2024 CASA Gala Advertising Opportunities
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2024 GALA
supporting child advocacy
CASA YOUTH ADVOCATES
11.22.2024 | 6-10 pm
Friday
Drexelbrook Catering &
Special Event Center
Drexel Hill, PA
The CASA Efect
CASA Youth Advocates enters the lives of children
at moments of pain, confusion, and trauma. They
have experienced abuse, neglect, or abandonment.
They often move from home to home, from school to
school – separated from parents, relatives, friends,
and the simple joys of childhood. They urgently need
the security of a consistent, caring adult in their lives.
Through your generosity, this is where CASA comes
in. CASA recruits, trains, and supports everyday
community members for an exceptional mission –
to advocate on behalf of a child in Delaware and
Chester counties’ child welfare systems.
Over the last year, the need for CASA has grown -
with 303 children served in 2023, the most ever in
a single year. We also set a new record for the most
active volunteers serving kids - 149. Your generosity
helps us continue to meet this need and increase our
capacity to serve vulnerable children in our region.
Research shows that children championed by a
CASA volunteer spend less time in foster care and
get more of the help and services they need. They
do better in school, are less likely to bounce from
foster home to foster home, and move through the
adoption process more quickly. The results are clear:
when you give a child a CASA volunteer, you don’t
just make a diference in a young life – you transform
their entire world with a sense of stability and hope
for the future.
A child is waiting for you. Please support CASA’s annual Gala today!
Advocate of the Year:
Laura Gribben
Community Impact Award:
Holy Child School at Rosemont
Laura Gribben is CASA of Delaware
and Chester counties’ 2024
Advocate of the Year. A volunteer
since April of 2021, Laura knew
that being a CASA was for her as
soon as she heard about it from a friend. She has
nieces and a nephew who joined her family through
the foster care system and adoption, and she saw
first-hand the need to support children who have
experienced abuse and neglect.
Laura’s favorite thing about being a CASA is
spending time with the children and youth she
serves. She currently has three cases, serving 13
children in total.
Laura’s advice to anyone who’s interested in being a
CASA? Just give it a shot. “You won’t see a diference
overnight, but you will make a positive impact in their
lives. Once you get to see that, you will stick with it,”
Laura said.
Holy Child School at
Rosemont is CASA’s
first Community Impact
Award honoree. In
2022, Holy Child School
at Rosemont began providing holiday gifts for CASA
children and youth as part of the school’s “Advent
Angel Project.”
Since then, Holy Child School at Rosemont families
have continued their Advent Angel Project by
fulfilling Christmas wish lists of CASA children and
youth. Last year, they supported 175 children.
“The Holy Child Schools all have a central mission of
service, with service-learning being a key part of our
school community. It’s so important for our students
and families to join together in service to others.
Helping children and youth in need during the
Advent Season is a wonderful hands-on lesson for
our students.” said Brian McBride, Holy Child School
at Rosemont’s Head of School.
“CASA is so grateful for the support of the students
and families of Holy Child School at Rosemont,” says
Leigh Anne McKelvey, Executive Director of CASA
of Delaware and Chester Counties. “We were so
overwhelmed by their generosity as many vans full of
beautiful gifts arrived over the holidays. Their Advent
Angel Project ensured that many of our CASA youth
have happy holidays.”
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