CASA volunteers provide a voice during sometimes scary and complex moments in a foster child’s life experience. Creating a new connection with a child or teen isn’t always easy. Experiences such as going for ice cream, flying a kite, or choosing a movie help a CASA volunteer and youth talk, share, and connect.
VOICES offers activities from toddlers to teens in locations throughout Maricopa County. Simply being present and giving the child something to look forward to is an important part of building that connection.
Said one CASA volunteer: “My CASA child loves going to the movies. One of our best bonding experiences. I really appreciate these tickets”. Another exclaimed of an indoor museum: “Great way to help beat the heat during summer and get siblings together! The kids loved it!”
Sometimes the activities are things that you often do with your child but might be the CASA child’s first experience: “I got the kite for my youth and he was so DELIGHTED, we had a great day flying it and he was really happy to have it so he could also enjoy it with friends,” said one CASA Volunteer”.
Need some Fall Fun with your family?
Fall fun means hay rides, pumpkin patches and petting zoos at Pumpkin Farms all over the Valley, such as: Vertuccio Farms in Mesa, MacDonalds Ranch in Scottsdale, Tolmachoff Farms in Glendale or Mother Nature’s Farm in Gilbert and more! Don’t forget the caramel apples or pumpkin spice anything!
