On November 16th, 2024, members of the AYLUS Memorial Branch volunteered to clean up Bendwood park from 4:50-5:50 pm. The volunteers filled bags with empty chip bags, plastic, bottle caps, and other kinds of trash littered around the park. Within this 1 hour event, the members were able to leave a cleaner area for the […]

On November 17th, 2024, Phoenix AYLUS members showed up bright and early on a cold Sunday morning to help setup run aid stations at Ironman’s Triathlon running route. Volunteers were responsible for setting up tables and helping sort and distribute critical supplies such as water, energy drinks, gels, snacks, and ice to exhausted runners. The […]

Yesterday on November 16th, 2024, Phoenix AYLUS members helped prospective athletes help check in and register for their race. Members were responsible for not only assigning a identification number for the athlete, but help guide the athletes through the necessary procedures to ensure a safe and fun experience. Some members were also responsible for handling […]

Reported by Lucas Zhang   On Friday 11/15/2024, 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 6:00pm to 7:00pm.   Our volunteers taught two different classes, […]

Reported by Lucas Zhang   On Friday 11/15/2024, 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 6:00pm to 7:00pm.   Our volunteers taught two different classes, […]

On November 17th of 2024, the Roslyn AYLUS branch supported the Cerebral Palsy Association of Nassau County with their annual 5k fundraiser from 8:00 to 10:30 A.M. This is an annual fundraiser that supports the CPNassau’s various programs such as their day program for adults, schools, and equipment. CPNassau enhances the lives of so many […]

Reported by: Elva Chen On November 16th, from 1PM to 3PM, volunteers from the AYLUS Syosset and Roslyn visited a CP Nassau Group Home in Hicksville to help the residents with making holiday ornaments and playing fun games together. There were 6 volunteers who joined in, eager to help the residents and have a good […]

  Santa Clarita Valley Members Volunteered for the City of Santa Clarita – Light Up Main Street event on November 16, 2024. They helped at activity booths at the much-anticipated Light Up Main Street event in Newhall. Volunteers engaged event attendees in their area standing for the whole shift. It is a popular and highly […]

On Saturday, November 16th, 2024, from 1:00 P.M. to 3:00 P.M., the Roslyn and Syosset Branch of AYLUS volunteered at a CP Nassau Group Home in Hicksville. CP Nassau has been helping individuals with disabilities since 1948. They have helped so many people through their various programs including the Group Homes where we volunteer at. […]

This Halloween, thanks to the efforts of AYLUS Morris Branch members, 21 pounds of Candy were collected from our generous community and donated to children and families in need. The members worked hard to gather whole packed candies, ensuring that kids in local shelters, schools, and community centers could fully enjoy the Halloween joy. These […]

Aylus Great Neck Branch Volunteer at Upland Park on November 16th, 2024 AYLUS members volunteered at Upland Park from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 16, 2024. The target area is the green space of Upland Park. Our goal this time is to plant some ornamental plants and seeds, such as Hydrangeas and […]

On November 10, 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 November 3, 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 […]

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 […]

Written By Felix Zheng On November 16, the Syosset AYLUS organization visited the Long Island Native Plant Initiative to help out at the greenhouse. Since the weather was chilly, we worked indoors and focused on sifting seeds from plants. We were down to just two buckets of seeds left to sift. Sifting removes chaff and […]

On Tuesday November 12th, 2024 and Thursday  Novermber 14th, 2024, 6:00-7:00 PM, AYLUS Great Neck Branch hosted another two tutoring sessions at The Great Neck Station Library. On Tuesday November 12th,  there were many volunteers and students who came to the event today, but just enough for every student to work one on one with […]

On November 16th, 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 Karen Zhou Posted by Ellie Zhou On November 16, 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. Since many of our volunteers were new to this activity, we started by teaching them the basic […]

The Birmingham Branch of AYLUS regularly volunteers at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens, assisting with the upkeep and maintenance of the gardens, as well as with regular seasonal events. On November 16, members of the Birmingham branch aided the Botanical Gardens in clearing out a large patch of weeds, grass, and small trees in the Little […]

On Nov.16th, our branch held a non-profit sale at the community sale event to raise money for our future activities. Our volunteers donated some items like hand-made crafts, artwork that they painted, and some DIY jewelry. One parent also provided her jewelry and promised that she would donate the profit to our funding. During this […]

Ten AYLUS Basking Ridge members participated in Saturdays in Motion at the GSCY YMCA on 11/2/24. 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 […]

On 11/16, a windy but sunny Saturday morning, volunteers from the AYLUS program went down to Planting Fields Arboretum State Historical Park to help maintain the park. The volunteers were provided with gloves, along with numerous tools like scissors, shovels, shears, and garden rakes to remove invasive plants. The task at hand was to get […]

On November 9th, 2024, Austin Branch volunteers volunteered at the Speech and Debate Tournament event, providing food and drinks to the participants, assisting with venue preparation by rearranging desks and chairs in each classroom, and ensuring proper cleanup after the tournament by returning the desks and chairs to their original layout. Volunteer: Michael Qu (6 […]

Reported by Colin Xie On November 10th, San Diego students of AYLUS organized the 236th 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 November 3rd, San Diego students of AYLUS organized the 235th 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 November 13th 10:30-11:30, Warrington AYLUS volunteered in the Kind-like Joey foundation for World kindness day, the foundation purchased thousands of beads for the purpose of creating shareable friendship bracelets with positive messages, words of affirmation, and as a random act of kindness. 1 hour: Emily Schaab, Alexis Kharkov, Keria Im     Reported by […]

On Saturday, November 16th, AYLUS held its weekly iPad Club at the Fellowship Village.We helped a lady lower the amount of storage being used in iCloud. We first taught her what iCloud was, and then we taught her how to delete photos and permanently delete them. Afterwards, she asked about newer phones, and we gave […]

In November, Basking Ridge Branch held Winter Clothing Drive. No one should go cold this winter, and the health effects of extreme cold are life threatening. The unprecedented crisis created by the COVID-19 Pandemic is still affecting the lives of millions of people. Families who were already struggling are now at severe risk, and many […]

On Friday, November 15th, AYLUS Great Neck hosted their weekly Friday Sports Event from 4-5pm at Firefighter’s park to play with kids who have disabilities.  Many activities were suggested, like playing tag, playing hide and seek, and playing frisbee.  Today, the kids and volunteers played tag on the playground and in the park. Volunteers worked […]

AYLUS Oakland Gardens Branch’s 130th event was at Kissena Park on November 10th, 2024, and volunteers, instructed by Roxana, the supervisor of the park, and Ada, helped beautify the park. Members raked leaves, redistributed soil into fenced areas, weeded invasive species, and cleared branches from 9AM-12PM. To ensure the safety of AYLUS members and the […]

On November 10, 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 David Li, Eric Wei:  4 Hours

On November 9, 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 David Li, Michelle Li, Yun Wen Zhang, Daisy Wei, Eric Wei, […]

On Friday, November 8th from 10-12, the Chatham Aylus branch helped the Chatham Library for preparations with arts and crafts. 2hrs: Lilah Nydam Michael Lin Kevin Wang  

On November 10th, 2024, members of the Great Neck chapter of AYLUS volunteered for a community garden cleanup project where everyone helped prepare the garden for winter. The tasks involved pulling weeds, raking leaves, and clearing out dead plants to ensure the garden is healthy for the next growing season. We worked together and were […]

On November 13th, 2024, two members of the AYLUS-Columbus branch Estella Li and Maggie Zhang, held an in-person weekly tutoring session at the Abbey Church Village in Dublin, Ohio. This community is part of the national church residences and serves low-income families, including new immigrant families. AYLUS Columbus members helped 4 elementary, and middle school […]

Reported by Andrew Zhou On November 12, 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 […]

On November 11, 2024, two members of the AYLUS San Clemente Branch volunteered at Family Assistance Ministries Food Pantry. For the first hour, they sorted baked goods, stacking different breads and sweets to put into bags, throwing away any rotten ones they found. Then they made baked bags, each bag containing the breads and sweets […]

On Sunday, November 10th, the AYLUS Roslyn Branch volunteered at the Chinese Cultural Association of Long Island’s Chinese school (CCALI) from 1:30PM – 5:00PM. Our job to help in this Chinese school was to assist as a teacher’s assistant and help the students with different types of classwork. As teaching assistants, we played a vital […]

Report by Andrew Zhou Two AYLUS members wanted to use their table tennis skills to teach Chinese seniors in the community. On November 11 , 2024, they taught some basic table tennis techniques to the seniors and played games with them. The seniors really enjoyed it, with one of them mentioning how it was his […]

Report by Andrew Zhou Two AYLUS members wanted to use their table tennis skills to teach Chinese seniors in the community. On November 02 , 2024, they taught some basic table tennis techniques to the seniors and played games with them. The seniors really enjoyed it, with one of them mentioning how it was his […]

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 21st Beast Academy online class in 2024-2025 was on November 4 -10, 2024. Beast Academy is a mathematics program for elementary […]

Lake Washington Branch The AYLUS Lake Washington Branch Coding Club Project Team hosted an online Intermediate Scratch session on Nov.10, 2024, marking the seventh class in the 10-week series for the 2024 Fall Coding Camp. (Week 7: Make an asteroid shooting game) This program is designed for students who have completed our 2024 Summer Camp […]

Reported by: Raina Wang Posted by: Karen Li At 10:15 on November 9, 2024, a group of volunteers from the AYLUS helps the special needs at DCFC. In the beginning we sung worship songs and danced to the videos. We learned about how God is the beginning and the end the alpha and omega and […]

Reported by Jenny Lin Posted by Karen Li On November 8th, starting at 7:30 PM, eight AYLUS volunteers gathered at Feed My Starving Children (FMSC), a non-profit organization that seeks to pack and send food to starving children worldwide. This time, they were to be sent to kids in El Salvador. We helped out in […]

Reported by Liangyu Tsai Posted by Jenny Wang On November 10th, we made pet toys out of old shirts to donate to Animal Shelters.  We rented 2 rooms at the Davis Library Study Room, and splitted 8 people between the two rooms.  Two people learned to make the toy today and the rest of us […]

On November 10th Aylus volunteers assisted in a new book release event. The children’s author, Kiko Liang, broadcasted her book I Am Me in the event to demonstrate it to the young children and then signing her new book as well. The event is started by a musical from a renowned organization before the author […]

On November 11th 8:30am-12:30pm, the Aylus Great Neck Branch hosted another event, this time in The Community Synagogue at Port Washington . This event was focused on families helping families. Each person helped set up a station with food, and arts & crafts, ready to hand them out. We had activities like stickers, cards, turkeys, […]

On November 10, 2024, the AYLUS Bridgewater branch brought joy to the senior residents of Laurel Circle with a lively concert on Sunday. Wesley Lin organized the event. The concert included a diverse program with classical and popular music, all performed by volunteers. The pieces featured various instruments including woodwinds, and strings, and singing, and […]

West Essex members Jaden Leung, Hebe Leung, Zoe Leung, and Jeremiah Au volunteered at Taekwondo classes for children on 11/04/24 and 11/06/24. 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. On 11/06/24, the three members […]

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.  11/04/24: Yichen Tang (2 hours) 11/05/24: Yichen Tang (2 hours) 11/06/24: Yichen Tang (2 hours) 11/07/24: Yichen Tang (4 […]

West Essex AYLUS members baked a variety of delicious desserts and cookies at home during 11/1/2024 – 11/2/2024 and participated in the bake sale event on 11/2/2024 to raise funds for Chinese school. All proceeds from the sale were generously donated to Chinese school to support the school’s mission of promoting Chinese culture within the […]

On 11/9/2024 AYLUS Space Coast participated in a food drive which aimed to provide meals for children in need. Our members collected the bags that were put out in the previous week. A total of 42 bags were collected which resulted in about 200 pounds of food. Members: Madison Shi, Daniel Shi 2 hours

On November 6th, 2024, four members of the AYLUS-Columbus branch, Brenna Li, Estella Li, Grace Guo, and Maggie Zhang, held an in-person weekly tutoring session at the Abbey Church Village in Dublin, Ohio. This community is part of the national church residences and serves low-income families, including new immigrant families. AYLUS Columbus members helped 4 […]

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.  11/01/24: Ethan Liu (4 hours), Ethan Yao (4 hours), Nathan Zhang (2 hours) 11/02/24: Ethan Liu (4 hours) , […]

On 11/07/2024, West Essex AYLUS helped GRACE for food distribution. Volunteers distribute food and supplies on Thursday 11/07/2024 to Summit residents and the people who work, worship and receive care in Summit at the Summit Community Center(100 Morris Avenue, Summit, NJ). Members:  Cecilia Zhang (3 hours) Aily Wei (3 hours) Ella Chai (3 hours) Samantha […]

This is a one-person event approved by the national AYLUS. On 11/08/24, Maggie Zhang organized, packed, and mailed out AYLUS T-shirts for 3 AYLUS branches in 4 boxes across the U.S. Maggie then went to her local post office to mail the shirts to those branches. Hours: Maggie Zhang – 3.5 hours

West Essex AYLUS members collected extra Halloween candy to donate to Cora Hartshorn Arboretum and Bird Sanctuary. These donations are delivered to Twelve Baskets Food Pantry who will distribute the candy to people and families in the surrounding area.    Members:  2 hours – Zoe Leung 1 hour – Gabriel Au, Jeremiah Au, Kailey Kwan, […]

On Nov. 6, West Essex branch volunteered at Summit Reeves-Reed Arboretum (165 Hobart Ave, Summit, NJ 07901). Members clean up Halloween spooky trail decorations. Volunteers are essential to the mission of Reeves-Reed Arboretum and are one of the greatest strengths of our organization. They provide vital support in the gardens and make special events and […]

On November 11th, volunteers went to the Greenway and spent 1.5 hours cleaning up. There is a thick layer of pine leaves on the trail road, and it is dangerous for bikers and joggers. Unfortunately, it rained the night before, and there is no way that we can clean up the leaves with the blower. […]

Reported by Melody Zhang Posted by Jenny Wang On November 9th, 2024, AYLUS Frisco & Plano branch volunteers ran a three-part stand during the John and Judy Gay Library’s Fall Y’all event. Before the event began, event leaders helped set up a pavilion and other necessary equipment. During the festival, members were divided into three […]

On November 9, 2024, AYLUS Phoenix woke up early in the morning to volunteer at their local Midwest Food Bank from 9am to 11am. Volunteers packed soap into usable portions and sealed them to be packed later on. These small but impactful packages would be later shared among homeless communities and hygiene stations around Arizona. […]

On Nov 9th, 2024, AYLUS Scottsdale attended an FMSC event to help give back to children in impoverished conditions around the world. Members packed, stored, and processed parts of Soy, Rice, Vegetables, and Vitamins for those who are starving from malnutrition. Members that attended include: Session 5 (2 hours each): William Chu

Written By Felix Zheng On November 9th, the Syosset AYLUS organization attended the Long Island Native Plant Initiative, where we assisted both inside and outside the greenhouse. Some of the tasks performed by the Syosset AYLUS members included sifting seeds, as the greenhouse needed the most help with this in preparation for winter. The greenhouse […]

Gave away 3 mulberry, 4 moringa, 2 gardenia and 3 pomegranate starter plants to Houston and Sugar Land locals.