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CASAs
for Children Annual Quilt Auction
CASAs for
Children 13th Annual Silent Quilt Auction will be held on Saturday,
November 22, 2008, at the ConocoPhillips Atrium. Get
more details.
Organizer
Debby Hudson accepts quilts anytime throughout the year. You
may contact her at 337-7900 or by
email.
View 2007 quilt auction pictures.
2008 Raffle
Quilt handcrafted by Becky Rudisill
2008 national casa
conference
CASAs for Children lottery winners
Stephanie Schulling
and
Sylvia Berg, joined with seven other delegates from
Alaska and over 1500 other child advocates, judges, CASA staff and board
members, at the 2008 National CASA Conference in Washington, DC.
Several of the Alaska delegates also participated in CASA Meets
Congress, meeting with
Senators Ted Stevens and Lisa Murkowski
to educate them about CASA and ask for their support of federal
funding for CASA and for support of foster youth beyond age 18.
View
pictures.
Check back here later this summer to hear from
Stephanie and Sylvia about their conference experience. And
plan ahead: the 2009 National CASA Conference will be held in
Denver, CO April 25-28th.
2008
LIGHT OF HOPE EVENTS A success
The 2008 Light of Hope events held around the state in April all
enjoyed great success. Valley CASA kicked off the month on April 6
with a family fun day and green ribbon tying ceremony at Wasilla
High School. View pictures.
Anchorage held a luncheon at the Eagan Center on April 18 attended
by over 300 people. Guest speakers included a former foster youth
and a parent recently graduated from the Family CARE Court, a
therapeutic drug court. View pictures.
Juneau's Light of Hope event was held April 19. View pictures.
About 200 people attended the first annual
Fairbanks Light of Hope luncheon during the Community Cares
Conference at the Carlson Center on April 23rd.
View pictures.
Read the Daily News-Miner story.
Meet the Spring 2008 Anchorage CASA Volunteer Class
Thirteen
new Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA)
volunteers were sworn in on Friday, April 25th by Anchorage
Children's Court Master William Hitchcock. Please welcome them!
(Left
to right) Darlene Riley (with daughter Jamie), Michele Buchinsky,
Kippy Lanz, Cherry Galloway, Karen Brodsky, Shirley Greeninger,
Janelle Gomez, Ann Faulkner, Elsie King, Jennifer Clark, Alez
Beaudreault, Terry Tarner, Laura Cornejo. Missing: Linda Fleury.
Meet the Winter 2008 Anchorage CASA Volunteer Class
Sixteen
new Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA)
volunteers were sworn in on Monday, February 11th by Anchorage
Children's Court Master William Hitchcock. Please welcome them!
(Left
to right) Front row: Brandon Zarzoza, Nick Gilila, Richard
Satterfield, Brenda Jones, Albert Nells, Pola Farve, Tom Fenn.
Back row: Justin Hatton, Joshua Love, Andrew Hickman, Chuck McCrea
(partially obscured), Karmelle Diele, Josephine Vollertson, Evelyn
Robinson. Missing: Shirley Tuzroyluke, Trina Short.
Meet the Winter 2008 Juneau CASA Volunteer Class
Five
new Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) volunteers were sworn in
on Wednesday, January 30th by Juneau Superior Court Judge Patricia
Collins . Please welcome them!
[Left to Right] Back row: Lynn
Squires-White, CASA program
coordinator, Janine Reep, CASA program attorney/GAL, Allen Hulett. Front row:
Tom Shanley, Jill Burkert, Don Harris, Macky McClung.
Meet the Winter 2008 Valley CASA Volunteer Class
Seven
new Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) volunteers were sworn in
on Monday, March 3rd by Juneau Superior Court Judge Beverly Cutler. Please welcome them!
[Left to Right] Back row: David
Eastman, Cecily Skoog-Moore, CASA program
coordinator, Mardene Collins, Cheryl Mallett, Mariann Malone
(obscured). Front row: Marian Charles, Rhonda Morrow,
Maria Abada.
