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The ice that hit Dallas melted just in time for Dallas CASA Young Professionals’ CASAblanca party to get hot.

The event was a fundraiser for the children served by Dallas CASA, who have experienced abuse or neglect and been placed in the protective care of the state. Dallas CASA’s trained volunteers advocate for these children in court.

The Roaring ‘20s-themed event was chaired by Mindy Busch, Elena Littleton and Sonya Reddy. Elena and her husband Zach are sworn advocates for Dallas CASA.

“For me, the event is such a great way to share about the wonderful things CASA does with young professionals who might not have heard about CASA,” said Littleton, who is VP of sales for Ad Pages. “There’s so many more ways to get involved than being an advocate, and people love hearing about the good things CASA is doing in the community.”

Dallas CASA Board members in attendance included Jonathan Bassham, Greg May, Nicki Stafford, Megan Sterquell and Linda Swartz. The Young Professionals is an auxiliary group of Dallas CASA which seeks to support the mission of Dallas CASA.

The Special Edition Band provided entertainment for the evening. Honey walnut shrimp, spicy chili chicken, Vietnamese spring rolls, parmesan mini meatballs, mini Caprese skewers and a fried rice station. The evening ended with a take-home honey butter chicken biscuit.

Special fundraisers for the evening included a champagne bar selling glasses of Vueve Clicquot and a silent auction featuring a lake house weekend, original art, beauty and fitness donations, a gift certificate with Ride Alto, restaurant gift cards, golf outings and many others items geared toward the under-40 crowd.

Presenting sponsor for the event was The Parvin Group.

Royal Flush sponsors were Christine and Jonathan Bassham and CultureMap. Straight Flush sponsors were Accelerate, Ad Pages Solutions, Sidley Austin, Elite Casino Events, Quilling, Delander, Lownds, Winslett & Moser, P.C., R&B Roofing and Newton Thomas. Full House sponsors included Debby and Hugh Comer, The Dimension Group, Ashley and John Forbes, Hannah and Greg May, Milbern Ray & Company, Retta A. Miller, Linda and Rob Swartz and Whiskey Pearl.

Other sponsors included Lone Star Cadillac, Megan and Tom Sterquell, Mai Plumbing Company and Vitalife Wellness.

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Dallas CASA will honor WFAA anchor Cynthia Izaguirre with the 2022 Caroline Rose Hunt Cherish the Children Award at the agency’s spring luncheon.

The host of Wednesday’s Child, Izaguirre has long used her public platform to advocate for children in foster care. Wednesday’s Child features stories of children who have experienced abuse or neglect and are looking for permanent, loving homes. Izaguirre has hosted the 40-year-old program since 2011.

The Cherish the Children Luncheon will be Friday, May 6 at The Omni Dallas Hotel. It is hosted by Dallas CASA Children’s Council and co-chaired by Beth Cholerton and Hannah May. All funds raised at the event go to support recruiting, training and supervising community volunteers to serve as advocates for children in the protective care of the state.

The Cherish the Children award is named for Mrs. Hunt, a longtime supporter of Dallas CASA and children in need and beloved Dallasite. The award recognizes an individual or organization for outstanding contributions helping children who have been removed from home due to abuse or neglect. The award was inspired by its namesake Mrs. Hunt because of her constant dedication to the most vulnerable in our city. During the luncheon, Izaguirre will be interviewed by Luncheon Program Host and Dallas CASA Board Chair Cynt Marshall, CEO of the Dallas Mavericks.

For Izaguirre, hosting Wednesday’s Child has been a gift. She recalls interviewing one a young boy who became overwhelmed during taping. She stopped filming immediately and committed herself to doing as many tapings as it took for him to find an adoptive home. Today, he has been adopted and is a teenager – “driving, working and flourishing,” according to Izaguirre.

“The biggest lesson I’ve learned from Wednesday’s Child is that I need these children as much as they need me,” she said. “Every child I meet inspires me to be a better human being.”

Dallas CASA’s volunteers are community members who are appointed by judges to advocate for child victims of abuse or neglect navigating a complicated child welfare system. Dallas CASA’s volunteers advocate for educational, therapeutic and medical needs and work closely with Child Protective Services, families and attorneys to help the children have safe and permanent homes. They are often the only consistent, caring adult by a child’s side during a frightening and uncertain time.

“I want Dallas CASA volunteers to know they’re angels!” Izaguirre said. “The kids just want people to know they are normal. They want families who will love them through the good and the ugly.”

Cherish the Children luncheon 
Friday, May 6, 11:30 a.m.
Omni Dallas Hotel
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About Dallas CASA

Dallas CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) trains and supervises community volunteers who advocate for the best interests of children who have been removed from unsafe homes. Supported by professional staff, volunteers gather information and make recommendations to help judges decide the services each child needs to heal from trauma and the best outcome for a safe and permanent home. For many foster children, a CASA volunteer is the only consistent, caring adult during a frightening, uncertain time.  Now in its 41st year, Dallas CASA serves more children than any of the more than 900 CASA programs nationwide.  In 2020, 1,527 Dallas CASA volunteers were assigned to advocate for 3,374 children in protective care. CASA depends on the generosity and the commitment of the community to make sure every child in need has a CASA volunteer advocate. To learn more, visit dallascasa.org.

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Dallas CASA will honor WFAA anchor Cynthia Izaguirre with the 2022 Caroline Rose Hunt Cherish the Children Award at the agency’s spring luncheon.

The host of Wednesday’s Child, Izaguirre has long used her public platform to advocate for children in foster care. Wednesday’s Child features stories of children who have experienced abuse or neglect and are looking for permanent, loving homes. Izaguirre has hosted the 40-year-old program since 2011.

The Cherish the Children Luncheon will be Friday, May 6 at The Omni Dallas Hotel. It is hosted by Dallas CASA Children’s Council and co-chaired by Beth Cholerton and Hannah May. All funds raised at the event go to support recruiting, training and supervising community volunteers to serve as advocates for children in the protective care of the state.

The Cherish the Children award is named for Mrs. Hunt, a longtime supporter of Dallas CASA and children in need and beloved Dallasite. The award recognizes an individual or organization for outstanding contributions helping children who have been removed from home due to abuse or neglect. The award was inspired by its namesake Mrs. Hunt because of her constant dedication to the most vulnerable in our city. During the luncheon, Izaguirre will be interviewed by Luncheon Program Host and Dallas CASA Board Chair Cynt Marshall, CEO of the Dallas Mavericks.

For Izaguirre, hosting Wednesday’s Child has been a gift. She recalls interviewing one a young boy who became overwhelmed during taping. She stopped filming immediately and committed herself to doing as many tapings as it took for him to find an adoptive home. Today, he has been adopted and is a teenager – “driving, working and flourishing,” according to Izaguirre.

“The biggest lesson I’ve learned from Wednesday’s Child is that I need these children as much as they need me,” she said. “Every child I meet inspires me to be a better human being.”

Dallas CASA’s volunteers are community members who are appointed by judges to advocate for child victims of abuse or neglect navigating a complicated child welfare system. Dallas CASA’s volunteers advocate for educational, therapeutic and medical needs and work closely with Child Protective Services, families and attorneys to help the children have safe and permanent homes. They are often the only consistent, caring adult by a child’s side during a frightening and uncertain time.

“I want Dallas CASA volunteers to know they’re angels!” Izaguirre said. “The kids just want people to know they are normal. They want families who will love them through the good and the ugly.”

Cherish the Children luncheon 
Friday, May 6, 11:30 a.m.
Omni Dallas Hotel
TICKETS

About Dallas CASA

Dallas CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) trains and supervises community volunteers who advocate for the best interests of children who have been removed from unsafe homes. Supported by professional staff, volunteers gather information and make recommendations to help judges decide the services each child needs to heal from trauma and the best outcome for a safe and permanent home. For many foster children, a CASA volunteer is the only consistent, caring adult during a frightening, uncertain time.  Now in its 41st year, Dallas CASA serves more children than any of the more than 900 CASA programs nationwide.  In 2020, 1,527 Dallas CASA volunteers were assigned to advocate for 3,374 children in protective care. CASA depends on the generosity and the commitment of the community to make sure every child in need has a CASA volunteer advocate. To learn more, visit dallascasa.org.

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Dallas CASA’s annual Champion of Children evening has been reimagined as an outdoor dinner and concert, with renowned Austin musician Bob Schneider performing under the stars at The Rustic, Dallas.

Schneider, a sing-songwriter from Austin, released a new record Aug. 27. The winner of more Austin Music Awards than any other musician, including Best Song Writer, Best Musician and Best Male Vocals, Schneider is known for songs such as “Peaches,” “Mudhouse” and “Honeypot.” Schneider will perform his versatile and inventive rock and country act solo.

Tickets and sponsorships are on sale now at www.DallasCASA.org. VIP tickets receive special seating, a private bar, a buffet dinner and a chance to meet Schneider before the show. Individual tickets include general admission seating, cocktails and buffet dinner. 

When: Doors open at 6 p.m. / dinner and program begin at 7 p.m., Thursday, October 14 2021

Where: The Rustic Dallas, 3656 Howell Street

Who: Dallas CASA supporters will come together to raise awareness about child abuse and neglect, as wells as funds to support the court-appointed volunteers who serve children impacted by abuse and neglect.

Why: Dallas CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) recruits, trains and supervises community volunteers to advocate for the best interests of children removed from unsafe homes. For many children living in the protective care of the state, their CASA volunteer is the only consistent, caring adult during a frightening time. In 2020, 1,527 Dallas CASA volunteers were assigned to advocate for 3,374 Dallas children. All funds raised at the event will benefit the children victims of abuse and neglect served by Dallas CASA.

Cynt and Kenneth Marshall, the Estate of Nancy and Rex Spivey, along with an anonymous donor are presenting sponsors of the event. Pioneer Natural Resources is the live music sponsor. Gold sponsors include: Priscilla and Corey Anthony; The Fran and Mark Berg Family; Cynthia Comparin / Retta Miller; Crest Auto Group / Jana and Mike Brosin; Dallas Mavericks; Denise and Russell Harper; The Hirsch Family Foundation; The Hoglund Foundation; Linda and Rob Swartz; Leslie and Geoff Wayne

 

 

 

 

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On Friday, July 23 from 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. the Dallas Mavericks mascots – Champ and Mavs Man – will visit Dallas CASA’s Parade of Playhouses at NorthPark Center! 

Champ, a blue-haired horse with a fluffy white mane and Mavericks uniform, and Mavs Man, a part-man, part-basketball mascot who wears a basketball bodysuit under a Mavericks uniform, work in tandem at games together to inspire and motivate fans. They plan to visit all the playhouses on display at NorthPark Center, including the replica of the Mavs Mascots Headquarters donated this year by the Dallas Mavericks. The Mavs playhouse, built by DPR Construction, features a loft with a ladder and a rope climb, a telescope, a periscope and a pair of binoculars, plus the indoor locker room is FULL of Mavs gear! Of course, there is also a basketball hoop where Champ and Mavs Man can practice their crowd-pleasing moves.

It's also the final weekend for Parade of Playhouses! These amazing little dream playhouses will be given away to their lucky winners at the RAFFLE DRAWING Sunday afternoon at 4:00p.m. Get your tickets at www.dallascasa.org Only $5 each or five for $20 - with a little luck, you could be a winner!

Presented by Crest Auto Group with KDC Real Estate Development & Investments as Grand Marshal - Parade of Playhouses ends soon! #POP21

Parade of Playhouses, Dallas CASA’s signature event, raises funds and critical awareness for the agency and the vulnerable children it serves. This year’s event features eight custom-built playhouses on display and available to win by purchasing raffle tickets at dallascasa.org. All proceeds from the event benefit children who have been abused or neglected served by Dallas CASA.

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Join Dallas CASA for the 26th annual Parade of Playhouses at NorthPark Center. Eight adorable, custom designed and created children’s playhouses will be on view July 9-25. A preview playhouse, the Charming Cottage, makes its debut at NorthPark Center on June 25.

For this fun-filled community event, generous architects, builders, organizations, corporations and individuals design, build and donate extraordinary children’s playhouses to raise funds so that Dallas CASA can provide more volunteer advocates to help abused children have safe, permanent homes where they can thrive. This year’s designs also include a mini horse stable, a functional car wash, a Hot-Wheels playhouse, a colorful castle, a Tea House, rock outcropping and a Dallas Mavericks mascot headquarters. Some designs are modern and some are traditional, but each is unique to the Parade of Playhouses.

Raffle tickets are $5 each or five for $20, available now online at www.dallascasa.org. The winning tickets will be drawn on Sunday, July 25 at 4 pm. With a $5 dollar raffle ticket and a little luck, you could win an amazing children’s playhouse!

Parade of Playhouses is presented by Crest Cadillac/Crest INFINITI/Crest Volvo; KDC is Grand Marshal

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Please join the Dallas CASA Children’s Council and event co-chairs, Jenny Reynolds and Lindsay Stengle, for Cherish the Children on May 14. Dallas CASA will present the 2021 Caroline Rose Hunt Cherish the Children Award to this year’s honoree, the North Texas Cares Funders Collaborative.

In the spring of 2020, when shelter-in-place restrictions and fears of the pandemic quashed major fundraising events and drastically reduced the area’s volunteer troops in Dallas, a collaboration of more than 45 foundations, corporations and individual funders came together to provide support for non-profit organizations that work with people and communities most affected by all aspects of COVID-19.

The guest speaker for Cherish the Children is Father Gregory Boyle, an American Roman Catholic priest of the Jesuit order and founder and Director of Homeboy Industries, the world’s largest gang-intervention and rehabilitation program. Julie Fine, Emmy award winning journalist and NBC5 reporter, will lead a discussion with Father Boyle.

The Caroline Rose Hunt Cherish the Children Award recognizes an individual or organization for outstanding contributions to helping children, particularly those who have been victims of abuse or neglect.

To purchase tickets, please visit DallasCASA.org/CherishtheChildren.

Thank you for your generosity, continued support and for recognizing that child victims in our community need us now more than ever.

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Dallas CASA Hosts Dallas County’s Child Abuse Prevention and Awareness Event

Downtown Dallas buildings will be lit blue the evening of April 9 to raise awareness for National Child Abuse and Prevention Month. 

Dallas CASA is hosting a virtual Child Abuse Prevention and Awareness Event to honor the 24 Dallas County children who died in 2020 due to abuse or neglect and recognize the Child Protective Services caseworkers who work on the frontlines of child welfare. Wear blue on Friday to show your support!

Members of Dallas’ Child Abuse Prevention Coalition members will speak at the virtual lunchtime event, including Dallas CASA President and CEO Kathleen LaValle, Hadijat Collins from FCAA Foundation, Irish Burch from Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center, Sophie Phillips from TexProtects and Ona Foster from Family Compass. Child Protective Services caseworkers are invited to drive through Dallas CASA’s parking lot for a free lunch donated by In-N-Out Burger.

On any given day, more than 2,000 Dallas County children live in the protective care of the state due to abuse or severe neglect. In 2020, Dallas CASA’s 1,527 volunteer advocates were assigned to advocate for 3,374 children in protective care.

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Downtown Dallas Will Go True Blue Friday Night To Promote Child Abuse Prevention Month

Apr 5, 2021 5:30 PM by Jeanne Prejean 

Dallas CASA with its volunteer advocates has always been on the forefront of protecting abused children. So April is especially important to the organization since it is Child Abuse Prevention and Awareness Month.

It’s a very unfortunate fact that “on any given day, more than 2,000 Dallas County children live in the protective care of the state due to abuse and severe neglect.” Just this past year during the pandemic, “1,527 Dallas CASA volunteer advocates were assigned to advocate for 3,374 children in protective care.”

CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AND AWARENESS MONTH*

To show its appreciation for Child Protective Services caseworkers, Dallas CASA will host a drive-thru from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. for The Dallas County Child Abuse Prevention Coalition’s Dallas County Child Abuse Prevention Awareness Event on Friday with refreshments from In-N-Out Burger.

They’ve even arranged for a special thank-you video featuring Dallas CASA President and CEO Kathleen LaValle, Hadijat Collins from FCAA Foundation, Irish Burch from Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center, Sophie Phillips from TexProtects and Ona Foster from Family Compass for the caseworkers.

That night, downtown Dallas will share in the awareness spreading as the major buildings will dazzle in neon blue.

If you want to show your appreciation, wear blue Friday to show your support.

* Photo provided by Dallas CASA

Filed Under: Abuse, Advocacy, Announcement, By invitation only, Childhood, Children, Drive-thru, Events, Foster care, FYI, Heroes, In need of helpTagged With: Child Abuse Prevention and Awareness Month, Dallas CASA, Dallas Children's Advocacy Center, Dallas County's Child Abuse Prevention And Awareness Event, Dallas’ Child Abuse Prevention Coalition, Family Compass, Irish Burch, Kathleen LaValle, Ona Foster, Sophie Phillips, TexProtects

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Strap on your running shoes and join the Dallas CASA Young Professionals for their first virtual Superhero 5K, presented by the Littletons and the Thompson Knight Foundation. Invite your friends to join the fun, then set your own pace to run, walk or jog 3.1 miles March 1 – 7.

Everyone who pre-registers will receive a Superhero 5K t-shirt and a link to upload your time. After March 7, prizes will be awarded for the best run time recorded in several different categories with special recognition for best Superhero costume!

All proceeds benefit the children served by Dallas CASA. Tickets are $35 to $75 - available at DallasCASA.org

Dallas CASA Young Professionals is a vibrant group of volunteers who serve as an outreach, volunteer and fundraising arm for Dallas CASA. Founded in 2009, the mission of the Young Professionals is to increase awareness of Dallas CASA and the organization’s critical role in the community. The group is open to people ages 21 to 40 years old who want to make an impact on the lives of abused children. Superhero 5K co-chairs are Mindy Busch, Sonya Reddy and Ben Riemer.

Dallas CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) recruits, trains and supervises community volunteers who advocate for the best interested of abused and neglected children.