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Cradle to career educational supports for children and families in Alexandria, VA

10/13/2026

Last year’s Scottish Christmas Walk Weekend featuring the Taste of Scotland was chosen as a Best of Virginia 2026 winner for best annual charity event in Northern Virginia by Virginia Living Magazine!

This year, for the 55th edition of the Weekend, the Taste of Scotland will return on Friday night, Dec. 4. You and your friends can enjoy this holiday themed party and its delicious catering, array of drinks (including dozens of wh**kys to sample and other alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages), music, and lots of fun.

On Saturday morning, Dec. 5, come join us for a parade around Old Town Alexandria where we’ll celebrate Alexandria’s Scottish roots and the amazing community it’s become hundreds of years later, all with a holiday flavor. This year’s parade is being produced by the City of Alexandria, with support from Campagna Center.

Sponsor and host tickets for the Taste of Scotland are now available for purchase at the link below. All proceeds will support Campagna’s work serving nearly 2,000 under-resourced children and families in Alexandria.

https://www.campagnacenter.org/alexandria-scottish-christmas-walk-parade/

10/08/2026

Meet Wilder and Zoila, New Neighbors ELL students who have had amazing success utilizing their improved English language skills to enhance their personal and professional lives.

Want to help other students like them? We’re looking for volunteers to join us for a “Networking in Practice” event hosted by Campagna Center’s New Neighbors program, where multilingual jobseekers can practice their networking and conversational skills with community members in a safe space. Guests should arrive no later than 6:30 pm on Tuesday, 10/20 at the Campagna Center and then “work the room” and engage directly with our participants, helping them practice their introductions and elevator pitches.

It’s also a great chance to learn more about serving as a Career Coach on our new program from participants and staff, as we launch our recruitment efforts for the Spring cohort.

Please email Rogger Valle at [email protected] if you’re interested in attending this event and seeing the program in action!

Thank you Wilder and Zoila for sharing your story about the impact of New Neighbors. We’re so proud of your success.

Learn more about the event and how to get involved: https://www.volunteeralexandria.org/opportunity/a0CS600004o4TRCMA2/new-neighbors-networking-event-help-us-expand-immigrant-jobseekers-networks

10/06/2026

The time has come: The Scottish Christmas Walk Weekend featuring the Taste of Scotland will return this Dec. 4-5!

You can now buy your tickets and support Campagna’s programs for under-resourced children and families. Space is limited and we may sell out quickly, so reserve your spot today.

This year, the Taste of Scotland will happen on December 4, on the first floor of the ALX Community Atrium (6:30-10:00PM), but there will be an additional and exclusive rooftop experience on the fifth floor for sponsors beforehand (5:30-7:00PM). The rooftop experience will include top-tier wh**ky, elegant hors d'oeuvres, live music, and views of Old Town Alexandria in the holiday season. We're experimenting with this approach as we continually look to improve the event and its impact on our mission, and respond to suggestions.

As always, the main event will feature holiday catering, lots of Scotch to taste (as well as other alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverage options), and holiday music for all guests to enjoy.

To buy tickets or learn more, check out our website: https://www.campagnacenter.org/alexandria-scottish-christmas-walk-parade/

09/30/2026

School is back, and so is our Campagna Connections newsletter!

Our September edition includes our Kindergarten-readiness feature on Fox 5 News, a donation of 100 laptops from AT&T, the return of the Scottish Christmas Walk Weekend, and much more! Use the link below to read our September edition.

https://mailchi.mp/fa2daefd328d/june2026campagnaconnectionsnewsletter-10599920

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09/28/2026

Thank you to Dollar General Literacy Foundation for our 2026 adult literacy grant! The funding will support our New Neighbors program where we teach adult English classes.

In this image, a proud New Neighbors student is shown graduating from the program and being congratulated by their volunteer teachers. Our partnership with Dollar General Literacy Foundation is invaluable to our goals of supporting families, strengthening the community of Alexandria, and helping more people reach great moments like this.

Learn more about New Neighbors here: https://www.campagnacenter.org/program/adults-new-neighbors/

09/24/2026

Thank you so much to The Starbucks Foundation for awarding us a Neighborhood Grant to help us support the children and families in the Alexandria community!

This grant will support our Wright to Read program, which pairs caring tutor-mentors with elementary students who want to improve their reading skills. You can learn more about Wright to Read, including how you can volunteer to become a tutor-mentor, at our website.

09/22/2026

We are thrilled to announce that we have received a grant from The Peter B. Teeley Children's Charities Foundation!

This investment will support our efforts to help middle-school and high-school students plan and prepare for post-secondary success through our Building Better Futures program.

Partnerships like these play a critical role in advancing meaningful, sustainable impact. We are grateful to The Peter B. Teeley Children’s Charities Foundation for their commitment to strengthening nonprofit organizations and expanding opportunities for those we serve.

Learn more about Building Better Futures on our website. If you’d like to volunteer with Building Better Futures to help high school seniors with college essays in scholarships this October, please contact Building Better Futures Program Manager, Julia Jones, at [email protected] to learn more. enter.org to learn more.

09/17/2026

Thank you AT&T for donating 100 laptops to Campagna Center for program participants to use. To celebrate this partnership, AT&T representative Garrett McGuire visited Campagna Center Headquarters on September 11, 2026, where Campagna staff members Katrina Foelsche, Rogger Valle, and JaLissa Coffee Lyon shared highlights of how the laptops will help students and families pursue better economic mobility.

This donation will help New Neighbors pilot a new Career and Employment Coaching Program. This new pilot will pair 30 current and former New Neighbors students with mentors to help these job seekers build their professional networks and work through their career plan with guidance. The pilot hopes to help participants leverage their multitude of skills into fulfilling and rewarding careers.

This donation will also support Campagna Center’s Building Better Futures Program, providing laptops for high school students who are preparing for their future whether that is college, vocational school, employment, or otherwise.

This effort is part of AT&T’s initiative to help address the digital divide through internet accessibility, affordability, and safe adoption. AT&T is committing $5 billion to help 25 million people get and stay connected to high-speed internet by 2030. This includes distributing more than 800 computers to students and their families across Virginia since 2021. AT&T will distribute 30,000 laptops nationwide in 2026.

Thank you so much, AT&T, for supporting our community and other communities across the country.

09/15/2026

On September 10, 2026, Campagna Center Chief Development Officer Mike Crifasi spoke at ACT for Alexandria's Legacy Celebration Event in honor of Alexandria's first ever Legacy Month, which celebrates charitable gifts made to nonprofits as parts of donors' legacies.

As a contributor to ACT’s larger Think Ahead Alexandria initiative, which encourages individuals to consider leaving a gift to a local nonprofit in their will, estate, or via another legacy method, Campagna shared the story of Marian Van Landingham and the incredibly generous gift her estate gave to the organization after her passing in April 2026.

Marian was a passionate contributor to the betterment of the Alexandria community. An artist and arts patron, elected representative, and former Campagna Center board member and volunteer, Marian’s beliefs were recently recalled by Carter Flemming, former Campagna Board Chair and long-time supporter: “Marian believed that all the children of Alexandria are indeed our children, and we have a responsibility to ensure they have what they need to reach their full potential.”

Marian's gift will support all of our programs, including what she cared about most: early childhood education, literacy support, and English language classes. We hope to be good stewards of her legacy.

We are deeply grateful to Marian for leaving this gift to our mission, and to Carter Flemming for helping us remember Marian so well. We are also grateful to ACT for Alexandria for inviting us to participate in Think Ahead Alexandria, which is an excellent initiative for deepening and expanding the culture of philanthropy that makes Alexandria such a supportive community for all its residents.

If you would like to learn more about legacy gifts and Campagna Center, or have questions, please contact us at [email protected].

09/02/2026

Campagna Center Chief Program Officer, JaLissa Coffee Lyon, and Education Site Manager, Tiffany Ramsey, joined FOX 5 on August 31, 2026, to discuss learning strategies taught in Campagna Center’s Early Childhood Programs that parents can use to improve their children's Kindergarten readiness.

Learn more about how Campagna Center's Early Childhood Programs help children aged 0-5 develop academically, emotionally, and socially: https://www.campagnacenter.org/program/early-childhood-early-head-start-alexandria-head-start-and-early-learning-center/

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418 S Washington Street
Alexandria, VA
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Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

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