Volunteer Viewpoint

It is with great pleasure that I introduce Emmialine “Emma” Boers as the CASA Volunteer of the Month. Outside of the love of farming and actively involved in her grandchildren’s lives, Ms. Emma found the time to complete her training in May 2025 and accepted her first case just weeks later. She took on a challenging situation involving five siblings who were placed in four different homes. Ms. Emma established a professional working relationship with everyone involved in the

Erin Casey completed her CASA training on July 10, 2024, and was assigned to her first case on August 2, 2024. At that time, the children, Ebony, Aaron, and Charles, came into care due to neglect/physical abuse. When Erin was assigned, she jumped right in, contacting the children and their foster parents. From the moment she accepted this case, she approached her role with a deep sense of responsibility and love for the children she was appointed to serve. Erin advocated for

I am honored to present Paige Babin as December’s Volunteer of the Month. After her pre-service training, Paige was assigned her first case with another Advocate Supervisor on March 2, 2023, and successfully worked on her case until the children were reunified with their mother. Fortunately for me, when her Advocate Supervisor resigned, I was assigned the case she was currently working on and became her New Advocate Supervisor. During my first meeting with Paige concerning he

It is with pleasure that I present CASA Advocate Jenee Esquivel as the November 2025 Volunteer of the Month at CASA. Jenee completed pre-service training on July 12, 2024. She accepted her first case involving a sibling group of six children, aged 1, 6, 10, 11, 12, and 14. Due to this being a large sibling group, Jenee and her co-CASA decided that Jenee would take the boys and her co-CASA the girls. Both CASAs begin to immediately collaborate and arrange sibling visits to ass

Congratulations to Cheryl Richard for being named Volunteer of the Month! Cheryl completed her training in September 2022 and accepted...

Congratulations to Ms. Danielle Gordon for being chosen as the volunteer of the month for September 2025.  Ms. Gordon completed her...

I am honored to nominate Ozzlen Gonzales as the Volunteer of the Month for August 2025. Ozzlen completed her new volunteer training in...

I am pleased to introduce Nya Lewis as the CASA Volunteer of the month. Nya was inspired to join CASA by her uncle, who served as a CASA...

Brent St. Blanc began serving as a CASA Advocate on 10/13/2013. He has completed 3 cases throughout that time and is now on his fourth...

I am honored to nominate Mary Alford as the Volunteer of the Month for May 2025. Mary completed her new volunteer training in January...

VOLUNTEER OF THE MONTH SPOTLIGHT Congratulations to Evelyn Mitchell for being chosen as Volunteer of the Month. Evelyn has been a...

VOLUNTEER OF THE MONTH SPOTLIGHT Rebecca Rudisill It is with the greatest honor that I have chosen Rebecca Rudisill as March's CASA...

I am honored to nominate Steven “Steve” Guidry  as the Volunteer of the Month for February 2025. He completed CASA training in April 2023...

Donna Brown signed on to her first case on 04/14/2024 after completing her Pre-Service training on 03/31/2024. Donna received her case...

On September 4, 2024, Alaysha was assigned to 15-year-old “Lauryn”. Lauryn entered foster care in August 2024 on the report of physical...

Congratulations to Michael Hayes for being chosen as Volunteer of the Month. Currently, Michael is on his second case. He completed...

CASA Advocate, Elizabeth Foster, completed pre-service training on April 11, 2023, and like any new CASA, waited in anticipation for that...

As I considered who deserved the title of Volunteer of the Month, one name stood out: Seril Carroll. Since completing her preservice...

It is an honor to nominate Valeka Matthews as Volunteer of the Month. Ms. Matthews was sworn in as a CASA (Court Appointed Special...

Leslie Jewel agreed to be the CASA Advocate for Trevor, now 3 years old, on 02/28/2023. Trevor had already been in care from birth along...

Hi, I’m Teryn Thornton! I became a CASA volunteer in September 2022. I can’t remember how I found out about CASA, but once I did, I knew...

Paige Babin has been a CASA volunteer for a little over a year and was assigned to her first case, a sibling group, in March 2023....

Get to know Nicholas “Nick” Cole. Nick is a CASA volunteer who completed CASA training in October 2021 and has advocated for 2 families...

My name is Emma Wagner. Outside of being a Court Appointed Special Advocate, I am the Public Information Officer at Louisiana Economic...

Hi friends! So happy you are here and really excited to show you what a day in the life of a CASA Volunteer looks like. My name is Shelby...

My name is Debbie D. Sigers, and my family moved to Louisiana in 1994. I am recently retired from the City of Baton Rouge. My career was...

My name is Ellen Bush. I’m a “lots of irons in the fire” kind of person. I am 62, a retired engineer, computer consultant and high school...

After spending a little more than three years as a journalist in Baton Rouge, I’ve covered quite a bit. Some of those stories have been...

My husband and I moved to the Baton Rouge area in June of 2017. I work as a project manager for a pipeline company. After a year of...

My name is Cori Dullnig and I work as a physical therapist at the Neuromedical Center Rehabilitation Hospital. My husband and I relocated...