News and Events

Casas for CASA
Winners of the Casas for CASA were announced by Santa on December 22, 2012, at the Illinois Centre Mall in Marion.  Chances were sold to win one of six children's playhouses, designed and built by students from schools in Williamson County, as well as a doghouse donated by the Marion Regional Humane Society.  Your donation helped us make the holidays a little more merrier for the children of Williamson County in foster homes.  Thank you to all who participated.  Pictures of these "Casas" can be viewed under our Casas for CASA tab.

Feb. 27:   Board of Directors Meeting

Training Classes for New Volunteers
New CASA Advocate Training began Feb. 7, 2012.  Call 618-998-2291 to inquire about future classes.

Illinois CASA State Conference
The Illinois CASA State Conference will be held on March 16, 2012, at 1 Hotel and Conference Center, 1900 S First St, Champaign IL 61820.  CASA advocates attending are welcome to travel with the CASA staff to the conference.  Anyone interested in attending should contact Jennifer or Cheri at 618.998.2291 before Tuesday, February 21.
 
Southern Illinois Meth Awareness Conference
The Meth Awareness Conference will be held on March 20 and 21 at John A Logan College, Carterville IL.  This conference is free but you MUST register on your own at www.alc.edu/cbi (workshop information is available at the website also).  If you plan on attending, please let us know; we'd like you to join us at our table.  Lunches and snacks are included.  Call us if you have any questions at 618.998.2291.

Child Abuse Identification and Intervention Workshop
The Child Abuse Identification and Intervention Workshop will be held April 12 at Shawnee Community College in Anna IL from 9 Am to 2 PM.  This is a very good workshop and is free for CASA.  Please let us know by March 16 if you plan to attend so we can get you the registration form.

CASA In-Service Training
Please keep Tuesday, April 17, clear on your calendar for our next Quarterly In-Service Training.  You will receive a reminder postcard including the topic for the evening in early April.  You can also expect our next quarterly local CASA newsletter in March.

Annual Downstate Conference on Child Abuse
The Annual Downstate Conference on Child Abuse will be held Wednesday and Thursday, April 25 and 26, at JALC, Carterville IL.Please let us know by Friday,  March 16, if you are interested in attending.  Lunches are included.