Activity & Impact From March 14 to March 28, 2025, board members of the AYLUS North Hollywood branch fundraised a total profit of $253 to make sack lunches for the homeless in partnership with NoHo Home Alliance. The profits went toward purchasing 75 of each required item, including water bottles, mini Gatorades, chip bags, snack […]

The Roslyn AYLUS volunteers helped out at the Chinese Cultural Association of Long Island’s school on a gloomy Sunday of April 6th. From 1:30 to 5 PM at Neck South High School, our group supported various activities at the school. As Teaching Assistants (TAs), we, the volunteers, helped and supported the teachers to ensure the […]

On Sunday, April 6th of 2025, from 10:30 to 1:30 pm EST, 4 members of the AYLUS Roslyn AND Syosset Branch visited C.P Nassau residents at their Bayville location. C.P. Nassau has been supporting many individuals with disabilities for over 75 years and it provides various services including medical and primary care, therapy, education, etc. […]

 On Saturday, April 5th, from 9:00 A.M to 12:00 P.M, members of the AYLUS Roslyn branch volunteered with NOSH Delivers!, a non-profit organization committed to preventing food insecurity within the community. Over the course of hours in volunteering, members focused on three main activities: creating children lunch and breakfast bags, distributing food towards customers, and […]

On April 8th, 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 […]

On April 8th, 2025, AYLUS Auburn Branch picked up trash at the Chewacla State Park from 10 am to 1 pm. Chewacla State Park is a public recreation area occupying 696 acres below Interstate 85 on the far south side of Auburn, Alabama. The state park’s central feature, the 26-acre Lake Chewacla, provides opportunities for […]

On April 6th, 2025, 3 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: Bernice Zhang On July 26th, 2024, the Farmington Branch went to Winding Trails in order to help with trail maintenance. They cleaned up a common stop along a walkable trail through activities such as pulling out weeds, trimming plants, and repainting trail markers. Ryan Wang: 4 hours Bernice Zhang: 4 hours Return to […]

Reported by: Neddy Cai On Sunday, April 6th, volunteers gathered once again at the Tulsa Chinese Christian Church to continue work on the plastic mat project for local homeless shelters. Using recycled plastic bags, we cut, tied, and crocheted them into durable mats. This session, we combined two smaller mats into one larger piece, making […]

Reported by: Ryan Wang On June 2nd, 2024, the AYLUS Farmington Brach facilitated the AI seminar event held at the Central Connecticut State University. They assisted in inviting speakers to the event and setting up on the event day. Ryan Wang: 6 hours Bernice Zhang: 6 hours Return to our home page.

On April 5th, 2025, 3 members of the AYLUS Morrisville Branch volunteered at the Brown Bag Ministry in Apex. We made sandwiches for local low-income families. In addition, we also assembled food bags with sandwiches, snacks, and sweets. This is a great way to give back to the community. Volunteers: Halley Zhong (2 hours) Viola […]

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 April 1,2025 volunteers gathered at the station library from 4:30AP.M.—5:30P.M. to helped students with studies. Baiyu Chen helped with Chemistry. Meixin Ding helped with English first,then helped with math. Anhang Lu assisted with math. All volunteers had a valuable and harvest experience during this day. Reporter:Meixin Ding Hours：Baiyu Chen，Meixin Ding，Anhang Lu （1 hour) On […]

On April 5, 2025, youth volunteers from the AYLUS Rancho Cucamonga Branch gathered at the ALFC Generosity Center in Rancho Cucamonga for another meaningful day of community service. Driven by a shared dedication to supporting those in need, the volunteers arrived early, prepared to contribute their time and energy toward a worthy cause. From 7:20 […]

Reported by Sophia Li Posted by Jenny Wang On the evening of 4/5/25, our amazing volunteers from Frisco and Plano in AYLUS, volunteered at the McKinney Asian Festival. We sold gemstone bracelets, beautiful rings, balloons, and cute crochet items. Unfortunately, we had to cut down the time to 2 through 4 due to the cold […]

West Essex Aylus Volunteers attended Livingston Huaxia Chinese School on Saturday, Apr. 5, 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 […]

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 […]

Whoa! Okay, so check this out—cross‑chain transfers used to feel like a maze. My instinct said bridges would stay clunky forever, but then something shifted. Initially I thought all aggregators were the same, but Relay Bridge surprised me on a few fronts. Seriously, it did. I want to walk through the parts that matter when […]

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

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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

On March 29, 2025, youth volunteers from the AYLUS Rancho Cucamonga Branch gathered once again at the ALFC Generosity Center for a rewarding day of service. Fueled by a genuine desire to support their community, these students arrived bright and early, prepared to devote their time and effort to families facing food insecurity. Each volunteer […]

Reported by Caien(Daisy) Chen : On April 4th, AYLUS members donated old clothing to the local goodwill bins. They first started by collecting out any old clothing they, or anyone else they knew had and folding what they collected into bags. Then, the members drove to the collection bins and after talking with the workers […]

On 4/1/2025, 2 members of the AYLUS Newtown branch assisted the Caring For Friends kitchen staff by helping prepare frozen meals to support homebound people. From 6 PM to 8 PM, volunteers worked together to assemble meals and ensure that every item was prepared with care and attention to detail. Volunteers worked collaboratively in an […]

On March 21st, members of the Great Neck AYLUS organization volunteered at the GNCA 2025 Gala, celebratingits 30th anniversary. This milestone event brought together community leaders, distinguished guests, and supporters to honor three decades of GNCA’s contributions. Volunteers played a key role in ensuring the evening was well-organized and enjoyable for all attendees. From the […]

AYLUS Great Neck Branch Therapeutic Ice-Skating program(7th) On Sunday, March 30, from 1:45 PM to 3:15 PM, volunteers from the Aylus Great Neck Branch assisted with the therapeutic skating program at the Andrew Stergiopoulos Ice Rink. The two volunteers were each paired with a skater, providing guidance and support to the skaters. Through their efforts, […]

Written by Mia Qiu On March 29th, members of the Syosset AYLUS organization volunteered at Long Island Native Plant, where we were assisted with various tasks assigned by Pam, a staff member at the greenhouse. We completed tasks such as labeling and filling seed packets for their future sales. We also up-potted plants from smaller […]

On March 30th, 2025, members from the Bergen branch donated items to the Goodwill NYNJ Donation Center in Nanuet, NY. We donated a variety of items such as shirts, pants, winter apparel, and much more! We were so glad to have the opportunity to benefit our community outside of those in Nanuet and cannot wait […]

On March 15, 2025, Aylus Bridgewater volunteers gathered to welcome spring with a hands-on gardening event! Our team—Sarah Diao, Gabrielle Chien, Joseph Chien, Angela Gong, Jeffrey Hu, and Matthew Yu—worked tirelessly for two hours, planting seeds in pots and sowing them in our community garden. These seeds will soon sprout into vibrant plants, which will […]

On March 15, 2025, volunteers from the AYLUS Bridgewater Branch spent the day giving back at the Raritan Food Pantry. Our dedicated team worked tirelessly for three hours each, stocking shelves, bagging food for clients, and helping with cleanup at closing. We’re so proud of our volunteers for their hard work! Thank you to everyone […]

On March 8, 2025, volunteers from the AYLUS Bridgewater Branch spent the day giving back at the Raritan Food Pantry. Our dedicated team worked tirelessly for three hours each, stocking shelves, bagging food for clients, and helping with cleanup at closing. We’re so proud of our volunteers for their hard work! Thank you to everyone […]

On March 30, 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 March 23, 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 […]

Members of Aylus Morris Branch continuously show their commitment in helping communities by collecting and donating food items to Food Bank of NJ in Hillside location. Members have created digital poster and distributed around neighborhood in communities, risen awareness of food shortage for people in need, called all hands to support fighting hunger together. Members […]

On Friday, March 28, a group of dedicated volunteers gathered at Firefighter Park for a day filled with fun, laughter, and community spirit. The atmosphere buzzed with excitement as children and volunteers came together to enjoy the beautiful weather and engage in various activities. Among the enthusiastic participants were Baiyu Chen, Cody Ngo, and Yucheng […]

AYLUS Great Neck Branch Therapeutic Ice-Skating program(4th) On Sunday, March 9, from 1:45 PM to 3:15 PM, volunteers from the Aylus Great Neck Branch assisted with the therapeutic skating program at the Andrew Stergiopoulos Ice Rink. Each volunteer was paired with an individual skater, providing guidance and support to both children and adults. Through their […]

Reported by Joey Zhu, Hand in Hand We Code Club Lake Washington Branch The third python class happened on 3/30/2025, taught by Joey and assisted by Xiao and Ryan. The class took place from 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM. During the session, students were taught the input function, if, elif, and else statements. They were […]

Aylus West Essex members Aylssa Zhang and Vivian Zheng attended 2025 AYLUS Poster Contest. 12/26/24 Poster 3:00pm-6:00pm finished title graphics and main drawing 12/27/24 Poster 12:10pm-3:00pm finished 2 sections 1/6/25 Poster #2 5:00pm-6:00pm 2/18/25 Poster #2 3:00pm-5:00pm 3/7/25 Poster #2 3:00pm-4:00pm

West Essex Aylus Volunteers attended Livingston Huaxia Chinese School on Saturday, Mar. 29, 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 […]

West Essex members Jaden Leung, Hebe Leung, Zoe Leung, and Jeremiah Au volunteered at Taekwondo classes for children on 3/24/25 and 3/26/25. 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. On 3/26/25, Jaden Leung, Hebe […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. 03/24/25: Kenneth Wu (4 hours) Calvin Cheng (3 hours) Andrew Zhou (3 hours) Samuel Xue (4 hours) 03/25/25: Zoe […]

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. 03/17/25: Samuel Xue (4 hours) 03/19/25: Ethan Yao (2 hours) Andrew Zhou (3 hours) Zoe Leung (2 hours) 03/22/25: […]

On 3/30/2025, West Essex AYLUS volunteered with Essex Special Skaters assisted today’s annual Special Olympics Skating Competition 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 adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities […]

On 3/30/2025, 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 Members collected multiple products such as paper towels and laundry detergent to the Millburn-Short Hills Neighbors Helping Neighbors Food Pantry. These donations provide multiple essentials to those who are in need of them. Members: 1 hour: Yolanda Cheung, Kailey Kwan, Orion Lee, Zoe Leung, Zachary Sun, Samuel Xue

West Essex AYLUS members collected items to help create First Night Kits for domestic violence shelters, transitional housing facilities, runaway safe havens, foster homes, and other agencies with transitional populations in need of hygiene items on the “first night” of their stay.    Members:  1 hour: Yolanda Cheung, Kailey Kwan, Orion Lee, Zoe Leung, Zachary […]

On Mar 22nd, 2025, AYLUS Scottsdale attended an FMSC event to help give back to children in impoverished conditions around the world. Members packed, stored, and processed parts of Soy, Rice, Vegetables, and Vitamins for those who are starving from malnutrition. Members that attended include: Session 4 (1.5 hrs each): Ruiqi Fan Ruiyi Fan Session […]

On March 15th, 2025, AYLUS Scottsdale attended an FMSC event to help give back to children in impoverished conditions around the world. Members packed, stored, and processed parts of Soy, Rice, Vegetables, and Vitamins for those who are starving from malnutrition. Members that attended include: Session 5 (2hrs each): William Chu Junxi Wu Jason Zhu […]

For the 2025 AYLUS poster contest, four members of the Great Neck Branch designed and submitted their own original designs. The poster contest was meant to celebrate the 10th anniversary of AYLUS as an organization, and designs could include anything from local, community impacts to promotional posters. Our members all created unique designs, including a […]

Reported by Deyang Liu Posted by Daniel Wang Recently, AYLUS volunteers participated in a meaningful fundraising event by selling handmade bracelets and backpacks to support charitable causes. A total of nine volunteers took part in this activity. Everyone was highly enthusiastic in promoting the items, and through their persistent efforts, they all achieved excellent sales […]