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Making A Difference: Donna Laurent Helps Kids Navigate TheCourt System
When Donna Laurent decided to semi-retire, she wanted to find something useful to do with the time she now had on her hands. This article ran in the Caledonian Record on on Sept. 5, 2017 By Leah Carey Sep 5, 2017 JEFFERSON, NH — When Donna Laurent decided to semi-retire, she wanted to find something […]
CASA Volunteers Are Doing Meaningful Work
Dear Editor I am writing this letter to encourage your readers to consider being a CASA volunteer. A CASA volunteer is a Court Appointed Special Advocate / Guardian ad Litem who advocates for children who have been found to be neglected and abused by our NH Courts. Being a CASA, we have a very real […]
I Finally Made the Call and Became a CASA Volunteer
To the Editor: I am writing in hopes of catching the eye of someone special who wants to be a voice for abused and neglected children in NH. In our state and community we are in dire need of more CASA advocates. A CASA is a Court Appointed Special Advocate who becomes the voice of […]
It’s a Privilege to Serve as a CASA Volunteer
To The Editor: For the last 10 years it has been my privilege to act as a voice for abused and neglected children in our state’s court system. As a CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) volunteer it is my responsibility to meet, at least monthly, with every child that I am assigned, to speak with […]
Consider Becoming a CASA Volunteer Advocate
To the Editor: I am a trained Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) for abused and neglected children in New Hampshire. I am telling my story in hopes that you, too, will decide to become a CASA volunteer. A CASA is a volunteer of the NH Family Court who advocates on behalf of children who have […]
A Promise Kept
In the 1970s, I was an x-ray tech in a city hospital. A child was brought in by his mother who claimed he’d injured himself when he fell. His diagnosis of a spiral fracture, a classic sign of abuse, did not match her story. The radiologist, not wanting to “get caught up in the court […]
A Family’s Journey
In remarks he wrote to share with his mom and the court the day his case closed, Lucas had something he needed his mother Malina to know. “I never thought you’d be the mom I needed, but now you are.” They were words that at the onset of his case likely no one expected to […]
Meet Program Manager Jerry Larson
When CASA volunteer advocates graduate training, they are automatically assigned what is called a “Program Manager” in their region. Program managers are CASA staff members who provide supervision, support and ongoing training for volunteer advocates. Meet Jerry Larson, a program manager out of the Laconia office who supervises volunteers working in the Laconia, Ossipee and […]
Why a Peer Coordinator Makes a Difference
As a new CASA, accepting your first case can be daunting. CASA volunteer advocate Laurel Appleton walks us through how she found her comfort zone on her first day of court, and how it led her to apply to be a peer coordinator, a designated mentor for new volunteers. Laurel knew that she wanted to […]
