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Everyone at CASA is very pleased to introduce you to our newest staff members – Michael Mersman and Laurel Abrahamsson. Michael is our new Volunteer Recruitment Manager and Laurel is our new SEPT Volunteer Coordinator. Michael came to CASA from StableStrides, a Colorado Springs-based equine assisted therapy center, where he was the Operations and Volunteer…

Foster children do not always enjoy the same opportunities as other children. Childhood events that many of us took for granted as kids – such as summer camp, piano lessons, or math tutoring – are not a normal part of childhood for many children living in foster care. CASA strives to offer enrichment and educational…

It’s easy to take for granted the ability to just go to a store and buy the shoes you want, but foster teens don’t necessarily have that luxury. When The Hanger comes through for a teen, it’s a special reminder of why CASA is here and why we do what we do. Recently, a teen…

September 18, 2020 (Colorado Springs, Colo.) – Eighteen community volunteers were sworn in as officers of the court by Fourth Judicial District Court Chief Judge William Bain during a CASA of the Pikes Peak Region swearing-in ceremony over Zoom on Friday. The swearing-in ceremony was the final step for thirteen of these community members to…

The service of a CASA volunteer is selfless. It originates from a place of compassion, empathy, and love. You know that the work you do is crucial to a child’s future and sometimes you get to see a joyful breakthrough which illustrates the life-changing difference you are making. Other times, however, you might feel as…

It may look a little different this year, but Back-to-School season is here and CASA has worked hard to make sure our CASA kids go back in style! In the last couple of weeks, a total of 141 children received school supplies and backpacks from CASA. The Kids’ Closet provided 33 children 12 and under…

July 24, 2020 (Colorado Springs, Colo.) – Eleven new Court Appointed Special Advocates were sworn in as officers of the court by Fourth Judicial District Judge Jill Brady during a CASA of the Pikes Peak Region swearing-in ceremony over Zoom on Friday. The swearing-in ceremony was the final step for these community members to become…

“As a refugee, I was a child without a country… a child without a home,” says Dr. Vinh Chung, a Colorado Springs dermatologist and Mohs surgeon who at age three fled post-war Vietnam in a treacherous family boat journey that eventually landed him in the United States. Dr. Chung knows that his childhood – riddled…

June 19, 2020 (Colorado Springs, Colo.) – Seventeen new Court Appointed Special Advocates were sworn in as officers of the court by Fourth Judicial District Judge Jill Brady during a CASA of the Pikes Peak Region swearing-in ceremony over Zoom on Friday. The swearing-in ceremony was the final step for these community members to become…

It was 2016 when Mateo was removed from his home, along with his younger sister, because of his mother’s drug abuse, mental health issues, and lack of parental supervision. On the same day he entered the child welfare system, he also was arrested and faced charges of his own. He was 11 years old at…