Ready, Set, Grow!
Tomatoes. Tomatoes. Tomatoes. During a recent visit to Illinois, I was overwhelmed by the over abundance of my parents’ Midwestern August garden. At any given time, the eight tomato plants were heavy with over a hundred healthy bright red, juicy tomatoes. I would walk...Meet Pat, a 5th Grader Who Can’t Read
The Kids Club volunteers who attended Kids Club volunteer training this past Monday met Pat. Pat looks pretty plain, but he has a special power – he can transport people to a different world. After about thirty minutes of making the volunteers listen to only the sound...Job opening: Part-time Teens Club Director
Do you love working with youth? Are you passionate about Casa Chirilagua’s mission? Are you looking for a part-time (20 hours per week) position? If so, please consider applying for our part-time Teens Club Director position. We are actively seeking someone who...Summer Reading Buddies at the Park in partnership with ACPS
Despite the high heat and unpredictable rain, Casa Chirilagua had a productive summer. On Tuesday and Thursday nights Mount Vernon Community School and Casa Chirilagua hosted a pilot program: “Reading Buddies at the Park.” The high community turnout on the first day...An Interchange of Inner Change
What happens when you take a group of white kids from small-town Illinois and mix them up with a group of first generation Central American immigrant urban kids from the DC Metro area (Chirilagua)? Quite honestly, we didn’t know the answer to this question but with...
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.