Lexington CASA volunteer sticks with kid through 20+ placements, helps him get adopted
CASA of Lexington Executive Director Melynda Jamison, right, presents CASA volunteer Kelley Sloane with the nonprofit’s first ever Volunteer Achievement Award for her dedication to a single CASA case over eight years. For the better part of a decade, Thomas had no permanent home. Different adults cycled in and out of his life as he […]
Lexington Patient Care Advocate Moonlights as CASA Volunteer, Has Helped 18 Kids in Need
CASA volunteer Misty Green At her day job, Misty Green is a patient care advocate. When she’s not at work, she becomes a different kind of advocate: a CASA volunteer. Green has advocated for abused and neglected children as a Court-Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) volunteer for four and a half years, helping an incredible 18 […]
CASA of Lexington Adds 15 New CASA Volunteers in Heart-Warming Ceremony
New CASA of Lexington volunteers are sworn in by Fayette County family court Judge Lucinda Masterton, fourth from left at the CASA of Lexington office May 24. Fifteen central Kentucky residents were sworn in as the area’s newest CASA volunteers May 24. The Court-Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) volunteers can now begin to advocate for abused […]
After Nearly 14 Years, Lexington CASA Volunteer Has Advocated for Countless Children in Need
CASA volunteer Cynthia Phillips Cynthia Phillips never heard of CASA volunteers until it seemed like someone was standing up the president of her restaurant company for an important meeting. Phillips had flown with her president to Indiana to meet with managers of some restaurants the company had just acquired. One of the managers was late. […]