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Murrieta AYLUS Lends a Hand to The Little Garden of Hope Project (59th) (3/8/2025)

On March 8, 2025, Murrieta AYLUS members returned to their garden work at Jacob’s House, eager to continue their routine of caring for and nurturing the garden. The day began with the team loosening up the soil in a garden bed, preparing it for the next phase of growth. They carefully transplanted strawberry and squash […]

AYLUS Roslyn Provides Food to Local Families Through NOSH Delivery! Food Pantry (56th) on March 8th, 2025

On Saturday, March 8th, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM, 2025 volunteers from the Aylus Roslyn Branch helped Nosh Delivers, a nonprofit food pantry that was founded during the pandemic to help struggling families in need. 5 years later they still provide nutritious groceries or “Nosh bags” to hundreds of families. When the volunteers arrived, […]

City and Neighbor Support: Pearland Volunteers Provided Support for the Pearland Holi Extravaganza on March 7–8, 2025

On the evening of March 7, volunteers assisted with event setup by delivering water and essential supplies to the site, ensuring everything was in place for the festivities. On March 8, volunteers began their early morning shift at 6:00 AM, helping to set up canopies, tables, and chairs. Throughout the day, they managed registration, traffic […]

City and Neighbor Support: Pearland Volunteers Assist PCA Conference on March 8, 2025

On the evening of March 8, 2025, three AYLUS Pearland volunteers supported the Pearland Chinese Association (PCA) conference at the West Pearland Library. They warmly welcomed guests at the entrance, provided directions to the conference room, and ensured a smooth check-in process. Their efforts contributed to an organized and welcoming atmosphere for attendees. Volunteers (6:00–8:30 […]

AYLUS North Hollywood Volunteers for an LA Compost Hub in Griffith Park | March 2, 2025

Activity & Impact On March 2, 2025, four members of the AYLUS North Hollywood Branch volunteered at a compost hub in Griffith Park from 2:30pm-4:30pm. This hub was established by LA Compost and works to reduce landfill waste. Activities done by volunteers included sifting and tending to compost piles. Sifting was a multistep process where […]

AYLUS North Hollywood Volunteers for Fountain Community Gardens in Fountain Avenue | February 17, 2025

Activity & Impact On February 17, 2025 — members of the AYLUS North Hollywood Branch volunteered at a Community Garden in Fountain Avenue from 10:00am-1:00pm. Fountain Community Gardens’ mission is to produce a flourishing, well-managed garden where members can be themselves and feel a sense of community. Volunteers worked on building a foundation for a greenhouse […]

AYLUS North Hollywood Volunteers for CicLaVia: West Adams Meets University Park | February 23, 2025

Activity & Impact On February 23, 2025, eight members of the AYLUS North Hollywood branch volunteered for CicLavia: West Adams Meets University Park from 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM. CicLAvia is a large community festival during which streets are closed for bikers and for other forms of active transportation. It is hosted by the nonprofit CicLAvia, […]

San Diego Branch hosted the 2024-2025 35th Solution for Hope Beast Academy Online Class on March 3-9, 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 35th Beast Academy online class in 2024-2025 was on March 3-9, 2025. Beast Academy is a mathematics program for elementary and […]

Event 45: AYLUS Morris Branch and local Methodist Church Unite for Monthly Baby Food Drive in March 2025

The AYLUS Morris Branch members have continued to show their commitment to community service by partnering with the United Methodist Church in Chatham to collect baby food for families in need. This monthly initiative ensures that infants from underprivileged households receive essential nutrition. In their most recent effort, the dedicated volunteers successfully gathered 30 pounds […]

Event 44: AYLUS Morris Branch Partners with Helping Hands for Monthly Food Drive in March 2025

The AYLUS Morris Branch members have been actively collaborating with Helping Hands, a nonprofit organization, to support families in need. They collect shelf-stable food donations. As part of their ongoing commitment to community service, the Morris Branch members organize a monthly food drive, ensuring that underprivileged families receive the essential nutrition they require. On March […]

Aylus Syosset Volunteers at the Cerebral Palsy Association of Nassau County’s Group Home at Bellmore on March 8, 2025

On Saturday, March 8th, AYLUS Syosset members volunteered to work at CP Nassau County Group Home located in Bellmore. The volunteers made sure those with Cerebral Palsy residents all had a great time by playing games with them such as connect 4, tree decorating, and Uno; helping them complete various activities such as drawing, making […]

NJ Ridgewood AYLUS organized a Chinese New Year Performance at the Bristol Englewood Senior Center on January 29th

On January 29th, members of the Ridgewood branch of AYLUS organized a Chinese New Year performance at the Bristol Englewood Senior Center. Since the beginning of January, members coordinated with the senior center, preparing a program list and performance content. They held several meetings to divide tasks and ensure everything went smoothly. Members rehearsed their […]

Greater Triangle volunteers at Cary Learning Center on 03/08/2025

    Four Greater Triangle Branch volunteers went to the Cary Learning Center this Saturday. As teacher Assistants, they had the opportunity to support teachers and students in various capacities, including classroom management, providing individualized student support, and contributing to the overall learning environment. They assisted the teacher in preparing lesson materials, including worksheets, presentations, […]

NJ Ridgewood ALYUS helps Celebration of Lunar New Year Event on Jan 26th

Ridgewood Chinese American Association and Korean Community of Ridgewood hosted an annual event at Ridgewood High School celebrating Lunar New Year on 1/26/2025. It is a cultural exchange where people can learn about Chinese and Korean traditional culture for the New Year. There are also live performances of traditional and modern Chinese and Korean dances. […]

STEM n Tech (#45): Pearland Branch Supported Data Tracking for LSA (#20) in February 2025

Since May 2023, AYLUS Pearland has been supporting LSA to build a database to track their events participations and monitor their class progression. The database was successfully built by the end of summer in 2003 and implemented into their daily management. In the month of February 2025, AYLUS volunteers Katherine Wu continued to develop and […]

Warrington Branch makes Kindness cards for Kids in Hospital and for Project HMK(Hope, Motivation and Kindness) on January 10

On January 10th from 10:40- 11:40 Warrington Branch volunteers and makes cards for Project HMK (Hope, Motivation, and Kindness) to bring smiles to kids in Hospitals. 1 hour: Justin W, Jake G, Dharunish Y, Liam O, Daniel I, Charlie R, Alejandro WM, Satvik M, Ben P, Sheerya V, Karson K   Reported by Alejandro WM:

AYLUS Greater Triangle “Open Sky Book Club” Volunteer Community Marathon Read Aloud 03/08/2025

  AYLUS Open Sky Book Club Hosts Reading Marathon, Kicking Off World Read Aloud Day, Cary, NC – This summer Reading Marathon was successfully concluded with the praise of many participants. To welcome more participants, we will launch more reading activities that cater to different interests and styles. There are history and culture, celebrity speeches, […]

Greenville NC Branch helped with set up for Pitt County Elementary Science Olympiad (3/7/2025)

This afternoon, members of the Greenville, NC branch of AYLUS joined a large group of volunteers to help set up for the Pitt County Elementary Science Olympiad. They built the robot maze, set up the field for the “Flight” event, put up signs, and organized medals and trophies. It was a rewarding experience to support the younger generation of science enthusiasts! Volunteers […]

AYLUS Lake Washington Branch Volunteered for Restoring Wetland Habitat at Sammamish Lower Commons Park on Mar. 05, 2025(#28)

Reported by Eric Huang, Hometown Sammamish Youth Action Project Lake Washington Branch On March 05, 2025, AYLUS Lake Washington Branch members Eric, Jerry, Elissa, Kevin, and advisor Christine volunteered for the City of Sammamish to restore wetland habitat at Sammamish Lower Commons Park. From 3:45pm to 5:45pm, they assisted in planting native vegetation. After two […]

AYLUS Lake Washington Branch hosted the sixth online 3D modeling camp (Week6) on Mar.02,2025(Event#27)

Reported by Jerry Yang Lake Washington Branch The sixth online 3D modeling camp was hosted on 3/2/2025, and was taught by Jerry Yang with assistance from Eric Huang from 11:00am to 12:30pm. Students had a detailed recap about transforming, edit mode, select modes, and orthographic views. Students also had a warmup where they created a […]

San Diego Branch hosted the 2024-2025 34th Solution for Hope Beast Academy Online Class on February 24-March 2, 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 34th Beast Academy online class in 2024-2025 was on February 24- March 2, 2025. Beast Academy is a mathematics program for […]

AYLUS Great Neck Branch Therapeutic Ice-Skating program(3rd) on 3/2/2025

AYLUS Great Neck Branch Therapeutic Ice-Skating program(3rd) On March 2nd, 2 PM, AYLUS Great Neck Branch held its third Therapeutic Ice-Skating program at the Andrew Stergiopoulos Ice Rink. Members of AYLUS assisted with the therapeutic skating program, helping children improve their skating skills. Upon arrival, 2–3 members were assigned to each child, providing guidance and […]

South Pittsburgh, PA

Status: ALUMNI   On June 2nd, 2023, three students in Pittsburgh, PA founded the 136th branch of the Alliance of Youth Leaders in the United States (AYLUS): South Pittsburgh, PA. Founders: Congratulations to (from left) Siyuan (Michelle) Yang, Katie Peterson, and Daniel Tung! Great job!   Description of the South Pittsburgh Branch The South Pittsburgh branch […]

Murrieta AYLUS Helps Clean Up Local Park (49th) (3/1/2025)

On March 01, 2025, Murrieta AYLUS conducted a park cleanup at their adopted park. They began by cleaning the playground, where they found snack wrappers, plastic bags and tissues, Afterward, the members walked around the sidewalks, collecting trash along the bushes and walkways. In the parking lot areas, they found some discarded bottles, cups, and […]

San Diego Branch Prepared Sack Lunches for Interfaith Community Services on March 03, 2025

Reported by Andrew Zhou   On March 03, 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 […]

Austin Branch Volunteered at UIL Speech and Debate Tournament

On March 1st, 2025, Austin Brancn volunteered at the UIL Speech and Debate Tournament, assisting with tournament preparation, check-in, and various duties throughout the day. They assisted with tournament setup, welcomed debate teams from different schools, guided them to the correct locations, and provided support throughout the day. Their dedication demonstrated hospitality to visiting teams […]

Raritan Valley Branch Overseas Spoken English Tutoring January-February 2025 Progress Report

From the January to February, the tutors kick off the year consistently teaching English to overseas children every week. The tutors give it their best to teaching and mentoring through reading workbooks and stories to attending weekly meetings on time. AYLUS volunteers are commended as the new year starts and they continue this tutoring program […]

Columbus Branch Made and Donated 40 Spring-themed Meals-on-Wheels Placemats on February 28th, 2025

During the month of February, AYLUS volunteers made 40 placemats to donate to the Dublin Service Center for the Meals on Wheels program. This month, the placemats theme was “Spring/Nature,” where volunteers used their creative talent to decorate their placemats according to the theme. Then, they laminated their placemats to donate to recipients of the […]

AYLUS Bridgewater Helps at Chinese New Year Community Event (01/31/25 and 02/01/2025)

On January 31st and February 1st, volunteers from AYLUS Bridgewater branch helped with setting up and running a community event hosted by the Bridgewater Chinese American Association (BCAA) for Chinese New Year. Thank you to our volunteers: Angela Gong(4 hours on 1/31), Annabelle Wong(4 hours on 1/31), Sarah Diao(4 hours on 1/31), Hannah Diao(4 hours […]

San Diego Branch hosted the 11th Pacific Highlands Ranch Library bookstore event on March 01, 2025

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 […]

San Diego Branch hosts the 59th Smiling Stars Reading program on March 01, 2025

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 […]

AYLUS Roslyn Volunteers at the Cerebral Palsy Association of Nassau County’s Group Home (41st) on March 2nd, 2025

On Saturday, March 1st, from 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM, the Roslyn Branch of AYLUS volunteered at a CP Nassau Group Home  (Cerebral Palsy Association of Nassau County). CP Nassau  is a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to providing quality services for children and adults with cerebral palsy. One of their programs is to provide […]

How to Trade, Stake, and Manage Crypto Like a Pro — Using a Wallet That Talks to OKX

Okay, so check this out—if you’re trading crypto today, having a wallet that plugs directly into a centralized exchange changes the game. It’s faster. It’s cleaner. And, yeah, it also hides a few trade-offs you should know before you click “confirm.” I’m writing from experience trading and fussing with wallets; some of this cost me […]

AYLUS Dix Hills Volunteers at LICS

On March 2nd 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), assisting with various tasks such as printing assignments, helping teachers retrieve/hand out materials, watching over classes, and escorting little […]