West Essex AYLUS supported Livingston NJ memorial day parade on May 26th, 2025. The Livingston Memorial Day Parade Committee hosted this year’s celebrations with a Memorial Day Remembrance Ceremony at the Livingston Memorial Oval across from Livingston Town Hall. The celebration includes speeches from members of Livingston’s veteran groups and the traditional wreath-laying meant to […]

On May 25th, 2025, 10 Forsyth County AYLUS members went to Fowler Park to conduct trash cleaning around several locations. The members met up at 9:45 AM and finished cleaning at 12:45, collecting 2 large bags of trash. This park is extremely popular, and trash, especially sharp objects, can be dangerous to the public. Our […]

On Sunday, May 25th, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, members of the Roslyn Branch of AYLUS volunteered at Jones Beach State Park in partnership with the NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation, Long Island Region Environmental Education Office. The Audubon Society is a nonprofit organization that works to protect birds and their […]

On May 24th, members of AYLUS Roslyn came down to Jones Beach to help protect endangered nesting birds. Every year, Jones Beach hosts an Air Show on Memorial Day weekend featuring the US Navy. Thousands of people come to the beach to watch, and inevitably, sometimes people accidentally cross into the protected areas of the […]

On May 24th, 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: Emma Wang (2 hours) Viola […]

On May 17th, 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: Emma Wang (2 hours) Viola […]

On May 10th, 2025, 7 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) Enya […]

On May 3rd, 2025, 5 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: Emma Wang (2 hours) Viola […]

On Saturday, Aylus volunteers went to Jones Beach field 1 to help protect piping plovers’ habitat. The piping plover (Charadrius melodus) is a small, sparrow-sized, migratory shorebird with sandy-grayish brown coloring and white underparts. During breeding season, adults have a black forehead band and a single black breast band. They are known for their two-note “peep-lo” […]

Reported by Eric Huang  #Hometown Sammamish Youth Action Group – Community Cleanup Project (Event#1) Lake Washington Branch   This May, we launched the Community Cleanup Project under the Hometown Sammamish Youth Action Group. As part of this initiative, we will organize a series of cleanup events in city parks, lakes, public spaces, and communities that […]

On May 19, 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 human need, yet thousands of […]

Reported by: Feiyang Niu On May 26th, 2025, the AYLUS Farmington Branch participated in a Memorial Day volunteer event hosted by Probus Greater Hartford at the West Hartford Town Hall. Members helped fill balloons, decorate with ribbons, and prepare materials for the parade. During the event, members sold balloons, bubble wands, and pinwheels to parade […]

On May 17th, members of the Syosset AYLUS volunteered at Jones Beach for the annual airshow, where they assisted with protecting the fenced-off areas designated for endangered bird species. The group’s main responsibility was to watch over the fence and ensure that no visitors approached or crossed into the protected habitat. Throughout the day, members […]

In May, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) continued its bluebird box monitoring project along with Mercer County Park and Plainsboro Preserve.  Eastern Bluebirds were once a common bird in New Jersey. With habitat loss and competition from introduction of aggressive, non-native birds, the populations of these beautiful birds declined. Through […]

On May 24th, 2025, 9am to 12:30pm, our team hosted our 159th event at Bowne Playground from 9am to 12pm. Our team partnered with Maureen Regan in order to beautify Bowne Playground. Maureen Regan is a community advocate, fostering youth education for environmental justice, health and Wellness, climate change with a focus on a sustainable […]

On May 24, 2025, David and Edward Soong volunteered at the library for 2 hours each. During their time there, they took part in several important tasks that supported the library staff and helped improve the experience for visitors. Some of their responsibilities included sorting and shelving returned books, checking for misplaced items, straightening shelves, […]

On the morning of Sunday, May 25, 2025, two dedicated members of the AYLUS Chapel Hill branch supported Charles House by collecting a generous floral donation from Trader Joe’s. These colorful, fresh blooms were delivered to Charles House, a nonprofit organization devoted to supporting seniors and individuals with dementia at the Carol Woods Retirement Community. […]

On Sunday, May 18, 2025, the Carol Woods Retirement Community in Chapel Hill hosted a live music event, featuring seven volunteers from the Chapel Hill AYLUS branch. The group—consisting of two violinists and five pianists—performed a program of classical pieces for the residents. The recital was well-received, with audience members showing their appreciation through smiles […]

  AYLUS Open Sky Book Club Hosts 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 speeches, […]

AYLUS Basking Ridge partnered with AT&T Teen Teach Tech and VYF to host the Cybersecurity presentation at Somerset County Senior Wellness Center in Basking Ridge, Address: 202 Mt Airy rd, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920. Due to the TV not working, volunteers had printed out worksheets so the audience could engage with the presentation.  In the […]

AYLUS Basking Ridge held its weekly iPad Club at the Fellowship Village on 5/24/25. Volunteers helped with questions on how to detect scams and cybersecurity. They had also stopped one senior from installing an unknown antivirus software. Volunteers had also helped a lady sort her contacts and call others easily. They had also taught her […]

On Saturday May 25th, the Great Neck branch made their annual visit to Jones Beach to protect the Piping Plover eggs during the Memorial Day Airshow. Volunteers came at 9 AM in the morning until 4 PM after the show to protect this endangered bird species. The piping plover has been deemed endangered since 1986 […]

Reported by Lillian Qian Posted by Lillian Qian   On May 24, 2025, AYLUS volunteers donated gently-used clothing items to the local Goodwill Donation Center. Donating clothing allows each item to be repurposed, which reduces the amount of unnecessary items that enters landfills. By encouraging reusing clothing items, we can make an environmental impact in […]

Reported by Karen Zhou Posted by Karen Zhou On May 25th, 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 four of our volunteers were new to this activity, we started by teaching them the basic […]

Reported by Lillian Qian Posted by Lillian Qian   On May 24, 2025, volunteers from the AYLUS Frisco-Plano branch gathered at the Frisco Environmental Collection Center to donate used batteries. The batteries were collected from the local community, such as the volunteers’ neighbors and classmates. Recycling batteries gives an opportunity to reduce the amount of […]

On May 22nd, AYLUS volunteers dedicated their time at the station library, offering academic assistance to students and parents. Volunteer Baiyu Chen provided comprehensive math support, explaining difficult concepts to a student, and she also read a few picture books to a three-year-old boy from 5pm to 6pm, while 6-7 pm was too late for […]

On May 24, 2025, from 4:00 to 5:00 PM, two volunteers provided tutoring at the Parkville Library branch, assisting students in second, third, and fifth grades. Kevin worked with a third grader on math, such as coordinate planes, area, and perimeter, using hands-on methods to strengthen understanding. He also helped a fifth grader practice writing […]

On May 25, 2025, Aylus West Essex members helped clean up Livingston Historical Society Community Garden at 366 S Livingston Ave, Livingston, NJ. Members cleaned the weeds and watering the vegetables from 1pm to 3pm. 2 hours each member: Summer Li, Aily Wei, Connor Li, Jasmine Guo, Rihanna Guo

In May 2025, 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 watershed samples, foods & clothes, and have them delivered to designated locations for conservation. They also support animal shelters […]

On 5/18/2025, West Essex branch volunteered at the 2nd annual Livingston AAPI Heritage month picnic at the Livingston Memorial Oval. Members helped setting up and hosting The Livingston Committee for Diversity and Inclusion (LCDI), in collaboration with the Livingston NJ AAPI Committee and Livingston AAPI Youth Alliance, hosted its inaugural AAPI Heritage Month picnic on […]

In May, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) continued its bluebird box monitoring project along with Mercer County Park and Plainsboro Preserve.  Eastern Bluebirds were once a common bird in New Jersey. With habitat loss and competition from introduction of aggressive, non-native birds, the populations of these beautiful birds declined. Through […]

Reported by Ivan Song. Dallas AYLUS volunteers partnered with DFWweCARE to help sell dragon balloons, cookies, and more in order to raise money during the Plano Balloon Festival. The volunteers helped staff the stand and advertise dragon balloons and other commodities for DFWweCARE’s cause. In total the group helped raise $407 for school supplies for […]

On May 17th, we volunteered at the community garden at Clark Botanical Garden to remove post-bloom tulips and collect the bulbs to save them for future use. We uprooted all the tulip bulbs with care and removed them from their stems. We then ensured that the soil was prepared for future planting that there were […]

On May 24, 2025, dedicated youth volunteers from the AYLUS Rancho Cucamonga Branch came together at the ALFC Generosity Center in Rancho Cucamonga for another meaningful day of community service. Driven by a shared purpose to give back, the group arrived early in the morning, ready to devote their time and effort to supporting families […]

On May 24, we volunteered at the Clark Botanical Garden to begin to plant multiple crops, spanning from root vegetables such as beets and turnips to herbs such as basil and chives. We hope to give back to the community through the efforts of planting these crops, benefiting the Clark Botanical Garden, and promoting environmentalism […]

  On Saturday, May 24, Alex Liu and Sophia Li went to Cary Learning Center as volunteers. 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. They also put much effort into supervising students during classroom activities, ensuring they […]

In May, the Greater Princeton Branch of AYLUS (GPA) continued hosting a free tutoring program at 19 S 2nd Street, Highland Park, to help local students through a network with Interfaith RISE.  AYLUS has scheduled this Free Tutoring for any elementary, middle, or high school subjects for each weekend every week. GPA Volunteers (5/24, Tutoring […]