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Apr

Go Blue on Friday

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Savanna Greg/The Highlander

Members of the Burnet County Child Welfare Board are reminding everyone that Friday is Go Blue Day, a day to wear blue in support of April as Child Abuse Prevention & Awareness Month. They hung shoes in the trees around the Burnet County Courthouse to highlight the number of children in foster care, the vulnerable population they serve in their efforts.

 

April is Child Abuse Prevention & Awareness Month all across America and the first Friday in April, April 6, is Go BLUE Day when people wear blue ribbons as a sign of awareness and pray for victims of abuse and neglect.

Right here in Burnet County three organizations are on the frontline of work toward one goal.

They are the Burnet County Child Welfare Board (BCCWB), the Hill Country Children's Advocacy Center (HCCAC) and Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) for the Highland Lakes all are involved with protecting our most vulnerable children, those in the foster care system.

“While each has a specific role in that task, they are often misunderstood,” said Caroline Ragsdill, president of the BCCWB. “But each has a special role.”

BCCWB

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24
Jul

CASA says goodbye to Harris, hello to new volunteers

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By Glynis Crawford Smith

The Highlander

Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) for the Highland Lakes Area will bid farewell to executive director Kristen Harris with a come-as-you-are goodbye party from 4-6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 3.

But until her departure, Harris knows just what she will be doing for the organization she has directed for the last three years.

“We have another advocate volunteer training class beginning Tuesday, Aug. 1,” said Harris. “Until my last day here, I will be doing all I can to spread the CASA mission.”

Thu
27
Apr

Blue Sunday is Child Abuse Prevention Month finale

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The bells sounds for abused children Glynis Crawford Smith/The Highlander

The annual Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Bell Ringing Ceremony Monday, April 24, is a solemn event to honor workers in service to children in Burnet, Llano, Blanco, Lampasas and San Saba Counties sponsored by Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) for the Highland Lakes Area and the Marble Falls Daybreak Rotary Club. On the stage of the Marble Falls Johnson Park amphitheater are, from left, Kristen Harris, executive director of CASA; 33rd District Court Judge Allen Garrett, a Rotary member; Leo Boutte, CASA volunteer and Rotary member; Teresa Greenburg of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) and Judge Cheryll Mabray of the Child ProtectionCourt of the Hill Country. This Sunday, April 30, is Blue Sunday, when people wearing the color blue recognize the final event in a month of abuse awareness. More images of the event can be found on The Highlander Facebook page: http://bit.ly/2oBBqKQ

By Glynis Crawford Smith

The Highlander

This Sunday, April 30, is Blue Sunday, the final observance in of Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Month.

Supporters of the work to support prevention efforts in Burnet, Llano, Blanco, Lampasas and San Saba counties, as well as across the country will be wearing the bright blue that signifies their awareness.

The Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Bell Ringing Ceremony sponsored by the Marble Falls Daybreak Rotary Club and Court Appointed Advocates (CASA) for the Highland Lakes Area was held Monday, April 24, at the amphitheater of Johnson Park in Marble Falls. It was the third annual event.

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Jan

Star Republican Women hear child services program

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Associate Judge Cheryll Mabray of the Child Protection Court of the Hill Country addresses Star Republican Women in Horseshoe Bay on Jan. 10.

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11
Mar

SWE helps foster kids

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Spicewood Elementary teachers Casey Marquez, Judie Jenkins and Kelsy Hickingbottom join Leadership Club students Hunter Cozby, Micah Bridges, Aleks Ludlum, Samuel Sugeno, Brooke Vestel, Addison Dehorty, Rylan Kent, Zoey Wider, Patience Gottschalk, Jared Smith, Reaghan Brown, Canon Cochran, Lucy Netzer, Cooper Cochran, Micah Netzer, Cameron Ivey, Landon Fletcher, Abbey Kinzel, Ava Beltran, Eli Webb, Hudson Dehorty, Alice Sorrell, Tanner Hannusch, Quincy Jett, Bree Herrera, Morgan Rockwood, Ava Carter, Madison Hardaway, Sophia Mills, Jake Carter, Elijah Blackington, Zy Kent, Payden Quinn, David Bertino, Maddox Rodriguez and Bailey Newberg. (Not pictured is teacher sponsor, Audrey Beltr

By Emily Hilley-Sierzchula

The Highlander

Children in foster care often have to move from home to home, toting their personal items in plastic bags along the way. Sometimes they don’t even sleep on the same pillow as they did the night before.

Children in the newly-0formed Leadership Club at Spicewood Elementary helped fellow youngsters by holding a donation drive for personal care items, ranging from socks to shampoo, as part of the CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) for the Highland Lakes Area project known as the CASA Case Project, a partnership with the First Baptist Church of Marble Falls.

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Mar

Spicewood Elementary students help foster children

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By Emily Hilley-Sierzchula

Children in foster care often have to move from home to home, toting their personal items in plastic bags along the way. Sometimes they don’t even sleep on the same pillow as they did the night before.

Children in the newly-0formed Leadership Club at Spicewood Elementary helped fellow youngsters by holding a donation drive for personal care items, ranging from socks to shampoo, as part of the CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) for the Highland Lakes Area project known as the CASA Case Project, a partnership with the First Baptist Church of Marble Falls.

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05
Feb

Boots & BBQ benefits CASA for The Highland Lakes

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Boots & BBQ to benefit Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of the Highland Lakes takes place at Marble Falls Lakeside Pavilion, 307 Buena Vista Drive on Feb. 20, with barbecue 6:30-8 p.m. and dancing to the music of Les Hartman and his band until 11:30 p.m. 

Reservations at $40 per person are available at the CASA website, highlandlakescasa.com or by calling the CASA office at 325-388-3440.

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