Spring News in the Neighborhood!
Dear Friends, As spring arrives and the tulips begin popping out of the ground, I am reminded that there is still news to report from the first of the year. As of January 2011, Casa Chirilagua became its own incorporated entity in the state of Virginia! We are working...Valentine’s Day: Give Love
Valentine’s Day is about getting candy, teddy bears, flowers and cards, right? Kids Club kids think there’s more to it than that! We took a Friday to make cupcakes, cards, and “stained glass” hearts to give to those who have shown us so much...Perfect Attendance is not for the weak
Never being absent is hard for anyone. But we had 6 students who had perfect attendance for the first semester of Kids Club and 6 more students who only missed one day. To reward these students for their hard work, they went on two field trips: Disney on Ice (box...Jump for Heart Day!
To celebrate Valentine’s Day, our amazing and steadfast volunteer Martha, organized jump for Heart Day. Kids went to different stations to learn about the heart and how to keep it healthy, physically and spiritually. Kids went from station to station where they...
We are a community of people “learning together to love our neighbors as ourselves” in a Latino neighborhood in Alexandria, Virginia.
As a faith-based Christian non-profit with a small staff and over 100 volunteers, we serve alongside more than 100 families and their children (1st-12th grades) each week through our community programs.