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How CASA honors volunteers, raises funds to help foster children

A girl named Maria speaks Friday, Oct. 19, 2018, at the Casablanca fundraiser at the Chattahoochee Country Club in Gainesville. CASA, which advocates for children in the foster system, helped Maria find a permanent home with her grandparents. - photo by Megan Reed

10202018 CASABLANCA1.jpg — A girl named Maria speaks Friday, Oct. 19, 2018, at the Casablanca fundraiser at the Chattahoochee Country Club in Gainesville. CASA, which advocates for children in the foster system, helped Maria find a permanent home with her grandparents. - photo by Megan Reed

She told the story of Maria, a local girl who was in foster care for a while and had a difficult home situation, but knew she wanted to live with her grandparents. Her CASA volunteer, Bill Bombardier, and Juvenile Court Judge Alison Toller helped make that happen.