books for the library through selling gently-used books, puzzles, toys, snacks, and lemonade. They ended up making $70 to buy books for the library.   Audrey Wang: 4 hours Feiyang Niu: […]

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 […]

On 4/13/2025, West Essex members volunteered at the Reeves-Reed Arboretum from 10:30 am to 3:30 pm for the event “Daffodil Day” (Address: 165 Hobart Ave, Summit, NJ 07901). Reeves-Reed Arboretum provides many arts and crafts and various activities for the kids in surrounding towns: Livingston, Summit, Millburn etc. Members: Ella Chai, Samantha Yin, Richard Xie, […]

On Feb. 9, 2025, West Essex AYLUS members volunteered to perform with Hwa-Yin Youth Chorale at North New Jersey Chinese Association Chinese School for their Chinese New Year Festival. West Essex Member: Ray Liu (6 hours) Vincent Liu (6 hours).

On Feb. 16, 2025, West Essex AYLUS members volunteered to perform with Hwa-Yin Youth Chorale at Baldwin Oaks Senior Center(299 Baldwin Rd #1, Parsippany, NJ 07054). West Essex Member: Ethan Liu (6 hours) Ray Liu (6 hours)

During the Spring Break, 2 Aylus West Essex Volunteers helps local business Zen Wushu which is located at Zen Wushu Academy NJ, 356 Nj-10, East Hanover, NJ 07936. Volunteer activities: Preparing work for the upcoming 2025 International Wushu Championship in Nassau (mostly about evaluation before the competition)               – […]

On Sunday April 20, 2025, from 10:30 am-1:30 pm Aylus Roslyn volunteers went to CP Bayville located in Nassau County. CP Bayville is an Intermediate Care Facility located on the North Shore of Long Island. The goal for CP Bayville is to meet and enhance the medical, therapeutic, emotional, psychosocial and recreational needs and wants […]

Throughout March and April 2025, AYLUS Greater Memphis members continued their fundraising efforts for the Regional Intervention Program (RIP) by creating donation boxes to be placed in local restaurants. Inspired by the positive response from previous collections, the team was motivated to expand their outreach and encourage more community support. On March 29 and April […]

Reported by Karen Li Posted by Karen Li In Spring 2025, AYLUS members continued the community drive about collecting and donating crayons. AYLUS members wanted to collect these crayons to ship to Crayon Initiative to help keep the crayons out of landfills and back to the creative hands of children. During the time, community members […]

Reported by Jenny Lin Posted by Karen Li On Saturday, April 19th, 7 AYLUS volunteers came to provide company and help people with special needs at the Dallas Chinese Fellowship Church, as the Special Needs Agape program taught them about Christianity. The event started at 10:15 AM, where volunteers were assigned specific people to work […]

On Saturday, April 19th, AYLUS Houston volunteers spent a productive afternoon at the Houston Food Bank, dedicating their three-hour shift to working in the Carousel Room on first sort. During this session, our team focused on sorting and sanitizing donated food items, carefully checking expiration dates and organizing goods to ensure they met quality and […]

On April 19, 2025, from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm volunteers from Aylus Roslyn Branch came and helped volunteer at Nosh Food Delivery. Nosh is a non-profit organization, which delivers food and beverages weekly to those in need. When we arrived at Nosh, we were greeted by all the workers. We started off by helping […]

On Friday, April 18th, AYLUS Houston members volunteered at Citizens for Animal Protection (CAP) for a two-hour service event focused on supporting the shelter’s daily operations and caring for its animals. The event began with walking dogs, starting with the larger breeds and gradually moving to the smaller ones. This walk was one of the […]

On Thursday, April 17, 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.   As soon as the volunteers arrived, we were instructed to go straight to the […]

On April 13th, AYLUS Houston volunteers participated in a joyful and heartwarming Wonder Kids session, celebrating the Easter season with children with special needs. Over the course of two hours, volunteers engaged the kids in a festive Easter egg hunt, bringing excitement and smiles all around. A special visit from the Easter Bunny made the […]

On April 19th, 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 […]

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 […]

Members of the Raritan Branch in Aylus have met up together and have planned out activities for the elders in the nursing home. Throughout the 2 hours the members of this non-profit organization have made sure the elders were entertained and had fun. The day the volunteers visited them was also Easter and the elders […]

Reporter: Kaden Luo On April 17th, from 6:45 pm to 7:45 pm, 3 members of the AYLUS Gladstone Branch presented to seniors at Arbor Terrace senior living regarding cybersecurity awareness. Subtopics covered in the presentation included: password management, complex/strong passwords, phishing, vishing, smishing, common internet scams, social media safety, and a fun, interactive activity at […]

On April 6th, Aylus Syosset volunteer at Long Island Chinese School, allowed us to assist teachers by printing educational materials and preparing resources, ensuring lessons ran smoothly. The volunteers also supported students by looking after them during activities, providing assistance when needed, and encouraging participation. Ensuring the safety of students was a crucial part of […]

On January 17 2025, 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 music alongside the choir […]

On April 18 2025, members of the AYLUS Greater Buffalo Branch collaborated with Journey’s End Refugee Services at the Mini Academy played games with the kids, helped them with their english worksheets, served them lunch and played with them during recess outside. This event happened from 11:00AM – 2:00PM Volunteers: 3 hours: Adeline Ren, Annie […]

On Saturday, April 19, 2025, members of Newtown AYLUS volunteered to host a reading session for elementary schoolers. As a group, they read the book “Who was Ruth Bader Ginsburg?”, a biography about the famous lawyer, activist, and former associate justice of the Supreme Court. Through introducing young readers to this book, the Newtown AYLUS […]

On April 17, a member of the Greater Buffalo AYLUS branch volunteered at the Buffalo Science Museum from 9:30AM – 12:00PM. He worked on Nebula Art. At this station, he used paint and salad bowls to make creative pieces of artwork for visitors to keep. Volunteers: 2.5 hours: Kevin Zou

On April 14-17 2025, members of the AYLUS Greater Buffalo Branch collaborated with Journey’s End Refugee Services at the Mini Academy played games with the kids, helped them with their english worksheets, served them lunch and played with them during recess outside. This event happened from 11:00AM – 2:00PM. Volunteers: 3 hours: Grace Wang, Amber […]

On April 11 2025, 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 music alongside the choir […]

On Arpil 11, the Aylus Greater Buffalo branch, in partnership with Bridges from Boarders and Buffalo Chess Association, launched BFB#OneWorldChessClub. The program aims to promote diversity, inclusion, and friendships among people of different ages, backgrounds, and ethnicities through the game of chess. This program is dedicated to creating a welcoming and supportive environment where individuals, […]

West Essex AYLUS helped GRACE for food distribution at 100 Morris Avenue, Summit, NJ 07901 on April 17, 2025. Volunteers helped handing out groceries to people in the community who come to GRACE.     Members:    Summer Li (2 hours) Zoe Leung (2 hours) Francis Carr (2 hours) Yolanda Cheung (2 hours) Aily Wei (2 […]

On April 19th from 8:30 to 1:30pm, AYLUS volunteers went to the Nassau Community College to help with the 2025 International Wushu Championships. Initially when volunteers arrived they were given a badge, a shirt and located in their own respective spots. The venue was quite large, so there were many jobs for volunteers to take. […]

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.    04/07/25: Kenneth Wu (4 hours) Andrew Zhou (3 hours) Sarah Li (4 hours) Scott Yao (3 hours)   […]

On April 19, 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 […]

On Sunday, April 20, 2025, 4 AYLUS Bellaire Branch members volunteered at the Beacon Day Center to help end homelessness. The Beacon is a non-profit organization that serves individuals experiencing homelessness with daily services including breakfast and lunch meals, laundry, and showers, as well as counseling resources, mentoring, and access to housing. Members helped wash […]

On April 19, 2025, 8 members of the San Clemente AYLUS Branch volunteered at the RMV Annual Spring Fling Egg Hunt from 9:30am – 11:30am. Members first arrived at 9:30 and awaited for instructions. They then met in the volunteer coordinator’s office to be given instructions. Everyone then made their way to the gym to […]

Reported by Andrew Chen   Coop with Libraries With Love, the AYLUS San Diego Committee kicked off the 2024-2025 Solution for Hope on-line classes for raising funds to build libraries in Africa. The Tutoring Class Activity continued in the week of April 14, 2025 – April 20, 2025. The goal of tutoring classes is to […]

Reported by Andrew Chen   Coop with Libraries With Love, the AYLUS San Diego Committee kicked off the 2024-2025 Solution for Hope on-line classes for raising funds to build libraries in Africa. The Tutoring Class Activity continued in the week of April 7, 2025 – April 13, 2025. The goal of tutoring classes is to […]

Reported by Andrew Chen   Coop with Libraries With Love, the AYLUS San Diego Committee kicked off the 2024-2025 Solution for Hope on-line classes for raising funds to build libraries in Africa. The Tutoring Class Activity continued in the week of March 31, 2025 – April 6, 2025. The goal of tutoring classes is to […]

The AYLUS Mclean Branch participated in a Card-Making Volunteer on April 20th from 1-3. Reported by Emma Tao This initiative was part of our ongoing effort to uplift the elderly as all of the cards created during this event are intended to be delivered to local senior homes, where we hope they will bring smiles […]

AYLUS Basking Ridge held its weekly iPad Club at the Fellowship Village on 4/19/25. Today volunteers helped seniors regarding how to change and update their bios on the center’s icon app. Volunteers also taught seniors how to remove and edit contacts in messages and instagram, how to update passwords and Apple ID information, how to […]

The Bernards PEC Program runs every Saturday morning from 9-11am in April and May. It is a program for students to help other students with special needs. First our members had helped students through warm up, by demonstrating to them how to do many things such as stretching, running from side to side, and doing […]

On April 20, members of AYLUS arrived at King’s Point Park to spread wood chips. Volunteers used rakes to spread wood chips that were provided to them around the park. Spreading these wood chips provides the reduction of weeds as well as enriching the soil that helps with plant growth and making the trails safer. […]