Thank you for all the ways you showed you cared in 2011

Voices For Children CASA sincerely thanks all of you who showed your support for the CASA cause this past year. Thank you to the volunteers who donated their time and effort, businesses and individuals who donated gifts, funds, supplies and food, members of the community who made sure CASA Kids received gifts during the holidays and bikes to ride during the summer, and to those who shared our message online and in person.

Oh Baby!

Voices For Children CASA supports children in many ways. Our Growing Your Child program provides parents with information about a child's development milestones, activities for parents to perform with their child and suggestions on how to care for their self as a parent. Information is available for children age 0 to 24 months in both English and Spanish.

Growing Your Child Information sheets are available online at Growing Your Child Information. If you are a Boulder County resident and would like to receive Growing Your Child information by mail please write to nancy@vfccasa.org

Research shows that child neglect often occurs because parents have unrealistic expectations for their infants. The program was developed as a child neglect prevention effort. Each year approximately 400 parents participate in the Growing Your Child program.

Volunteer for the Light of Hope Committee

The Light of Hope Luncheon, held at the St. Julien Hotel each fall, is Voices For Children CASAs largest fundraising event.

The Light of Hope Committee is looking for a few volunteers to assist in planning this year’s event which will be held on Friday, September 7th. As a committee member you will be directly involved in the planning and preparation for this event. Light of Hope Committee members will begin to meet in the coming months with activities increasing as the luncheon nears.

If you would like to volunteer please contact Wendy at 303-444-5213

Happening Now - VFC CASA Statistics

As of January 26, 2012 - Voices For Children CASA volunteers are working on 55 child abuse and neglect cases involving 96 (47 females and 49 males) children in Boulder County. CASA volunteers advocate for children involved in the most serious cases of maltreatment.

Reasons for Case * 34 cases - substance abuse   4 cases - abandonment 13 cases - domestic violence 43 cases - neglect 23 cases - mental illness 11 cases - physical abuse 15 cases - sexual abuse 11 cases - other reasons

Victims by Age: 30 children age 5 or younger 28 children ages 6 to 12 38 children aged 13 & older

Race\Ethnicity: 58 Caucasian 28 Hispanic 10 other

* Multiple forms of abuse and neglect may occur in a single abuse and neglect case.

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