As we reflect on 2024, I am filled with immense gratitude for the dedication, compassion, and unwavering support of our CASA for Kids of East Texas team. This year has been one of growth, resilience, and impactful advocacy for the children we serve.
Thanks to our incredible staff, volunteers, board members, donors, and community partners, we have been able to give a voice to children in foster care, ensuring they receive the stability, care, and hope they deserve. Your support has helped us provide critical advocacy and continue our mission of making life-changing differences—one child at a time. Our theme for 2024 was “ordinary people, extraordinary differences” but are team really are super heroes!
We celebrate every child’s achievement – weather it was reunification with a parent, adoption, improvement in self-esteem or socialization, an academic achievement or medical or emotional break-through. We know there is still much work to be done and many children in need of the critical work we do. As we look ahead, we remain committed to our vision: that every child in our community has a safe, permanent, and loving home. We invite you to join us, whether through volunteering, financial support, in-kind donation, or spreading awareness of our cause.
Stop by and see us! We love visitors to our beautiful campus and enjoy exploring ways to work together in support of the children in our community who need us.
With gratitude,
Mary Jo Burgess, Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer