Volunteer Spotlight

My name is Nancy Sims and I am a CASA. As a devout Catholic, I was inspired to reach out to CASA by the words and example of Pope Francis – “It is not enough to say we are Christians. We…

Three years after retiring, I found that I yearned for continued learning opportunities, along with meaningful personal growth. After reading about CASA in a community newsletter, and then attending a short information session; I was confident that volunteerism was my…

I first learned of CASA while I was still working at Mainland Medical Center, and upon my retirement in 2012, I became a CASA Volunteer. After my husband’s death in 2016, I took a break but returned to CASA just as Covid hit…

After retiring from UTMB in September of 2015, I wondered, how did I ever have time to work? I searched for an organization that could put my analytical and natural abilities to use. I had heard of CASA and researched our local agency. In…

“I first heard about CASA when I was working at a residential treatment center in Austin about ten years ago. Since then, it’s always been in my head as an interest, I just didn’t have the time for it until…

Being a CASA volunteer has been a goal of mine for years; I first learned about CASA while volunteering as a legal intern with RCC in Galveston. When the time and opportunity opened for me to apply as a CASA volunteer, I…

Hi, I’m Lynn Roelke. I was born and raised in Pennsylvania and moved to Texas in the 90’s. After raising our kids in Bryan/College Station my husband and I moved to Galveston a year and a half ago for him…

I became a CASA volunteer after deciding I wanted to contribute more directly to my community. CASA gives me the opportunity to help some of the most vulnerable children using skills from my career and then learning so much more.…

Meet Rayna, a volunteer advocate with CASA of Galveston County. Read about her journey to become a volunteer and why it means so much to her. Treating myself to coffee and a pastry led me to become a CASA volunteer! …