A troubled boy who found a home with his great-grandmother. A traumatized girl who finally has someone to count on. Three abused brothers who have enough stability they can finish high school.
These children – and about 800 others like them this year – are part of the reason Court-Appointed Special Advocates, or CASA volunteers, join ProKids. The work of CASA was honored at Fall Fling, the annual event where ProKids celebrates what is possible when a community cares about abused and neglected children.
Three volunteers were honored this year with the Darlene Kamine Advocate of the Year Award: Beth Adele Katerberg, Jim Lake and Carol Wiggers.
The event, held at the Kennedy Heights Arts Center, also included the swearing-in of volunteers who have completed the training program and are ready to speak up for children in the foster care system.
Click on a thumbnail below to view photo gallery from the event.
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- Bob McMahon, ProKids president-elect
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- Hamilton County Juvenile Court Administrative Judge John Williams
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- Honoree Carol Wiggers, CASA managers Morgan Zak and Maryanne Foster, honoree Beth Adele Katerberg, ProKids board president John Hands, CASA program director Charlotte Caples and honoree Jim Lake
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- Hamilton County Juvenile Court Judge Melissa Powers, with ProKids CASA volunteer Tom Flottman
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- Newly sworn-in CASA volunteers Lisa Allbrittin, Paulette Agbenu and Kristina Irby, with CASA manager Brenda Gray-Johnson
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- CASA volunteers Donna Salmon, Vivi Chow and Brenda Schumann
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- Wendy Lindsey and her sister, Dawn Lindsey, a new ProKids CASA volunteer
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- Hamilton County Juvenile Court Magistrate Paul Demott, Sarah Kurtz, Janet Demott and CASA volunteer Don Shuller
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