Please Attend our Open Doors to Independence Free Breakfast on October 20!

You helped us achieve success beyond our wildest dreams at last year’s “Open Doors to Independence” breakfast last year and we hope you will join us again! Our second annual Open Doors to Independence breakfast will be held on Thursday, October 20, at the Holiday Inn and Suites, 625 First Street, Alexandria, Virginia, 22314, from 8 – 9 a.m. Enjoy […]

Offering Translation Services for Adults in Need

“Buenas tardes. Nos gustaría establecer una reunión para discutir el comportamiento de su hijo en la escuela.” (“Good afternoon. We would like to set up a meeting to discuss your child’s behavior in school.”) Imagine your child handing you that note and you do not speak or understand Spanish. The note is on school letterhead […]

Motown to Old Town

  It was the “see and be seen” event of Old Town, Alexandria, at least on April 10, 2016, when our “Spring Forward” fundraiser at the Union Street Public House brought down the house!  The Alexandria Gazette Packet was there to capture it all – read their article about this crazy-fun nigh on pages 7 […]

Hennesy and Dana

The Accidental Mentor

Mentoring a teenage girl was the last thing on Dana Gilbertson’s mind in 2013 when she visited Community Lodgings, an Alexandria nonprofit that offers transitional and affordable housing and youth education to low-income, predominantly Latino families. Find out how Dana’s visit led to her to meet Hennesy and their special bond in this Alexandria Gazette Packet article, […]