April 13, 2017 meeting 

At our last meeting, we heard from our own Lucille Bell, Executive Director of CASA for Rockwall and Kaufman counties. Lucille gave us some startling statistics about child abuse: in 2016 2200 children died, 58,644 children were abused, 60% of children in CPS care are 6 and under, 48,000 children in child protective services. CASA acts for the child and can only enter a case when the court appoints a CPS case to them. This is the 25^th year for CASA that started in Oregon with a caring judge that saw that the child needed a voice. The Rockwall/Kaufman office served 190 children last year. They currently have 86 volunteers that work to help the children in our area. Please consider helping them by attending their car show on May 21 in the Harbor, or attending their Clay Shoot on August 26 in Scurry, or maybe by becoming a CASA volunteer yourself! Thank you Lucille for a great meeting.