Answer Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Call to Serve with CASA

Today, and every day, volunteers with Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA)/Prince George’s County honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy of service in their work to advocate for the best interests of local youth in the foster care system. Traditional community service activities during Martin Luther King Jr. Day may have been interrupted this year but volunteering with CASA is an opportunity to better your community not just for one day, but for the rest of a child’s life.

CASA is a rapidly expanding nonprofit that recruits, trains, and matches volunteers from the community with children who have suffered from abuse and neglect to support them throughout their journey in foster care.

Dr. King once said, “Everyone can be great, because everyone can serve.”

80% of the children CASA serves in Prince George’s County are African-American. Each and every one of these youths deserve to have a mentor that looks like them and embraces them for who they are. They deserve to have a trusted adult in their lives dedicated exclusively to their well-being and success.

Here is where you come in.

Make the difference of a lifetime now by joining the CASA family on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. With CASA, your service will not just generate a day’s worth of impact, but a lasting one that can improve a child’s quality of life for years to come.

Start the year off with a commitment to make the world a better place for the youth in our community and consider becoming a CASA volunteer or donating to our cause. Together, we can answer Dr. King’s call to serve and help build a brighter future for the children in our foster care system.

To volunteer with CASA, call 301-209-0491 or go to www.pgcasa.org to learn more.

About Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)/Prince George’s County, Inc.

Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)/Prince George's County is a volunteer-based organization that partners with the juvenile court to improve the lives of children living in foster care who have suffered from abuse and neglect. With a strong commitment to diversity, CASA trains and supervises volunteers from the community who advocate for the best interest of children, recognizing and respecting each child's individual needs. By providing a voice to children in the foster care system, CASA’s goal is to help children and promote the timely placement of those we serve in safe, permanent homes.