Lexington woman earns CASA Volunteer of the Month award while working full-time
CASA volunteer Barbie Carter Barbie Carter stays busy working full-time at Lexmark, but that doesn’t stop her from enjoying family time or hobbies like photography. It also hasn’t stopped her from making a difference in her community as a CASA volunteer. In fact, it was through her workplace’s Women @ Work group that she discovered […]
CASA volunteer keeps up her work for children after moving to central Kentucky
CASA volunteer April Jilbert April Jilbert first became a Court-Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) volunteer in northern Kentucky more than a decade ago. After her family moved to Lexington, she signed back up to be a CASA volunteer with CASA of Lexington. Since she began volunteering with CASA of Lexington more than four years ago, Jilbert […]
Spouses Team Up to Serve Children as CASA Volunteers
CASA of Lexington volunteers Ava Crow and Anne Flynn Ava Crow and Anne Flynn both found ways to advocate for others in their careers: Crow as a lawyer representing children and adults with disabilities in civil rights cases; Flynn as a nurse in adult protective services. But after the couple entered retirement, they found a […]
UK Professor Making a Difference for Kids in Need as CASA Volunteer
CASA Volunteer of the Month Kevin Eby When Kevin Eby changed jobs and discovered he had more free time on his hands, several of his friends encouraged him to become a CASA volunteer. “I didn’t even know what CASA kids were,” Eby said. “I just assumed it was something to do with Spanish. I hadn’t […]
Therapeutic Riding Instructor Named a CASA Volunteer of the Month
CASA Volunteer of the Month Erin Hall Erin Hall loves to improve children’s lives. But her passion hasn’t put her in a classroom; it has put her on a horse farm — and in a courtroom. Hall is a therapeutic riding instructor by day, helping children with diagnoses of autism or Down Syndrome. She also […]
Jessamine CASA Volunteer of the Month finds advocating for children rewarding
CASA Volunteer Charlene Floyd Charlene Floyd stays busy in a lot of different ways — she enjoys hiking, painting, photography, live music, sharing delicious dinners with friends and her monthly book club. But one of her most rewarding activities is serving as a CASA volunteer. “I heard about CASA through a volunteer a number of […]
Lifelong educator using her skills to help abused and neglected kids as a CASA volunteer
CASA Volunteer Nancy Tucker Nancy Tucker has been helping children succeed around the country for decades. Her educational work includes helping found the Head Start program in Kansas City and helping found a similar early education program here in Kentucky. Today, Tucker continues to help children by serving as a CASA volunteer. The veteran volunteer […]
This CASA Angel Tree giver took the next step: She became a CASA volunteer
CASA Volunteer Kim Lyon Kim Lyon was introduced to CASA through the CASA Angel Tree program, which provides gifts to children in the family court system during the holidays each December. “For several years, we selected a CASA Angel and got to provide Christmas gifts for that child,” she said. “When I retired, however, I […]
Lexington woman has helped abused and neglected children for more than a decade
CASA Volunteer Amy Shaw Eleven years ago, Amy Shaw read about a local businesswoman who was also serving as a CASA volunteer. The work intrigued her, so she looked into it and soon signed up to become a CASA volunteer herself. Shaw has served as a CASA volunteer in Lexington ever since, and has now […]