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PATTI CHAPMAN
Life Member Circle of Excellence
Top Producer • Relocation Specialist
and then having interaction with
our criminal justice system later is
absolutely appalling, and frankly,
a national tragedy. We want to
get in and interrupt those cycles.
When we think about these bigger
societal issues, graduation rates,
teen pregnancy, criminality, being
unhoused — all of these issues
have strong links back to the
experience of foster care. While
our volunteers are focused on
making an impact on the life of
an individual child, the collective
work of what CASA does in Central
Georgia, in the state and the
nation, is really incredible when
you think about the long-term,
multi-generational effect that we
have on these families."
As Young put it, "Joshua is a
wonderful child that would have
been put in a box, labeled as bad,
troubled, and at-risk. Now he's
in a situation that brings out
the best in him. He is flourishing
in college and able to make his
own decisions. He is becoming
independent but with the support
of a loving home that he feels is his
permanent family."
Today, Joshua is 19 years old.
For seven years of his life, CASA
volunteers have shown him the
support and love his family could
not. "CASA volunteers put that foot
forward for us, and I am forever
grateful," Joshua said. "I am not the
only kid going through situations
like this. I always try to do my best,
but I can say that I am where I am
through the help I have gotten
through CASA."
SUPPORT CASA
Whether you carve out some
time to volunteer, incentivize
volunteerism in your workplace,
or nominate an everyday hero in
your life to volunteer, support of
CASA will play a role in shaping
a brighter tomorrow for our
community and for kids like
Joshua. For more information,
visit cgcasa.org.
*For legal purposes, name has been
changed.
