Mother’s Day Media Release Template 2015
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YOUR CASA PROGRAM Celebrates Volunteers This Mother’s Day
CITY, Texas - Every May, we honor our mothers for the compassion and love they have unselfishly provided. While wetake the time to celebrate and reflect on the supportthat we sometimes take for granted, there are children struggling in the child welfare system without a caring mother or mother figure in their lives.
For these children there is no celebration on Mother’s Day – only heartache, as many of them have been separated from their family due to abuse or neglect. Now facing an overburdened system alone, they need someone to guide and support them during this challengingtime.
That someone is a CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate®) volunteer, a dedicated member of the community appointed by a judge to speak up on behalf of a child’s best interest. A CASA volunteer provides the stability and familiarity a child needs during their transitions through the foster care system.YOUR CASA PROGRAM is one of the 71 CASA programs across the state that recruits and trains volunteers to advocate for children in care.
“In many cases, a CASA volunteer is the one consistent presencein a child’s life while he or she is in the foster care system,” said ED’S FIRST & LAST NAME, executive director of YOURCASA PROGRAM. “That volunteer often fills the role of a parental figure by providing much-needed support and guidance.”
By getting to know the child personally and speaking with everyone involved in the child’s life, the CASA volunteer can make well-informed and holistic placement recommendations to the court with the goal of finding the child a safe, permanent and loving home as quickly as possible.
“This Mother’s Day, we hope you join us in celebrating the volunteers in our community that continue to help lead our children to brighter futures,” said ED’s LAST NAME.
As a way to honor your mother or another special person in your life, consider volunteering for a child in need.Last year, # CASA volunteers served # children in the child welfare system in YOUR COUNTY/SERVICE AREA, but # children still need a volunteer to advocate for their best interests.
You can help break the cycle of abuse from one generation to another. Become involved with YOUR PROGRAM NAME to learn how you canbecome a positive role model in a foster child’s life.
Take advantage of YOUR PROGRAM’Snext training dateatTIME, DATE, PLACE. You can find more information atYOUR WEBSITE AND PHONE/ AND/OR
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