August, 2011

New Awareness Campaign from National CASA – “I am for the Child”

National CASA has released a promotional video for their new awareness campaign “I am for the Child.”

Child Advocacy Services CASA Hosting 3rd Annual Cottages for CASA

On November 18, 2011 CAS will be raffling off two custom built playhouses for their 3rd Annual Cottages for CASA Playhouse Raffle. The annual event raises funds and awareness that enable CAS to provide services to children in their 10 parish area. Tickets will go on sale September 17, when the Sundresses & Shrimp Boots Preview Party, presented by ReBath and hosted at Frenier Landing from 5 pm to 8 pm, kicks off the event. Raffle tickets are $10, preview party tickets are $20.

For more information, check out this flyer, or visit the CAS website.

Building Resiliency in Child Advocates – Free Training

LACASA is hosting a training on September 7, 2011 in Alexandria on the topic of Building Resiliency in Child Advocates. Funding from the Office of Victim Services and the LA Court Improvement Program has allowed us to offer this training FREE OF CHARGE to a limited number of attendees. Visit Upcoming Events to register.

Country Singer Jimmy Wayne’s “Project MMH”

Country singer Jimmy Wayne was one of the nearly 30,000 youth who age out of the foster care system every year. Knowing from his own experience the difficulties that foster children face when they turn 18 and are suddenly no longer eligible for services, he founded “Project Meet Me Halfway” to raise awareness for aging-out foster youth. Through the project, Wayne released a documentary chronicling his 1700 mile walk from Nashville, TN to Phoenix, AZ highlighting the extreme poverty and homelessness aged-out foster youth often fall into.

In March 2011, Wayne was introduced as a spokesperson for National CASA Association at the 2011 National Conference.

You can watch a clip from the beginning of his walk across the country below.