Woodford CASA volunteer giving her time to help kids
After she retired from a career in education, Ginny Robinson realized she missed interacting with her students and young people. “A friend who I admire a lot, Anna Jones, is a CASA volunteer and told me how she enjoyed volunteering,” Robinson said. Robinson took a volunteer training class and got matched with her first child […]
Until she’s ready to foster, Katie Sherman is serving as a CASA volunteer
Katie Sherman expects to be a foster parent one day. Until then, she’s found another way to help children trying to navigate the child welfare system: She serves as a CASA volunteer. “In my time with CASA, I have met many different children and have really enjoyed getting to know them,” said Sherman, who works […]
Bourbon County man earns CASA Volunteer of the Month
A Bourbon County man has been named a regional CASA Volunteer of the Month for July. Wallis Brooks became a CASA volunteer just nine months ago, but Bourbon CASA Volunteer Manager Weida Allen said he has already made a big impact. “He is a new volunteer, but he is doing a fantastic job advocating for […]
Midway business owner earns CASA Volunteer of the Month recognition
A Midway business owner has been named a CASA Volunteer of the Month for excellent work advocating for abused and neglected children. Michelle Rudzik, who operates Fleur De Bleu on Midway’s Main Street, has also been a CASA volunteer for four years. Back in 2022, she had no plans to be a CASA volunteer, but […]
Lexington woman helps kids and their families as a CASA volunteer
Kim Mosley stays pretty busy as a wife of 43 years, a mom to five, a grandmother to 11 and a great-grandmother to three. But she also makes time to help other children as a CASA volunteer. Mosley knew about CASA when her family moved to Kentucky because she had been an advocate for abused […]
Lincoln County man named CASA Volunteer of the Month for seven-county region
A Lincoln County man has been named a CASA Volunteer of the Month for the seven-county region served by CASA of Lexington. Jim Luhmann had volunteered in a different way in Colorado before his family moved to Kentucky. Once they moved here, “I began looking around for other opportunities to serve, as I believe my […]
Anna Jones helps heal families as CASA volunteer
CASA Volunteer Anna Jones For Anna Jones, family comes first. She is a proud wife of 45 years, mother of two, and “Nana” to six grandchildren. Her love for family is how she discovered CASA volunteering, a way for her to help and heal other children and families. “I first learned about CASA when my […]
Woodford CASA earns Volunteer of the Month Award
CASA Volunteer Candye Pinkston A Woodford County CASA volunteer has been named a Volunteer of the Month for the seven-county region served by CASA of Lexington. Candye Pinkston has been visiting with and advocating for abused and neglected children in the family court system for three years. One little girl she advocated for just recently […]
Kelsey Giurgevich makes a difference in Bourbon County as a CASA volunteer
CASA Volunteer of the Month Kelsey Giurgevich Kelsey Giurgevich is a difference-maker for a hurt child in Bourbon County Family Court. But she’s not an attorney, social worker or judge. She’s a CASA volunteer. “Serving as a CASA volunteer is worth your time because you are able to be a voice and provide input for […]
Susan Maupin gets joy from helping children as a CASA volunteer
CASA Volunteer of the Month Susan Maupin Susan Maupin had crossed paths with CASA too many times to ignore it anymore. She had heard about Court-Appointed Special Advocates at her job. She had relatives who had been CASA volunteers. Her pastor talked about CASA volunteering. And she had seen children served by her church who […]