[Grovenet] News Times Article

[Vickie Madeoneup]

awww    I knew it was CASA
  I just couldn't remember it at the moment
  I have heard wonderful things about the CASA organization
  
  Thanks Bob
  
  

Bob Browning <rab at jurislex.com> wrote:                  Well, while Cola is good, being a CASA (Court Appointed Special  Advocate) is better. You can go to this site for more information  overall -
  
  http://www.nationalcasa.org/
  
  and here for some information on the Oregon program -
  
  http://www.casahelpskids.org/
  
  And, this is one program that does make a difference, and that does  need more motivated and committed adults to help.
  
  Just an FYI!!
  
  bob "raise the kids right, and the adults will follow" browning
  
  Vickie Madeoneup wrote:
      
All of these issues are so muti-faceted
  it's very difficult to know what the right thing to do is.
  
  I used to do clothing and personal item (shampoo etc) drives for Project Greenhouse, but one of the conclusions I came to was that we are helping many of these kids to be able to stay on the streets when some of them have perfectly good homes but just don't want to follow the house rules.
  
  Then also for  six years I organised an Adopt A Family program for  Thanksgiving and Christmas. The very 1st year we "adopted" 23 families,  by the 6th year we "adopted" over 100. What was provided varied by  whoever the adopter was but many adopters provided Thanksgiving &  Christmas dinner, a tree & gifts for all the family members, paying  some of their bills.
  What discouraged me about that project was seeing many of the same  names all 6 years and having the school district tell me that some of  the families were on more than one Adopt A Family list.
  
  How do you help people who truly do need help, how do you prevent fraud without invading peoples privacy, rights & dignity?
  
  How do you help the children???? 
  
  There are 2 volunteer organizations that I was impressed with and thought that when I retired I would like to join
  One is where the volunteer is assigned to be a mentor to a parent in  trouble, gently helping them to learn to make better choices in their  lives and also as parents. Kind of a freind mentor.  I believe the  mentor program required a one year committment and visits every week to  the parent. Change the parent, change the dynamic of the entire house.
  
  The other is a childs legal advocate.    (COSTA    COLA  something like that) where you help  the attorney by helping with the leg work & investigative work for  the child. 
  
  I can not remember the name of either one of these, does someone on GroveNet know the names?

  Vickie

  
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