Dr. Phil and Robin McGraw advance Foster Care Message for National CASA Association.
Seattle, WA -- Since accepting called official spokespersons for National Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Association's "Forgotten Children" attack in the bounce of 2008, Dr. Phil McGraw, the host of the amalgamated daytime allocution appearance DR. PHIL, and his wife Robin McGraw, accept helped access advance inquiries to the organization's Web website this year by added than 45 percent. It was appear today by CASA arch controlling administrator Michael Piraino. In 2008, for the aboriginal time in National CASA's history, cartage to the organization's Web website garnered added than one actor visits in one agenda year.
Web cartage to the National CASA website generates a ample allocation of advance and donor inquiries, on which CASA is primarily dependent. Due to the Dr. Phil and Robin partnership, inquiries to CASA rose by added than 60 percent, CASA's better amount of inquiries in one year back its birth 31 years ago. A almanac 29,000 advance inquiries were recorded in 2008.
These accouchement deserve added from us as a nation. With Dr. Phil and Robin's support, we achievement The Forgotten Children attack will accomplish CASA the a lot of acclaimed adolescent advancement alignment in the country We already accept affidavit we're affective in that administration based on our Web cartage numbers. Last year, CASA advocates represented 225,000 children, and that amount is absolutely admirable, but there are alone abundant volunteers to advice bisected the adolescence in the system. When Phillip and I heard that, we knew we had to accommodate our abutment to accession acquaintance and allure added volunteers to advice CASA with what they do best - giving a articulation to a advance adolescent who contrarily may not accept a voice National CASA Association, alternating with Dr. Phil and Robin, launched the Forgotten Children attack nationally in May 2008. The attack is an accomplishment to accession acquaintance of advance accouchement and recruit much-needed CASA advance advocates who plan calm with the cloister arrangement in the best interests of advance children.
Dr. Phil and Robin McGraw accept a abiding absorption in convalescent the lives of advance children, and putting ancestors first.
According to Piraino, the Dr. Phil and Robin affiliation has helped accommodate broader awareness, added volunteers and added banking abutment for the advance accouchement in charge that CASA serves.
"These accouchement deserve added from us as a nation. With Dr. Phil and Robin's support, we achievement The Forgotten Children attack will accomplish CASA the a lot of acclaimed adolescent advancement alignment in the country," Piraino said. "We already accept affidavit we're affective in that administration based on our Web cartage numbers."
National CASA hopes that with the Dr. Phil and Robin affiliation and the abundant cartage access to its Web website it will put the spotlight on the nation's 513,000 advance adolescence in charge of support, abeyant volunteers as able-bodied as banking donors will appear advanced to help. With a arrangement of added than 948 affairs offices nationwide, CASA recruits, trains and supervises advance developed advocates who advice advance accouchement acquisition safe, abiding homes area they can thrive. When a CASA advance is involved, a adolescent is beneath acceptable to move from home to home, and they are 95 percent beneath acceptable to re-enter the advance affliction system.
On February 6, Robin McGraw will draw absorption to the newest crop of CASA volunteers if she will appear training courses and the swearing-in celebration of the chic by the Honorable Michael Nash, Presiding Judge, Juvenile Dependency Court. This will be featured in a approaching DR. PHIL show.
"Last year, CASA advocates represented 225,000 children, and that amount is absolutely admirable, but there are alone abundant volunteers to advice bisected the adolescence in the system. When Phillip and I heard that, we knew we had to accommodate our abutment to accession acquaintance and allure added volunteers to advice CASA with what they do best - giving a articulation to a advance adolescent who contrarily may not accept a voice," Robin McGraw said. "The ambition of our attack is to recruit abundant new volunteers so over 300,000 abused and alone accouchement will accept a CASA advance this year. And if I accomplished that wasn't enough, I knew it was my assignment to become a CASA volunteer.
About The Forgotten Children Campaign
The Forgotten Children attack kicked off May 19 with a affecting affectation of 4,250 activity admeasurement cutouts of accouchement placed in the caliginosity of The Washington Monument, apery anniversary adolescent who entered the advance affliction arrangement in that anniversary alone. The attack will abide throughout 2009, allowance to accession acquaintance on a bounded akin for CASA programs above the nation. The all-embracing ambition is to advice accession $2.9 actor that will go to armamentarium bounded affairs advance and sustainability. Ultimately, National CASA hopes to use these funds to advice accommodate a caring advance advocate to an added 75,000 abused and alone children.
About Dr. Phil
Dr. Phil McGraw has galvanized millions of humans to "get real" about their own behavior and actualize added absolute lives. Dr. Phil, his syndicated, circadian one-hour series, is the additional highest-rated daytime allocution appearance in the nation. The appearance has been authoritative account and breaking annal back its September 2002 launch, if it garnered the accomplished ratings of any new amalgamated appearance back the barrage of The Oprah Winfrey Show 17 years prior.
About CASA
The mission of the National Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Association, calm with its accompaniment and bounded members, is to abutment and advance court-appointed advance advancement for abused and alone accouchement so that they can advance in safe, abiding homes. To apprentice added about National CASA and the Forgotten Children campaign, and how you can advice accompany adherence to the activity of an abused or alone child, appointment http://www.nationalcasa.org.
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