The AYLUS Birmingham Branch partnered with Grace Klein, an organization dedicated to sharing resources for the purpose of building relationships to ignite restoration of individuals, families, and communities. Grace Klein holds drive-thru sites to fight food insecurities and provides a variety of other resources for families, including baby products as well as school supplies for […]

Over the past few weeks, Bergen branch members have been working hard to gather up shoes to donate to Soles4Souls. We’re hoping that those in need can have warm shoes to last through the new year. The items that were donated were collected over a few weeks and then dropped off at a nearby donation […]

On December 15, 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 Eric Wei, David Li:  4 Hours

On December 14, 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 Eric Wei, Daisy Wei, Ren zhi Pei:  4 Hours

West Essex AYLUS members took Little Sunshine Chorus(The members are all special needs children) to join the Winter Concert at Careone Senior Center East Hanover, NJ for Holiday Greeting, and provide Little Sunshine members more chances for performing. 3 hours – Rena Wang, Valentina Zheng, Hubert Zheng, Hadrian Zheng,Yaming Wang, Jessica Hao, Jennie Zhang, Isabelle […]

On 12/14/24,  AYLUS volunteers gathered at the Branch president’s house (Alyssa Huang) to fold, count and package AYLUS shirts.  In total, the shipment cost over $4,000 dollars and was for 330 AYLUS shirts.  The members sorted and checked each shirt by size into their respective piles and there was a resulting 110 smalls, 110 mediums, […]

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:  1.5 hours – Rena Wang, Valentina Zheng, Yaming Wang, Hubert Zhenge, Hadrian Zheng, Jennie Zhang, Jessica Hao

  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:  1.5 hours – Rena Wang, Valentina Zheng, Yaming Wang, Hubert Zheng, Hadrian 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:  1.5 hours – Valentina Zheng, Hubert Zheng, Hadrian Zheng, Jennie Zhang

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:  1.5 hours – Rena Wang, Valentina Zheng, Jessica Hao，Hubert Zheng, Hadrian 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:  1.5 hours – RRena Wang, Valentina Zheng, Yaming Wang, Isabel Ni, Serena Ni, Jennie Zhang

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: 1.5 hours – Rena Wang, Valentina Zheng, Yaming Wang, Isabel Ni, Serena Ni, Hubert Zheng, Hadrian Zheng.

In November 2024, Alina Yu from AYLUS Edison branch led the English Enrichment Program four times online. Each time, the member carefully prepared materials in advance and distributed them to the participants, giving lively presentations and interacting with the participants at the sessions. Over the years of leading the program, the member has developed a […]

On Friday, December 13th, from 3-5PM, the Chatham Aylus Branch helped the Library of the Chathams with the preparation, clean up, and management of the Snow Globe craft. Two Hours: Kevin Wang Emily Kelley Lilah Nydam Michael Lin

On December 14, 2024, members from AYLUS Oakland Gardens volunteered at Weeping Beech Park from 9 AM to 12 PM for our 133rd event. During this event, we partnered with Maureen Regan again and worked with Frank from Green Earth Urban Gardens, NYC Parks employee Mattia, and other volunteers at the park. During this event, […]

Reported by Albert Chen On Sunday 12/15/2024, members of ALYUS Newtown branch hosted a holiday card making event. Participants brought and shared color pencils, stickers, markers, templates, ideas. Members customized their cards, making them unique by drawing cheerful holiday themed pictures, adding colorful stickers and writing thoughtful and joyful messages. This collaborative effort was from […]

The AYLUS Morris Branch recently led a successful food donation drive to combat food insecurity while supporting the local community. With dedication and teamwork, members actively reached out to residents, businesses, and schools, collecting various non-perishable food items such as canned goods, pasta, rice, and snacks. The drive showcased the community’s generosity, with an overwhelming […]

On Saturday, December 14, 2024, from 1 to 4 PM, Aylus Roslyn volunteers went to the CP Nassau’s Bellmore residential home to spend time with the residents there. CP Nassau is an organization that assists individuals with disabilities. CP Nassau provides people with disabilities quality programs that will help them reach their best life. Once […]

On Sunday, December 15th, the AYLUS Roslyn Branch volunteered at the Chinese Cultural Association of Long Island’s Chinese school from 1:30PM – 5:00PM. Our jobs as volunteers was to become teacher assistants and help students with various activities and classwork. Today we had an additional task of helping make sure the end of the year […]

Planted 2 Mulberry trees at Memorial Park to support Reforestation effort of Sugar Land parks.

Reported By Charlotte Chen Posted By Charlotte Chen On the morning of December 15th, 2024, AYLUS Frisco & Plano Branch members gathered at the Lexington County clubhouse for a crochet event for the Loops For Love Project. The AYLUS volunteers already knew how to crochet a hat, so once they arrived, they got straight to […]

AYLUS Santa Clarita Valley members volunteered for Metrolink Vista Canyon Holiday Express Train event on Sunday, December 15, 2024 from 7:30am to 1:20pm at the Vista Canyon Station: 27550 ½ Vista Canyon Blvd, Santa Clarita CA 91350 with about 2,000 attendees. They helped to ensure a seamless and enjoyable event for all guests, with a […]

Reported by Victoria Liang Posted by Jenny Wang In the recent event of cotton candy  and balloon making on Dec 14 , volunteers raised a total of $180 for the children’s hospital . Raising money by making cotton candy and balloons for a children’s hospital is a fun way to show the importance of volunteering. […]

Reported by Melody Zhang Posted by Jenny Wang On Saturday, December 14th, 2024, members of the AYLUS Plano & Frisco branch volunteered their time to fundraise at the Third Monday Trade Days flea market for the Plano Children’s Hospital. Two shifts of volunteers set up a stand to sell hand-made bracelets, crochet creations, and rings. […]

Reported by Bryan Zheng Posted by Jenny Wang On December 14th 2024, AYLUS volunteers arrived at the Hot Cocoa Social in Turnbridge Manor.  We handed out free balloons in order to promote the event and helped set up decorations and tables around the social. During the social we sold backpacks, tool kits and headbands to […]

Reported by Andrew Zhou On December 16, 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 Andrew Zhou On December 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 […]

Reported by Andrew Zhou This holiday season, many families may struggle to provide presents and gifts–or even basic necessities in some cases–to their loved ones. In order to solve this problem, the AYLUS San Diego Branch has participated in San Diego Center for Children’s Holiday heroes event. San Diego Center for Children is the leading […]

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 25th Beast Academy online class in 2024-2025 was on December 9-15, 2024. Beast Academy is a mathematics program for elementary and […]

On Friday, 12/13/2024, 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 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM. Our volunteers taught two different classes, one for younger students […]

Malden branch members Ian Ian Ho and Yingyan Xia volunteered at their local art studio yet again on 12/15/2024. This week was all about drawing characters in the Intermediate and Advanced classes. Helping with improving the kids art skills as well as assisting them with their art work, they helped with kids ranging from 8-15 […]

Reported by John Zhang Posted by Jenny Wang Our amazing AYLUS members spent their time collecting used clothes from neighbors and friends. By spending their time and effort they impact their community with all different types of acts. Not only does donating clothes help people in need but also it helps the world and people […]

Reported by Sophia Li Posted by Jenny Wang On 12/12/24 Tritech hosted its first-ever market day to support employees that make things in their spare time. We participated in this event with our honey, rings, bracelets, backpacks, blankets etc. We also made egg tarts to sell to people. People loved the egg tarts and thought […]

On Dec. 14th, 2024, West Essex AYLUS members volunteered and performed for Livingston Chinese School 2025 Christmas & New Year Spectacular. The event was held at Mount Pleasant Middle School in Livingston, NJ. The New Year Spectacular Rehearsal are from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Stage performances began at 6:30 p.m. in the auditorium and […]

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.  12/09/24: Calvin Cheng (3 hours), Andrew Zhou (3 hours), Zihua Zhang (3.5 hours), William Sun (2 hours) 12/12/24: Summer […]

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.    12/02/24: Jessica Yu (4 hours), Carson Yu (2 hours), Calvin Cheng (3 hours), Scott Yao (3 hours), Andrew […]

West Essex AYLUS is partnering with Livingston neighbors helping neighbors for a Winter Coat Drive. The coats will be delivered to churches in Newark for people in need.  12/08/24: 1 hour each: Zoe Leung, David Yu, Alan Li, Jeffrey Yang, Orion Lee, Andrew Zhou, Forest Yang, Eric Chen, Kailey Kwan

West Essex members Jaden Leung, Hebe Leung, Zoe Leung, and Jeremiah Au volunteered at Taekwondo classes for children on 12/09/24. 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.   West Essex members: Jaden Leung (2 […]

West Essex members Jaden Leung, Hebe Leung, Zoe Leung, and Jeremiah Au volunteered at Taekwondo classes for children on 12/02/24. 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.   West Essex members: Jaden Leung (2 […]

West Essex AYLUS Members collected new toys to donate to Community Church. This was a great way to spread joy to the community during the holidays! Members: 1 hour: Hebe Leung, Zoe Leung, Jeremiah Au, Gabriel Au

West Essex AYLUS Members volunteered at Reeves-Reed Arboretum’s Festival of Trees on 12/8/2024. They helped with aiding children in making crafts, doing temporary tattoos, running educational stands, and more!    Members: 4 hours: Maxwell Kim 5 hours: Jason Dong, Grace Zhu, Yichen Tang, Justin Wang, Zhicheng Zheng

West Essex Aylus Volunteers attended Livingston Huaxia Chinese School on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024. 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 […]

Reported by: Ryan Ma Posted by: Karen Li On December 14, 2024, we were volunteering with other AYLUS members in the non- profit organization called “Feed My Starving Children” beginning at 7:15 PM. It is a Christian nonprofit with the purpose of ending hunger. There was a total of 10 people who came to the […]

On Saturday the 7th in December 2024, the Roslyn Aylus Branch helped out the food pantry. NOSH Delivers, at Glen Cove.  The AYLUS volunteer members arrived and collaborated with different volunteer organizations, one of them being the ale Club Foundation. Each of us helped organize supplies to prepare for the activities that would occur during […]

Reported by: Elin Wang Posted by: Karen Li Today, our team of ALYUS volunteers helped out with the AGAPE Special Needs Program. This morning we did a variety of activities such as playing UNO cards, singing and dancing together, discussing the meaning of Christmas, learning social skills. We accompanied the special needs throughout the lessons […]

Reported by Karen Li Posted by Karen Li AYLUS Frisco & Plano Branch are thrilled to share the success of our recent holiday gifts drive event, and we want to thank everyone who contributed to making it such a meaningful and impactful experience. Together, we made a real difference for children in our community this […]

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 December 9, 2024 – December 15, 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 December 2, 2024 – December 8, 2024. The goal of tutoring classes is to […]

On Saturday December 14, three members of the AYLUS Idaho Falls Branch volunteered at the Museum of Idaho to help make/teach kids about slime. Our volunteers prepared ingredients and also explained the science behind slime.   From left to right: Michael Wu, Zach Long, Nolan Ma     Michael Wu helps kids make slime.   […]

Reported By Charlotte Chen Posted By Charlotte Chen On the morning of December 8th, 2024, AYLUS Frisco & Plano Branch members gathered at the Lexington County clubhouse for the Loops For Love project. In this project, members crochet hats and other items for donation to cancer patients. For many members, they were somewhat new to […]

On December 14 2024 volunteers from the Greater Buffalo Branch hosts a movie night at the University of Buffalo to create a community event! It was very successful as about 70 people came. Volunteers helped sell food and water, watch the kids, set up and clean up. Furthermore, food and water profit will be donated […]

On December 15, 2024, AYLUS Bridgewater Branch volunteered at the Christmas Celebration Night, organized by the Bridgewater Chinese American Association (BCAA) at the Evangel Chapel, Bridgewater. Over 100 residents from the Bridgewater community attended the event, which featured dinner, cultural performances and speeches. AYLUS Bridgewater Branch cohosted the party and did performances with saxophone, violin, […]

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 December 12th, from 1:30 to 4:30 AYLUS Dix Hills volunteers went to Long Island Chinese School to become teaching assistants for teachers and students. This was the last Chinese class of the year, and at the entrance there were festive balloons, candy and posters hung around. AYLUS members were assigned a classroom (the one […]

Written by Alex Lu On December 14, 2024, the AYLUS Oyster Bay Branch hosted a workshop, Solar-Powered Educational Lego Toys, in collaboration with the Sangha Education Center at the Malcolm House. The event featured three different types of solar-powered toys donated by the Xi’an Solar Energy Association, which were a miniature telescope, satellite, and a […]

Our 27 youth members participated in this fundraising event to support the Sangha Education Center for children with special needs. Thank you for your generosity! Volunteer Time: 2 hrs for each person Christina Mink, Andy Yang, Jacky Yang, Wanying Yu, Chang Guo, Yuqi Wu, Jiaman Wang, Pengyu Chen, Eric Matsuno, Hoilee Dai, Justin Warren, Derrick […]

Written by Christina Mink On November 23, 2024, AYLUS Oyster Bay participated in the Saturday Stewardship program organized by New York State Parks. The day began with tour guides introducing us to the park and explaining the vital relationship between native plants and the ecosystem. We learned that most biodiversity thrives at the margins of […]

On December 15th, the AYLUS Chapel Hill Branch wrapped up this year’s music performances with a heartwarming Christmas concert at Carol Woods Retirement Center. The festive energy was contagious as our talented members wowed the audience with a mix of classical music and popular holiday hits! From piano solos to duets, clarinet performances, and even […]

  AYLUS Open Sky Book Club Hosts Autumn 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 […]

  AYLUS Open Sky Book Club Hosts Autumn 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 […]

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 […]

On December 14, 2024, the following AYLUS members volunteered at a retirement community called The Village at Germantown. These students dedicated their time and talents to spreading festive cheer among the residents through a carefully organized holiday program featuring music and kindness. The students performed a variety of musical pieces, incorporating singing and instruments, to […]

On December 14, 2024, despite the cold and rainy weather, Joshua Dong and Eric Chen volunteered from 5 PM to 9 PM at a local park that hosted a spectacular light show event called Starry Lights. Joshua Dong took on the important role of traffic conductor, skillfully directing cars and ensuring vehicles moved efficiently and […]

Over the past few weeks, AYLUS Greater Memphis members have been hard at work creating 41 holiday cards for the elderly. These cards will be handed out after our concert on the same day, with some extras planned for distribution next week. Each card earned members 0.5 service hours, highlighting their creativity and dedication to […]

On November 29, 2024, from 5:30 PM to 9:00 PM, AYLUS Greater Memphis Branch members volunteered to create donation boxes aimed at raising funds for the Tennessee’s Regional Intervention Program (RIP). These boxes will be placed in local restaurants, allowing customers to donate and support children and families in need of behavioral interventions. Each member […]

Reported by Anson Ye On 12/14/24, members of AYLUS Syosset worked with members of Dix Hills at Bethpage State Park to reset an overgrown garden. To restore the garden, members from both branches first cleared the  debris covering the garden—leaves, weeds, and branches—using rakes and gardening shears. Then, members removed the tarps under the debris, […]

Five members from the Morrisville branch volunteered at YMCA Holiday Gift Drive on December 14th, 2024. They helped organize the shops, wrap presents or help parents customers. This is a great way to give back to the community. Volunteers are : Alison Wu (3 hours) Emma Wang (3 hours) Vanderbilt Wang (3 hours) Vanessa Wang […]

AYLUS Basking Ridge hosted it’s first online holiday concert at Fellowship Village on DEC 2024. As the Fellowship Village theater has been fully booked in December 2024, AYLUS Basking Ridge contacted the Fellowship Village and decided to provide a online holiday concert. Every piece and holiday greeting was taken at home. After collecting all the […]

AYLUS Basking Ridge Branch organized the 1st Concert in Residence at Basking Ridge(219 MT Airy RD, Basking Ridge) on 12/14/2024. AYLUS Basking Ridge sent out a performance signup form a month ahead to AYLUS members in the local area. Around 12 performances performed an one-hour long concert. Based on each concert theme, our member gave […]

On December 14, 2024, the Bridgewater Volunteers organized a successful clothing drive to support families in need. Thanks to generous donations from the community, a wide range of gently used clothing—including winter coats, shirts and pants—was collected and donated to GoodWill to help those facing financial challenges. Thank you to everyone who donated and volunteered—your […]

On December 7, 2024, volunteers from AYLUS Bridgewater branch went to the Raritan Food Pantry to help with food distribution and support our local community. Volunteers: Hannah Diao, Sarah Diao, Annabelle Wong (3h each)

On November 23, 2024, volunteers from AYLUS Bridgewater branch went to the Raritan Food Pantry to help with food distribution and support our local community. Volunteers: Hannah Diao, Sarah Diao, Jonas Liu (3h each)

On December 14th, 2024, the AYLUS Auburn Branch helped a disabled veteran (Luis Saavedra) get his coffee roasting business open by painting the commercial kitchen and roastery between 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. This unique volunteer opportunity was also a great learning experience for everyone. Our members who participated in this activity are Annie Bao […]

This is a one-person event approved by the national AYLUS. On 12/14/24, Maggie Zhang organized, packed, and mailed out AYLUS T-shirts for 1 AYLUS branch in 1 box. Maggie then went to her local post office to mail the shirts to the branch. Hours: Maggie Zhang – 1.5 hours