On March 30th 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 29rd, from 9:30 to 12:00,  AYLUS volunteers met up at Jones beach Energy and Nature Center. After a quick briefing with the leader, Micheal, AYLUS volunteers were split into groups of two and given a plastic bag with trash grabbers. The task at hand was picking up litter from the beach, especially the […]

AYLUS Basking Ridge Branch organized the 3rd Concert in Residence at Basking Ridge(219 MT Airy RD, Basking Ridge) on 3/9/2025. AYLUS Basking Ridge sent out a performance signup form a month ahead to AYLUS members in the local area. There were12 performances which had performed an hour long concert. Based on the concert theme, our […]

On March 28, 2025, Manhasset Branch members volunteered to help cleanup debris in the form of fallen branches that were cluttering the environment and limiting accessibility. Members loaded a cart with branches and sticks, transporting the debris back and forth between the disposal site and the cleanup area. Members who participated: Matthew Yang (2) Eva […]

AYLUS held its weekly iPad Club at the Fellowship Village on 3/29/25. Today volunteers helped customers with creating and using features in the new Icon app. They taught various techniques and gave guidance to different features such as profile customization and viewing daily announcements. Also they taught users how to scan QR codes and print […]

AYLUS Basking Ridge volunteered at PEC Hiking with Autism program on 3/29/25. Our volunteers met with families who participated in the program at Lord Stirling Park, address: 190 Lord Stirling Rd, Basking Ridge, NJ. We introduced our program and ourselves to the group and were paired with the participants. We stayed with them, made sure […]

Our AYLUS BR members helped several seniors with their questions about their emails and iphones.  Volunteers helped a senior learn features for calling on a phone such as blocking and saving numbers. They also helped another lady reorganize emails and share emails and messages to others. They helped her adjust to a new phone with […]

On March 28 2025, 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 […]

On March 22 2025, a member of AYLUS volunteered with Sleep in Heavenly Peace. He helped during the Bed Building OPEN BUILDS event from 8:45AM-1:00PM. Volunteers; Xiyu Xu(Danny) (4 hours)

Reported by Andrew Zhou   On March 24, 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 […]

On March 23, 2025, a Fullerton Branch member tutored kids ranging from 4th to 6th graders in math. In the class, the kids did some practice problems to prepare for their final. TOTAL HOURS Eric Wei, David Li: 4 Hours

On March 22, 2025, AYLUS Fullerton Branch members helped distribute and load food at the St. Vincent De Paul Pantry. They aided with several tasks including distributing, breaking down boxes, and packaging food. They aided over 100 families in the Fullerton Area TOTAL HOURS Eric Wei, Daisy Wei, Michelle Li: 4 Hours

To support the Busy Book Project, the ARTS IN ACTION AYLUS Group launched a crayon donation drive, aiming to provide hospitalized children with a more engaging and enjoyable experience. Thanks to the generosity of our community, we successfully collected a total of 120 boxes of crayons. Each donation contributes to making hospital stays a little […]

A group of volunteers assisted with data normalization for the PRS (Light and Salt Association) youth event reporting database. They reviewed historical reports in Word, summarized event statistics, and organized the data into a Google Sheet, categorizing it by event type, number of volunteers, and total hours. This effort ensures accurate and structured data entry […]

On March 23rd, from 1:30 to 4:30, AYLUS Dix Hills volunteers helped at the Long Island Chinese School located at SUNY Old Westbury.  Volunteers spent three hours watching over their designated classes. In the classrooms the teachers taught students Chinese stories, watched movies and presented projects. In the back each volunteer aided in the work, […]

Members of the AYLUS Morris branch partnered with Help4All, a local nonprofit organization, to support the homeless community in Newark, New Jersey. This meaningful initiative focused on collecting new or gently used yoga mats, which can serve as portable sleeping pads and offer some comfort and insulation to those without shelter. Recognizing the importance of […]

Reported by Lauren Kan On 3/22/2025, San Diego students of AYLUS hosted its 39th 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. […]

Reported by Lauren Kan On 3/8/2025, San Diego students of AYLUS hosted its 38th 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 March 23, AYLUS Oakland Gardens completed their 141 event. AYLUS Oakland Gardens again worked with the Stewardship Team to mulch the trees in Alley Pond Park Forest Restoration. The day started a bit cold and windy but slowly got warmer as it went on. AYLUS Oakland Gardens and the Stewardship Team started the event […]

On March 22, 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. As soon as we arrived, we quickly got to work. We helped with a variety of different […]

On March 22nd, 2025, AYLUS Oakland Gardens held its 140th event at the Voelker Orth Museum. We were accompanied by Maureen Reagan and her team from Green Earth Urban Gardens, as well as community worker Sarah and museum director Debby. During today’s event, we focused on beautifying the museum’s exterior to provide visitors with a […]

Reported by: Tianlu Zhou Posted by: Karen Li On March 23, 2025, AYLUS volunteers brought the spirit of renewal to the Special Needs Program at DCFC by hosting a spring-themed craft session. To celebrate the arrival of spring, participants created vibrant welcome posters filled with colorful flowers, cheerful messages, and artistic designs. The activity encouraged […]

On March 22, 2025, volunteers organized a supported partner event at Rose Tea House. Volunteers set up an interactive stand offering face painting and balloon art for visitors’ enjoyment. Skilled young artists adorned children’s faces with vibrant flowers, rainbows, and various animals, bringing joy to both youngsters and their parents. Meanwhile, youth members passionately promoted […]

On Saturday March 22nd, the Great Neck AYLUS branch held an AAPI reading session at the Station Library. Goldman read the book “Bee Bim Bop!”. Andrew read “Let’s do everything and nothing”. Afterwards, the volunteers brought the children along in a wide variety of crafts. Goldman and Andrew helped teach kids origami, while Rebecca assisted […]

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 17, 2025 – March 23, 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 10, 2025 – March 16, 2025. The goal of tutoring classes is to […]

Reported by Kevin Chen Six members from the Greater Tulsa Branch participated the AYLUS poster contest and each of them took about 4 fours to design the poster with their hearts–they are so proud of being the AYLUS family, and it worth to celebrate the 10 years anniversary! The volunteers participated in the competation are: […]

Reported by Kevin Chen On Monday March 24, some of our volunteers did book drives and continued to collect books for our African Library Project. The volunteers are: Andrew Li: 4 hours (collected 47 books), Justin Li: 4 hours (collected 48 books) Kaiting Hsu: 3 hours (collected 39 books), Sophie Qin: 1 hour (collected 11 […]

Reported by Joey Zhu, Hand in Hand We Code Club Lake Washington Branch AYLUS Lake Washington Branch hosted the second Beginner Python camp (Week2) on Mar.23,2025. It marks the second day of the Beginner Python Camp, taught by Joey Zhu, Kevin Chen, and Jerry Yang. The class took place from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM, […]

Reported by Colin Xie On March 21st – March 23rd, San Diego students of AYLUS organized the 252nd 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 daily lives. Due […]

Volunteers took 2 hours and filled 322 boxes with canned foods in an assembly line. Each box would feed a family of 4 for a week. Thank you to the following members for participating: Anna An (2) Sissy Chen (4.5) Brandon Cui (2) Yawen Li (4.5) Aleena Roy (2) Jessie Shi (4.5) ZhuZhu Wang (2) […]

Reported by Colin Xie On March 15th – March 16th, San Diego students of AYLUS organized the 251st 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 daily lives. Due […]

On Sunday, March 23rd, 2025, AYLUS Roslyn Branch volunteered at Chinese Cultural Association of Long Island from 1:30 to 5:00pm. We acted as teaching assistants, helping students to the bathroom, handing out and collecting work, and helping students with material they don’t understand. Today, there was a recital where students recited poems to a panel […]

 On March 22, 2025, youth volunteers from the AYLUS Rancho Cucamonga Branch came together at the ALFC Generosity Center in Rancho Cucamonga for another meaningful day of community service. Driven by a shared dedication to making a difference, they arrived early in the morning, ready to invest their time and energy in helping families in […]

Volunteer activity report Time: 12:30-14:30, March 24, 2025 Event location: Kings Point Park Organizational unit: AYLUS Great Neck Branch Activity content: fertilizer expansion in forest in spring Activity overview On the afternoon of March 23, 2025, volunteers from the AYLUS Great Neck Branch held a meaningful volunteer activity in Kings Point Park, with the primary […]

Today, March 24, 2025, the Aylus organization came to great neck library to participate in and help Professor Yuan’s Chinese painting course. There are four classes in this course. Today’s lesson is about how to improve and learn the skills of ancient Chinese painting. These courses help to promote traditional Chinese culture and are attended […]

3/18/2025 3/18/2025 On March 18, 2025, volunteers gathered at the Station Library from 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM to help students with their studies. Rebecca helped a student with different types of homework, while Anhang Lu and Baiyu Chen taught Mandarin speakers to read useful English picture books. Moreover, Emma assisted students with English, Elaine […]

Reported by Karen Zhou Posted by Karen Zhou   On March 23 2025, AYLUS volunteers came together to donate gently used and new pillowcases, bedding sheets, and blankets to the local Goodwill Donation Center. These items were generously collected from the community. Donating bedding items helps repurpose materials, playing a crucial role in reducing the […]

Throughout the month, volunteers collected and organized donations for Goodwill. These efforts support the community by recycling goods and providing necessary items to those in need, fostering a sustainable environment. AYLUS volunteers collected, sorted, bagged, and dropped off clothing at Goodwill to give it a second life. Participants and Hours Matthew Lu: 4 hours (1/15/2025) […]

On March 21, 2025, members of AYLUS Great Neck visited Firefighter Park to support children with special needs. During the event, we engaged in activities such as tag and frisbee, which provided both enjoyment and physical benefits. Playing frisbee helped enhance their coordination and motor skills, while tag contributed to their physical strength. Overall, our […]

AYLUS Santa Clarita Valley branch members volunteered for Vine 2 Wine supporting Circle of Hope Cancer Support Center at Sand Canyon Country Club on March 22, 2025. They helped with the set up times during the event from 3p-5p.

AYLUS Santa Clarita Valley branch members volunteered for Youth Arts Showcase on March 15, 2025 at Newhall Community Center. They helped facilitate hands-on craft stations, engage event guests – children and adults, relay verbal instructions, and assist with other duties as instructed by staff.

On Sunday March 23, at the Andrew Stergiopoulos Ice Rink, from 1:45-3:00, volunteers of the Alyus Therapeutic Skating Program skated with children & adults participating in the program. Every volunteer was paired with a skater, giving them support and helping them on the ice. The volunteers made the experience fun and safe for each skater. […]

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

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. 03/10/25: Kenneth Wu (4 hours) Samuel Xue (4 hours) Andrew Zhou (3 hours) 03/11/25: Zoe Leung (2 hours) 03/14/25: […]

On 3/23/2025, 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 […]

On 3/22/25 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 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, Valentina Zheng, Yaming Wang, Hadrian Zheng, Hubert Zheng, Carrie Zhang, Chelsea Zhang

West Essex members Jaden Leung, Hebe Leung, Zoe Leung, and Jeremiah Au volunteered at Taekwondo classes for children on 3/17/25 and 3/19/25. 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 3/19/25, Jaden Leung, Hebe […]

Reported by: Feiyang Niu On March 23rd, 2025, members of the AYLUS Farmington branch volunteered at the Farmington Public Library’s Maker Fair, assisting in various hands-on activities and ensuring smooth event operations. They took on different roles throughout the fair, helping run activity booths such as Popsicle Stick Flashlight Making, DNA Friendship Bracelets, and Sun […]

Reported by: Neddy Cai On Sunday, March 23rd, we continued our efforts to create plastic mats for donation to shelters serving homeless individuals at Tulsa Chinese Christian Church. Building on the knowledge gained from previous sessions, we followed the same method—cutting and tying plastic bags into yarn-like pieces and then crocheting the “yarn” into mats. […]

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 37th Beast Academy online class in 2024-2025 was on March 17-23, 2025. Beast Academy is a mathematics program for elementary and […]

Report by Yuqi Nie To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Alliance of Youth Leaders in the United States (AYLUS), members of the Syosset Branch engaged in creative endeavors to celebrate this significant milestone. On March 23, 2025, five dedicated members—Yuqi Nie, Linda Lin, Anson Ye, Darren Gao and Jeffrey Chen—collaborated to produce original content […]

Reported by Eric Chen On March 15, 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 […]

AYLUS held its weekly iPad Club at the Fellowship Village on 3/22/25. Today volunteers helped seniors on how to remove junk from email. Volunteers also helped seniors on how to set up the community app. Volunteers recieved praise from seniors, and greatly aided the seniors with their questions.  Angelina Gao, Madison Yu, Ethan Zhang, Dingding […]

The annual Saturdays in Motion Dance took place on March 22nd. At 2PM, all the volunteers arrived to set up the gym, which included blowing up beach balls, bringing in food, and setting up the stations. Afterwards, each volunteer paired up with a child and spent the session with them, doing activities such as dancing, […]

On March 22nd, 2025, the AYLUS Auburn Branch helped clean up after Food Truck Friday. Food Truck Friday is an award-winning event of the Opelika Chamber. It is hosted in downtown Opelika on various Friday nights throughout the year, and attracts food trucks, live music, vendors, and thousands of visitors who dine, drink, and enjoy […]

Reported by: Bernice Zhang On March 15th, 2025, four members of the AYLUS Farmington branch aided the Farmington Public Library in hosting a fun and interactive mystery dinner for local adults. Different members were given different roles with differing levels of speaking roles ranging from long interviews with the adults (to have them solve the […]

On Sunday morning, March 23, 2025, two members of the AYLUS Chapel Hill branch volunteered to collect flower donations from the local Trader Joe’s. These colorful flowers were then delivered to Charles House, a nonprofit that provides care for seniors and those with dementia. The volunteers hoped that this donation of fresh blooms would bring […]

Reported by Andrew Zhou 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 […]

Reported by Anson Ye On 3/22/25, members of AYLUS Syosset helped out at the Long Island Native Plant Initiative, doing various tasks to support the greenhouse. First, members planted a variety of plants, such as Bluecurls, Salt-Marsh Fleabanes, and Sweet Everlastings, and placed them in the nursery. Then, members spread rice hulls over plants, which […]

Reported by Lillian Qian Posted by Lillian Qian   On March 22 2025, AYLUS volunteers gathered to donate gently-used clothing to the local Goodwill Donation Center. These items were collected from the local community. Donating clothing allows for repurposing which is extremely important in order to prevent the creation of non-biodegradable items.   Volunteers: Lillian […]