CASA Calendar


September 28, 2017 - Fall CASA Training begins!

September 22, 2017 - CASA Volunteer Luncheon 12-1:30 - Hood River CASA office.  Speaker tbd

October 8th, 2017 - CASA Superhero Fun Run!
CASA Wish List
We are in need of the following, can you help?
  • New Office Needs: small mini fridge and/or microwave.
  • Treats or gift certificates to use for volunteer recognition.
  • Someone to put up occasional posters in Hood River, The Dalles, and/or Moro.


Meet Our Children
Read about a few of the children we serve, and see how you can help us ensure that more children's stories have happier endings.
"To give a child a CASA is to give them a voice. To give them a voice is to give them hope, and to give them hope is to give them the world. I believe that with all my heart.”

Pamela, former foster care youth, a U of O graduate, and current Director of Programs & Partnerships for the Children's Trust Fund of Oregon.

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We have 50 children waiting for a CASA Volunteer!
Fall CASA training starts on Thursday, September 28th.  An interview and application are required before the start of training. Training is 5 weeks long with 3 hours of interactive on-line training and 3 hours of in-person sessions each week. 
Call (541) 386-3468 for more information.

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 About Columbia Gorge CASA...

Listen to our Public Service Announcement recorded by
Circuit Court Judge Janet Stauffer by clicking here.

  On average, there are 150 children in Wasco, Hood River and Sherman Counties who have been removed from their homes and are living in foster care because they were abused and/or neglected by their parents.

Columbia Gorge CASA recruits, trains, and supports community volunteers - just like you - to advocate for these children and ensure that they do not languish in the well meaning, but over burdened child welfare system.

The trained volunteer, called a "CASA” ( Court Appointed Special Advocate) monitors the child's needs and follows up to ensure services are provided. CASA volunteers are a lifeline for children during this traumatic time in their lives - a bearer of hope.

 We need for more CASA volunteers so that we can serve all children in foster care here in the Gorge. Currently, there are over 40 children waiting for a CASA volunteer to advocate on their behalf. Lift up a child's voice, a child's life. Become a CASA!