Pictured here are Stephen Manlove, Chair, Board of Directors; Garrett McGuire, AT&T; and Courtney Reeve, Executive Director.

The Aspire! After-school Program in Arlington, Virginia recently held their ribbon cutting and grand opening ceremony at their new facility located in the Arlington Mill Community Center.

AT&T provided $15,000 toward the completion of this project, which will house the program’s nearly 100 students during their afterschool and summer programs.

Aspire! serves disadvantaged young people in grades 3-5, critical transitional years in preparation for middle school, when students must strengthen their literacy and STEM skills or be left behind by their peers. This new space will have a dedicated study hall named after AT&T and allow these underserved students the chance to excel in school.