On Sunday, December 22nd, 3 East Pittsburgh Aylus Members packed dozens of bags with the help of another group. Each bag contained essentials such as water, snacks, and warm accessories, which will be distributed to those in need. Volunteers: Josh Chen, Evan Chen, Eliot Chen (1 hour each)

On Sunday, December 22, the youth volunteers of AYLUS Pearland attended a birthday party celebrating twins to spread joy as well as raise money. They transformed the celebration into an exciting event by providing face painting and balloon twisting for the young guests. AYLUS volunteers skillfully painted intricate designs on children’s faces and brought their […]

November 18 and December 8, 2024, 2024, AYLUS Pearland ran a successful food drive aimed at assisting local residents. During the collecting period, volunteers gathered unopened and unexpired dry and canned goods, which were dropped off at various designated collection points across Pearland. On Monday, December 16, members of the organization delivered the collected items […]

On December 7th, the AYLUS Houston branch volunteered with Brookwood Community, a place dedicated to allowing adults with disabilities to take part in meaningful work and foster an environment that allows for a sense of belonging. Specifically, volunteers took part in helping the Brookwood Community Open House Play to run as smoothly as possible. Our […]

On December 21st, 2024, West Essex AYLUS members hosted a snack station for the Fencing Quad Competition at Livingston High School. Girls and boys varsity teams from four New Jersey high schools participated in the event. West Essex Members: Vivian Zheng (4.5 hours), Alyssa Zhang (4 hours), William Sun (2.5 hours), Hannah Hong (2.5 hours), […]

West Essex AYLUS Members collected wrapping paper and toys to LYCS(Livingston Youth & Community Service). These wrapping papers and toys are sure to bring joy to children during the holiday season! Members: 1 hour: Gabriel Au, Jeremiah Au, Kailey Kwan, Orion Lee, Zoe Leung, Yichen Tang, Andrew Zhou

West Essex members Jaden Leung, Hebe Leung, and Zoe Leung, volunteered at Taekwondo classes for children on 12/16/24 and 12/18/24. 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. West Essex members: 12/16/24: Zoe leung(1 hour) […]

On the afternoon of December 22, AYLUS volunteers concluded their fall semester tennis class with an engaging session. Students were grouped by skill level and started with a dynamic warm-up to build energy and excitement. Throughout the class, they worked on drills to sharpen their forehand and backhand techniques while also being introduced to the […]

Planted 2 Mulberry trees at Memorial Park to support Reforestation effort of Sugar Land parks.

On December  21, 2024, 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, David Li, Michelle Li, Daisy Wei, Xinyao Ju, […]

On 12/17/2024, Aylus Great Neck held another tutoring session at the local Great Neck Station Library. We met in the main room there at 6:00PM. We had many students who wanted to learn a variety of knowledge from our volunteers. Xingzhi Li helped his student learn the history of math and helped the student read […]

Reported by Andrew Zhou On December 21, three AYLUS members assisted the neighboring organization, Hong Wu Golden Dragon Academy, in delivering donated sneakers to FedEx. Together, they transported 38 bags containing approximately 300 pairs of gently used sneakers. The following three AYLUS members participated in this event, and each got 1 volunteer hour: Andrew Zhou, […]

On December 21st, 2024, 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 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 […]

  On Sunday, December 22nd, from 10:30 to 1:30, the AYLUS Roslyn Branch had a very special visit to the CPNassau Bayville location for the Holidays! We had a very big surprise for the staff and the residents. Bayville is a large intermediate care facility run by CPNasau with the goal of providing care for […]

Reported by Kaiting Hsu On Saturday, December 21st, 23 members of the AYLUS Greater Tulsa branch performed music at Covenant Living Retirement Community. Our program consisted of choir songs, violin, piano, clarinet, and flute solos, as well as a saxophone duet and band group music. We played a mix of classical pieces, modern songs, and […]

    On 12-22-2024, our branch volunteers collect various donated items, including winter clothing, shoes, toiletries, household goods, and the toys we collected for needy kids, and deliver them to local donation centers. The gathered clothing and toys will benefit those facing economic hardship, homelessness, and other difficulties, significantly impacting the lives of individuals in […]

  AYLUS Open Sky Book Club Hosts Autumn 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 […]

Reported by: Ryan Wang On December 20th, 2024, the AYLUS Farmington Branch hosted a holiday performance at the Holiday Farmington Senior Center. More than 10 student volunteers delivered a thoughtfully prepared program featuring singing, cello, piano, and guitar performances. The event was warmly received by the senior citizens. Audrey Wang: 2 hours Ryan Wang: 2 […]

The Aylus Morris Branch collected an impressive variety of textiles and holiday items for their drive, which were delivered to Helping Hands on December 19th and 20th at 3 PM each day. The donations included 16 pieces of bedding sheets, 12 winter coats, 2 bags of Christmas plates, and 4 Christmas table toppers. These contributions […]

Reported by Jenny Lin Posted by Jenny Wang On December 15th, 11 volunteers (both youth and adults) came together in one of the volunteer’s household to craft handmade pet toys for the local Plano animal shelter. Four of the volunteers were newcomers, and were taught how to craft the toys by learning, working with, and […]

Reported by Amelia Kuo Posted by Karen Li This morning, our team of AYLUS members volunteered at the AGAPE Special Needs Program. This week is the last week of 2024 of the AGAPE Program. There were many celebrations and happy memories, including dancing, games, and coloring. The cookies that were baked the day before were […]

Reported by Amelia Kuo Posted by Karen Li Today, our group of AYLUS volunteers baked chocolate chips and M&M cookies for the AGAPE Special Needs Program that will be occurring the next day. The process included baking and packaging. The end result turned out to be very creative and gave a homemade feeling. These cookies will […]

Reported by Gary Ma Posted by Karen Li On Dec 20,two members of AYLUS and two parents participated in a Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) packing session. This was pretty straightforward as the non profit organization, FMSC already had everything set up and all we had to do was basically show up. We started off […]

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 […]

On December 21, 2024, volunteers from AYLUS Bridgewater branch went to the Raritan Food Pantry to help with food distribution and support our local community. Volunteers: Hannah Diao, Annabelle Wong, Angela Gong (3h each)

  During the week before Christmas break, two members of our branch started to collect toys for needy kids. Taige Shi designed a flyer for the event and spread those flyers with Michael Chen throughout the neighborhood after school. They collected toys door-by-door the next day after spreading the flyers. They even prepared a small […]

On Dec 15th, 2024, six members of the Forsyth County AYLUS chapter organized a cleanup event at Fowler Park: Event Details: Date: December 15, 2024 Timings: 3:30PM – 5:30PM Location: Fowler Park, Forsyth County, GA Success: Two full bags of trash collected from the playground, skatepark, basketball courts, and surrounding areas including the path to […]

On Friday, December 7th, from 3-5 PM, the Chatham Aylus Branch helped the Library of the Chathams with tech help. Two Hours: Kevin Wang Michael Lin Ryan Klepper

Reported by Kevin Chen We did book drive to Tulsa Pop! Kids for our ongoing project — African Library project on Dec. 14. Great thanks for the generous book donation from Tulsa Pop! Kids —a local nonprofit organization, and we received 350 in total from them, and this will greatly benefit the kids where we […]

Reported by Eric Chen On Friday 12/20/2024, 2 members of AYLUS Newtown supported an Autism Care Group from 6:45PM  to 8:30 PM. AYLUS volunteers spent a joyful afternoon with an autism care group, bonding through interactive video games. They guided participants with patience, and encouraged teamwork and celebrated every achievement. Laughter and excitement filled the […]

On December 14th, 2024, members of the Aylus Memorial Branch volunteered at Belmont Senior Assisted Living Home (7667 Woodway Dr Houston Tx 77063) from 3:30-4:30 pm. The members played many holiday themed pieces and the seniors were very happy and greatly enjoyed watching and listening to our performers!   Volunteers at this one hour event: […]

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 26th Beast Academy online class in 2024-2025 was on December 16-22, 2024. Beast Academy is a mathematics program for elementary and […]

The AYLUS Birmingham Branch partnered with Grace Klein, an organization dedicated to sharing resources for the purpose of building relationships to ignite restoration of individuals, families, and communities. Grace Klein holds drive-thru sites to fight food insecurities and provides a variety of other resources for families, including baby products as well as school supplies for […]

Over the past few weeks, Bergen branch members have been working hard to gather up shoes to donate to Soles4Souls. We’re hoping that those in need can have warm shoes to last through the new year. The items that were donated were collected over a few weeks and then dropped off at a nearby donation […]

On December 15, 2024, Fullerton Branch members tutored kids ranging from 5th to 6th graders in Coding. They were able to teach the kids the fundamental basics for coding. TOTAL HOURS Eric Wei, David Li:  4 Hours

On December 14, 2024, 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, Ren zhi Pei:  4 Hours

West Essex AYLUS members took Little Sunshine Chorus(The members are all special needs children) to join the Winter Concert at Careone Senior Center East Hanover, NJ for Holiday Greeting, and provide Little Sunshine members more chances for performing. 3 hours – Rena Wang, Valentina Zheng, Hubert Zheng, Hadrian Zheng,Yaming Wang, Jessica Hao, Jennie Zhang, Isabelle […]

On 12/14/24,  AYLUS volunteers gathered at the Branch president’s house (Alyssa Huang) to fold, count and package AYLUS shirts.  In total, the shipment cost over $4,000 dollars and was for 330 AYLUS shirts.  The members sorted and checked each shirt by size into their respective piles and there was a resulting 110 smalls, 110 mediums, […]

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:  1.5 hours – Rena Wang, Valentina Zheng, Yaming Wang, Hubert Zhenge, Hadrian Zheng, Jennie Zhang, Jessica Hao

  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:  1.5 hours – Rena Wang, Valentina Zheng, Yaming Wang, Hubert Zheng, Hadrian Zheng.

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:  1.5 hours – Valentina Zheng, Hubert Zheng, Hadrian 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:  1.5 hours – Rena Wang, Valentina Zheng, Jessica Hao，Hubert Zheng, Hadrian Zheng.

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:  1.5 hours – RRena Wang, Valentina Zheng, Yaming Wang, Isabel Ni, Serena Ni, 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: 1.5 hours – Rena Wang, Valentina Zheng, Yaming Wang, Isabel Ni, Serena Ni, Hubert Zheng, Hadrian Zheng.

In November 2024, Alina Yu from AYLUS Edison branch led the English Enrichment Program four times online. Each time, the member carefully prepared materials in advance and distributed them to the participants, giving lively presentations and interacting with the participants at the sessions. Over the years of leading the program, the member has developed a […]

On Friday, December 13th, from 3-5PM, the Chatham Aylus Branch helped the Library of the Chathams with the preparation, clean up, and management of the Snow Globe craft. Two Hours: Kevin Wang Emily Kelley Lilah Nydam Michael Lin

On December 14, 2024, members from AYLUS Oakland Gardens volunteered at Weeping Beech Park from 9 AM to 12 PM for our 133rd event. During this event, we partnered with Maureen Regan again and worked with Frank from Green Earth Urban Gardens, NYC Parks employee Mattia, and other volunteers at the park. During this event, […]

Reported by Albert Chen On Sunday 12/15/2024, members of ALYUS Newtown branch hosted a holiday card making event. Participants brought and shared color pencils, stickers, markers, templates, ideas. Members customized their cards, making them unique by drawing cheerful holiday themed pictures, adding colorful stickers and writing thoughtful and joyful messages. This collaborative effort was from […]

The AYLUS Morris Branch recently led a successful food donation drive to combat food insecurity while supporting the local community. With dedication and teamwork, members actively reached out to residents, businesses, and schools, collecting various non-perishable food items such as canned goods, pasta, rice, and snacks. The drive showcased the community’s generosity, with an overwhelming […]

On Saturday, December 14, 2024, from 1 to 4 PM, Aylus Roslyn volunteers went to the CP Nassau’s Bellmore residential home to spend time with the residents there. CP Nassau is an organization that assists individuals with disabilities. CP Nassau provides people with disabilities quality programs that will help them reach their best life. Once […]

On Sunday, December 15th, the AYLUS Roslyn Branch volunteered at the Chinese Cultural Association of Long Island’s Chinese school from 1:30PM – 5:00PM. Our jobs as volunteers was to become teacher assistants and help students with various activities and classwork. Today we had an additional task of helping make sure the end of the year […]

Planted 2 Mulberry trees at Memorial Park to support Reforestation effort of Sugar Land parks.

Reported By Charlotte Chen Posted By Charlotte Chen On the morning of December 15th, 2024, AYLUS Frisco & Plano Branch members gathered at the Lexington County clubhouse for a crochet event for the Loops For Love Project. The AYLUS volunteers already knew how to crochet a hat, so once they arrived, they got straight to […]

AYLUS Santa Clarita Valley members volunteered for Metrolink Vista Canyon Holiday Express Train event on Sunday, December 15, 2024 from 7:30am to 1:20pm at the Vista Canyon Station: 27550 ½ Vista Canyon Blvd, Santa Clarita CA 91350 with about 2,000 attendees. They helped to ensure a seamless and enjoyable event for all guests, with a […]

Reported by Victoria Liang Posted by Jenny Wang In the recent event of cotton candy  and balloon making on Dec 14 , volunteers raised a total of $180 for the children’s hospital . Raising money by making cotton candy and balloons for a children’s hospital is a fun way to show the importance of volunteering. […]

Reported by Melody Zhang Posted by Jenny Wang On Saturday, December 14th, 2024, members of the AYLUS Plano & Frisco branch volunteered their time to fundraise at the Third Monday Trade Days flea market for the Plano Children’s Hospital. Two shifts of volunteers set up a stand to sell hand-made bracelets, crochet creations, and rings. […]

Reported by Bryan Zheng Posted by Jenny Wang On December 14th 2024, AYLUS volunteers arrived at the Hot Cocoa Social in Turnbridge Manor.  We handed out free balloons in order to promote the event and helped set up decorations and tables around the social. During the social we sold backpacks, tool kits and headbands to […]

Reported by Andrew Zhou On December 16, 2024, 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 human […]

Reported by Andrew Zhou On December 9, 2024, 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 human […]

Reported by Andrew Zhou This holiday season, many families may struggle to provide presents and gifts–or even basic necessities in some cases–to their loved ones. In order to solve this problem, the AYLUS San Diego Branch has participated in San Diego Center for Children’s Holiday heroes event. San Diego Center for Children is the leading […]

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 25th Beast Academy online class in 2024-2025 was on December 9-15, 2024. Beast Academy is a mathematics program for elementary and […]

On Friday, 12/13/2024, 3 members of AYLUS taught students ranging from third-graders to ninth-graders in various math topics at the local Chinese school, the Newtown Yardley Chinese School. Lucas Zhang (Event Leader), Albert Chen and Alex Hu participated, teaching from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM. Our volunteers taught two different classes, one for younger students […]

Malden branch members Ian Ian Ho and Yingyan Xia volunteered at their local art studio yet again on 12/15/2024. This week was all about drawing characters in the Intermediate and Advanced classes. Helping with improving the kids art skills as well as assisting them with their art work, they helped with kids ranging from 8-15 […]

Reported by John Zhang Posted by Jenny Wang Our amazing AYLUS members spent their time collecting used clothes from neighbors and friends. By spending their time and effort they impact their community with all different types of acts. Not only does donating clothes help people in need but also it helps the world and people […]

Reported by Sophia Li Posted by Jenny Wang On 12/12/24 Tritech hosted its first-ever market day to support employees that make things in their spare time. We participated in this event with our honey, rings, bracelets, backpacks, blankets etc. We also made egg tarts to sell to people. People loved the egg tarts and thought […]

On Dec. 14th, 2024, West Essex AYLUS members volunteered and performed for Livingston Chinese School 2025 Christmas & New Year Spectacular. The event was held at Mount Pleasant Middle School in Livingston, NJ. The New Year Spectacular Rehearsal are from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Stage performances began at 6:30 p.m. in the auditorium and […]

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.  12/09/24: Calvin Cheng (3 hours), Andrew Zhou (3 hours), Zihua Zhang (3.5 hours), William Sun (2 hours) 12/12/24: Summer […]

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.    12/02/24: Jessica Yu (4 hours), Carson Yu (2 hours), Calvin Cheng (3 hours), Scott Yao (3 hours), Andrew […]

West Essex AYLUS is partnering with Livingston neighbors helping neighbors for a Winter Coat Drive. The coats will be delivered to churches in Newark for people in need.  12/08/24: 1 hour each: Zoe Leung, David Yu, Alan Li, Jeffrey Yang, Orion Lee, Andrew Zhou, Forest Yang, Eric Chen, Kailey Kwan

West Essex members Jaden Leung, Hebe Leung, Zoe Leung, and Jeremiah Au volunteered at Taekwondo classes for children on 12/09/24. 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.   West Essex members: Jaden Leung (2 […]

West Essex members Jaden Leung, Hebe Leung, Zoe Leung, and Jeremiah Au volunteered at Taekwondo classes for children on 12/02/24. 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.   West Essex members: Jaden Leung (2 […]

West Essex AYLUS Members collected new toys to donate to Community Church. This was a great way to spread joy to the community during the holidays! Members: 1 hour: Hebe Leung, Zoe Leung, Jeremiah Au, Gabriel Au