On July 23rd, 2024, AYLUS members worked with Gateway Clinic staff to distribute food to people in need. Members helped package and fill containers with food as well as transport these drinks and food outside towards the cars belonging to eligible people. The main purpose was to help distribute food among people in need to […]

On Saturday, August 24, 2024, AYLUS Twin Cities participated in a food packing event at Feed My Starving Children, an organization that sends food to communities with food insecurity. The event lasted from 5-6:45 PM, totaling 1 hour and 45 minutes. We had a fantastic time and can’t wait to volunteer again! Participants: Jessica Cao, Kaining […]

On 8/24, AYLUS members volunteered at the MNGI booth at the Minnesota State Fair. They walked fairgoers through the super colon while informing them about colon cancer and colonoscopies. Participants (3 hours each): Katie Huang, Kai Huang, Jeffrey Chen

On Monday August 19, 2024, the AYLUS Twin Cities Branch went to Feed My Starving Children in Chanhassen to pack food for children in need. A ton of volunteers showed up, and we packed a total of 85 boxes! Participants (1.75 hours each): Isabelle Wong, Jessica Cao, Megan Li, Lucy Zhang, Josie Snaza, Hannabella Li, […]

On Sunday, August 18, 2024, from 12:00 – 4:30pm, four AYLUS members volunteered at the Special Olympics Summer Sports Classic Bocce event at the M Health Fairview Sports Center in Woodbury as Bocce Pitch Assistants. Duties included judging matches, registering athletes and bringing them to awards, as well as keeping score of the matches and […]

On Friday, August 9th 2024, 3 AYLUS members went to Second Harvest Heartland to pack rice from 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm, totaling 2 hours. Along with the other volunteers we packed a total of 4608 meals. We had a great time and can’t wait to be back! Participants: Claire Chao, Kaining Zhang, Megan Li

On Thursday August 8th, 2024 3 AYLUS members went to Second Harvest Heartland to pack rice. Along with the other volunteers we packed a total of 3060 meals. The event lasted from 6:00pm to 8:00pm, totaling 2 hours. We had a great time and can’t wait to be back! Participants: Claire Chao, Tony Liu, Isabel […]

On August 27th, from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM, AYLUS Roslyn volunteered at NOSH Delivers. NOSH is a food pantry created during the pandemic to help support families with food securities. NOSH is volunteered led and provides both walk-in and delivery services. Today AYLUS Roslyn was tasked with a multitude of tasks who;le volunteering at […]

On August 27, 2024, the Syosset AYLUS organization visited the Long Island Native Plant Initiative, which focuses on maintaining biodiversity, preserving native plants, and preventing the spread of invasive species. One invasive plant problem on Long Island is the Spotted Lanternfly, an insect originally from China and Vietnam that has spread to Japan, South Korea, […]

West Essex members collected new and gently used bathing suits and goggles to donate to people in need. By donating swim equipment, more people can learn how to swim comfortably. By learning how to swim, this can also help them save not only their own lives but others’ too.  AYLUS West Essex Members:  Gabriel Au […]

Reported by Colin Xie On August 25th, San Diego students of AYLUS organized the 225th 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 August 27, 2024, members of AYLUS Bridgewater branch volunteered at the Feeding Hands main pantry. Feeding Hands is a charity organization that provides food to thousands of families throughout Somerset County. The volunteers helped with stocking shelves and managing inventory. Volunteers: Jeffrey Hu (3h), Sophia Hom (3h), Angela Gong (3h), Annabelle wong (3h)

On August 20, 2024, members of AYLUS Bridgewater branch volunteered at the Feeding Hands main pantry. Feeding Hands is a charity organization that provides food to thousands of families throughout Somerset County. The volunteers helped with stocking shelves and managing inventory. Volunteers: Jeffrey Hu (3h), Sophia Hom (3h)

Today Aylus members from Bridgewater Aylus, Princeton, and Basking Ridge Aylus worked together at the Feeding Hands food shelter (186 US-206, Hillsborough Township, NJ 08844). Members had assisted by telling shoppers the limit of food they could get  for each type of food, and had asked if they would like to use the prayer room, […]

On August 17, 2024, the AYLUS Bridgewater Branch volunteered at Raritan Food Pantry, a local food bank in Raritan. The volunteers helped with stocking shelves, bagging the clients’ food, and cleaning up during closing. Volunteers: Sarah Diao, Jeffrey Hu, Emma Xu, Hannah Diao (3h each)

On August 16, 2024, members of AYLUS Bridgewater branch volunteered at the Feeding Hands main pantry. Feeding Hands is a charity organization that provides food to thousands of families throughout Somerset County. The volunteers helped with stocking shelves and managing inventory. Volunteers: Jeffrey Hu (3h), Sophia Hom (3h), Angela Gong (3h)

On a beautiful Sunday morning, 8 volunteers from the volunteer program AYLUS arrived at Steppingstone Park to help clean up the park. The volunteers split up into 4 groups, and each group was given their own area to clean. They weeded out the flower beds, picked up loose trash, and removed dead branches on the […]

This program’s goal is to provide English guidance to the elderly who do not know much English. By helping these elderly improve their English, the goal is to make communication smoother and life easier for them. The sessions had the use of educational material targeted specifically for ESL seniors. Volunteers explained what each words meant […]

On August 24th, from 1:00 to 4:00 PM, the Queens branch participated in the King Manor Museum event in Jamaica, Queens. This event entailed creating various arts and crafts projects that were for children and a new exhibition at the museum. Volunteers went right to work with their projects, first picking what type of project […]

On Saturday, August 10th, from 1:00 to 3:00 PM, the Queens branch took part in the One Letter 4 All Event in Midtown, Manhattan. During this event, volunteers wrote letters to both women recently diagnosed with breast cancer and to youth from a detention center in Birmingham, Alabama. Everyone started with introductions of themselves and […]

On August 25th, 2024, two members from our community branch continued working on a heartwarming mission: bringing comfort and joy to cancer patients through their own artistic talents. These dedicated youths, armed with creativity and compassion, poured their hearts into crafting beautiful and thoughtful items – knitted hats, friendship bracelets, journals and origami – specifically […]

In August, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) continued to host more flea market booths in New Jersey for charity.  GPA leaders Tom Cui and Steven Li purchased products in Amazon overstock outlets, collected donations, set up flea market booths, and raised funds for AYLUS Save a Life Diabetes Children Fund […]

In August, members of the Greater Princeton branch of AYLUS (GPA) served at Morven Museum Giving Garden (55 Stockton Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08540; Phone 609-924-8144). A National Historic Landmark, Morven is on five pristine acres in the heart of Princeton, New Jersey. The home of Richard Stockton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence […]

On August 24 and 25, the AYLUS Birmingham Branch volunteered at Birmingham’s 26th annual Sidewalk Film Festival, a local film screening event featuring a variety of programs across the city. Members put signs up around the building, gave directions, ushered attendees into lines for film showings based on their ticket, and tallied the total number […]

Reported by Andrew Zhou On August 26, 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 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 10th Beast Academy online class in 2024-2025 was on August 19-25, 2024. Beast Academy is a mathematics program for elementary and […]

On August 14, 18, and 21 2024, a member of AYLUS volunteered to teach online math class. During the class she went through math concepts with students and helped with MOEMS problems. She volunteered 1.5 hours each day. Volunteers: 4.5 hours: Annie Jiang

On August 22 2024, a member of AYLUS tutored students to prepare them for the AMC 8 competition. The tutor is an accomplished and experienced competitor in national competitions, where he has won many of them in AMC honor roll, mathcount, and others. Volunteers: 2 hours: David Cong

On Saturday, August 24th, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., the Roslyn Branch of AYLUS helped a community food drive called NOSH Delivers! by working at their food pantry to give food and products to families who could not afford them. Nosh Delivers is a nonprofit organization based in Glen Cove, dedicated to addressing food […]

On Monday, August 26, from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm, AYLUS Roslyn volunteered with NOSH Delivers! Food Pantry. Founded in March 2020 to help families impacted by the pandemic, NOSH Delivers continues to help families in need and ceaselessly battles food insecurity every day. From packing NOSH bags and kid lunches to sorting through produce […]

Throughout the month, volunteers collected and organized donations for Goodwill. These efforts support the community by recycling goods and providing necessary items to those in need, fostering a sustainable environment. AYLUS volunteers collected, sorted, bagged, and dropped off clothing at Goodwill to give it a second life. Participants and Hours Jerry Xu: 4 hours (7/21/2024) […]

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 […]