Turkey Rally!
Several local churches are coming together to host the 2nd Annual Turkey Rally this year. This will be a time to bless Chirilagua families with God’s love through some family festival fun: food, games, Turkey “Pollo” baskets, and a short message....Volunteer Spotlight: Amelia Brown
“Can I work with Miss Amelia?” the children call out from the line in the hallway waiting to enter the study for homework time. Every Tuesday I hear the same thing. The Kids Club students LOVE Miss Amelia, and all of them want to work with her. Miss Emily...We Can Tell Them!
“Today we are going to turn plain old white coffee filters into beautiful, colorful butterflies!” I told my class full of young creators and artists. In the lesson time before working on the butterflies, we talked about how color, beauty and artistry...The Art of Restoration: people. families. community. (An Art Gallery and Open House for Casa Chirilagua-Nov. 6, 2011)
This Fall, Casa Chirilagua is hosting an open house called “The Art of Restoration: people. families. community.” Restoration happens when creativity and love make something broken, old or ugly into something new, unique and beautiful. Casa Chirilagua...
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.