CASA Luncheon supports foster children

Emma’s Circle, a network of women committed to supporting the Alabama CASA organization and local children in need, recently hosted its third annual luncheon to raise funds to support abused and neglected foster children Alabama.

Guest speaker Gay Courter, author of I Speak For This Child: True Stories of a Child Advocate, spoke of her 25 years as a child advocate and challenged guests to somehow involve themselves in changing a foster child’s life. 

Gay’s book was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, and she received the Child Advocate of the Year award for her work as a Guardian Ad Litem (CASA) in Florida. Gay went on to adopt a child out of the foster care system.  

With the funds raised at the luncheon and sponsorships, CASA will be able to implement more county programs, strengthen those already in existence, and provide financial assistance to foster children in extreme and crisis situations where state funds are not available.