Glamour Gowns

When: Saturday, April 5th and Sunday, April 6th 2008
Where: Los Angeles Convention Center
Why: Our Glamour Gowns soiree has successfully turned dreams into reality for hundreds of young ladies in foster care each year. For the past six years, CASA with the help of countless volunteers, helps to strengthen the self image of young ladies by giving them special princess powers for the day. Our young ladies are assigned a personal shopper dedicated to helping them find that perfect gown with fabulous matching accessories!

Give the Light of Hope to a Child Holiday Celebration (Dec 1, 2007)

With the busy holiday season upon us and a ton of invitations for parties to sift through, CASA is grateful to all those who joined us for our annual Give The Light of Hope To A Child Event! Supporters from all over joined us on Dec 1st for the festivities at Hollywood & Highland to raise money and awareness in honor of abused and neglected foster children in Los Angeles.

Special thanks to Kimberly Caldwell of American Idol who hosted the entire show and the spectacular performances of country music stars Kellie Coffey, Star De Azlan, the LA Music Academy Performers and the Westside Ballet. The Executive Producer of the hit show "CSI- Las Vegas" was also on hand to endorse our cause.

Guests enjoyed an outdoor screening of Its A Wonderful Life and cookie decorating underwritten by Starbucks. Many generous guests contributed by sponsoring at least one of the 30,000 lights on the 35-foot Christmas Tree in the central courtyard, representing rays of hope for abused or neglected children.

For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.casala.org or call 323-526-6329.

Craft Box-ing (Dec 2, 2007)

Once again, CASAs prove their readiness and never-ending diligence when needed. So much “artistic electricity” can be discharged by CASAs! Creative CASAs teamed-up on Sunday, December 2nd to assemble “Cheer Kits” and “Memory Boxes” for CASA children as holiday gifts.

Those gifts were displayed during the CASA Holiday Party on December 19th. CASAs Brianna Kennedy, Ginny Springer, Karri Luong, Haelyn Lee, TL Thousand, along with Sue Thompson, Marisa Schor and a couple of friends, wore their “creative hats” at the home of Sarita and Paul Carden, who graciously opened their home to host this magnificent event.

Together, we created 48 gorgeous completely unique boxes, decorated for different age ranges, that CASAs could select and surprised their CASA child.

Thank you CASA Karri Luong for your amazing gift-idea and CASA Haelyn Lee for encouraging Karri with this initiative! Thanks Sarita for feeding us!

Annie Premiere

The world’s favorite orphan helped LA’s foster kids!

Premiere Sponsor:

Hundreds of individuals joined CASA of Los Angeles for LA’s premiere performance of Annie at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood in October of 2005.

The event benefited CASA of Los Angeles, and was supported by Bruce Willis’ National Foster Care Fund and many celebrities. Honorary Chairs were Antwone Fisher, Bruce Willis, Pierce Brosnan, Robert and Leslie Zemeckis, and Thomas Tull.

Lancaster CASA Holiday Party

The CASA Holiday Party coordinated by our Lancaster Office is an annual event honoring all of the CASA volunteers that work out of that office. The party provides a fun outlet for the foster children these CASAs serve, including crafts, food, and photographs with Santa. Gifts for the children are generously provided each year by High Desert Medical Group.

To learn more about supporting this event contact Cindy Robles at crobles@lasuperiorcourt.org or 661.945.6483.