Oh snap, thanks everyone for the support and well wishes. I'm praying that I am accepted. I was worrying that it may interfere with my job (because I do work a lot of hours especially in the summer) but I feel like things will work themselves out. They say it requires about 10 hours a month so I can handle that.
I'm excited.
Hopefully I will not want to adopt every child I come in contact with! lol
This is an excerpt from their site that found very interesting so if anyone else is thinking about volunteering, here is a good reason too...
Overwhelmingly, African-American and Hispanic/Latino children are overrepresented in the child welfare system. In fact, African-Americans represent only 15% of the total population but make up 34% of the children in the foster care system. Of all CASA volunteers, currently only 12% are African-American. With more than 50% of the African-American children in need being boys, we have a special need for more men to stand up and be counted as everyday heroes and role models in the lives of these future men.
Visit our African-American dedicated site http://www.nationalcasa.org/aao/