What is CASA? Virginia Beach Court Appointed Special Advocates.
What does CASA do? CASA recruits, trains and supports volunteers to champion the best interests of abused or neglected children in the local Virginia Beach Court System. Volunteers are appointed by the court.
Who are CASA Volunteers? They are members of the community who receive extensive education and training in order to advocate for abused and neglected children whose cases are before the Virginia Beach Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court.
What is their role? CASA volunteers advocate for these children to make sure they don’t get lost in the overburdened system. Their ultimate responsibility is to promote safe, permanent homes as quickly as possible. It is incredibly challenging work but one child at a time, CASA volunteers are making a difference.
What is the Ocean Park Campaign? In Ocean Park we have a number of neighbors who are or have been CASA volunteers and board members so we decided to reach out and see if we could support this work. Three years ago we provided $25 gift cards for all 40 children in the program thanks to the generous donations of our Ocean Park neighbors. The next year the number had grown to 70 children and we were able to provide gift cards for all the children. This year we hope to provide gift cards for all 81 children in the program.
How can you help?
- You can donate money to purchase gift cards. The QR code will be available shortly.
- You can send a check to our post office box: OPCL P.O. Box 55385 Virginia Beach, VA 23471
- You can purchase a Target, Walmart or Chick-Fil-A $25 gift card .
- Contact communication@opcl.org and we will arrange to pick it up.
- You can drop off gift cards or donations at the Social Committee Meeting at OPVRS on Monday, Nov. 16th at 7:00 pm, you can also drop them off at our Holiday Party at Froggies on December 5th, or bring them to the OPCL Meeting on December 10.
- They ask us to deliver the cards to the Court by December 11.
