A New Year and a Fresh Focus for Casa Mentors
Our mentors are gearing up for the new school year and our mentoring family keeps growing! Last week, we had SIX new mentors attend our new mentor orientation. They were also the first mentors to experience the new and improved mentor orientation where they learned...Invest in Tomorrow’s Leaders, Volunteer at Kids Club
Come share in laying a foundation for the emergence of local leaders at Kids Club. We already have 21 Kids Club volunteers trained and ready to jump in to working alongside our kids to help them to discover their gifts. We’d like to have at least 10 more volunteers...Volunteers, Partners and Coconut Water!
It was 8:30 a.m. on a warm July morning when I pulled up in a Grace Community Church bus to transport a group of Kids Club students to a week-long summer reading camp in Old Town Alexandria. The 25 students accompanied by eight InterVarsity summer interns were dropped...Top 5 Reasons Why You Should Volunteer At Casa
We surveyed our Kids Club volunteers and discovered some touching reasons why they enjoyed being a part of the Casa family. Here were the top five: 5. Having a kid hug me unexpectedly when I walk in. 4. Students remembered me every time, which made me feel more...A Mentor’s Favorite Moment
We cherish the stories that mentors share with us about their experiences, what they learned, and the progress with their mentees. Here’s an excerpt from a mentor that volunteered over the 2013-14 year: My favorite moment in June was when my mentee and I...
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.