Here at CHAT we like to find reason to celebrate and bring the community together. We like to recognize our youth and their achievements as well as host special Holiday events. These events are great opportunities for CHAT to build relationships with the parents of our youth and get to know more of our neighbors. Many of these events take places in the homes that we live in throughout the community.
- Holiday Parties – The traditional Holiday events include a mammoth Easter Egg Hunt, Memorial and Labor Day Cookouts, a Fall Festival, Thanksgiving Dinners, and a Winter Pig Pickin’. In addition, at Christmas time we partner with organizations to provide gifts to all of our youth and roll around the neighborhood on Christmas Eve for delivery.
- Student Ceremonies – To commemorate the work and achievements of our youth we traditionally through end of the semester ceremonies in May, August, and December. These are great opportunities for parents to be included in the lives of the youth.
- Field Trips – Over the years CHAT has developed some traditional field trips that the youth look forward to for weeks, sometimes months. Every summer CHAT does an overnight camping trip to Kerr Lake, a day trip to Virginia Beach, swimming at Pocahontas State Park, and a day at Kings Dominion. In addition, roller skating at the roller dome is a popular fall and spring trip, as well as picking pumpkins at the Pumpkin Patch.
- Volunteer Appreciation – CHAT is dependent upon volunteers for its success! Every May we host a dinner to thank our volunteers for their support. In addition, we do smaller tutor dinners throughout the year in our home locations and an outdoor BBQ at Jefferson Park during the summer.
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