Day after day, CASA-NYC serves children and youth in foster care due in large part to the efforts and labors of our team of volunteer Advocates and with the help of our small staff of social workers. These civic-minded individuals donate more than 26,000 hours to serve more than 1,000 children every year! Our Advocates spend their days researching much needed resources, collaborating with case workers and attorneys, updating family court judges, and so much more, all in an effort to help foster children move to safe, loving, and permanent homes and youth aging out of foster care prepare for independent living.

Volunteer appreciation is every day at CASA-NYC but once a year we gather to celebrate the invaluable service our volunteer Advocates provide to those in need. On Wednesday, April 11th CASA-NYC held its annual Advocate Appreciation Evening at a trendy loft in Tribeca, NYC. Organized by our Volunteer Coordinator, Lizaura German, the evening recognized the 146 volunteer Advocates who donate their time to upholding CASA-NYC’s mission. We honored CASA Hero Award recipient, Robert “Bob” Swanton for his 18 years of dedicated service to foster children and youth.

We consider every volunteer Advocate a champion in the foster care arena, without whom children and youth might fall through the cracks of the system. CASA-NYC staff and Board thank our Advocates for so passionately helping foster a hope for a better future!

A Word Of Thanks

We are thankful to the following businesses for their support:

• The Azoulay Miles Team

• Il Mattone

• MacKenna Lewis Photography

• Spruce

• City Iris

A special thanks to Karen Azoulay for her support and direction in planning this year’s Advocate Appreciation Evening.