Entries by Katelyn Ellison
CASA Advocate Thomas Monahan: Building Bonds Through Patience and Consistency
“This is one of those nice little fairytales where it starts out ‘Once upon a time …’ and goes through to ‘The End’ where they live happily ever after. It was my very first case with CASA — my introduction to the CASA world.” This is how Thomas Monahan sets the scene when talking about […]
Donor Spotlight: Support for CASA comes in all shapes, sizes, and latitudes.
Halfway between the equator and the North Pole lies the 45th parallel. Those who live and play in New Hampshire’s scenic and adventure-rich North Country have likely seen the controversial green plaque marking the spot. (Due to the Earth being not quite a perfect sphere, and also the fact that the sign has been moved […]
CASA Advocate Mike Krizansky: Bringing Hope to Children at Home and Abroad
Mike Krizansky, retired design engineer and current volunteer for Court Appointed Special Advocates of New Hampshire, is a doer. If there’s one thing that would be torture to Mike, it’s being idle. From golf, to fishing, to restoring classic motorcycles, his list of interests is robust. And just as robust is the variety of ways […]
CASA Advocate Kathleen Bernstein
After retiring early, Kathleen Bernstein knew she still had more to give the world. Having “spent enough time making rich companies richer,” as she puts it, Kathleen decided to donate the rest of her working career away. She and her husband adopted their own two children, who are now grown, when they were six-and-a-half and […]
CASA Volunteer Advocate Mike LaRoche
Mike LaRoche’s volunteer journey began one fall evening in 2009. Up until then he’d contributed his fair share of time in support of his wife’s tremendous volunteer efforts, but always doing ancillary tasks. Setting up tables and chairs and running the concession stand at football games was helpful, but Mike wanted to do something more […]
CASA Advocate Shawn Bailey: Permanency Means Family
This summer, Lakes Region real estate agent Shawn Bailey will celebrate his 17th year volunteering with Court Appointed Special Advocates, or CASA, of New Hampshire. The circumstances that trigger the need for CASA volunteers, child abuse and neglect, are certainly not happy ones; but when you look at Shawn’s work, you’ll discover that there’s also […]
Married CASA Advocates: Toni Egger and Rob Taylor
When it comes to volunteering with Court Appointed Special Advocates, or CASA, some might wonder, what’s it like to have two volunteers living under the same roof? Married couple and CASA advocates Toni Egger and Rob Taylor have the answer: two really is company. Initially Rob and Toni were interested in becoming foster parents. And […]
