Community Volunteer Reading Night
2024-11-13 17:00 - 18:00 UTC | Arlington Mill Community Center, 909 South Dinwiddie St., 3rd Floor, Arlington, VA, 22204, United States
Join Aspire and read 1:1 with our students, help with homework, and see our beautiful program space.
Sign up here.

Questions? volunteer@aspireafterschool.org

Community Volunteer Reading Night
2024-12-03 17:00 - 18:00 UTC, 2025-01-22 17:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | Arlington Mill Community Center, 909 South Dinwiddie St., 3rd Floor, Arlington, VA, 22204, United States
Join Aspire and read 1:1 with our students, help with homework, and see our beautiful program space.
Sign up here.
Questions? Email volunteer@aspireafterschool.org.

Community Volunteer Art Night
2025-02-19 17:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | Arlington Mill Community Center, 909 South Dinwiddie St., 3rd Floor, Arlington, VA, 22204, United States
Join Aspire and work with our students as they explore their creative skills by creating an art project.
Sign up here.
Questions? Email volunteer@aspireafterschool.org.

Community Volunteer STEM Night
2025-03-19 17:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | Arlington Mill Community Center, 909 South Dinwiddie St., 3rd Floor, Arlington, VA, 22204, United States
Join Aspire and work with our students on a hands-on science, technology, engineering, or math project.
Sign up here.
Questions? Email volunteer@aspireafterschool.org.

Community Volunteer Reading Night
2025-05-21 17:00 - 18:00, 2025-10-15 17:00 - 18:00, 2026-01-21 17:00 - 18:00, 2026-02-25 17:00 - 18:00, 2026-04-15 17:00 - 18:00, 2026-05-21 17:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | Arlington Mill Community Center, 909 South Dinwiddie St., 3rd Floor, Arlington, VA, 22204, United States
Join Aspire and read 1:1 with our students, help with homework, and see our beautiful program space.
Sign up here.
Please note that the sign-up will close a week before the event to ensure our team is prepared for your arrival and can match you with a student. If the sign-up is closed or you have any questions, please email volunteer@aspireafterschool.org.

Student Lemonade Stand
2025-07-20 09:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Columbia Pike Farmers Market, Columbia Pike and S Walter Reed Drive, Arlington, VA, 22204, United States
When Aspire lost our AmeriCorps funding due to federal funding cuts, many of our students wanted to know what they could do to help. They wrote letters, showed up at school and County board meetings, and gave a warm welcome to the 15 former AmeriCorps members we were able to hire back on in part-time, temporary positions.
Now, they’re excited to get out in the community and help raise money to sustain Aspire’s work going forward! On Sunday, July 20th, Aspire students will have a stand at the Columbia Pike Farmers Market from 9am-1pm, at the intersection of Columbia Pike and S Walter Reed Drive. They’ll be selling freshly made lemonade, art, baked goods, and food from our Community Garden to raise funds for Aspire.
All donations up to $1,000 will be matched by Rock Spring Congregational Church of Christ. Our partners at Read Early and Daily (READ), will also set up a table at the stand so that everyone who purchases a treat can also choose a free book. Additionally, at their Book Nook bookshop, July 20th will be a designated *Aspire Day* with 20% of sales for the day going to Aspire.
Our students can’t wait to represent Aspire to the community. We hope to see you there!

Ribbon Cutting and Community STEM Night
2025-09-30 17:00 - 18:30 (America/New_York) | Arlington Mill Community Center, 909 South Dinwiddie St., 3rd Floor, Arlington, VA, 22204, United States
Join Aspire to officially open our Makerspace, hear more about the programming that this space will make possible, and then work with our students on a hands-on STEM project in this new space.
Sign up here.
Learn more about our Makerspace here.

Community Volunteer Art Night
2025-11-12 17:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | Arlington Mill Community Center, 909 South Dinwiddie St., 3rd Floor, Arlington, VA, 22204, United States
Join Aspire and work with our students as they explore their creative skills by creating an art project.
Sign up here.
Please note that the sign-up will close a week before the event to ensure our team is prepared for your arrival and can match you with a student. If the sign-up is closed or you have any questions, please email volunteer@aspireafterschool.org.

Community Volunteer Reading Night
2025-12-02 17:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | Arlington Mill Community Center, 909 South Dinwiddie St., 3rd Floor, Arlington, VA, 22204, United States
Join Aspire for a special Giving Tuesday community event! During this time, you’ll read 1:1 with our students, help with homework, and see our beautiful program space.
Sign up here.
If you have any questions, please email volunteer@aspireafterschool.org.

Support Aspire's Student Holiday Wish List
2025-12-12 12:00 - 23:59 (America/New_York) | VA
Help make sure local students receive a present that will make the season special!
This year has been particualrly challenging for many of the students and families that Aspire serves, and we’re looking forward to bringing some joy and hope to our students through their holiday wishlist. Our students have put together a wish list of one book and one present each that would make their holiday season extra special – everything from stuffed animals to coloring books to soccer gear – and we need your help to make sure that all of them receive their gifts.
One of our former students, now in his first year of college, recently shared a story about how he wrote his college essay on receiving Pokemon cards during the holiday party at Aspire when he was in fifth grade. He shared what a big impact this small moment had on him, and how it’s stuck with him and showed him the support of the Arlington community.
Will you help make this impact possible for current students by donating a gift for them today or sharing this wish list with your friends, family, and neighbors?
Check out the list at https://www.amazon.com/registries/gl/guest-view/V30MI7EZPJGC?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_ggr-subnav-share_KNYW6385TGXR4V0325W6_1
A few notes on this year’s student wish list:

All gifts are selected through our Amazon registry so that it’s easy for us to track progress.
When ordering a gift, please click on the address option that says “Aspire Afterschool” at checkout.
The wish list will close on 12/12 to ensure that we have everything in time for the holiday party.

MLK Day of Service
2026-01-19 08:30 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Washington Liberty High School, 1301 N Stafford St, Arlington, VA, 22201, United States
Join us for Volunteer Arlington’s MLK Day of Service! Aspire and the Center for Youth and Family Advocacy will be partnering for an interactive session on how afterschool programs unlock the potential of young people, tangible ways that you can support out of school time programs in Arlington and help close the educational opportunity gap, and a hands-on service project.

Community Volunteer STEM Night
2026-03-18 17:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | Arlington Mill Community Center, 909 South Dinwiddie St., 3rd Floor, Arlington, VA, 22204, United States
Join Aspire and work with our students on their science fair projects!
Sign up here.
Please note that the sign-up will close a week before the event to ensure our team is prepared for your arrival and can match you with a student. If the sign-up is closed or you have any questions, please email volunteer@aspireafterschool.org.

Student Showcase
2026-03-19 17:00 - 18:30 (America/New_York) | Arlington Mill Community Center, 909 South Dinwiddie St., 3rd Floor, Arlington, VA, 22204, United States
Come see the science fair projects that Aspire students have been working on this spring and hear them explain their hard work. This fun community event is open to everyone, and we hope you’ll join us.
Sign up here.
Questions? Email info@aspireafterschool.org.

Arlington County Budget Meeting: Support Afterschool
2026-03-24 18:30 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | Central Library Auditorium, 1015 N. Quincy St, Arlington, Virginia, 22201
Aspire and a broad coalition of afterschool providers and supporters will be testifying to the need for the County to support afterschool programming as they determine the FY27 budget. We encourage our community to attend and bring a sign that says “I support afterschool programs!”
Want a reminder? Email maggie@aspireafterschool.org and we’ll make sure you get an email shortly before the event.

Tour of Aspire
2026-04-16 16:00 - 18:00, 2026-04-30 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Arlington Mill Community Center, 909 South Dinwiddie St., 3rd Floor, Arlington, VA, 22204, United States
Join Aspire’s leadership team and fellow community members for a tour of Aspire’s program space, the chance to learn more about Aspire’s work and upcoming plans, and time to ask questions.
Register for a one-hour tour slot by clicking the “Register” button or following this link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C084FA4A922A5FAC61-62058422-tour.
