Savannah/Chatham CASA Executive Director ZaDonna Slay and Program Assistant Danielle Mearis, pictured with State Representatives J.Craig Gordon, Bob Bryant, and Mickey Stephens, attended the annual “CASA Day at the Capitol” event in Atlanta on February 4th.

CASA Day at the Capitol is an annual event hosted by Georgia Court Appointed Special Advocates, Inc., the day centered around CASA volunteers, board members and staff from across the state meeting with members of the Georgia Legislature and sharing their concerns about the abused and neglected children in foster care that their CASA programs serve.

This year’s event included a legislative briefing and meeting with legislators, concluding with a luncheon to thank the legislators for their support of the CASA organization and child welfare issues.

Savannah/Chatham CASA is an affiliate of Georgia CASA, a nonprofit organization with 47 community-based affiliate programs. The CASA program is central to fulfilling society’s most fundamental obligation by making sure a qualified, compassionate adult will fight for and protect a child’s right to be safe, to be treated with dignity and respect and to learn and grow in the safe embrace of a loving family.

Last year, over 2,100 CASA volunteers in Georgia served 8,890 abused and neglected children. In 2013, 69 CASA volunteers served 293 children in Chatham County.For more information about your community’s CASA program and/or local attendance at CASA Day at the Capitol, contact Savannah/Chatham CASA at 912-447-8908 or [email protected].