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09-13-2006, 02:30 PM
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CASA - Court Appointed Special Advocates For Children
Is anyone here a CASA volunteer (Court Appointed Special Advocates For Children http://www.nationalcasa.org/index.asp )? After much prayer and soul searching, I've decided to become one. I just so tired of reading stories about how children are just abused and degraded as if they are nothing but trash, but when in fact they are a gift from God. Hopefully, I won't be crying all the time. lol
Anyway, I was wondering if anyone has done this before and if so, what has your experience been like.
Thanks in advance for sharing!
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09-13-2006, 02:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Honeykiss1974
Is anyone here a CASA volunteer (Court Appointed Special Advocates For Children http://www.nationalcasa.org/index.asp)? After much prayer and soul searching, I've decided to become one. I just so tired of reading stories about how children are just abused and degraded as if they are nothing but trash, but when in fact they are a gift from God. Hopefully, I won't be crying all the time. lol
Anyway, I was wondering if anyone has done this before and if so, what has your experience been like.
Thanks in advance for sharing! |
Congratulations, Honeykiss!!
I fixed your link because the ")?" carried over.
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09-13-2006, 02:46 PM
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Congratulations, HK74, ...do your thang.
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09-13-2006, 02:48 PM
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Way to go Honeykiss!
I have a friend who is a guardian ad litem and she loves it. It actually brings her more joy than tears.
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09-13-2006, 02:56 PM
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Kudos to you, Honeykiss!!  
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09-13-2006, 02:56 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Honeykiss1974
Is anyone here a CASA volunteer (Court Appointed Special Advocates For Children http://www.nationalcasa.org/index.asp )? After much prayer and soul searching, I've decided to become one. I just so tired of reading stories about how children are just abused and degraded as if they are nothing but trash, but when in fact they are a gift from God. Hopefully, I won't be crying all the time. lol
Anyway, I was wondering if anyone has done this before and if so, what has your experience been like.
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Congrats HoneyKiss!
My mom has been a CASA volunteer for about a year. She got involved after she read about the program in an article. Right now she's working with a young girl who's parents are going through a divorce, and helping the mother get parenting skills and go to classes. She really enjoys it.
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09-13-2006, 03:04 PM
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It's great that programs like that exist.....the child needs a voice and I can imagine how frustrating it must be for a small one, with everything in chaos around them and feeling like he or she has no voice.
You go girl!
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09-13-2006, 03:08 PM
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I submitted my application last week, I just felt the need to. A friend of mine introduced me to the program and I can't wait to hear back from CASA. At first I was a bit reluctant due to my tie constraints, but I just had to offer what I could. I'm looking forward to it, but I know this will affect me in some way.
In the past I was a Big Sister to a young girl and became close with the rest of her (6) siblings. Something happened where I couldn't see them anymore and that tore the children and me to pieces.
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09-13-2006, 03:18 PM
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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/
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09-13-2006, 04:07 PM
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Honeykiss1974, please keep us posted on yoru progress and I will keep everyone posted on mines as well. I'm looking forward to this.
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09-13-2006, 04:12 PM
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HK and ScholarOn,
bless you!
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09-13-2006, 07:38 PM
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Honeykiss, you are wonderful! I wish we had more people standing up for kids
You might know this, but CASA is the main philanthropy of Kappa Alpha Theta
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09-13-2006, 07:41 PM
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My sister volunteers through CASA and she enjoys it thoroughly!
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09-13-2006, 07:43 PM
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What a wonderful program. I may have to get involved, once this grad school thang is over!
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09-13-2006, 10:10 PM
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Bless those of you who take this on. It's a responsibility, and it takes a special person. Good for you!
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