by admin | Mar 16, 2017 | Stories
Come celebrate the sweetness of our community’s new home! ¡Venga y celebre con nosotros la dulcera de nuestro nuevo hogar! After years of prayer, planning and preparing our community finally has a new home! Let’s celebrate together on April 1st. Tour the...
by admin | Mar 9, 2017 | Stories, wishlist
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by admin | Feb 16, 2017 | KidsClub, Mentoring, Stories
This is not Andres’* typical Saturday morning. The alarm goes off very early. Waking up his first thought is that it must be a school day—it’s usually what happens when the alarm goes off this early. But his mom reminds him this is no school day. This is the day he...
by admin | Jan 27, 2017 | KidsClub, Stories
Kids Club student a winner of MLK Day drawing contest! In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day students at Mount Vernon participated in a drawing contest with the prompt “Who inspires you?” When he heard this question, 5th grader Carlos* knew immediately...
by admin | Jan 19, 2017 | Mentoring, Stories
“I’m really surprised at the impact that Jose* and his family have had on me,” reflects Todd, a Casa Chirilagua mentor. It was a year ago that Todd attended an Alexandria Mentoring Partnership information session and considered whether or not to become a mentor with...