BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT UID:C9613EB4-550F-4280-9DF5-6F7AEDF5CC28 DTSTART:20240614T070000Z DTEND:20240630T150000Z SUMMARY:Dallas CASA Parade of Playhouses DESCRIPTION:Dallas CASA’s Parade of Playhouses at NorthPark Center Ends Sun day\, June 30 \n The 29th annual Dallas CASA Parade of Playhouses at North Park Center. \nThis beloved event\, sponsored by Crest Cadillac\, features extraordinary children’s playhouses designed\, built and donated by gener ous architects\, builders\, organizations\, corporations and individuals. The playhouses are available to win by raffle\, with proceeds allowing Da llas CASA to provide more volunteer advocates to help children experience safe childhoods and grow into resourceful\, healthy adults. \n“For too ma ny children\, home represents instability\, addiction\, fear and violence\ , and many families lack the resources to overcome these challenges\,” sai d Kathleen M. LaValle\, president and CEO of Dallas CASA. “These playhouse s represent what everyone at Dallas CASA would like home to be for all chi ldren and their families – safe\, loving\, protective and full of hope abo ut the future.” \nPlayhouses are displayed in the hallways of NorthPark Ce nter\, which has hosted the event since 1996. Parade Grand Marshal is KDC. The 13 houses on display this year feature an array of creative designs\, including a pink-themed playhouse\, an A-frame design\, an ice cream shop \, a castle\, a fire station and a Dallas Mavericks-themed athletic shoe. Many are designed both for playing and climbing\, with rope ladders\, sli des\, a catwalk and climbing walls. \nSome houses feature special touches like metal roofs\, polycarbonate panels designed to look like stained gla ss\, shake siding and a hinged window. Kimley Horn’s house\, “Stars at Nig ht\,” will feature wood grain designed to look like swirling galaxies. OMN IPLAN’s design\, built by Austin Commercial\, resembles a mountain ready t o be summited. \n“Our volunteers are the heartbeat of this agency\, and we count our playhouse builders as volunteers\,” LaValle said. “They donate not just their time and creativity\, but their hearts as well. Each one o f these houses is built on a foundation of care and concern for the most v ulnerable in our community.”  \nRaffle tickets to win a playhouse can be p urchased during the event for $5 each or five for $20 on the Dallas CASA w ebsite at dallascasa.org or at NorthPark Center. Winners will be randomly selected on the final day of the event on June 30. \nDallas CASA voluntee rs are assigned by the courts to the cases of children living in the prote ctive care of the state. Volunteers work with children\, their families\, therapists\, educators\, attorneys and more as they seek to protect child ren and make supportive connections. In 2023\, 1\,088 Dallas CASA voluntee rs were assigned to advocate for 2\,151 children. \nThanks to the support of events like Parade of Playhouses\, Dallas CASA has been able to provid e an advocate for every Dallas child who needs one for the past five years . The agency is able to accept appointments from all 10 courts to every Da llas County child welfare case. \nThe 2024 Parade of Playhouses would not be possible without the support of our generous sponsors\, builders and s upporters: \n Presenting Sponsor Crest Cadillac \nParade Host NorthPark Ce nter \nGrand Marshal KDC \nMansion Espedal Design Construct Kappa Alpha Th eta Dallas Alumnae Chapter People Newspapers \nVilla Bernbaum/Magadini Arc hitects Candy’s Dirt?Datum Engineers \nBuilders and Architects Austin Comm ercial?BakerTriangle Prefab Balfour Beatty Construction Butscher Construct ion Coats Homes Corgan Crest Cadillac Dallas Mavericks?Davis-Hawn Lumber C ompany DPR Construction Earthbound Martian Espedal Design Construct Hensel Phelps Highland Park High School MAPS Students Jacobs Kimley-Horn LRO Res idential OMNIPLAN Perkins + Will Preservation Park Cities Board SHM Archit ects Carlos Sierra Stainback Construction Stream Realty Partners SWINERTON \n  \nAbout Dallas CASA Dallas CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) s eeks to protect children\, restore childhood and help child victims of abu se or neglect achieve their full potential. The agency’s trained and super vised community volunteers are assigned by judges to advocate for the best interests of children who have experienced abuse or neglect and are livin g in the protective care of the state. For many children in foster care\, their Dallas CASA volunteer is the only consistent\, caring adult in thei r lives during a frightening\, uncertain time. Dallas CASA envisions a day when all children experience safe childhoods and grow into resourceful\, healthy adults. Now in its 44th year\, Dallas CASA serves more children t han any of the more than 900 CASA programs nationwide. In 2023\, 1\,088 Da llas CASA volunteers were assigned to advocate for 2\,151 children in prot ective care. For the past five years\, the agency has been able to provide an advocate for every Dallas child in need. To learn more\, visit dallasc asa.org. URL:http://lakewood.bubblelife.com/community/dallas_casa/library/35232883/k ey/3511863640/Dallas_CASA_Parade_of_Playhouses CREATED:20240625T201721Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240625T201721Z DTSTAMP:20260531T170433Z CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SEQUENCE:1 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR