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 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 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 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 Sep 28th, 2024, AYLUS San Diego participated in the “I Love A Clean San Diego” beach cleanup event. I Love A Clean San Diego is a nonprofit organization that aims to create zero waste and zero litter in San Diego County. Their mission is to lead and inspire the community to conserve and enhance […]

Reported by Rhianna Zhang On September 28th, 2024, members of AYLUS Newtown volunteered at the Car Show for Autism event from 2pm to 4 pm. Members organized and coordinated the event along with other volunteers. Participating AYLUS members were Rhianna Zhang, volunteering for 2 hours, and David Soong, who also helped with post-event cleanup, volunteering […]

On September 29, 2024, West Essex AYLUS volunteered at the Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s event in West Orange, New Jersey. Currently more than 6 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s. Between 2000 and 2019, deaths from Alzheimer’s have more than doubled. In 2022, Alzheimer’s disease will cost the United States $321 billion. This […]

Reported by Colin Xie On September 29th, San Diego students of AYLUS organized the 230th 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: Bryan Wang/Bernice Zhang On 9/29/2024, the Farmington AYLUS branch participated in the annual 5K Your Way race at Winding Trails. We raced in honor of disabled persons and veterans and fundraised for Easterseal’s cause.   Bryan Wang: 3 Hours Bernice Zhang: 3 Hours

San Diego Branch organized a school supply drive on 09/16/24.  All school supplies will be donated to UPLIFT San Diego. UPLIFT stands for Urban People Living in Faith & Trust.  It was founded in 1987 to accelerate community transformation and lift vulnerable populations to their full potential through free services to low-income students and people […]

On Sunday, September 22nd, AYLUS Houston returned to the Houston Food Bank for another rewarding volunteer session. Over the course of three hours, our members worked in the Carousel Room, where they concentrated on sorting and sanitizing boxes of food items to ensure they were ready for distribution to those in need. The tasks involved […]

Reported by Eric Li On September 20, 2024, AYLUS San Diego Branch run the volunteer event at San Diego Food Bank. Since its establishment in 1977, the San Diego Food Bank is on a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. The San Diego Food Bank provides meals […]

On September 29th, from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM, the Queens branch took part in helping to set up and run a community health fair in Cunningham Park, Fresh Meadows. We started by assisting those running the stands through helping with tables, chairs, fliers, etc. Afterward, our volunteers went around the neighborhood to let people […]

On Saturday, September 21, 2024, from 3:00-4:00PM, the Queens branch took part in cultivating a garden in their local community through volunteering at Carmen’s Garden. Everyone started by being assigned different tasks by the gardener running the event. Some were given shears to cut the stems of dead flowers/plants while others got to work with […]

September 7 On September 7th, 3 members of AYLUS Rancho Santa Margarita branch member participate at the PEACE Farm in Saddleback. They assisted on helping with the planter and all other tasks. Ethan Zhang 2 hour Matthew Zhang 2 hour Danny Wang 2 hour   September 15 On September 15th, 4 members of AYLUS Rancho […]

On Sunday, September 29th, from 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM members from the Aylus Roslyn Branch volunteered at the JCC Stronger than Cancer 5k. The JCC Stronger than Cancer 5k is the largest fundraiser for SJJCC’s Nancy Marx Cancer Wellness Center and ensures that personalized services remain free for all cancer patients and their caregivers. […]

Reported by Andrew Zhou On September 30, 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 Lauren Kan. AYLUS San Diego Branch organized the 8th collection and recycling of used batteries in September 2024. We dropped the batteries to recycle at Staples, where our volunteers collected a total of 5 lbs of used batteries. Scientific researchers have claimed that recycling batteries can save 51.3% of natural resources. The recycling […]

The Bryant Library in Roslyn is not only be a repository of books but also a vibrant center of community engagement and cultural activity. The library hosts an event called a “Virtual Art Museum.” The event aims to highlight the creative talents of local students and provide art lovers with a convenient place to view […]

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 15th Beast Academy online class in 2024-2025 was on September 23-29, 2024. Beast Academy is a mathematics program for elementary and […]

On September 29, 2024 The AYLUS Roslyn Branch volunteered at The Chinese Cultural Association of Long Island’s Chinese School From 1:30 PM to 5 PM. The Teacher Assistants helped the teachers and the students reduce stress and assisting the students with classwork and learning. As teacher assistants, our job is to give as as much […]

During the month of September, volunteers who were part of the Aylus Raritan Valley Branch held a food drive for the Replenish organization. Replenish is an organization that strives to help prevent hunger in various communities. Each member brought in 15 items, resulting in a grand total of 75 items! Everyone who participated showed their […]

AYLUS Bellaire Branch volunteered at the Car Wash Fundraiser for the Bellaire High School Art Car Club on September 28th, 2024 from 9:30 AM to 2:30 PM.   To set up the event, volunteers propped up ladders to hang up dry towels and connected the car wash sprayers to the hoses by the Firehouse Subs […]

From 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM on Saturday, September 28, the Bellaire Branch of AYLUS volunteered at Books for Development (3709 Polk St., Houston, TX 77003).   Books for Development is a nonprofit organization that addresses book shortages in developing countries by increasing access to literacy. It is an all-volunteer organization that relies on book […]

Alina Yu and Baoqing Zhong from Aylus Edison Branch led the English Enrichment Zoom meeting in August 2024. The participated members are very active in the meetings by answering meaningful questions. Each member contributed 2 hours each time. Class date: 9/1,  9/8, 9/15, 9/22, 9/29 9/1/24 9/8/24 9/15/24 9/22/24   9/29/24    

Reported by Lauren Kan On Sept 28th, San Diego students of AYLUS hosted its 26th 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 […]

Reported by Lauren Kan On Sept 14th, San Diego students of AYLUS hosted its 24th 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 […]

Reported by Rachael Yang Posted by Karen Li On Saturday, September 28th, AYLUS members visited a low-income family in the Grapevine area with a 2nd grader girl. Her mother is affected by Sjögren’s disease, which severely hinders her ability to drive and work. The volunteers donated toys, books, markers, backpacks, Play-Doh, sensory toys, and a […]

Reported by Karen Li Posted by Karen Li In August and September, AYLUS members continued the community drive about collecting and donating crayons. AYLUS members wanted to collect these crayons to ship to Crayon Initiative to help keep the crayons out of landfills and back to the creative hands of children. During the time, community […]

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 September 23, 2024 – September 29, 2024. The goal of tutoring classes is to […]

Reported by Bryan Zheng Posted by Karen Li On September 28th 2024, AYLUS volunteers arrived at the Dallas Chinese Fellowship Church to help the staff there teach and play with the special needs friends. We each partnered up with a special need friend and helped them with physical activities such as dancing. The special need […]

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 September 16, 2024 – September 22, 2024. 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 September 9, 2024 – September 15, 2024. The goal of tutoring classes is to […]

Reported by Shuxin (Camilla) Gu Posted by Karen Li On Sep 27  six members of AYLUS and five parents participated in a Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) packing session. FMSC already had everything set up .We started off in a big group with tons of other volunteers each part of their own organization. Then a […]