Gary Waddell Honored by CASA Foundation at
22nd Annual Child Advocacy Recognition Gala
Waddell Named Child Advocate of the Year
Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Foundation honored Gary Waddell as Child Advocate of the Year at the 22nd Annual Child Advocacy Recognition Dinner on Saturday, Oct. 6, at The Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino®. KLAS – TV 8 anchor Dave Courvoisier acted as Master of Ceremonies for the evening, which served to recognize numerous CASA volunteers and members of the community for their outstanding contributions to the CASA program, which provides voices to the abused and neglected children in Clark County’s foster care program.
Other award recipients included: Kathy Espin, President’s Award; Kim Le, Outstanding Case Manager; Bonnie Mays, Excellence Award; KC Caraballo, Gail Dennis, Larry Dreihaupt, Diane Epstein and Olivia Fisher, Outstanding Service Award; Alison Brasier, Diane Climer, Heather McCusker, Patricia Pimentel, Fred Rutberg, Renee Rivera-Shaffer and Vicki Simons, CASA New Comers Award.
CASA Foundation raises funds to support the CASA volunteers and benefit the foundation’s initiative of providing foster care children with clothing, tutoring, school supplies, scholarships and other necessities while they make their journey to a permanent home.
About CASA Foundation
The Clark County Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Foundation has been assisting abused and neglected children in Clark County for more than 20 years. There are currently, 3,500 children in Clark County who were not safe at home and are now forced to live in foster care. The CASA Foundation supports the program that enlists CASA volunteers who advocate for the best interest of these innocent children who have become Wards of the court. CASA Foundation also serves as a resource to supplement the unsatisfied needs of children in care. For more information visit http://www.casafoundationlv.org/ or call (702) 588.CASA (2272).
