(October 27, 2015) – Arlington’s newest Little Free Library opened today at 1723 North Veitch Street. The new mini library, which offers free books to share from a free-standing wooden box, is the result of a collaboration between a community member and a local nonprofit affordable housing organization, AHC Inc. “Colonial Village West has been […]
AHC is deeply grateful to the volunteers who make such a difference to our students. This fall we celebrated our Volunteers of the Year and honored one individual (or group) from each of our primary groups of volunteers – After-School, Teen Tutoring and Student Volunteers. “AHC is so fortunate to have hundreds of wonderful volunteers […]
(August 15, 2015 – Arlington, VA) – AHC students had a banner year in all three of our education programs – Teen Tutoring, After-School for elementary students and Summer Camp. In the Teen Tutoring program, all nine of the seniors graduated from high school and, impressively, they are all planning to go to college. Together, […]
Israel Weldeslassie only began speaking English about a year ago when he moved to Arlington from Eritrea. Despite having to learn a new language and reading at about a first grade level, the 7th grader is making amazing progress and is enthusiastically optimistic about his new life. Much of his success is due to his […]
Long-time (11 years!) volunteers Joanna Miller and Roger Brown have created a scholarship exclusively for AHC students in 2014. They presented the first-ever merit scholarship to Sivia Campos, who has participated in AHC’s education programs since 2nd grade. Sivia is now attending the University of Mary Washington. The scholarship fund, which is managed by the […]
