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| Second Annual Breakfast of Champions Raises $143,000 for CASA |
| CASA - 05/18/10 |
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More than 300 people attended CASA’s Second Annual Breakfast of Champions on Wednesday, May 12, 2010. Nearly 160 individuals made pledges and donations at the event which generated $143,000 in funding for CASA. Twenty individuals joined the Champions of Hope Society – each pledging $1,000 a year for five years to CASA. Guests were challenged by Wayne Wright Lawyers which matched the first $3,000 donated at the breakfast.
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| CASA Advocates for Children of Eldorado |
| CASA - 4/23/08 |
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We are overwhelmed and grateful for the flood of calls and support for the children of the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints group out of Eldorado, TX. As you may have heard in the news, several of these children are placed in and around the San Antonio area. We will be asking our experienced volunteers to advocate for these children due |
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| S.A Rally Urges Expanded Group of Child Advocates |
| MySA - 4/15/10 |
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About 200 people gathered Monday on the steps of the Bexar County Courthouse to proclaim one ringing message through blue plastic megaphones: Stop child abuse now. Texas CASA, or Court Appointed Special Advocates, put on the event designed to raise awareness during April, which is Child Abuse Prevention and Awareness Month. Trained CASA volunteers are paired with children who have been removed from home because of abuse or neglect and placed in the foster-care system. The volunteers act as advocates and investigate cases to help judges determine what is in the child's best interest.
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| Volunteers Needed To Help Abused And Neglected Childern In San Antonio |
| WOAI - 07/07/2010 |
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SAN ANTONIO - Child Advocates San Antonio (CASA) recruits, trains, and supervises court-appointed advocates who provide constancy for abused and neglected children and youth while advocating for services and placement in safe and permanent homes. Last year 322 CASA volunteers served 1325 abused and neglected children. Almost all of the children served were impacted specifically because of the work the CASA volunteer does on their behalf. Call CASA at (210) 225-7070 or go to casa-satx.org to learn more about how you can make a difference in the life of a child. |
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| Lynda Alston Joins Child Advocates San Antonio |
| CASA - 06/01/10 |
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Lynda Alston Joins Child Advocates San Antonio (CASA) as Vice President Noted local executive brings fundraising, finance and marketing expertise to CASA and will help the effort to address the need of Bexar County’s children at-risk SAN ANTONIO, May 18, 2010 – Local San Antonio nonprofit executive Lynda Alston has joined Child Advocates San Antonio (CASA) as the organization’s new vice president. Ms. Alston, who had most recently been Executive Director at ChildSafe, brings a wealth of experien |
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| Hearts and Hands Casino Night Raises 10,000 for CASA |
| Hearts and Hands - 4/8/10 |
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We would like to thank all the volunteers who attended the Hearts and Hands casino event on April 8th. The event was sponsored by Hearts and Hands (Keller Williams Heritage) to benefit CASA. |
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| CASA receives funding from St. Luke's Lutheran Health Ministries and the San Antonio Area Foundation |
| CASA - 5/21/08 |
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CASA recently received a $15,000 grant from St. Luke's Lutheran Health Ministries and $15,000 from the Gaynelle and Gene Rankin Endowment Trust and Ernestine Boylan Shugart Fund of the San Antonio Area Foundation to assist in the recuitment, training and supervision of court-appointed volunteers who advocate for children who have been removed from their homes because of abuse and neglect. "We are honored to have gained the continued support of both St. Luke's Lutheran Health Ministires and the San Antonio Area Foundation. The generous grants from both foundations will help us rec |
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| New World Wine And Food Festival |
| NWWFF - 11.9.2009 |
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CASA Supporters Receive 15% Discount Throughout the Festival! Purchase tickets online for the New World Wine & Food Festival and receive 15% off the ticket price for all events except the Winemaker Lunches, Dinners and Black Tie Event. The festival runs from November 10 - 15, 2009. CASA receives part of the proceeds from the final event of the festival, Total Tejas, which is family-friendly and held at the beautiful Rio Cibolo Ranch. Besides being able to help yourself to the generous samples of food, wine and other beverages, there are lots of activities for the kids. This year, |
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| Judicial Survey Shows Volunteers Make The Difference in a Life of a Child |
| www.casa-satx.org - 05/27/09 |
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A new survey states that judges rely heavily on the opinions of Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) when hearing cases about abused and neglected children. “I am gratified but not surprised at the results,” said Janet Ketcham, Executive Director of the San Antonio CASA progra |
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| CASA/Frontier Enterprises Licensed to Care Campaign Raises $2,810 |
| CASA - 06/07/10 |
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During the month of April, Frontier Enterprises and CASA teamed to promote the CASA Licensed to Care campaign. CASA mini paper license plates were sold by the 16 Jim's Restaurants for a $1 and $5 donation. We would like to thank CASA board member, Tracie Hasslocher, for making this campaign possible. |
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| CASA receives funding from Capital One Bank |
| CASA - 12/17/08 |
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CASA recently received a $5,000 grant from the local office of Capital One Bank to continue to serve the growing number of children entering state care as a result of abuse and neglect. CASA volunteers are an extra set of eyes and ears for the Bexar County Children's Court judges. They help ensure that children in the Child Protective Services (CPS) system have a voice in the
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| Community Outrage Over Children's Death Result in Community Action for Abused and Neglected Children |
| CASA - 4/18/2007 |
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San Antonio, TX - San Antonio's response to the recent and tragic death of children allegedly murdered by their mother has turned from outrage to action. On Thursday, April 26th District Judge Peter Sekai will officially swear-in twenty-five (25) community volunteers to serve as court-appointed special advocates for abused and neglected children in Bexar County.
Many of the volunteers who will be sworn-in on April 26 responded to the call to action our elected officials and community leaders put out due to the number of children in our child protection system that are at great risk of |
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| CASA License Plates |
| Texas CASA - 5/12/09 |
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Here is some information on the new Lone Star Proud for Kids license plates. Please note that our CASA will receive $11 for every license plate sold in Bexar County. For replacement license plate: Anyone replacing their CASA should go directly to the tax assessor offic |
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| A SOLUTION FOR SAN ANTONIO'S GROWING CHILD ABUSE PROBLEM |
| CASA - 2/9/2007 |
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San Antonio, TX - Child Advocates San Antonio (CASA), a San Antonio advocacy organization that improves the lives of abused and neglected children through court-appointed volunteers, applauds doctors at Christus Santa Rosa Children's Hospital for alerting Child Protective Services (CPS) after treating an infant with serious injuries that could be the result of abuse.
"This week's headlines are a grim reminder that child abuse is becoming a problem of almost epic proportions in our community," said Janet Ketcham, CASA Executive Director. "San Antonio has one of the highest rates of child |
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| CASA CONVENES ITS ANNUAL CHILD ADVOCACY TRAININGS |
| CASA - 1/29/2007 |
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San Antonio, TX - Child Advocates San Antonio (CASA), a San Antonio advocacy organization that improves the lives of abused and neglected children through court-appointed volunteers, kicked off its annual child advocacy training program in January.
"The recent headlines about children dying or suffering horrific abuse have highlighted the ever increasing rate of child abuse in our community," said Janet Ketcham, CASA Executive Director. "The rise in child abuse has created an urgent need for more CASA volunteers to ensure the needs of these children do not slip through the cracks of what i |
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| CHILDREN'S COURT WELCOMES NEWLY COURT-APPOINTED |
| www.casa-satx.org - 1/30/2007 |
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San Antonio, TX - Janet Ketcham, Executive Director of Child Advocates San Antonio (CASA), will be joined by Associate Judge Charles Montemayor of the Bexar County Children's Court to swear-in community volunteers to serve as child advocates. The ceremony will take place on Friday, February 2 in room 3.06 at the Bexar County Courthouse, beginning at 4:00 p.m.
As Executive Director of the San Antonio child advocacy organization, Ketcham will usher in the new court-appointed volunteers to be a much-needed extra set of eyes and ears for the judges who decide the children's futures, and who are |
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| Comment: Be a voice for abused and neglected children |
| San Antonio Express News - 09/06/2006 |
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Web Posted: 08/06/2006 06:00 PM CDT
There have been tragic stories in the news about children who have fallen prey to horrific abuse or suffered from neglect at the hands of those who are supposed to love and protect them. There are many more children whose stories are untold and who will live in the shadows of abuse until someone gives them a voice. That voice can come in many different forms ; a teacher, doctor, your next-door neighbor, maybe even you. It only takes one.
We have been blessed to know many people who have chosen to be a voice for children living with abuse or neglect. |
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| Child advocate volunteers 'are the eyes and ears of the court' |
| Express News - 05/01/2006 |
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Web Posted: 04/28/2006 12:00 AM CDT
Tracy Idell Hamilton
Express-News Staff Writer
The end of Child Abuse Awareness month means little to the hundreds of children whose lives have been upended by violence and remain in limbo, their fate unclear as their cases make their way through the courts.
They are assigned a guardian ad litem, an attorney whose jo |
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