The Community

Food Bank Boasts of Community Lodgings’ Work

posted by admin on March 8, 2012

Our good friends and partners at Capital Area Food Bank share their food with our families each week. Today they shared a story on their blog about working with Community Lodgings over the years. Thanks to Amy Hendricks, CAFB’s Kids Cafe Coordinator, for the kind words. Our programs would not be nearly succesful without our partnership with CAFB!

The Capital Area Food Bank serves 28 Kids Cafe sites throughout Northern Virginia. Community Lodgings, a Kids Cafe site located in the Arlandria neighborhood of Alexandria, served almost 10,000 meals last year through their after school program.

Community Lodgings also offers a Transitional Housing Program, which was featured in the January 9 “Hero Central” segment on WUSA-9. According to the segment, an estimated 10 percent of all homeless people in Northern Virginia live in Alexandria. Community Lodgings provides invaluable services to parents and their children including ESL courses, life skills workshops, English tutoring and afterschool mentoring. As stated in the WUSA-9 segment, ‘Community Lodgings is guiding families to independence and self-sufficiency’.

The food bank is proud to partner with such an active and influential organization!”

Volunteer Dedicates Himself to Helping Single Mother, Other Families

posted by admin on February 21, 2012

As you know, we value all volunteers who devote their time to Community Lodgings’ families. Over the past year, we have had formerly homeless families make significant strides thanks to volunteer efforts. In particular, our volunteer Besu Feleke worked tirelessly with many parents in our Transitional Housing Program to help them create a stable financial foundation. Recently, Associate Executive Director Jim Dempsey wrote to Besu’s employer BB&T to share a few words about Besu’s commitment to our organization:
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Support for Afterschool Alliance’s WaPo Op-Ed

posted by admin on March 2, 2011

On January 4th, in Washington Post’s column The Answer Sheet, Afterschool Alliance’s Executive Director Jodi Grant advocated for the consistent, steady funding of afterschool programs. Ms. Grant wrote in response to a piece by Jennifer Davis, co-founder and president of the National Center on Time & Learning, which supports expanding the instructional day. At Community Lodgings, we agree with Ms. Grant and our good friends at Afterschool Alliance that afterschool programs are a welcome break from the school day for many children throughout the country. Below, a vote of support for Ms. Grant’s column from Community Lodgings’ Associate Executive Director Jim Dempsey:
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