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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,…
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Paula 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…
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Updates 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…
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Rising 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…
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Impact 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…
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Statement 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…
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A 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…
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Follow 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…
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Aspire’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…
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Lessons 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…
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A Day in the Life
Written by Chelsea Whitt, Aspire AmeriCorps Member The doors open to the Drew Community Center, and the students stomp, strut, or stumble in, their loud…
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Raffle Announcement for 30th Anniversary Celebration
If you were part of Aspire’s fall event last year, you may remember the popularity of the raffle. These fun prizes are always a highlight…
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Looking Back and Looking Forward: Aspire’s Board of Directors
As Aspire enters the final year of our current three-year strategic plan, we are grateful for the two board members who recently fulfilled their terms…
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Camp Finale: Fire, Field Trips, and Fun
Summer has flown by, and Aspire’s six-week, full-day summer camp has come to an end. It’s been full of so many wonderful moments, from students…
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Aspire’s 2023-2024 Program Year Results
Aspire’s 2023-2024 program year was pivotal for our organization, our students, and the South Arlington community. We served a record number of students, reaching 135…
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