Written By Felix Zheng On February 1st, the Syosset AYLUS organization went to the Long Island Native Plant Initiative to help out at the greenhouse. Our primary goal for the day was to sift out seeds. We worked with special tools and bins to collect the seeds, which were then sifted into a separate bin […]

Reported by Lillian Qian Posted by Lillian Qian On February 2, 2025, more than ten volunteers from the Frisco & Plano branch of AYLUS gathered at the Lexington Country clubhouse to crochet. Members crocheted colorful hats as part of the Loops for Love project, which works to donate hats for cancer patients at the local […]

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 30th Beast Academy online class in 2024-2025 was on January 27- February 2, 2025. Beast Academy is a mathematics program for […]

On February 2, 2025, youth volunteers from the AYLUS Rancho Cucamonga Branch came together at the ALFC Generosity Center in Rancho Cucamonga for another day of meaningful community service. With a shared commitment to making a difference, the volunteers arrived early in the morning, ready to dedicate their time and energy to supporting families in […]

On 2/2/2025, 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 2/1/25 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 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. 01/27/25: Ethan Tang (2 hours), Scott Yao (3 hours), Samuel Xue (3 hours) 01/28/25: Zoe Leung (2 hours), Jiahui […]

In these weeks, West Essex Aylus Environmental Committee organized an ink cartridge recycling event. Members collected and gathered leftover empty ink cartridges and dropped off East Handover Homedepot to recycle. Participants: Orion Lee (4 hours), Samuel Xue (5 hours), Jeffrey Yang (1 hour), Ethan Tang (1 hour), Jeremiah Au (5 hours), Gabriel Au (4 hours)

From 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM on Saturday, February 1, the Bellaire Branch of AYLUS volunteered at the Chinese Community Center 2025 Lunar New Year Festival (9800 Town Park Dr., Houston, TX 77036).   The Chinese Community Center is an organization that provides educational, cultural, and social services in Houston. Some of the core programs […]

Reported by: Yuqi Nie On Saturday morning, February 1, 2025, volunteers from the AYLUS Syosset Branch gathered at the Tilles Center for the Performing Arts in Brookville, NY, to assist with the setup and decorations for the Nassau County Lunar New Year Festival. As this was a county-wide celebration, the venue was bustling with excitement, […]

Reported by: Yuqi Nie On Saturday, February 1, 2025, volunteers from the AYLUS Syosset Branch participated in the Will Sing for Food Winter Concert at Queens Theatre in Corona, NY, an event hosted by Long Island Cares. Now in its 14th year, the concert raises funds to combat hunger on Long Island, featuring a high-energy […]

On February 1st, 2025, two members of the AYLUS San Clemente Branch, Tylon Zhou and Miah Zhou, spent their morning volunteering at Mercy’s Warehouse in Laguna Niguel, beginning their journey from 11 a.m. They were sent to the womens clothes sorting section and were given two tasks to complete during their time frame. One of their tasks […]

West Essex Aylus Volunteers attended Livingston Huaxia Chinese School on Saturday, Feb. 1, 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 Members collected multiple products such as paper towels and food items to the Millburn-Short Hills Neighbors Helping Neighbors Food Pantry. These collections provide multiple essentials to those who are in need of them.  Members:  1 hour: Kailey Kwan, Orion Lee, Zoe Leung, Kenneth Wu, Forest Yang, Gabriel Au, Jeremiah Au

The Starry Art Choir participates in the Lunar New Year event at Verizon’s headquarters in the United States every year, performing Chinese songs for employees across the United States to better spread Chinese culture and also express the thanks for their hard work.   Members and duration: 2 hour – Rena Wang , Gabriel Au,  […]

Reported by Karen Zhou Posted by Karen Zhou On February 2nd, 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 cutting t-shirts into strips and making the pet toys.  We are quite productive this […]

Reported by Jerry Yang Lake Washington Branch The third online 3D modeling camp, hosted on 2/2/2025, was taught by Jerry Yang with assistance from Eric Huang. From 11:00am to 12:30pm, students were taught new tools like accessing Wireframe view and reviewed old class materials such as orthographic views and adding objects. They warmed up by […]

AYLUS Basking Ridge Branch organized the 2nd Concert in Residence at Basking Ridge(219 MT Airy RD, Basking Ridge) on 2/2/2025. AYLUS Basking Ridge sent out a performance signup form a month ahead to AYLUS members in the local area. Around 12 performances performed an one-hour long concert. Based on each concert theme, our member gave […]

Bridgewater Huaxia Chinese School held its annual Chinese New Year Celebrations at Bridgewater Raritan High School, address 600 Garretson Rd, Bridgewater, NJ, on 2/2/25. About 500 people attended the celebration. During the celebraiton, AYLUS Basking Ridge members performed several dances, violin Piece and  Guzheng piece. All their perfromance received warm applause from the audience. Claire Zhang, […]

Bernards PEC Program is a program for students to help other students with special needs. For these monthes, their theme is yoga. The program this time was held at WAMS (Address: 70 Quincy Rd, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920) and the program was split into two parts: yoga and arts & crafts.Our members had helped students […]

AYLUS held its weekly iPad Club at the Fellowship Village on 2/2/25. We taught how to shift android screen and how it functions differently from apple phone, how to free ipad date, how to forward message from one person to another, how to remark a person in contact, how to use phone and contact services, […]

On February 1, 2025, members of the AYLUS Memorial Branch volunteered at the Houston Chinese Community Center (9800 Town Park Dr, Houston, TX 77036) for the annual Lunar New Year festival. During the festival, members helped set up tents, control traffic, and run the tents for vendors. The main tent that the members operated was […]

Reported by Jenny Lin Posted by Jenny Wang On January 25th, AYLUS volunteers set up a stand at the Plano Event Center to fundraise for childrens’ hospital. At the Event Center, they were holding a Lunar New Year performance, which meant a lot of people would come to go see it (and maybe get something […]

On February 1, 2025, AYLUS Great Neck helped decorate Great Neck Main Library for the annual Lunar New Years celebration. Volunteers who participated today assisted in hanging up red lanterns and banners on the library windows and prepping the performance room for the 2/2 lunar new year performance. Additionally, we also learned how to tie […]

On February 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 […]

Reported by Daniel Zeng Posted by Jenny Wang On January 26, 2025, we participated in a memorable volunteer event—a dragon dance performance. This was part of the Spring Festival Gala organized by the Henan Association of Dallas, held at the Art Performance Center of McKinney High School. Many residents came to watch, and everyone enjoyed […]

On February 1st, 2025, the Phoenix Branch volunteered at the local FMSC. During the volunteering event, the members of the branch packed ingredients such as rice, soy, vegetables, and vitamins into plastic bags for children around world. The volunteers all had specific jobs in the process, such as scooping, bagging, weighing, or sealing. By the […]

On February 1st, 2025, AYLUS Phoenix woke up early in the morning to volunteer at their local Midwest Food Bank from 9am to 11am. Volunteers packed pasta into portions which will be distributed to the community. Overall, the students worked diligently to pack as many bags as they could while having fun conversing with friends. […]

Reported by: Tianlu Zhou Posted by: Karen Li On February 1, 2025, AYLUS volunteers Tianlu Zhou, Kevin Dong, Andrew Wang, Olivia Xu, Vivian Wang, and Ryan Ma brought festive cheer to the Special Needs Program at DCFC by hosting a Chinese New Year-themed craft session. The event, themed around the Year of the Snake, immersed […]

On January 30, 2025 AYLUS Space Coast volunteered at Literacy Night hosted by Suntree Elementary. Literacy Night was an event hosted for elementary students and their families with local authors reading stories and students showcasing their latest projects. Our AYLUS members first assisted with the dinner before splitting up to help out at various stations. […]

On Jan. 25, 2025, Aylus West Essex members volunteered Zen Wushu’s performance for Montclair AAPI Lunar New Year Celebration at Montclair Art Museum. Volunteer Time: 10:00am – 4:00pm (6 Hours) Volunteer activities: – lead team to warm up & stretch before performance – assist coach in leading team to walk the stage and rehearse before […]

On Jan. 26, 2025, Aylus West Essex members volunteered Zen Wushu’s performance for Lunar Fest 2025 for Woodland, Maplewood NJ. Volunteer activities: – prepare exhibition weapons, print info sheets, prepare all materials for booth display and load car – attend booth at the vendors sections, distribute flyers, talk and introduce wushu to interested families, demonstrate […]

On February 1st, from 1:30-3:30 pm, AYLUS Great Neck held another event at the Parkville Library. This was an AAPI event to learn about and celebrate the Lunar New Year. The volunteers came early to help set up all the tables and activities. At 2:00 kids came in and the volunteers Zoe and Rebecca read […]

On Saturday, January 25th, from 2:00 to 3:00 the Aylus Great Neck Branch held another AAPI event honoring the coming of Chinese Lunar New Year and other AAPI themed activities at the Parkville Library. On that day, there were many children who showed up. Volunteers engaged them through a series of fun activities. We started […]

On February 1, volunteers from Aylus Great Neck branch help the Nassau County Spring Gala. They worked at different group with two sections: one from 9 a.m. to 12 a.m., another one from 12PM-3PM. Morning section’s volunteers assisted in preparing the venue at the Tilles Center. They are mainly responsible for posting couplets and hanging […]

On February 1, 2025, from 9am to 12:30pm, three members of the AYLUS San Clemente Branch volunteered at the FAM Food Pantry. The members began by sorting snacks into gift bags and basic preserving foods into FAM bags. Afterwards, they sorted fruits and vegetables into baskets for freezing or giving away, and threw bad produce […]

Reported by Elissa Song and Cici Sun Lake Washington Branch On February 1st, 2025, AYLUS Lake Washington Branch members Elissa Song, Leo Chen and Ruoxuan Chen volunteered at 2025 Sammamish Lunar New Year Celebration event at Central Washington University (CWU) campus together with advisors Cici Sun and Cloe Zeng. This was an annual event held […]

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 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 […]

West Essex members Jaden Leung, Hebe Leung, and Zoe Leung volunteered at Taekwondo classes for children on 1/27/25 and 1/29/25. 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 1/29/25, Jaden Leung, Hebe Leung, and […]

West Essex members Jaden Leung, Hebe Leung, Zoe Leung, and Jeremiah Au volunteered at Taekwondo classes for children on 1/20/25 and 1/22/25. 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 1/22/25, Jaden Leung, Hebe […]

AYLUS members are actively volunteering in the Rutgers World Food Prize Research Project through the NJ 4-H Global Food Security Coalition club. Our dedicated volunteers meet weekly to develop research projects focused on addressing global food security challenges. Through this initiative, members gain a deeper understanding of critical global issues, engage in hands-on learning, and […]

Invited by Bridgewater township Chinese Association and cooperated with AYLUS Bridgewater, AYLUS Basking Ridge volunteered at Bridgewater township Chinese New Year Celebration at Bridgewater township Senior Center, 455 Somerville Rd, Bridgewater,NJ, 08807. Before the performance, Yihao, Fred, and Jeremy managed order in the calligraphy area, while Jackie and Jamie maintained order in the game area. […]

On February 1st, 2025, Arlington Branch Members gathered together at Royal Tea to make cards for the Cards for Hospitalized Kids organization from 11am-1pm. There were around 30 cards made total, each containing heartfelt messages and creative embellishments.   Volunteers (02/01/25, 11am-1pm, 2 hours each): Sunny Lin Julianna Abbas Aracely Ramirez Danny Lin Divine Agwagom […]

Reported by Zoe Ying We are helping 92130Cares, a non-profit origination that provides food to poor families in 92130. Grocery stores are not allowed to remove broken eggs from a carton, so they donate the whole package to 92130Cares. 92130Cares repackages the good eggs into packages of 6, and the donated egg carton will be […]

On January 31, four members of AYLUS Idaho Falls Branch and one member of Honor Society volunteered together to help serve food for VIP Guests. The Museum was in desperate need of volunteers, servers, and docents.           Michael Wu, Crew Belnap, Nolan Ma, Zach Long, Hiro Quan volunteered for 4 hours […]

On January 26, Syosset Aylus participated in the Spring Festival Gala at Long Island Chinese School, helping to ensure the event’s success through various tasks. We arrived early to set up the venue, arranging tables and chairs, hanging festive decorations, and preparing the space for performances and activities. Additionally, we assisted in transporting and distributing […]

On January 31st, AYLUS Chapel Hill branch members worked together to crochet mini hearts for cancer patients. Our goal was to spread hope and show support during their recovery. These cute little hearts, made with carefully chosen colorful yarn, will be mailed to Kits to Heart in the following week as part of cancer care […]

Reported by Eric Chen On Friday, 1/31/2025, two members of the AYLUS Newtown Branch volunteered at the Autism Cares Foundation’s game night. The Autism Cares Foundation is an organization striving to enhance the lives of those with disabilities through enriching experiences, helpful resources, and building support systems and strong connections with others.  The volunteers spent […]

Reported by Andrew Zhou In the AYLUS WeChat group, we saw that the Frisco & Plano branch hosted the Crayon Drive. We, at the San Diego branch, thought it was a wonderful and meaningful idea, and we also want to expand this activity to our branch. We discovered that we can use The Crayon Initiative […]

Reported by Lauren Kan. AYLUS San Diego Branch organized the 11th collection and recycling of used batteries in January 2025. We dropped the batteries to recycle at Staples, where our volunteers collected a total of 14.2 lbs of used batteries. Scientific researchers have claimed that recycling batteries can save 51.3% of natural resources. The recycling of […]

Reported By Charlotte Chen Posted By Charlotte Chen On the morning of January 26th, 2025, AYLUS Frisco & Plano Branch members gathered at the Lexington County clubhouse for a crochet event for the Loops For Love Project. The volunteers were already familiar with how to crochet a hat, so they got straight to work. After […]

On Wednesday, January 29th, two members of AYLUS Chapel Hill spent their time checking and restoring books for the little library at Bolin Creek Trail. This library is part of our branch project to encourage reading in the community. Our members have worked hard to build and maintain it, making sure it’s always stocked with […]

On Lunar New Year, which was a designated day off in the Chapel Hill School District, members of the Chapel Hill Branch decided to give back to the community by baking almost 300 cookies for Meals on Wheels, a group that helps fight hunger. Our volunteers spent the day baking from their kitchens and then […]

January 26, 2025, 1:30pm to 5pm AYLUS Roslyn will assist teachers from the Long Island Chinese Cultural Association. We help teachers teach Chinese at AYLUS Roslyn. There are many tasks for us to do, such as taking roll calls, teaching students how to do homework, and taking children to the bathroom. If the children behave […]

AYLUS San Clemente Branch Host 7th Bottles and Cans Recycling Event in January 2025. In today’s world, people are using more bottles and cans than ever which means that people are using more plastic than ever as well. By recycling these bottles and cans, it means that new products get created, there’s a reduction in […]

On January 12, 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 5, 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 20th， West Essex AYLUS hosted a table to collect pet supplies for Jersey Care Animal Shelters as well as a table to make cards for hospitalized kids at Martin Luther King Day to contribute to Livingston’s annual Day of Service Event.  On January 20, the Livingston Committee for Diversity and Inclusion (LCDI) hosted […]

On Saturday, 1/25/2025, Two members from AYLUS San Clemente Branch, Kevin Pan and Jasmine Zheng volunteered at FAM food pantry from 9am to 11am. The supervisor was Jenny Ye, Jasmine’s mom. The two volunteers first sorted various food products into fridges, then separated to do different tasks; Kevin stacked banana boxes while Jasmine swept and […]

On January 26, 2025, a Fullerton Branch member tutored kids ranging from 4th to 6th graders in math. In the class, the kids took a quiz on what they learned in the past 3 lessons. TOTAL HOURS David Li:  4 Hours

On January 25, 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, Aaron Yoo, Xinyao Ju, David Li, Michelle […]

On January 4, 2025, Joshua Dong led a group of volunteers consisting of four middle schoolers and five high schoolers to build two picnic tables for the Regional Intervention Program (RIP). The group worked together from 1:00 to 4:00 PM, with each member earning three volunteer hours for their efforts. Joshua also spent three hours […]

On January 26th, AYLUS Auburn branch assisted with setup and volunteered at the local community Lunar New Year Party. Many parents, accompanied by their children, joined in the joyous festivities celebrating the Year of the Snake. The children were thrilled by our offerings of cotton candy and arts & crafts. It was a delightful and […]

On Sunday, January 19th, volunteers from the AYLUS Columbus Branch returned to the Senior Star at the Dublin Retirement Village after winter break. Volunteers played music on the saxophone and piano. The residents enjoyed the music and were excited to see our members again. Volunteer Hours: 1.5 Hours: Ayden He 1 Hour: Avery Li, Enoch […]

During the month of January, AYLUS volunteers made 48 placemats to donate to the Dublin Service Center for the Meals on Wheels program. This month, the placemats theme was “Valentine’s Day,” where volunteers used their artistic talent to decorate their placemats according to the prompt. Then, they laminated their placemats to donate to recipients of […]

On January 26, 2025, AYLUS Great Neck participated in the Great Neck Lunar New Year celebration performance held by the Great Neck Chinese Association (GNCA). From 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm, our volunteers helped the audience to their seats, ensuring a smooth and organized process. Some volunteers stood at the doors, checking the seats of […]

Reported by Kathleen Jiang Posted by Jenny Wang This Saturday everyone pitched in to move the boxes from one warehouse to another location practicing teamwork. This meant dusting, lugging, and driving the boxes then lifting them back out to the secondary storage space. The effort ended with all the boxes stacked neatly and ready to […]

Reported by Colin Xie On January 26th, San Diego students of AYLUS organized the 244th 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 to the current […]

Throughout the months of December 2024 and January 2025, AYLUS Scottsdale volunteers have been dedicating their time and effort to create warm and comforting blankets for children in hospitals. On Jan 26th, 2025, AYLUS Scottsdale members finished their fifth batch of blankets to be donated to Phoenix Children’s Hospital. Through meticulous effort, members procured, cut, […]

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 January 20, 2025 – January 26, 2025. The goal of tutoring classes is to […]