CASA press release
CASA of Trinity Valley has been awarded a $6,500 grant through NobleCause, a national grant competition mobilizing volunteers to address the greatest challenges facing their local communities.
These funds will support CASA in its effort to recruit and train volunteers who will speak for abused and neglected children locally, ensuring that these young victims do not fall through the cracks while in foster care.
“The number of children coming into foster care in Henderson, Anderson and Cherokee counties continues to increase,” said Emily Heglund, CASA resource development officer. “We need volunteers to provide a voice for these children and to ensure that their needs, whether physical, emotional, medical or educational, are met.”
NobleCause is made possible by a donor within the GiveWell Community Foundation and organized by NobleHour.com, a volunteer management tool that promotes a culture of civic engagement and charts meaningful acts of goodness. For more than a decade, NobleHour has been connecting and equipping thousands of schools, non-profit agencies, and organizations to shape well-rounded students and service leaders, build better communities, and measure their collective impact.
In total, the NobleCause competition awarded $1 million in grants, recognizing 100 organizations at the $6,500 level and seven organizations at the $50,000 level. All grant recipients demonstrated a remarkable ability to raise community awareness, foster partnerships, and cultivate leaders who take action.
“We set out to encourage communities throughout the country to tell us their big, sustainable ideas to inspire quality volunteerism,” said Wesley Barnett, managing partner for TreeTop Commons and NobleHour. “By organizing volunteers to address local concerns, NobleCause award recipients are defining social responsibility right in their own communities.”
For more information regarding CASA of Trinity Valley, visit www.casaoftv.org.