Board Member Spotlight: Andrea Miller
Andrea Miller is the new Lincoln County representative on the CASA of Lexington Board of Directors. She is also the director of the Lincoln County Chamber of Commerce. CASA of Lexington Board Member Andrea Miller CASA: How did you first learn about CASA of Lexington? Andrea: I was on the CASA board for Lincoln County when it […]
CASA Board Member Spotlight: Stuart Hurt
Stuart Hurt is one of CASA of Lexington’s newest board members. He runs House by JSD Designs and is the adoptive parent of children who had a CASA volunteer! CASA Board Member Stuart Hurt CASA: How did you first learn about CASA of Lexington? Stuart: I first learned of CASA through an anonymous friend, who […]
New College Graduate Discovers CASA Volunteering — And Loves It
CASA Volunteer Olivia Mattox Olivia Mattox was nearing graduation from the University of Kentucky in 2020 when a long-time friend and sorority sister came to her and suggested she become a CASA volunteer. “She knows I love children and I have a heart for helping kids,” Olivia said. “She told me, ‘I don’t know what […]
CASA Board Member Spotlight: Kasey Sennett
CASA: How did you first learn about CASA of Lexington? Kasey: I first learned about CASA through Lexington Police Det. Tyler Chelf who used to serve on the board. When he began law school, he asked who would like to fill his position. I volunteered after he told me what CASA was all about! CASA: […]
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. […]
Board Member Spotlight: Jonathan Shell
Jonathan Shell is CASA of Lexington’s newest board member, providing representation from Garrard County. His first CASA board meeting was in April. CASA: How did you first learn about CASA of Lexington? Shell: My wife Brooke and I have been involved over the years doing what we can to help kids in need and supporting […]
CASA Volunteers of the Month for May: Martha Thompson and Betsy Paulding
CASA of Lexington named Betsy Paulding and Martha Thompson Volunteers of the Month for May 2022. The volunteers earned their awards for the work they are doing advocating on behalf of abused and neglected children. Thompson has had the same CASA case for about five a half years — much longer than a typical case […]