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Home Volunteer Information Fundraising and Donations Trainings Contact Us Links Web site development and maintainance courtesy of the Oklahoma CASA Association	Fundraising and Donations Shop online and support 3rd District CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children)! CASA volunteers speak up for the best interests of abused and neglected children in the courts. Our volunteers make sure no child gets lost in the foster care system. When you shop at your favorites stores through the Freepledge site a percentage of your purchase benefits the CASA program. Thanks for your support! Support 3rd District CASA: shop, donate, feel good. Shop Here We can now take online donations! The 3rd annual Quartz Mountain Diamondback 100 will be held August 7, 2010 in Altus, Oklahoma. The ride will begin and finish at the Altus city reservoir. There will be a 100 mile, 62 mile and 40 mile ride through the scenic flatlands of Southwest Oklahoma. There will also be a 10 mile family fun ride around the Altus reservoir. The ride will begin at 7 am and will transit the communities of Altus, Martha, Granite, Quartz Mountain State Park, Blair and Friendship, Oklahoma. This ride is the perfect tune-up for the Hotter 'N Hell 100!! SAG and medical support will be provided for all participants. Bring the entire family and enjoy the beautiful Quartz Mountain State Park area for the day or for the whole weekend. _________________________________________________________________ April is Child Abuse Prevention Awareness Month & Month Celebrating the Military Child: Every year in this country, more than 500,000 children are removed from their families, placed in some form of foster care and thrust into the court system. In Oklahoma, over 8,600 abused and neglected children were wards of the juvenile courts in 2009. These children have faced challenges and hardships that most of us cannot imagine—from a lack of food, clothing or shelter to actual physical endangerment–not to mention the emotional trauma that can result from these situations. In FY2009, Jackson County reported 94 confirmed incidents of abuse and neglect while Harmon County reported 10 cases. [Okla. D.H.S. Annual Report, Child Abuse Statistics, FY2009]. The Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) program’s average is 2.5 children per case. A trained CASA volunteer can provide the child with a friendly face and someone to trust, while at the same time making sure that the court knows the child’s true situation and any needs he or she may have. We are only able to serve a fraction of the children who need a CASA volunteer within our district. We must continue to build the number of trained volunteers to reach the goal of providing a Court Appointed Special Advocate for each child who needs one. CASA volunteer advocates work along side the Department of Human Services (DHS) to ensure that children are safe and have a permanent home. A CASA advocate is a child’s voice in the courtroom, speaking on behalf on their best interests. Since the program’s inception in 2002, the program has trained over 100 volunteers and served over 300 children. To celebrate children, not only abused children, CASA advocates teamed up with Jackson County DHS and members of the Altus Air Force Base community, to tie over 320 blue ribbons on trees in front of the Jackson County DHS building on 201 S. Main St in Altus. There is a great need to train more volunteers. To assist with this need, a new volunteer advoacte training class will begin April 20, 2010 and run for 5 weeks on Tuesday and Thursday evenings @ SWTC. Applications are now being accepted for the training. For more information, phone the CASA office @ 580-482-4600.

Web site development and maintainance courtesy of the

Oklahoma CASA Association

Fundraising and Donations
Shop online and support 3rd District CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children)! CASA volunteers speak up for the best interests of abused and neglected children in the courts. Our volunteers make sure no child gets lost in the foster care system. When you shop at your favorites stores through the Freepledge site a percentage of your purchase benefits the CASA program. Thanks for your support!

Support 3rd District CASA: shop, donate, feel good. Shop Here

We can now take online donations!

The 3rd annual Quartz Mountain Diamondback 100 will be held
August 7, 2010 in Altus, Oklahoma.

The ride will begin and finish at the Altus city reservoir. There will be a 100 mile, 62 mile and 40 mile ride through the scenic flatlands of Southwest Oklahoma. There will also be a 10 mile family fun ride around the Altus reservoir.

The ride will begin at 7 am and will transit the communities of Altus, Martha, Granite, Quartz Mountain State Park, Blair and Friendship, Oklahoma.

This ride is the perfect tune-up for the Hotter 'N Hell 100!!

SAG and medical support will be provided for all participants.

Bring the entire family and enjoy the beautiful Quartz Mountain State Park area for the day or for the whole weekend.
_________________________________________________________________

April is Child Abuse Prevention Awareness Month & Month Celebrating the Military Child:

Every year in this country, more than 500,000 children are removed from their families, placed in some form of foster care and thrust into the court system. In Oklahoma, over 8,600 abused and neglected children were wards of the juvenile courts in 2009. These children have faced challenges and hardships that most of us cannot imagine—from a lack of food, clothing or shelter to actual physical endangerment–not to mention the emotional trauma that can result from these situations. In FY2009, Jackson County reported 94 confirmed incidents of abuse and neglect while Harmon County reported 10 cases. [Okla. D.H.S. Annual Report, Child Abuse Statistics, FY2009]. The Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) program’s average is 2.5 children per case. A trained CASA volunteer can provide the child with a friendly face and someone to trust, while at the same time making sure that the court knows the child’s true situation and any needs he or she may have. We are only able to serve a fraction of the children who need a CASA volunteer within our district. We must continue to build the number of trained volunteers to reach the goal of providing a Court Appointed Special Advocate for each child who needs one.
CASA volunteer advocates work along side the Department of Human Services (DHS) to ensure that children are safe and have a permanent home. A CASA advocate is a child’s voice in the courtroom, speaking on behalf on their best interests. Since the program’s inception in 2002, the program has trained over 100 volunteers and served over 300 children.
To celebrate children, not only abused children, CASA advocates teamed up with Jackson County DHS and members of the Altus Air Force Base community, to tie over 320 blue ribbons on trees in front of the Jackson County DHS building on 201 S. Main St in Altus.
There is a great need to train more volunteers. To assist with this need, a new volunteer advoacte training class will begin April 20, 2010 and run for 5 weeks on Tuesday and Thursday evenings @ SWTC. Applications are now being accepted for the training. For more information, phone the CASA office @ 580-482-4600.