by Kira Farrell | Jul 11, 2019
Success Stories Rose walks across the stage at her junior high school graduation with a smile that lights up the room. She earned this moment. She stands tall in her gown. As she receives her diploma, she smiles at the crowd, finding two special people who are there...
by Kira Farrell | Jul 2, 2019
Success Stories When Sarah was just 10 years old, she entered the foster care system. Her case file was a thick one, filled with the story of her life. There had been 26 calls of suspected abuse or neglect, mostly reported by teachers. Her mother suffered from a sad...
by Kira Farrell | Apr 12, 2018
Success Stories Jeff, a CASA volunteer, took the nine-year-old boy he was advocating for, Mitchell, out to the park for their weekly visit. Fairly quickly, Jeff noticed Mitchell wasn’t acting normal, he was tired, disengaged, and quiet. Jeff knew the...
by Kira Farrell | Feb 8, 2018
Success Stories In the words of a volunteer: Emma was an adorable and engaging 20-month-old toddler when I was first appointed as her CASA. She had been neglected through her mother’s use of drugs and her father had physically abused her older siblings. One of...
by Kira Farrell | Feb 6, 2018
Success Stories The deck was stacked against Angela from the day she was born. Her mother died of a drug overdose weeks after giving birth. No one knew who her father was. And prenatal exposure to drugs left Angela suffering from severe asthma, residual shakes, and...
