Casino Night Benefitting Court Appointed Special Advocates of Montgomery County

The final plans are coming together for a wonderful evening, all benefiting the Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) program of Montgomery County and their work to help abused and neglected children in Montgomery County. Tickets are $75.00 per person and can be purchased on line at casamontgomery.org or at the door. The ticket includes poker chips, drink coupons and a raffle ticket. Raffle prizes include:

• Two night stay at the Gaylord National Harbor, including breakfast
• Wizard Basketball tickets and a gift card to Carmine’s Restaurant
• A summer week in Steamboat Colorado

Silent Auction items include beauty, travel, dining, wellness, educational and professional services from area business showing their support of the Montgomery Co. CASA chapter. A few in demand items are:

• Progressions Salon & Spa – shampoo, haircut and style
• Dinner for 10 catered by Delicious Gourmet
• Weekend at the Madison Hotel, Washington, DC
• Buca Di Beppo $100 gift card
• Hearing Screening by Carolyn Wyatt Audiology
• Music lessons at Impact Studios
• Two hours of Handyman Services by Larry Will Fix it
• Sports baskets – University of Maryland Football and Basketball including team signed ball.

Guests will be able to play a variety of table games as well as a special Texas Hold’em table.

Area businesses, firms and individuals are stepping up to show their support of the event. Francha Davis, Executive Director, reports that following sponsors have been secured for the upcoming fundraising event:

Champion Level: Health Resource Network, LLC

Hero Level: Dickstein Shapiro

Partner Level: Anonymous; Arent Fox; Devan & Lowery, P.A.; Robert & Lillian Philipson Foundation

Friend: Convergent Wealth Advisors; Eagle Bank; Felinton Elder Law Centers; Gerber Tours; Goodman, Gable, Gould Adjusters International; Hughes: Paragon Title & Escrow; Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy and Ecker, P.A.; Smith, Lease & Goldstein, LLC; Wachovia Bank, a Wells Fargo Company:

“Our community is clearly seeing the need to support our mission and helping to provide the financial support required to fund the programs to advocate for abused and neglected children in our judicial system. We can’t help these children without their support and the hard work of our volunteers”

The Saturday, May 7 festivities will be held from 8:00 – 11:00 p.m. at The Universities at Shady Grove (9630 Gudelsky Drive, Rockville, MD, 20850). To purchase tickets ($75.00 per person), make a donation, or a volunteer, please contact Francha Davis, Executive Director of CASA Montgomery at 301-340-7458 or visit www.casamontgomery.org. 

CASA Montgomery volunteers are everyday citizens appointed by Juvenile Court judges to advocate for the timely placement of each child in a safe and permanent home and for the highest quality of their care while under court jurisdiction.  During its 24 years of operation, CASA Montgomery has advocated for more than 1,500 children, 85% of whom were in permanent homes when their cases closed.

CASA Montgomery is a private, non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization incorporated in 1987 to ensure that every abused and neglected child in Montgomery County has a safe, permanent home.  It is partially funded by the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services, the State of Maryland Administrative Office of the Courts, and Department of Human Resources.  Approximately half of CASA Montgomery’s annual operating budget must be raised through private sources including foundations, community organizations, and individual and corporate donations.