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Court Appointed Special Advocates, or CASA, of Forsyth County welcomed 11 new volunteers to its
team of child advocates Monday evening at the Forsyth County Juvenile Court off Bald Ridge Marina
Road in Cumming.
By Kayla Robins
krobins@forsythnews.com
Abused and neglected
children in Forsyth County
who may not have a voice
to represent them just got
11 times louder.
Court Appointed Special
Advocates, or CASA, of
Forsyth County welcomed
11 new volunteers to its
team of child advocates
Monday evening at the
Forsyth County Juvenile
Court off Bald Ridge
Marina Road in
Cumming.
They will join more
than 100 volunteers who
serve as the eyes and ears
of the court, collecting
information from anyone
involved in a child’s life,
from parents and family
members to social work
ers, neighbors and teach
ers.
“There are so many
people that come and go,
it’s like a revolving door,
let along the parents and
the homes they’re in,” said
Jean Cain, who has been a
CASA for about one year.
Social workers change,
she said. Lawyers can
change. CASA volunteers
provide the one stable
presence in the life of a
child going through the
foster care or juvenile jus
tice system.
In the year Cain has
been a CASA, she has
advocated for seven chil
dren.
“It has just been an
amazing opportunity for
me to just speak for the
children and to give them
a sense of trust and just
knowing that someone
represents them and will
speak out and will tell the
truth, because a lot of
times they don’t hear it,”
she said.
Being a CASA has not
always been easy, Cain
said.
“My emotions have run
the gamut. I've been
angry. I've been sad. I've
been excited. I’ve been
just rewarded at every step
really,” she said. “There’s
such a need for the kids to
have some consistency
and to know that someone
cares. And CASA is that
person.”
Lori Pupp, advocacy
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director for CASA, told
the incoming group
Monday that they, too,
would feel a range of
emotions.
“There are times when
you're going to feel inade
quate. There are times
when you’re going to have
hard decisions on what to
do or to say or to recom
mend,” Pupp said. “That’s
what [the CASA staff] is
there for. You have amaz
ing people here to support
you.
“There will be tears.
There will be laughter.
There will be amazing
things happening on
behalf of kids.”
Before the 11 new
advocates took the oath
this I told you how impor
tant your work is,” he
said. “That is more true
today than it was even
then. For the first time in
my 17 years of doing this
work I can’t appoint a
CASA volunteer on every
and received their CASA
pins, Forsyth County
Juvenile Court Chief
Judge J. Russell Jackson
thanked them for their ser
vices on behalf of voice
less children.
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meeting. The meeting will be held at the Forsyth County :
Senior Center located at 595 Dahlonega St, Cumming, GA
30040.
Our guest speaker for the evening will be Christopher ;
Holton who is the Vice President for Outreach with the |
Center for Security Policy. Mr. Holton will address various
issues involving global Islamic insurgency and the rise of
jihad in the United States.
Mr. Holton has been involved in counterterrorism and |
countershariah initiatives. In 2005, he was a co-author of £
War Footing, and co-authored two other books on national :
security. He has appeared on the O'Reilly Factor, the Glenn
Beck Program, the Laura Ingraham program, Holton’s work
has also been published by National Review, and numerous
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case. There are kids out
there now not being repre
sented.”
He said he would be
“flying blind” in making
decisions on behalf of chil
dren and their families
without the information
provided to him by CASA
volunteers.
“He’s not out in the field
with the children and the
parents and the families
and the foster families and
the school houses,” said
Antonia Flowers, who has
been a CASA since 2002.
“We put boots on the
ground to collect informa
tion for him that he can
count on as reliable.”
She said being a CASA
is more than simply col
lecting information.
“What you find is you
fall in love with these kids.
They're all different, and
they’re all wonderful.
They’ve had some bad
times, but they’re not here
because of anything
they’ve done,” she said.
“When you can put a child
on a better path, that’s
always rewarding.”
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