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...October KC Update
The past few weeks we have been talking with the kids about CHOICES. We all make them everyday, both big and small. Through some fun role-playing and a little bit of reflection, the kids learned that our choices affect others. Sometimes a bad choice we make can hurt...A Student’s Prayer
“How can I be praying for you this week?’ I asked the girls at my first week of girls Middle School Bible study. Their responses included being more respectful to family members, caring more for others, being a better student and graduating high school....
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.