Summer 2026 Gatherings: Wednesdays, 5:30–7:30 PM, Location: Greer Elementary School, Dates: 6/10, 6/17, 6/24, 7/1, 7/8, 7/15, 7/29

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Summer 2026 Gatherings: Wednesdays, 5:30–7:30 PM, Location: Greer Elementary School, Dates: 6/10, 6/17, 6/24, 7/1, 7/8, 7/15, 7/29 *

Join Us for Cville Tulips Summer Gatherings Starting June 10th!🎉🌷

We’ll meet every Wednesday for English and healthcare learning, arts, yoga, conversation, and food, while children enjoy outdoor games, arts, and fun 📒🏀

🗓️ Date and Time: Wednesdays, 5:30-7:30 PM

📍Location: Greer Elementary School

🚌 Transportation is provided

To register, please fill out the form 🌷🙏

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Programming

English Language Learning

Cville Tulips English Program offers a welcoming space for women where they can focus on learning while their children are cared for, and transportation is provided. Faculty from UVA’s Center for American English Language designed English Circles ranging from beginning literacy to specialized circles like “Citizenship,”  and advise the English team comprised of interpreters, childcare volunteers, and English Circle leaders.

Youth Programming

Youth programming, led by undergraduates and supervised by UVA faculty and local teachers, centers on drama workshops, visual arts, outdoor free play, and soccer. Programming for teenage girls includes leadership training and an occasional radio show. 

Health Education

At each gathering, physicians and residents from the International Family Medicine Clinic at UVA prepare and present a health education module on a topic requested by Cville Tulips participants. Past modules have included nutrition, child development, and pregnancy and reproductive health, and information about navigating the American healthcare system.

Art Programming

Past Programs

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Past Programs *

  • Bi-weekly gathering at Peabody School

  • Bi-weekly gatherings at Peabody School

  • Weekly gatherings on Wednesdays (5-7pm)
    at Mountain View Elementary School and Fry’s Spring Beach Club

  • Biweekly gatherings at Peabody School
    Eid Al-Azha Celebration at Fry’s Spring Beach club

  • Biweekly gatherings at Peabody School

  • Weekly gatherings at Peabody School

  • Spring Gatherings took place on Sunday afternoons from 3:00 - 5:00pm on the following dates: 

    January 21 | February 4 | February 18 | February 25 | March 17 | March 31 | April 14 Eid Celebration | April 28 | May 12

  • Fall Gatherings took place on Sunday afternoons from 3:00 - 5:00pm on the following dates: 

    September 10 | September 24 | October 8 | October 22 | November 5 | November 19 | December 3

  • Summer Gatherings took place Wednesday evenings from 5:00 - 7:00pm on

    June 14 | June 21 | June 28 | July 5 | July 12 | July 19 | July 26 | August 2 | August 9     

    In early June, Fry’s Springs Beach Club hosted women-only swim classes for Cville Tulips.

    Cville Tulips met every other Sunday from January to May 2023 including a special Eid al-Fitr Celebration on Sunday, April 23rd.

  • Biweekly gatherings at Fry’s Spring Beach Club

  • We gathered every other Sunday at Fry Springs Beach club for language learning, arts, conversation and food. Fall Programming ran October 2 - December 11th.

  • We gathered on Tuesday Evenings on the University of Virginia Arts Grounds for movement, arts, and conversation. The programs ran from June 21 through August 9 from 5:30-7:30 pm.  Kids enjoyed nature-based activities with Wild Rock and women had the opportunity to explore exercise and creative expression. Our team included professional social workers and teachers as well as student volunteers and sound justice interns. 

  • Weekly Gatherings in the hotels providing games and food for women and children.

    June 13 “Pool Day” for women and children at Fry’s Spring Beach Club, where there was swimming, henna, arts and crafts, and sports.

    June 4 Family picnic at Chris Greene Lake Park for the Afghan refugee families staying in hotels.

    May 26 “Women-Only Swim Party” at Fry’s Spring Beach Club.

    May 15 Second “Creative Connections” at Fry’s Spring Beach Club.

    April 23 “Creative Connections” at Fry’s Spring Beach Club, which was an event consisting of art and physical activities along with making connections and storytelling.

    April 10 Picnic for Afghan women and children in Washington Park.

    April 1 JMRL-Northside Library tour for Afghan women and children, where they also attended literacy events.

    March 19 Second “Spring Gathering” at Fry’s Spring Beach Club.

    March 10 “Spring Gathering” A welcome event for refugee women at Fry’s Spring Beach Club that included art, physical activities, making connections, and storytelling.

    February Distributed 80 bags of art supplies to Afghan children living in hotels.

    February Worked with Ragged Mountain Running Shop to allocate 50 pairs of shoes to Afghan children who had recently arrived in Charlottesville and enrolled in school.