CASA of Northeast Oklahoma announces their upcoming annual Paper Doll Project. This year’s event brings an exciting change. For the first time, the event will be held during the month of April, which is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, in all six counties (Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa, Rogers, and Washington) where CASA provides services to children in foster care. Each county will compete in the “Battle of the Counties” to see who can raise the most funds and have the most dressed dolls displayed during the month of April. The winning county of the “Battle of the Counties” will have the honor of being presented with our new Champion Traveling Trophy to display for the year.
To participate, a business, organization, church, individual agree to sponsor “foster”, name and dress up a doll(s) (wooden cutout of a child, 3T to 4T) and display them in their business or a public location during the month of April. All clothing, shoes, and other items collected with the dolls will be distributed to children living in foster care.
“Having been a foster parent, my wife and I saw firsthand the difference it can make having a CASA volunteer advocate assigned to a foster child’s case,” said Mark Ogle, CASA of Northeast Oklahoma. “I invite you to join other sponsors in your community to ensure that a CASA of Northeast Oklahoma volunteer advocate can be there for an abused and neglected child living in foster care.”
Sponsorship Levels:
* Gold Sponsor – $1,000 (Sponsor receives four dolls and recognition on CASA of Northeast Oklahoma’s social media and other promotional information.)
* Silver Sponsor – $750 (Sponsor receives three dolls and recognition on CASA of Northeast Oklahoma’s social media and other promotional information.)
* Bronze Sponsor – $500 (Sponsor receives two dolls and recognition on CASA of Northeast Oklahoma’s social media and other promotional information.)
* Individual Sponsor – $250 (Sponsor receives one doll and recognition on CASA of Northeast Oklahoma’s social media and other promotional information.)
Once signed up, doll(s) will be delivered to you the last week of March. You display them during the month of April. They are then picked up at the end of April. The winning county will then be selected and awarded the traveling trophy.
To sign up to be a sponsor or would like more information regarding the event or how to become a volunteer advocate, please contact Mark Ogle at (918) 694-2510 or mark@casaneok.org.
CASA of Northeast Oklahoma is a nonprofit regional court-appointed special advocate program that recruits, background checks, trains, supervises, and supports adult volunteers who provide best-interest advocacy in court to Oklahoma children living in foster care.
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