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Alaska CASA
Office of Public Advocacy
900 West Fifth Avenue
Suite 525
Anchorage, AK 99501
(907) 269-3500
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What's New at Alaska CASA
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Join the
Alaska CASA team!
Gather your
friends, family, co-workers and appetites and mark your
calendar for the 8th Annual Alaska Visitors Industry
Charity Walk.
Also
known as the “5K graze to raise,” walkers start at the
park strip, travel along the coastal trail and through
downtown Anchorage, stopping at different food stations
along the way. Walkers end up back at the park strip for
the grand finale ”WOW event” with desserts,
entertainment, children’s activities and fabulous
prizes.
The
Alaska CASA Team will be walking to raise money for
CASAs for Children.
The minimum donation is
$30 for adults (sponsor yourself, or solicit sponsors
from among your friends, family and coworkers), or $15
for children ages 5-18.
Get more
details.
Please join our team:
Register on-line (credit card only). Be sure to
select Alaska CASA from the Team Name drop-down menu!
The on-line registration deadline is April 28th
at 5PM. Or, you may
download a registration form.
In order to be part of the Alaska CASA team, you must
register on-line or turn in your registration form and
payment (make checks payable to Visitor Industry Charity
Walk) to Alaska CASA at the Office of Public Advocacy,
900 W. 5th Ave., Ste 525 by 5PM on April 28th.
The
Alaska CASA team will be gathering on May 2nd
at 5pm in the parking lot on the corner of 7th
& K. For more information call Marion (269-3512), June
(269-3510) or Pat (345-5706) or check www.alaskacasa.org.
LIGHT OF HOPE EVENTS PLANNED
Plans for 2008 Light of Hope events
in Anchorage, Fairbanks,
Juneau and
the Mat-Su Valley are underway,
and nominations for the annual Light of Hope awards are being
accepted now. The 2008 schedule of events:
Mat-Su
Valley April
6th More
information.
View program.
Anchorage
April 18th
More information.
Nominate
someone. Juneau
April 19th
Check back for more
information soon!Fairbanks
April 23rd See
the flyer.
Nominate someone.
SUMMER CAMP FOR FOSTER CHILDREN
Royal Family Kids' Camp (RFKC) is accepting
registration now for 2008. RFKC is a five day
(Monday – Friday) summer resident camp for children ages
7-11 who have been or are in the foster care system.
Camp is free for eligible children, and will be held
June 16-20th. Please contact
Tammy Keech for more information (279-1803), or
visit their
website.
CFC RECRUITING BOARD MEMBERS
CASAs for Children (CFC) is looking for energetic
and committed people to serve on our Board of Directors. This is an
exciting time in our history and we are looking for motivated people
to help us achieve our goal of providing a CASA volunteer for every
child who needs one.
Read More.
DONATE ONLINE!
Supporting CASAs for Children is easier than ever. You
may donate online through Click & Pledge. The process is
very easy, and takes just a few minutes to complete. You
will then receive an email receipt of your donation.
For more information on CASAs for Children, use the
navigation button (left) or click
here.
To contribute to CASAs for Children using a credit card, please
click on the icon to go to a secure web page:
 Click on the icon to make a pledge!
(If this link doesn't work, please go to the
CASAs for Children
page)
ALASKA CASA PARTNERS WITH NATIVE COMMUNITY TO RECRUIT
VOLUNTEERS
In a unique partnership, the Alaska CASA program is
working closely with the Native community to
recruit more Native CASA volunteers. Kay Wallis, Alaska
CASA Diversity Specialist, is coordinating the
initiative in Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau and the
Mat-Su Valley.
Alaska Native children comprise some 60% of the children
in state custody, and more Native volunteers are needed
to advocate for them. This
initiative
seeks to meet that need through targeted recruitment
and improvements to training and mentoring in order to
attract and retain Native volunteers.
For more information email
Kay Wallis or call her at
269-3522.
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Mission Statement
 The
mission of the Alaska CASA Program is to
recruit, train, supervise and support quality volunteers who reflect
the diversity of Alaska’s population. CASA volunteers speak
for the best interests of abused and neglected children in the
courts, and advocate for each child to have a safe permanent home.
© Barbara Lavallee (1991)
Note: Barbara Lavallee's artwork is available at Artique, Ltd., 314
G Street, Anchorage, AK 99501 or at
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