The Silent Auction is now available online. There are dozens of items to choose from, some very unique. Have coffee with YES Network Sportscaster Jack Curry or As The World Turn's Emmy-winning actress Martha Byrne. Bid on a vacations, sports collectibles, handbags, restaurant gift certificates, show tickets, Comic Con tickets, Botox, spa treatments, exquisite jewelry. personal stylist experience and so much more. Bidding will end during the event but is open now until the end of the event. Details on site. Click here to bid:
UPDATE: THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO PURCHASED TICKETS AS THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT. PLEASE CALL IF YOU WISH TO BE PLACED ON THE WAIT LIST. You can still bid online even if you don't attend.
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| Lorin Konner Sherman, Rob and Alyssa Alfano |
"At this year’s event, CASA for Children of Bergen County is presenting our Angel Award to Alyssa and Rob Alfano, founders of the Alfano Family Charitable Foundation, who have been consistently and generously giving to Bergen CASA so that we can provide the children we serve with gifts and other items," states Suzanne Ordas Curry, President. "We count on this monetary support every year for the toys, clothing and other things that will put a smile on the children's faces, and every year they replenish the fund." Bergen CASA's spokesperson, Emmy-winning actress and Bergen County resident, Martha Byrne will assist with the presentation.
CASA advocates are volunteers that advocate on behalf of the county’s abused and neglected children and work to ensure that needed services and assistance are made available to these children while helping them move toward safe and permanent homes as quickly as possible. CASA volunteers are assigned to only one case; either one child or one family of children at a time, which allows them to devote an enormous amount of time to that child so that he/she does not slip through the cracks of the judicial and child welfare systems. In short, the CASA volunteer is an open-minded and unbiased voice for the child in the court process and a consistent and caring person in the child’s life.
Currently, there are more children in foster care in Bergen County than CASA has the volunteers or financial resources, to handle, and Bergen County CASA's goal is to have an advocate for every child. Advocates are always needed and additional funds help us grow the program. If interested in becoming a CASA volunteer, please visit the website and sign up for an information session.
Current sponsors to date include: Moretrench, The Lorin Konner Sherman Memorial Fund, Investor's Bank, The Toy Box/Let's Pretend Toys, Maxine Horvath, Paul Ramsperger, Henry Senger, The Curry Family, The Wuesthoff Family, RealSource, Richard Telesmanich, Michael Runyon, Pashman Stein, Boiling Springs Savings Bank, Leanza and Agrapidis/Jerry Maroules, Bogota Savings Bank, Charlene Barbetta, Bimini Bay Outfitters and The Timepiece Collection.
For more information on CASA, email info@bergencasa.org or visit www.bergencasa.org. If you would like to make a monetary donation, would like to know how to become a CASA volunteer or would like to know other ways to help, please call Theresa Drennan at 201-336-7520 or visit our website. CASA is located at One Bergen County Plaza in Hackensack.