EDDY COUNTY CASA

MAY 2019 NEWSLETTER

UPCOMING EVENTS

ARTESIA: May 20

Board Meeting @ 6pm

Total Cases 44

Total Kids Served 81

New Cases 3

New Children 6

Cases Dismissed 0

Children Adopted 0

APRIL STATISTICS

WE APPRECIATE OUR APRIL SUPPORTERS

Dan and Tammy Thompson

Fuson Industrial Maintenance

Randy Culver

North Eddy County United Way

United Way of Carlsbad & South Eddy County

Thank you to those CASA Volunteers that walked with us for the 7th Annual Walk Against Child Abuse. There was a great turn out. Children, Youth and Family Department did a wonderful job setting it up. I am also proud of the CASA staff and their participation in setting it up. I was honored to be among Judge Shuler Gray, Mayor Janway, Sheriff Cage, and Staci Compton who addressed the audience. Several classes from Craft elementary joined in on the walk. The Guardians of Children helped the Carlsbad Police Department escort all of us from the CYFD parking lot to the District Court House and back. District Attorney Dianna Luce, GAL Denise Madrid-Boyea, District Attorney’s Victim Advocates, and many of the members of our community joined in on the walk. We still have some of the Walk Against Child Abuse T-shirts at the Carlsbad CASA office that volunteers ordered. Please contact Amy to make arrangements to pick yours up.

We are still working on our CASA volunteer group that has been set up on FACEBOOK. Amy and Elisabet are working very hard to contact all the volunteers with FACEBOOK accounts and help them get set up in the group. The process is simple. All you have to do is go like the Eddy County CASA page and we then can add you to the group. We will be having a test run this week to get everyone used to using it. It will be like a meet and greet for about thirty minutes. Volunteers can join in at that time or any time after the recording and watch it. Then we are going to set up a 30-minute training on “Reports and Numbers” on Friday, May 3, 2019. Volunteers will be able to watch the live feed or watch the video at a later time and get credit for participating.

The CASA office continues to look for ways to improve communication between volunteers and staff. Please, if your address, phone number, or email has changed let us know. Remember we are here to help in every way. We are all in this together and will continue to support and care for our children in every way we can.

Thank each one of you for giving of yourselves to help improve the life of our most vulnerable and being a critical component to their future. For Our Kids!!!!

Thank you,

Lori Hill

Let’s all welcome our newest

CASA member, Amy Wright!

Amy was born in Carlsbad, New Mexico and has lived

most of her life there. She has also lived several years

in Lafayette, Louisiana. Amy attended college at

NMSU—C and has previously worked as a clinician’s

assistant in a group home for at-risk youth. She has

since worked in the medical field, doing billing and

chart review. She is a single mom to a fourteen your

old boy and twelve year old girl. Amy enjoys reading,

writing and is passionate about education and

nutrition.

1st annual FLETC

Volunteer Fair

Lori & Mary attend FLETC’s first

Annual Volunteer fair in Artesia.

Online Training Opportunities

We know you are busy and training may be difficult for you to come by. We

have discovered a website that will allow you to get your training hours

completed and all in the comfort of your home and your spare time.

Go to eddycountycasa.org

Under QUICK LINKS (on the left), click Advocate Continuing Education

Next click on National Children’s Advocacy Center

Click on the Course ID you chose to do training on. (You will then be

prompted to login or sign up.) Please sign up!

Upon completion of the course(s) you will be given a certificate of completion

please email that certificate to Amy or El isabet. Your certificate will sometimes

have your training time, if it does not please send us your training time. If you

have any questions or need help signing up please call either office.

Volunteer Banquet

Shine Bright l ike a Diamond!

Guest Speakers

Pictured Top Left: CASA President Dustin Walker

Pictured Bottom Left: Carlsbad Foundation Executive Director

Mike Antiporda

Pictured on Right: United Way South Executive

Director Linda Dodd

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Rookie of the Year: Nancy Brockman Volunteer of the Year: Schlone Lawler P ictured at Bottom ( l eft to r ight ) : Lori Hi l l , E l i sabet Edwards, Schlone Lawler, Jeremy Vasquez, Ann Brannon, Mary Mason, Amy Wright, Nancy Brockman, Sharon Smith, Patty Covert & Bever ly Worthy

Favorite Recipes

This next recipe comes from our Volunteer of the Year, Schlone Lawler!

OKRA SALAD

Step 1: Batter okra with 3 parts corn meal 1 part flour

Step 2: Deep fry until done & golden brown

Step 3: Drain on paper towels & cool

Step 4: Cut up onion into medium to small dice

Step 5: Cut 1 box of cherries or grape tomatoes into halves or quarters

Step 6: Place okra, onion & cherries or tomatoes in bowl

Step 7: Mix oil & vinegar as you would for salad dressing (3 parts oil & 1

part vinegar)

Step 8: Toss okra, onion, & cherries or tomatoes with vinegar & oil dressing

Step 9: Add 2—3 Tablespoons sugar

Step 10: 6 slices crisp fried & crumbled bacon

Step: 11: Stir well & serve.

Okra Oil Corn Meal

6 pieces of cooked bacon Flour Onion

1 box cherries or grape tomatoes Vinegar 2—3 Tbsp. Sugar

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Court @ 1:30

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Beverly Worthy

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Susan Forrest

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Court @ 1:30

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Amy Wright

Artesia Office:

Board Meeting @ 6pm

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Jeremy Vasquez

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Amy Christiansen

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3-Man Scramble

Lunch burritos provided

Taco Bar/After Party 4:00—6:00 pm

Over $1,000 in payouts per flight

Raffle Prizes (including Ping driver)

Mulligans Available

United Way of Carlsbad & South Eddy County

Golf Tournament

CINCO DE MAYO

For more information or to sign up, contact Neil Bhakta at Riverside Country Club

(575) 885-4253 or Debby Terrazas at the United Way office (575) 887-3504.

GOLD SPONSORSHIP AVAILABLE $1,000 3-PERSON TEAM $300

(Includes: A team of 3, premium tee box sign/location,

listed on all marketing materials.)

SILVER SPONSORSHIP AVAILABLE $500

(Includes: A team of 3 and a tee box sign)