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Every day in metro Atlanta, abused and neglected children are taken from their homes and placed into temporary foster care because their parents cannot, or will not take care of them.
CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) volunteers work to help these children find safe, permanent homes where they can thrive. Each volunteer advocate is specially trained to be a powerful voice for these children's best interests. They are ordinary people who do extraordinary things for some of our community's most vulnerable children.
The mission of the Metro Atlanta Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) Collaborative, comprised of the CASA programs in Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton and Gwinnett counties, along with Georgia CASA, is to develop and share resources in order to strengthen each program’s effectiveness and to increase the number of CASA volunteers in metro Atlanta advocating for abused and neglected children. The Collaborative strives to provide the highest quality of advocacy to children in metro Atlanta through cooperation, joint training and the development and implementation of new recruitment ideas.
CASA Day at the Atlanta Braves game on Sat., Aug. 14 is quickly approaching! Make plans now to attend. If you are a current CASA volunteer or board/advisory board member with one of the metro programs, please contact the relevant program about how to get your tickets. A limited number of free tickets are available. We hope to see you there!
The Atlanta Braves and WSB-TV have partnered with CASA on a public service announcement (PSA)! To watch the PSA, please click here.
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Thursday, July 29, 2010
