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Posted September 2010
Mrs. Jane Riche’ first became aware of the issues that many foster children face when her oldest daughter became a foster mother to two young girls. The experience increased her desire to give back to the community by helping children who are currently in foster care. Mrs. Riche’ then decided that CASA would be the [...]
Continue ReadingPosted August 2010
Tommy and Misty Iles of Hineston have a story they never wanted to tell, but believe they must so they might help others. Their faith in God is what is getting them through a time of unimaginable grief. On June 21st, the young couple lost their 2-year-old son, Hunter Jack, in a tragic accident. “God [...]
Continue ReadingPosted August 2010
Carmen Lashney is a new CASA volunteer currently working her first case, and a paralegal by profession. She and her husband are working to raise his sixteen-year-old daughter whom Carmen considers her own. She learned about CASA from the mother of one of her stepdaughter’s friends, and from time to time she would hear of [...]
Continue ReadingPosted August 2010
Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian ministry founded on the conviction that every man, woman and child should have a decent, safe and affordable place to live. Habitat builds with people in need regardless of race or religion, and welcomes volunteers and supporters from all backgrounds. Habitat currently needs additional volunteers to help [...]
Continue ReadingPosted July 2010
Mary Ann Reddoch, of Rapides Parish, has been named one of 11 state Volunteers of the Year by the Associated Professional Educators of Louisiana (A+PEL). She was honored at a reception at the Governor’s Mansion in Baton Rouge on June 8th, where Louisiana’s first lady, Supriya Jindal, greeted the volunteers with warm opening remarks. Reddoch’s [...]
Continue ReadingPosted July 2010
In recognition for their exemplary humanitarian service, Edwin and Jacqueline Caplan of Alexandria are the latest honorees of the ‘Service Above Self Award’ presented by the Rotary Club of Alexandria. The prestigious award is Rotary International’s highest honor for individual members. “It’s a wonderful honor, and I was certainly surprised by the award, and appreciate [...]
Continue ReadingPosted July 2010
Walter “Walt” Chance has been a volunteer since May, 2005. Walter says the reason he became a volunteer was “so many bad, undeserving things happen to children and they need someone to represent them.” Following high school, Walt joined the air force and was stationed at England Air Force Base. Walter is also a retired [...]
Continue ReadingPosted May 2010
When Anna Todd was instructed by her English teacher to choose a topic for her Senior project, it did not take her long to decide. Mrs. Rusk, her Senior English teacher, had encouraged her to choose a topic about which she felt impassioned. Anna immediately committed to her project on St. Jude’s Children Research Hospital. [...]
Continue ReadingPosted May 2010
William has been a CASA volunteer since 2003. He says that he is a volunteer because CASA provides children who are abused or neglected with a voice, which for a long time they did not have. William was born in Mississippi but has lived all over the country as the son of an Air Force [...]
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