Posts by maggie
Washington Post Article: An after-school program in Trump’s backyard struggles to survive DOGE cuts
Aspire was honored to recently be featured in a Washington Post article that highlighted the impact of AmeriCorps funding cuts on our students, AmeriCorps members, families, and broader community. “When…
Read MorePaula Fynboh Receives Torch Award for Ethical Leadership
Aspire’s Executive Director, Paula Fynboh, was awarded the 2025 Torch Award for Ethical Leadership by Leadership Center of Arlington! The Torch Award for Ethical Leadership recognizes a regional leader who…
Read MoreUpdates on AmeriCorps Funding Cuts: Rising Together with our Community
Since Aspire was impacted by DOGE cuts to AmeriCorps on April 28th, we have finalized a plan that will allow us to continue serving and supporting as many students as…
Read MoreRising Together Fundraising Toolkit
Thank you for your partnership and support of Aspire! We’ve put together this toolkit with ideas and sample language that you can use to help close the gap in Aspire’s…
Read MoreImpact of AmeriCorps Cuts on Aspire
Who is Aspire? Aspire Afterschool Learning is a nonprofit in Arlington, Virginia that provides comprehensive no-cost afterschool and summer learning programming to historically underserved 3rd-8th grade students. We support and…
Read MoreStatement on AmeriCorps Funding Cuts
Over the weekend, DOGE cut $400M (41%) of all AmeriCorps programs for the current year, impacting 1,000+ organizations and over 30,000 AmeriCorps members. Unfortunately, these AmeriCorps cuts impact Aspire. On…
Read MoreA Day Dedicated to Education
Written by Paula Fynboh, Executive Director The “opportunity gap” is such a big topic. Many reports and books have been written about it, and yet it continues to grow. Aspire…
Read MoreFollow the Sun
Written by Chelsea Whitt, Aspire AmeriCorps Member I admit that the past several weeks as a teacher have been difficult. There have been days where I have been ladled with…
Read MoreAspire’s 2024-2025 Mid-Year Results
Aspire is celebrating our 30th anniversary this year, as well as finishing the last year of our current three-year strategic plan (July 2022-June 2025). Halfway through our program year, we’re…
Read MoreLessons and Growth in Class Two
Written by Celia Chadwick, Aspire AmeriCorps Member Some of my favorite things about teaching are watching the kids improve their reading (this is priceless), bond with each other, build relationships…
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