Many volunteers choose to become a CASA volunteer because they are looking for a meaningful, challenging role, one where they can be the difference in a child's life.
When people first become CASA volunteers, their initial motivation is usually that they want to do something for others, yet CASA volunteers repeatedly report that they get much more from being a CASA volunteer than they ever give. They tell us the CASA volunteer role is a life-changing one, that it makes them rethink how they see the world and challenges their preconceptions about people.
CASA volunteers have stated time and time again that no other volunteer position has had such a profound impact on their lives. It's guaranteed that once you become a CASA volunteer, you will never be the same again.
“My work with ProKids is incredibly fulfilling, but in a different way than I expected when I first got involved. Before becoming a CASA, I thought I’d spend most of my time with children. While I visit the children assigned to me at least twice a month, my role is to be an advocate, to ensure that children receive needed medical, psychological and educational services. My role is really to strengthen the relationship between a child and his or her caregiver. Much of my volunteer work revolves around improving the lives of children by creating and facilitating support networks that help birth parents, foster parents or relatives to be better and more effective in caring for their children. Through ProKids, I’ve gotten incredible insight into just how much it takes to care for a child. Most of us have the education, the financial wherewithal and the friends and family to support us during times of stress or crisis, or even just through the day-to-day challenges of being a parent. Children in foster care come from families lacking these fundamentals.” -- Tiffany Clark, Attorney with Ulmer & Berne, LLP, CASA volunteer since 2006
