Volunteer Spotlight: InterVarsity’s Urban Plunge Summer Interns
By Rachel Hoppe Casa Chirilagua has been blessed for the fourth summer in a row with interns participating in InterVarsity’s Urban Summer Program. This year we had the additional blessing that one of our partnering organizations, the Co-Op, a local apartment...Be a Mentor!
From Learning ABC’s… by Stacia Glass Meeting Penelope has been a life changing experience! I began working with Penelope in February 2011 and it started out as mainly teaching her the English language. We’d read stories and spend minutes on a...D’s Corner
Dear Casa Chiri Family, The summer has announced its arrival with temperatures exceeding well over 100 degrees and the balmy temperatures brought with it a nasty storm which left many residents of Chirilagua and the greater DC area without power (ie, air...Volunteer Spotlight: Tim Kuhn
We first met Tim Kuhn at a Meet Up event in the spring of 2011. We had no idea that what Tim heard about Casa Chirilagua at that meeting struck a chord deep in his being. Casa Chirilagua was the organization/ministry he had been seeking for quite some...The Aha! Cup
Carlos, a 2nd grader, was so thrilled when we told him he could attend the Nats game with us on Saturday, July 7th. He had never been to a professional baseball game before. As we approached the stadium, he was overcome by the size of the building. After we settled...
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.