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September 29, 2020  |  By CommunityLodgings  |  In Blog, News, Youth Education Programs

Say Something

Watch Chief Brown of the Alexandria Police Department read Say Something by Peter. H. Reynolds to our students!

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August 23, 2020  |  By CommunityLodgings  |  In Blog, News, Success Stories, Transitional Housing

Have Hope and Never Give Up: The Keys to Candi’s Resilience

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 […]

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August 18, 2020  |  By CommunityLodgings  |  In Blog, News, Youth Education Programs

Discovering New Worlds: Kaylene Goes to Camp Read-Away

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 […]

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August 6, 2020  |  By Keaira Kittrell  |  In Blog, Events, Video

Wine Down Wednesday Yoga Series (Videos Included)

Join us as we help Open Doors to Self-Care during these hectic times.  Yoga instructor and Licensed Massage Therapist, Karen Kuzminsky, will conduct a series of three virtual yoga and meditation sessions via Facebook Live and we invite the entire Community Lodgings family – volunteers, staff, residents, and supporters – to join us as we […]

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July 2, 2020  |  By Keaira Kittrell  |  In Monthly Newsletter

July 2020 News

A Message from the Executive Director Dear Friends, I hope that this finds you well and that you have found fun ways to cope with the quarantine. During the past three months, COVID-19 has hit the Arlandria community (also known as Chirilagua) harder than any other area in Alexandria, and a large percentage of the […]

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June 19, 2020  |  By CommunityLodgings  |  In Affordable Housing, Blog, Covid19

Keeping Food on the Table: Julio steps up to the plate

When Covid-19 struck, neighbors came together to help each other in Chirilagua—especially Julio. Julio has always involved himself in the community and in CLI by attending all CLI meetings, all parent-teacher conferences and working hard to keep the neighborhood safe. So when Covid-19 hit Chirilagua harder than any other area of Alexandria, Julio stepped up […]

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June 19, 2020  |  By CommunityLodgings  |  In Uncategorized

The Importance of Education: A Mother-Daughter Journey

Like many of her neighbors, Oralia works hard to give her children a good life and a solid education in her adopted neighborhood of Chirilagua. Born in Belize, she later moved to Guatemala to live with her father and grandmother. “Over there,” says Oralia, “people are poor, need food, and I would see kids who […]

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June 3, 2020  |  By CommunityLodgings  |  In Events

Wine Down Wednesday!

We’ve got a special treat for you! Wine Down Wednesday. Grab a glass and enjoy this live stream performance by our special guest, Manuel Medina Music, with a Facebook live virtual piano concert.

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May 21, 2020  |  By Keaira Kittrell  |  In Blog, Covid19, Transitional Housing

Real Clients Coping With COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the lives of many around the world. Within our own community, families are suffering from unemployment, lack of resources, and health concerns. To take a closer look at how our Transitional Housing Program participants  are coping with the effects of COVID-19, we asked them to share their personal stories. As […]

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May 19, 2020  |  By CommunityLodgings  |  In Covid19

ACT Now Tuesday Talk with Executive Director, Lynn Thomas

Lynn Thomas of Community Lodgings  and Shannon Steene of Carpenter’s Shelter discuss homelessness and housing with in the second of five ACT Now Tuesday Talks produced by ACT for Alexandria. At 12:00 p.m. ET on May 19, June 2, June 16 and June 30, we’re talking to beneficiaries of the ACT Now COVID-19 Response Fund and […]

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