A big thank you to Miss Merced County Bianca Trinidad for spending the day with us on Monday at the 4th Annual Golf Fore CASA Tournament and to Board President Hank Strength for escorting her around the course.
Treasurer Holly Werner and her husband helping out at the 4th Annual Golf Fore CASA Tournament.
Congratulations to our 6th place team, Stewart Family Foundation, Mike Bentz, Scott Winton, Advocate Lou Souza and Advocate John Matzenbacher. These gentleman shot a 67!
Thank you to everyone who supported CASA by participating in, or donating to The 4th Annual Golf Fore CASA Tournament.
On Tuesday, June 4 we had a wonderful visit in the office. Allegra Pickett from Teichert Foundation delivered grant funding which will be used for telehealth mental health services for our CASA youth. 180 organizations applied for this grant and CASA of Merced County was one of 44 recipients. Thank you Teichert Foundation for investing in our youths future!
The CASA office had a wonderful visit with Linda Martinelli, Xochitl Merales and Anne Tressler from the Merced Gateway Quilters Club. They donated 10 beautiful quilts (that CASAs own quilter, Associate Director Karen Smith is holding) for our kiddos to enjoy.
Layla (the granddaughter of Executive Director Cathie Lancaster) and some of her friends made items and sold them at school to raise money for CASA! Way to go Layla and friends! These young children realize the importance of helping others and giving back to the community! They will make great Advocates for foster youth one day!
Louisville Slugger baseball socks, sometimes it is the little things that mean the most. Thank you Ticket to Dream Foundation for the everyday essentials benefiting youth in foster care so they can look and feel their best.
One hundred ninety! That's how many stuffed animals that CASA of Merced County Executive Director Cathie Lancaster received from Carter Chapman and Bennett Stoddard. A big thank-you to these two gentleman, along with their Buhach Colony classmates for collecting these furry friends to help our CASA youth have a hoppy Easter!
Thank-you Ticket to Dream Foundation & Project Glimmer for teaming up to provide personal care items for our teens in foster care!
A big shout out to Ellie! On June 10th she donated 18 handmade blankets to CASA, each with individual and special messages for our children. Ellie is in junior high and is already thinking of others! Way to go Ellie, we appreciate you!
CASA of Merced County was happy to receive a very cuddly donation of stuffed animals from Carolyn and Kathleen. Thank-you ladies for giving gifts of comfort to our CASA youth.
A big shout out to Castle Veterans Organization for the donation of Applebee’s gift cards! Advocates and their kiddos can enjoy a meal out - which is a real treat for some of our kiddos!!
CASA of Merced County was happy to have the help of Miss Cheyenne Davidson during set-up for The Killer Dueling Pianos event in April.
A big thank you to CASA of Merced County’ advocate Joni Jenkins for her donation of coloring books and crayons.
Advocate Coordinator Angela McKellar accepting money that Natalie Medina and the Atwater Key Club collected for CASA.
Community Cares About CASA
CASA appreciates the support of members of the community and businesses in Merced County!
Our 4th Annual Golf Fore CASA Tournament made up of teams from our local community, was a great success thanks to wonderful board and staff members like Dena Traina, Cathie Lancaster, Carol Hamm, Karen Smith and Holly Werner.
A BIG shoutout to our wonderful sponsors and donors for our 4th Annual Golf Fore CASA! We appreciate your support!
The 4th Annual Golf Fore CASA Hole Sponsors
Thank-you to everyone who attended April's The Killer Dueling Pianos Event and donated to a wonderful cause, our CASA youth! They say it takes a village to create such a spectacular event and these are just a few of the amazing individuals who made the night a success.
Executive Director Cathie Lancaster and Recruitment/Outreach Coordinator Ellen Burk pictured with The Killer Dueling Pianos at the April fundraiser.
Thank you to Dutch Bros in Merced and Livingston for supporting CASA on Buck for Kids Day! In addition we would like to thank everyone who took time to purchase a drink from Dutch Bros on Friday 9/22. We appreciate your support!
Who does not enjoy a good book? Thanks to Advocate Stephanie Rivero and her friend Kristi Wilder, Paper Pie donated backpacks and books to CASA. Paper Pie’s vision is to share the books kids love to read and they certainly shared with CASA. Kristi took the time to sort the books by age group and advocates filled backpacks with the books so our Advocates could bring their CASA youth in to pick up an age appropriate backpack full of books to read!
