The Taco Bell Foundation is awarding a record-breaking $28 million in Community Grants in 2025 – marking the first year that Community Lodgings has been selected as a grant recipient. Community Lodgings is proud to announce it has been selected as a Taco Bell Foundation 2025 Community Grant recipient. The funding will support our NextUp […]
Community Lodgings has been selected to receive $1M in unrestricted grant support from Citi Foundation through the Community Progress Makers initiative, which connects low-income communities to economic opportunities. We are thrilled to be recognized at the national level as one of 50 visionary nonprofit organizations participating in Cohort #4. The CPM grant is a three-year […]
We are excited to launch our Weekender Food Program! What is the Weekender Food Program? Every Friday, nutritious food is provided for children in our program for the weekend. Our Youth Education Program serves 90 students in first through twelfth grades, all of whom are food insecure and qualify for free or reduced-priced meals at […]
A Message from the Executive Director It Takes a Community to Restore a Community Dear Friends, Happy 2021! This past year wasn’t easy, but it was inspiring. While we still have a lot of work to do, I am so humbled by what I’ve seen so far. This community has redefined resilience and what it […]
Watch Chief Brown of the Alexandria Police Department read Say Something by Peter. H. Reynolds to our students!
After her husband left, Candi and her kids had to move in with her Mom and sleep on the floor. “That was so hard,” she says. “I had to eat my pride.” Fast forward 6 years: Candi entered CLI’s Transitional Housing Program, so she and her kids have a clean and safe apartment with comfortable […]
If you visit CLI’s Fifer Family Learning Center these days, you just might find 20 kids sitting in the shade, each one engrossed in a different book. Welcome to Camp Read-Away! For 20 minutes each day, the kids in our Summer Camp enter another world. As we near the end of the Camp’s 6th and […]
In the words of the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’.” On Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, January 20th, Community Lodgings welcomed three groups of volunteers who were ready to serve. Throughout the day, students and parents from Burgundy Farm […]
Al’s Steak House is celebrating 65 years of business in Alexandria by giving back for the entire month of January! We are so thrilled that Al’s chose Community Lodgings as the beneficiary for their generosity. For the month of January, Al’s Steak House will be donating 65 cents from every sub purchase to Community Lodgings! […]
Mark your calendars and register now! Community Lodgings 5th Annual Open Doors Breakfast is Thursday, September 26, 2019 from 8:00 – 9:00 am. Join us at Beth El Hebrew Congregation in Alexandria to start your day by learning more about Community Lodgings and with a great breakfast. Doors open at 7:30 am. Click here to […]
