LIT TRIP 2012
During the first week of August the Leaders In Training set out on a Mid-west adventure to serve as a reward trip for a job well-done throughout the 2011-2012 school year. Ms. D and Mr. Hoppe traveled mid-way across country with three students in a mini-van. The trip...Kids Club: Summer to Remember
Though our regular summer programming changed this year, the kids still had a busy summer. Kids Club kids welcomed InterVarsity’s Urban Plunge college students who came to live in the neighborhood as they tutored the kids and played with them. Each college...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...
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.