2009 CASA Conference
The Impact of Child Abuse: Trauma, Resiliency, & Healing

* There were 2,735 child abuse and neglect petitions filed in 2007 an increase from 2,328 in 2006.
* At the end of 2008 there were 2,771 West Virginia children in foster care due to abuse and neglect.

Please mark your calendar and plan to join us September 10th for the 2009 CASA Conference to learn more about the impact of domestic violence and child abuse from the perspective of a survivor.   The annual CASA conference brings together individuals interested in making a difference in a child's life.  

This year's conference will be opened by Miss West Virginia Talia Markham.  Ms. Markham is a trained CASA Volunteer and a strong advocate for abused and neglected children.  
The remainder of the training will be provided by Olga Trujillo.  Ms. Trujillo is an attorney and a former US Department of Justice employee who is also a survivor of child sexual abuse and rape.   She has undertaken a journey to understand the impact the violence has had on her life – from the sexual violence she suffered as a child to the rapes she endured as an adult.  Through her presentation she unravels the connections between the coping skills she learned early in life and her vulnerability to rape and sexual violence as an adult.  Her experience is inexplicably horrible but her survival is unbelievably hopeful.  She details the results of her journey so far – and ties her resiliency to the people in her life that helped her, protected her and saved her life without ever realizing it.  Through her experience as a survivor and an attorney, she offers insight into what it means to be a survivor, what we can do to prevent further victimization and recognize what we all do to help survivors.

The conference will be held at the Bridgeport Conference Center in Bridgeport, WV. 

Click below to register online and pay with Credit or Debit card through e-giving.

2009 Tour de CASA and Celebrity Tricycle Race

October 10, 2009

The Tour de CASA is a benefit bicycle ride to be held at Pullman Square in Huntington.  The event will include a 20 mile and 40 mile ride.  In addition, there will be a Celebrity Tricycle Ride.   The event is sponsored by West Virginia CASA, Western Regional CASA, and Clear Channel and will occur in conjunction with the annual Oktoberfest.  For more information call (888) 549-2272.

2008 CASA Conference
"Our Children, Our Future"
October 2, 2008

“We all need meetings such as this conference and need to better integrate all agencies, volunteers, legal representatives if we are to truly have an impact.   It has to be a systemic change.” ~ Conference Participant

“It proved our children are our future.  We cannot throw them away we have to look out for them, guide them in truth and light.” ~ Conference Participant

“I’m going back to my colleagues ready to apply what I have learned – excellent real life examples.” ~ Conference Participant

Please check back at a later date for information on the 2009 CASA Conference.

2008 Tour de CASA   
October 4, 2008

The Tour de CASA was a benefit bicycle ride held in Huntington, WV.  The event was co-sponsored by Clear Channel and occurred in conjunction with the annual Oktoberfest.

Thank you to our sponsors:

Cabell County Bar Association
Cabell Huntington Hospital Trauma Center
Children First
Children’s Place, Inc.
Clear Channel Radio
Jeff’s Bike Shop
Graphic Solutions
Pain Care PLLC
WV Alliance for Drug Endangered Children

2008 Celebrity Tricycle Race

The Celebrity Tricycle Race was held in conjunction with Tour de CASA.

FIRST PLACE
Jim Davis – 100KEE fm
Lane sponsored by: Toy Train, Inc.

SECOND PLACE
Steve Borecky – WCHS TV
Lane sponsored by: Mintzer, Sarowitz, Zeris, Ledva, & Meyers, Attorneys at Law

THIRD PLACE
Dee DeLancey – WOWK TV
Lane sponsored by: Duffield & Lovejoy, Attorneys at Law

Thank you to our additional lane sponsors:

Cabell County Bar Association
Cabell Huntington Hospital Trauma Center
Clear Channel Radio
C.M. Love & Company
Conway Law Firm
Jeff’s Bike Shop
R. Steven Jarrell, Attorney at Law
Vital & Vital, Attorneys at Law
Woelfel & Woelfel, Attorneys at Law

Thank you to our additional racers:

Christian Alexanderson – Herald Dispatch
Michele Bush – WV CASA Association
Bill Cornwell – 800 WVHU
David Felinton – Mayor of Huntington 2001-2008
Jason King – B97.1 fm
Clint McElroy – WTCR

The 2009 Tour de CASA and the Celebrity Tricycle Race will be held in Huntington on October 3rd.  Please check back at a later date for more information.

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