Club member DeBorah Demander Reno is an author, teacher and healer. Her goal is to empower people to transform their lives from the inside out. With her guidance, you can live your best life, starting today.
[DeBorah is stepping in as speaker last-minute to fill in for JoEllen Brooks who had a family emergency that called her away.]
Child Advocates of El Dorado (CASA) provides support, empowerment, and a voice for the abused, neglected, and at-risk youth in our community. Amy Pooley is the Executive Director and will speak to us about the current status and needs of CASA. When children are abused or severely neglected, they must rely on adults to help them obtain justice and services. Who deserves an advocate more than an abused or neglected child?
The heart of our program is the Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA), a specially trained and supervised community volunteer, appointed by a Juvenile Court judge. CASA advocates make a difference in the lives of abused and neglected children by researching and monitoring cases involving children in foster care. CASA volunteers provide a balancing and supportive relationship with a foster child. Sometimes a CASA volunteer may take the role of a family coach who strives to heal family issues to avoid having children taken from their homes. There is currently a great need for more CASA volunteers: there are currently about 8 kids waiting on the Western Slope and 10 in South Lake Tahoe waiting for their CASA.
Becoming a CASA volunteer is a substantial commitment. There is background checking required including FBI screening and Megan's Law screening. Training for the role takes 30 hours, including 15 hours for an on-line course and 15 either in-person or on Zoom. A CASA volunteer typically is associated with a child over an 18-24 month time period. Please consider either donating money or your time to support CASA. For more information go to their website.
Dave Sargent: A signup sheet is being passed around for manning the Wine and Beer Fest booth at the ECD Fair in June. Others can sign up using an email with a link to signupgenius.com.
Don Fuller: Thrilled that last Saturday's work party at Cameron Park Lake was such a success.
Joe Ryan: Dittos and we got the OK from the CP CSD to name it "Rotary Pier"
Cathy Dugan Posted about the CP Lake work project on FaceBook and Community social media pages.
Sid Bazett: 24 people attended the Area 6 music and speech contest last Sunday at the Smith Flat House. Our speech contest winner and second place music winner competed and did very well, but did not win. Steve Long: Next Tuesday is the usual bike hauling day from the transfer station to the prison.
Guests:
Amy Pooley, speaker and Exec. Directory, CASA El Dorado
Rose Breitwieser, speaker from CASA El Dorado
Happy (or Not) Bucks
Bob Dorr- $50 happy to have hearing aids time for the first and be able to hear much better.
Greg Wood - $25 happy to be rescued by Ben Young after being left behind at the Earth Day work party at the CP Lake.
Dave Crofut - $25 thankful for a fun Spring Break vacation at Cabo.
Joe Ryan- $10 happy for all the volunteers that came to last Saturday's work party to complete the refurbishing of Rotary Pier.
JoEllen Brooks - $5 sad bucks because she went to the lake to work but couldn't find the right entrance that would let her drive to help us.
Andre Pichly - $20 total. $10 happy for the Lake Project being completed so quickly and $10 to attend his future granddaughter's baby shower.
Cathy Dugan - $5 happy to be able to announce that chocolate cake is here and ready to eat!
Birthdays in May
Bob Dorr
Mike Dugan
Janelle Horne
Steve Long
Cathy Dugan
Anniversaries in May
JoEllen and Geoff Brooks
Gary and Sheilah Gall
Suzy and Jon O’Neal
Verne and Chris Sanders
Janet and Lloyd Yarbrough
Upcoming Words of Wisdom/Greeter/Front Desk Assignments
GreeterFront DeskWords of Wisdom
05/04 Ulla Petersen DeBorah Demander Adam Marshall
Club member DeBorah Demander Reno is an author, teacher and healer. Her goal is to empower people to transform their lives from the inside out. With her guidance, you can live your best life, starting today. 
Child Advocates of El Dorado (CASA) provides support, empowerment, and a voice for the abused, neglected, and at-risk youth in our community. Amy Pooley is the Executive Director and will speak to us about the current status and needs of CASA. .png)
