Announcing: The Casa Chirilagua Board

The Casa Chirilagua Board: Chairperson of the Board:  Julia Simerly Finance Chair:  Wayne Cummins Strategic Oversight Chair:  Christine Wilson Fund-raising Chair:  Jamilia Shipman Communications Advisor:  Israel Ortega Emily Mancia Dawnielle...

Casa Chirilagua 2010 Volunteer of the Year: Tracy Rickett

He first walked into the Kids Club community room in the fall of 2008, eager and ready to volunteer.   He looked around at the space we had secured for Kids Club and we could see in his eyes that he wanted to say, “Really! Is THIS where you are going to run this...

2010 Volunteer Appreciation Dinner

The 2010 Casa Chirilagua Volunteer Appreciation Dinner was held on August 26th, 2010.  Central American cuisine was served in appreciation of our over 100 volunteers representing over 20 differing church communities.  Mom’s Organic Market was recognized as the...

Nursing Home Birthday Party

Kids Club was invited to a birthday party.  However, this was no ordinary party.   We were going to celebrate a birthday with the residents at a local nursing home.   As we walked in the doors, the kids were apprehensive and cautious, perhaps a little bit afraid.  ...

Compassion that Transforms: Cory Ten Boom

In Kids Club we were studying the beatitudes and the focus of the day was “Compassion.”  Laura Chesser and I (Ms.D) had a small group of children and we discussed the meaning of the word.   We followed with a story about Cory Ten Boom who took her faith...