2020 has been the year of notable pre-service trainings. Back in January, we had our largest training class ever with 29 new advocates from Manchester. Shortly after that, our Dover class of 22 began their 40 hours of training. The group, once meeting face-to-face, was disheartened to learn that their classroom style of learning would […]
My name is Lisa Cioffi and I am a new program manager at CASA. Last week, I participated, along with the appointed CASA GAL (and in our case our wonderful CASA attorney), in a preliminary hearing via a telephone conference call with the Court. The process went very smoothly. Prior to the hearing, I spoke […]
Dedicated, caring, committed and always willing to lend a hand. These are the excellent descriptors of Snowfest committee member Amy Welch. Another? Lots of fun CASA just held its 21st annual Snowfest at Loon Mountain and despite the wild weather, the event was a huge success due in large part to Amy’s efforts. Amy first […]
Every day, CASA’s volunteer advocates are deeply committed to ensuring that victimized children are receiving the emotional and physical resources they need to thrive. We are grateful that Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield recognizes CASA’s critical role in the health and wellbeing of children and has been a partner in this mission for nearly […]
Although the weather was unfortunately uncooperative for Snowfest at Loon Mountain this year, those who braved the drive to Lincoln said that the ski conditions were great. Despite the short turn out, we had a record-breaking 280 registered guests this year. WOW! Since 2000, Loon Mountain has invited CASA volunteer advocates and their families to ski, snowboard, […]
Our first class of 2020 was so large that we had to split it into two different groups! We had well over 30 trainees in this group, with 29 graduates and a handful that are wrapping up their final units. Now, we have 29 new advocates that have completed 40 hours of intensive training and […]
We asked friends, families, and supporters of CASA to generously submit any original artwork they thought would make a great greeting card. We were graciously overwhelmed by the amount of support we received from everyone: 70 artists submitted over 100 pieces to the fundraiser. Meet Veda Verde: one of the 19 artists whose piece was […]
We asked friends, families, and supporters of CASA to generously submit any original artwork they thought would make a great greeting card. We were graciously overwhelmed by the amount of support we received from everyone: 70 artists submitted over 100 pieces to the fundraiser. Meet Sheryl Campanie: one of the 19 artists whose piece was […]
Tammy O’Neil is a passionate advocate for CASA’s mission as a volunteer advocate and, along with her husband Mike, has been a generous supporter and friend. Tammy is fairly new to CASA, having completed training in spring of 2018. She heard about CASA through an attorney friend working with guardians ad litem, and discovered that […]
We asked friends, families, and supporters of CASA to generously submit any original artwork they thought would make a great greeting card. We were graciously overwhelmed by the amount of support we received from everyone: 70 artists submitted over 100 pieces to the fundraiser. Meet Jill Weber: one of the 19 artists whose piece was […]
