Morris Branch members volunteer with the New Jersey Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Commission,  reaching out to Chinese communities to participate in a survey to shape new legislation with the voice of the Chinese community. The proportion of the Asian population has been steadily increasing, now reaching 11%. However, due to a lack of […]

On Saturday, Sept. 14th, AYLUS held its weekly iPad Club at the Fellowship Village. Members had taught seniors how to write notes on a google pixal phone, and how to make the phone read the note aloud. Members had also taught seniors how to stop having old pictures pop up on her computer. Additionally members […]

On 9/7/2024, West Essex members volunteered at the Reeves-Reed Arboretum from 10am to 12pm for the event “Saturday Morning Ground Force” (The address is 165 Hobart Ave, Summit, NJ 07901). Reeves-Reed Arboretum provides many nature education classes and activities for the children in the town of Summit, NJ and nearby areas.  AYLUS West Essex Members: […]

Bernards PEC Program runs every Saturdays morning from 9-11am in September and October. It is a program for students to help other students with special needs. Our volunteers had played with the PEC students through all the games and team activities. Claire Zhang,Ben Zhang, Lucas Ni (9/14/24, 1HR each) Cathrine Shen,Christine Shen (9/14/24,2 HR each)

Reported by Eric Li On September 13, 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 […]

Reported by Eric Li On September 6, 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 13th, AYLUS Tri-Valley volunteers gathered at the Fertile Groundworks garden from 4:00 to 6:00 pm. Members helped prune and harvest tomatoes and compost plants. It was a lot of hard work but also an enjoyable experience! We hope our activities helped the garden out! Thanks to our volunteers: Nicole Sun (2 hours) Matthew […]

Reported by Colin Xie On September 8th, San Diego students of AYLUS organized the 227th 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 […]

In September-October, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) worked with the New Jersey Special Olympics Volunteer Manager Ms. Fair and scheduled GPA volunteers to help the youth athlete league teams with score keeping, equipment such as that compound bow, order keeping, etc.  About New Jersey Special Olympics: Our Mission Our mission […]

Today, members of the Greater Triangle Branch helped students with their Olympic math competition class at Cary Learning Center. We helped make the student check-in and check-out smooth and safe as usual, printed materials for the teacher and answered questions during break time. We hope to positively impact young children by continuing to inspire them […]

In September, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) worked at the 8th Annual Millburn Rocktoberfest (Taylor Park, Millburn, NJ 07041) as event volunteers. Get Ready To Rock! Rocktoberfest is a music festival fundraiser featuring live music, food and drinks, shopping and lots of fun activities for the entire family.  The event […]

In September, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) Empowerment Committee Chair Xing Liao continued hosting a free tutoring program at 19 S 2nd Street, Highland Park, to help Turkish and Syrian refugee family students through a network with Interfaith RISE.  AYLUS has scheduled this Free Tutoring for any elementary, middle, or […]

In September, to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) started its annual DIY Mooncake Production for Charity to End Alzheimer’s. GPA members DIY made hundreds of mooncakes and had them delivered door by door to those who have supported AYLUS with mooncake orders. GPA Volunteers (DIY mooncakes […]

In September, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) supported local libraries, such as the Summit Free Public Library, West Windsor Public Library, Montgomery Public Library, Plainsboro Public Library, Livingston Public Library, and more. BECOME A VOLUNTEER: HOW YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE Library Programs (teaching Chess, tutoring, etc.) Book sorting (categorize […]

On 9/7/2024, Jasmine Zheng, Eastwood Zhang & Kevin Pan volunteered at FAM food pantry for three hours from 9 am to 12:30 pm. The supervisor was Jasmine’s mom, Jenny Ye. The first two hours were spent sorting vegetables, fruits, desserts, meats, and other foods into either crates or labeled fridges; rotten or expired things were […]

On September 10th, 2024, the AYLUS Auburn Branch volunteered for Fall 2024 Dream Court Adaptive Tennis Clinics. Dream Court Inc. is a non-profit organization that provides an adaptive tennis program for individuals with physical, developmental, and/or intellectual disabilities, striving for inclusion and acceptance. The Dream Court program in the Auburn community is ongoing at Yarbrough […]

Reported by Tanya Fu Posted by Jenny Wang On September 8th, 2024, 5 volunteers from the Frisco & Plano AYLUS branch gathered together from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM to crochet small bird amigurumi keychains. During this event, each of our volunteers were able to get started on crocheting keychains, and some were able to […]

Reported by AYLUS-CSTAT Leadership AYLUS Member and Volunteer Patrick Li recently started his own volunteering sessions at St. Joseph’s Hospital and is volunteering weekly to play piano for patients. Patrick Li volunteered for over 2 hours at St. Joseph and also volunteers his time to bring music to various senior homes and other places across […]

This is the 122th event hosted by AYLUS Oakland Gardens. On Saturday, September 7, 2024, from 12:30 to 1:30, AYLUS Oakland Gardens members gathered books from our members to donate to Books for Taiwan. Books for Taiwan is a non-profit organization that strives to help Taiwan by donating books to them. These books will go […]

On September 11th, 2024, four members of the AYLUS-Columbus branch, Brenna Li, Estella Li, Grace Guo, and Jason Luo, resumed an in-person weekly tutoring session for the 2024/2025 school year 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 […]

On Saturday, 7 September 2024, from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM, the AYLUS Great Neck and Roslyn Branches went to volunteer at the Chapman house. This house is run by the Cerebral Palsy Association of Nassau, CP Nassau, where their mission is to provide quality services for children and adults with disabilities to move forward […]

Reported by Andrew Zhou On September 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 […]

On Sunday, September 8th, from 6 A.M. to 10:30 A.M., members of AYLUS Roslyn Branch Volunteered at the 46th Annual New Hyde Park Mineola Runners 8k event. This event was hosted by the New Hyde Park- Mineola Runner’s Club (NHP-M RC). NHP-M RC is one of the oldest clubs on Long Island founded in 1976 […]

In September 2024, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) continued its conservation, a continuing effort for the GPA students to put their influence on the local community since 2018. GPA conservationists collect donated foods & clothes, recycle plastic bags & batteries, pick up trash at nearby parks and trails, and have […]

On Sunday, September 8th, 2024, members from the Great Neck Branch of the volunteer program AYLUS gathered at Steppingstone Park to contribute to community beautification efforts. The volunteers dedicated their morning to weeding flower and tree beds and picking up loose trash around the park. Throughout the event, the volunteers focused on cleaning areas around […]

On Sunday, September 8, AYLUS volunteers gathered at the Pleasanton Public Library from 11:00 am to 1:30 pm. Members helped with the library sale by unboxing, sorting, and organizing books by genre and time and moving boxes to be recycled. We are so glad to help our local library share the love of books! Thanks […]

    On Saturday, September 7 from 9 AM to 12 PM the team of AYLUS helped the food pantry at nosh deliveries. When we were there, we helped people in need get food bags or food on the shelf.     Nosh is in an organization that helps people in need. The nosh food pantry location at […]

On September 8th of 2024, the Roslyn AYLUS branch helps out at the school of CCA- The Chinese Cultural Association of Long Island in the evening from 1:00 p.m.to 5:00 p.m. Today is the first day of CCA. Today, the volunteers came in early to listen to instructions given by their group leader. As we […]

On Saturday, September 7, 2024, the MYA volunteers completed the monumental task of preparing the course at Shelby Farms Park for children to safely enjoy and compete. Their tasks included finding and filling holes on the course and trimming tree limbs and bushes. The volunteers worked together to ensure the course was ready for the […]

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 12th Beast Academy online class in 2024-2025 was on September 2-8, 2024. Beast Academy is a mathematics program for elementary and […]

On Sept.8, 2024,  Greater Triangle Branch volunteers worked as TAs in a Science Olympiad class at Cary Learning Center. We prepared materials the teacher would need in class, helped the kids with their questions during the class, and cleaned up the classroom afterward. We also helped to make the student check-in and check-out as smooth […]

Written by Christina Mink On Sept 7,  2024, AYLUS Oyster Bay members visited Atria Senior Living in Plainview again for a heartwarming performance, marking their tenth collaboration with the Fortune Star Band. The event commenced with “Dancing Queen,” followed by the band’s rendition of songs like “Stand by Me,” “Sea of Stars,” God Bless America” […]

Written by Zike Zhou On August 31st, AYLUS Oyster Bay successfully completed a two-hour back-to-school backpack drive and giveaway at Douglaston, Queens, in cooperation with congressional candidate Mike LiPetri and NY State Senator Yiatin Chu. The event began at 11:00 AM when volunteers arrived. They set up tables and arranged a variety of backpacks with […]

Written by Christina Mink On October Aug 25, AYLUS Oyster Bay once again successfully carried out an six-hour environmental fundraising event at Farmingale Graft & Gift Fair. It all began at 9:30 o’clock in the morning when the first group of volunteers arrived at the venue. They opened the green tents, set up tables and […]

Written by Charles Chen On August 10, 2024, AYLUS Oyster Bay gathered at the Eagle Dock Foundation located in Cold Spring Harbor to learn about the importance of oyster gardens and help measure the growth of these remarkable marine creatures. The Oyster Garden Protection program focuses on “gardening” oysters in secure floats near water areas, […]

From 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM on Sunday, September 8, the Bellaire Branch of AYLUS volunteered at Evelyn’s Park (4400 Bellaire Blvd, Bellaire, TX 77401-4306).   For this event, members of the AYLUS Bellaire Branch did a trash cleanup at Evelyn’s Park. Volunteers searched areas from around the whole park, picking up waste items like […]

On September 7, 2024, the 121st event, AYLUS Oakland Gardens Branch helped mulch, clean, and weed at Crocheron park. Members worked with Dana Gump, Gene McQuillan,  and Paul Brunn in three groups from 8:30 to 12:00, volunteering for a total of 3.5 hours. At the beginning of the event, Dana told us the importance of […]