Written By Felix Zheng On March 8th, the Syosset AYLUS organization volunteered at LINPI. We completed various tasks, such as making soil batches, transporting seeds into larger pouches that would later be sold for profit, and working on cleaning and sorting seeds based on their sizes using a special grainer. Transporting and sorting the seeds […]

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 36th Beast Academy online class in 2024-2025 was on March 10-16, 2025. Beast Academy is a mathematics program for elementary and […]

On March 15, 2025, 4 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: Viola Luo (2 hours) Sunny […]

On March 15th, 2025, 2 members of the AYLUS Morrisville Branch volunteered at the local Tobacco Road Marathon and Half Marathon in the Research Triangle area of North Carolina. Featuring over 20 miles of the American Tobacco Trail, this event brings runners of various experience levels and has raised over $1.3M over the past 12 […]

On March 14th, 2025, 2 members of the AYLUS Morrisville Branch volunteered at the local Tobacco Road Marathon and Half Marathon in the Research Triangle area of North Carolina. Featuring over 20 miles of the American Tobacco Trail, this event brings runners of various experience levels and has raised over $1.3M over the past 12 […]

AYLUS held its weekly iPad Club at the Fellowship Village on 3/15/25. 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, Jeremy Liu,Madison Yu, Richard Qi […]

Twelve AYLUS Basking Ridge members participated in Saturdays in Motion at the GSCY YMCA on 3/15/25. The one volunteer that was new to SIM first participated in a brief new volunteer orientation, while the other two helped set up the gym rooms before the kids got here. Once the session started, each volunteer paired up […]

AYLUS held its weekly iPad Club at the Fellowship Village on 3/8/25. Today volunteers helped seniors at Fellowship download the community app. They had also helped seniors set up their accounts on the app. Volunteers recieved great feedback from seniors, and greatly helped all the seniors with issues. , Angelina Gao, Lucas Ni, Richard Qi […]

Inspired by iPAD Club held at Fellowship Village, AYLUS Basking Ridge extended our technology support program to more senior living communities. Our members contacted Ridge Oak Senior Center and hosted our first Tech Support event at The Ridge Oak (Address: 150 Manchester Drive, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920) Our members introduced themselves and AYLUS Basking Ridge […]

Our teacher-assistant volunteers have done a great job of helping students and teachers this Saturday afternoon at CLA. All volunteers are invaluable in building a great learning environment. They directed the students to the suitable class, helped the teacher set up the classroom as needed, and cleaned up all the mess after class. Besides the […]

Reported by Emma Tao and Emma Zhang The AYLUS Mclean Branch participated in a neighborhood volunteering cookie sale on March 15th, 2025 from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. The night before the  sale, volunteers stored cookies into little bags to distribute to different neighborhoods in our community. We wrote special thank you notes with contact […]

On Friday, March 14, 2025, 6 AYLUS Bellaire Branch members volunteered at the Beacon Day Center to help end homelessness. The Beacon is a non-profit organization that serves individuals experiencing homelessness with daily services including breakfast and lunch meals, laundry, and showers, as well as counseling resources, mentoring, and access to housing. Members helped wash […]

Activity & Impact On March 8, 2025, four members of the AYLUS North Hollywood branch participated in a community cleanup event from 10:00 AM to 12:00 AM. We collaborated with the Trash Humans of Silver Lake, a community group dedicated to maintaining the cleanliness and beauty of the Silver Lake area. They organize weekly trash […]

On March 14 2025, members of the Greater Buffalo Branch helped immigrants and refugee find a supportive community in Buffalo. The Aylus Instrumental Team volunteered with Bridges From Borders in their OneWorld Choir to help participants create long-lasting relationships that extend far beyond the choir’s rehearsals. Volunteers created music alongside the choir and practiced at […]

On February 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 8, 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 their commitment to making a difference, the volunteers arrived early in the morning, ready to dedicate their time and effort to assisting families in need. […]

On Sunday, March 9th, 2025, from 9 am to 12 pm, volunteers from AYLUS Oakland Gardens Branch participated in a general clean up at Kissena Park with Roxana for their 137th event. Members worked together in order to rake leaves and clean up branches as well as weeds. During the event, our members were split […]

On March 9, 2025, a Fullerton Branch member tutored kids ranging from 4th to 6th graders in math. In the class, the kids were preparing for their upcoming final exam. TOTAL HOURS David Li, Eric Wei:  4 Hours

On0 March 8, 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, David Li, Michelle Li, Aaron Yoo, Leon Sun, Ren […]

Reported by Kaylin Chen On Saturday, March 8th at Tulsa Chinese Christian Church, our Greater Tulsa Branch continued to crochet and make plastic bag mats for the homeless to sleep on. We cut from recycled plastic shopping bags and tied them together into plastic string. Then we crocheted the sting and tied them together to […]

On March 13, 2025, members of the Aylus Memorial Branch in Houston, Texas volunteered at the Chinese Community Center to assist with the Youth Spring Break Camp from 1-5pm. The volunteers were tasked with helping run activities and games with the kids, organizing bookshelves, clearing and cleaning closets, and mopping the cafeteria floor. With their […]

On March 12, 2025, members of the AYLUS Memorial Branch in Houston, Texas volunteered at Memorial Assistance Ministries (MAM) from 2-6pm. These volunteers helped clean the windows and tidy up the place by re-organizing the clothes to give customers a better shopping experience. Participants at this 4hr event: Evan Nguyen, Dylan Zhou, Christine Cai, Emily Liu […]

On March 11th, 2025, members of the AYLUS Memorial Branch volunteered to help out the MAM Resale Store (1625 Blalock Rd, Houston, TX 77080) to assist with organizing and grouping the inventory. The volunteers sorted donated clothes and helped organize many different items such as luggages, purses, and toys. Volunteers at this event: Christine Cai […]

On March 10, 2025, members of the AYLUS Memorial Branch volunteered at the Houston Performing Arts Center for the Theater District Open House. During the event, members helped guide attendees around the performance halls and run arts and craft activities. Members helped out with organizing brochures and folding origami. By dedicating their time to this […]

Lake Washington Branch The seventh and final online 3D modeling class was hosted on 3/9/2025, and was taught by Jerry Yang and assisted by Eric Huang from 11:00am to 12:30pm. Students had a quick recap about edit mode before having a warmup of creating a 3D model of a sand timer to practice their loop […]

Reported by Colin Xie On March 9th, San Diego students of AYLUS organized the 250th 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 […]

Reported by Colin Xie On March 2nd, San Diego students of AYLUS organized the 249th 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 […]

On March 10th, the AYLUS Auburn Branch volunteered at The Food Bank of East Alabama (355 Industry Dr, Auburn, AL 36832) from 1pm to 3pm. The mission of the Food Bank of East Alabama is to nourish lives through a strong and equitable hunger relief network while multiplying the generosity of a caring community. Our […]

On March 10th, AYLUS volunteers gathered at the Great Neck Library with a shared purpose: to help prepare for the upcoming calligraphy class by organizing ink, brushes, and paper. These essential items were crucial to ensure that every participant had the necessary tools to engage fully in the lesson. During the class, each volunteer was […]

1. Detailed distribution sheet volunteer_hours_v2_2025_04_28   2.Summary order by name (up to April, 2025, for details, please see bottom) Names are combined to main name based on this alias list: name_alias = { “Amanda Wu”:[“Amanda Wu”, “Amenda Wu”], “Anson Ye”:[“Anson Ye”, “Anson Ye10”, “Ansons Ye”, “Answeron Ye”], “Bryan Wan”:[“Bryan Wan”, “Bryam Wan”, “Bryan Wang”], “Felix […]

On March 2nd from 10:30 AM to 1:30 PM, Syosset AYLUS volunteered at a center for the Cerebral Palsy Association, engaging with residents through fun and interactive activities. During our visit, we organized a variety of activities, including classic games and creative crafts. We started the day with arts and crafts, where residents enjoyed coloring, […]

Gave away 4 mulberry, 3 pomegranate starter plants to Houston and Sugar Land locals.

From 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM on Saturday, March 8, the Bellaire Branch of AYLUS volunteered at Hermann’s Park (6001 Fannin St, Houston, TX 77030).   During this event, members of the AYLUS Bellaire Branch helped to weed the area around the entrance to the George H. Hermann statue, as well as planting fourty new […]

Reported by Andrew Zhou   On March 10, 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 […]

Reported by Lillian Qian On Sunday, March 9, a large group of volunteers from AYLUS Frisco & Plano gathered to crochet as part of Loops for Love. Members continued to work on crocheting hats for the organization, which donates hats to patients at local hospitals. Many new volunteers joined the event this session.   Charlotte […]

Reported by Max Yang On March 08 2025, from 1:00 to 3:00PM, Volunteers from the San Diego Branch of AYLUS organized and participated in the Computer for Kids Lab, repairing and cleaning electronic devices in order to prepare them to send to children of low-income families. This helps the kids achieve academic success through possible […]

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 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 March 9, we volunteered as teacher assistants at the Chinese Cultural Association of Long Island’s Chinese school from 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM. Our main job was to help students with their classwork and activities while also supporting the teachers to make sure the classes ran smoothly. We started by greeting the students warmly […]

Reported by: Kathleen Jiang Posted by: Karen Li This rainy Saturday, everyone volunteered and had a blast learning about money and more about our amazing God! We each paired up with a buddy and held them accountable, encouraging them to stand on their feet, dance, and bask in God’s love! We danced to the hymn, […]

The AYLUS Dix Hills Branch volunteers at Creek Park to help clean up the hiking trail, contributing to the preservation and improvement of this beloved local space. Creek Park is a small park nestled in the heart of Russell Gardens village, primarily serving as a serene spot for residents to take short hikes, enjoy nature, […]

On March 1st, 2025, 6 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: Viola Luo (2 hours) Ryan […]

Written by Christina Mink AYLUS Oyster Bay hosted a Women in Science event at Nissequogue River Park, where participants explored DNA science, black hole physics, and fossil formation. Hands-on activities included DNA experiments, black hole simulations, and creating fossils on clay. This event not only deepened our understanding of scientific principles but also celebrated the […]

Written by Christina Mink On a bright winter morning, AYLUS Oyster Bay members gathered at Beekman Beach to participate in the Winter Waterfowl Walk, exploring local waterfowl ecology and migration patterns. Guided by experts, we observed a variety of wintering birds and gained insight into their behaviors. Following the walk, we conducted a beach cleanup, […]

Written by Christina Mink Early Saturday morning, before the heavy snow began, our youth volunteers arrived at Bayard Cutting Arboretum to join the Saturday Stewards program. Working along the Conifer Garden Trail, we focused on removing invasive plant species that threaten the health of native vegetation. With dedication and teamwork, we successfully cleared over 800 […]

West Essex Aylus Volunteers attended Livingston Huaxia Chinese School on Saturday, Mar. 8, 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

On 3/8/25 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 […]

On 3/9/2025, 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 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 hours – Rena Wang, Annie Qi, Yaming, Isabelle, Carrie Zhang, Chealsea Zhang, Hadrian Zheng, Hubert 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 and duration: 1 hours – Rena Wang, Valentina, Annie Qi, Yaming, Carrie Zhang, Chealsea Zhang

On 3/2/25, AYLUS West Essex members helped the Millburn Chinese New Year Sreet Fair. They helped set up the tables, participated in the performances, helped play games with kids and cleaned up after the event. Members: Jason Dong(6 hours), Zhicheng Zheng(6 hours), Michael Jiang(3 hours), Zoe Leung(2.5 hours), Orion Lee(0.5 hours)

On Saturday, the 8th of March 2025, the Aylus Roslyn Branch came together to donate and organize books to send to Taiwan. Books for Taiwan is a nonprofit organization funded by donations run by volunteers based in New Jersey. Books for Taiwan aims to help individuals who do not have as many resources in schools, […]

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, […]

On March 9th, from 1:30 to 4:30, AYLUS 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 different Chinese characters, radicals and stories. While that happened, volunteers kept the class under control, cleaned the white […]

On Ocotber 26 2024, 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 October 5 2024, 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 October 4, 2024, 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 […]

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 3, 2025 – March 9, 2025. The goal of tutoring classes is to […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 February 24, 2025 – March 2, 2025. The goal of tutoring classes is to […]

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 […]

3/4/2025 On March 4, 2025, the volunteers of the AYLUS Great Neck branch organized a meaningful homework tutoring activity from 4:30PM to 5:30PM in the Great Neck Station Library to help students of different grades complete their homework and answer their questions. Problems encountered in the process of learning. Volunteers patiently guide to ensure that […]

On Friday, 3/7/2025, 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 […]

AYLUS Great Neck Volunteered at Firefighter Park for Special Need Kids on March 7th, 2025（24th) On March 7th, 2025, volunteers in AYLUS started a weekly sports activities program that will continue over the course of this year. On the day of the program, 5 volunteers showed up, each bringing a variety of sports for special […]

On the afternoon of March 9, 2025, members of Aylus participated in a garden maintenance activity at King Point Park. The main task was to evenly spread the stacked wood chips on the ground to improve the ecological environment of the park.  Before the event started, the park staff showed us how to cover the […]

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 […]

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 […]

Recently, members of the Ridgewood, NJ AYLUS Branch have been collecting numerous pieces of clothing, including jackets, shirts, sweaters, pants, and more. Throughout the months of December and January, these pieces of clothing have been collected. Eventually, members of the branch placed all of this clothing, over 240 different clothing items, and donated it all […]