APRIL 30, 2021, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A5
CASA: Advocates find role
equally rewarding, rending
Continued from page 4
“You aren’t going
into it to be the best
friend of the foster
family, that’s not the
point of you being
there. You care about
them but you are
mainly advocating
for the kids for what
is best them,” Jim
said.
All
four
vol-
unteers said the
training was very
intensive
and
time consuming.
However,
they
agreed that it is
Volunteer, CASA OF MARION COUNTY
worth it to see the
kids happy and
safe.
“I would dedicate
Another way people can help is by
all the time in the world just to see that. It donating which can be done through the
makes it all worth it,” Cross said.
website or in-person.
Those who can’t volunteer can still
Starr believes that everyone should
help or learn more about CASA can stop also consider themselves a mandatory
by the office or look online for more reporter and if they have concerns about
resources.
a child’s well-being, they can report it to
“If they were curious, it’d be kind of the Oregon Child Abuse hotline at 1-855-
nice if people just dropped into the office. 503-7233. CASA also currently has plans
They would be impressed with just how for the future of the organization.
warm and friendly and personable the
“We are currently in the process of
staff is,” Jim said,
absorbing the Safe Families for Children
These kids
aren’t in
another country
or another state,
they’re in our
county.
— SORAIDA CROSS
program from Catholic Community
Services and are getting ready to launch
a new pilot program in partnership with
ODHS Child Welfare in Marion County
that will work to reunify children with
their parents faster with trained volunteer
safety supports in place,” Starr said.
For more information on CASA and
becoming a volunteer, visit www.casamar-
ionor.org.
Manager
honored at KCL
Vicki Brammeier was recently hon-
ored as the 2021 recipient of the annual
Art Burr Library Champion Award at the
Keizer Community
Library.
The award hon-
ors an individual,
organization or com-
munity organization
for
extraordinary
service to the library.
Brammeier was pro-
moted to library
V. Brammeier
manager after serv-
ing as a circulation
desk volunteer, a member of the volun-
teer committee and chairperson of the IT
committee.
“She embodies the values of the Art
Burr Library Champion award. Over the
course of her time as a volunteer, Vicki
has provided leadership in small and
large ways to enable the library to flour-
ish,” said the library board members in a
recent newsletter.
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