CASA Celebrates their Volunteers!

Pictured L to R – Back Row: Pat Edwards, Danielle Nagel, Ron Hahn, Rosalie Archer, Verna Downen, Carl Boitnott, Amond Williams, Larry Bill, Mary Lowry, Clarice Jones. Front Row: Sue Crossen, Sybil Walley, Sheryl Dunavan, Jayne Shoptaw, Edie Steger, Kay Lowery, Connie Houston, Julie Boitnott, and Jeanine Hager. Those not pictured are Elaine Jackson, Boots Jessup, Judy Seabaugh, Phyllis Severs, Chris Tourville, Sue Traw, Elmer Trapp, Connie Unterreiner, Carolyn Pendergrass, Sue Rees, Heather Perreault, Linda Reutzel, Melissa Rose, Sara Ryan, Eileen Schlichting, Cathy Schroeder, and Kerry Wallaert.

CASA- Court Appointed Special Advocates of Southeast Missouri- celebrated their volunteers with a special evening in their honor. CASA is a volunteer based organization that advocates for abused and neglected children. "Our CASA volunteers have a demanding "Volunteer" job," says Lori Schutte, CASA staff. "Before they are appointed to a case, they have already put in over 30 hours of time just in the training program alone. We are so blessed to have these individuals choose our program to volunteer for because they want to Speak Up for a child in court. The unfortunate part is that we still have more cases that need CASA Volunteers." CASA is accepting applications for their fall training session now. If you would like to learn more about CASA, please call 335-1726 or visit our website www.capecasa.com. You may also attend one of two CASA 101 Informational classes on May 25th @ Noon or May 27th @ 5:30pm. Both classes are held in the CASA Office @ 937 Broadway, Suite 201.