by admin | Apr 8, 2013 | Stories
Marco and I first met about a year and half ago. It was by accident that I stumbled upon the mentoring program with Casa Chirilagua. I hadn’t intended to search for a mentorship program, but fate intervened. I found Casa when doing a search to donate some extra...
by admin | Mar 28, 2013 | Stories, Uncategorized
On April 17 Casa Chirilagua is taking part in a 24 hour Alexandria wide online fundraiser called Spring2ACTion, where we will be trying to raise $50,000 from over 500 donors to celebrate 5 years of Kids Club and help secure the next 5 years. But as James 1 states, we...
by admin | Mar 11, 2013 | Stories
Change is good, but sometimes change can be uncomfortable. Shifting resources to a Wednesday evening meeting has allowed a more focused “hour of excellence”, opened the door to partner with Guitars not Guns, and has given some students the extra push they...
by admin | Mar 11, 2013 | Stories
Over the past 6 months, Casa Chirilagua has risen to the challenge to take our child protection policy to the next level. Our staff and board invested many hours to develop and roll out our expanded and improved Child Protection Policy coupled with tracking systems to...
by admin | Mar 10, 2013 | Stories
Darla Bardine joined the Casa Chirilagua board in January of 2012. From her first day of service, we knew she was serious, passionate, and committed to getting the job done. She was ready and willing to bring all of her skills to the table including her years...
by admin | Mar 10, 2013 | Stories
On February 19, we celebrated Heart Day by learning about “Heart Heath”. Our volunteer Martha Larson organized some cardiovascular exercises for the kids and Dr. Jennifer Kilmer led a station where kids were able to listen to their hearts using a heartbeat...