CASA Calendar

September 11, 2018 - CASA Volunteer Luncheon in Hood River - Representatives from GOBHI and The Next Door will present information about therapeutic foster homes as well as current efforts to recruit more foster families in the Gorge.         

September 12, 2018 - Application deadline for Volunteer Supervisor position.  Click here for job description and application instructions.
                                                    September 20, 2018 - CASA Fall Volunteer Training begins.

September 21, 2018 - CASA support meeting - Hood River Office 10:00 - 11:30.  Drop-in.

October 17, 2018 - Training on the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) at The Dalles Fire Station.  Two sessions to meet your schedule needs: 2 to 4 or 6-8.  Poster coming soon.
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 are hiring!  
Click here to read the job description and application instructions
 for our new half-time Volunteer Supervisor position.  
Application deadline is September 12th. 

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Fall CASA Training Starts September 20th!


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 About Columbia Gorge CASA...

Listen to our NEW Public Service Announcement recorded by
Circuit Court Judge Karen Ostrye 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!