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A champion for children
By LUANNE J. HUNT
There are many children’s advocate
programs that provide qualified professionals
and volunteers with an opportunity to make
a difference.
among them is the Court appointed Special
advocates (CaSa) association, a national agency
with a branch in San Bernardino. Through
recommendation by a juvenile court judge, the
organization assigns volunteer advocates to watch
over abused and neglected children.
San Bernardino County’s presiding juvenile court
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judge, marsha Slough, has been recommending
volunteer advocates for CaSa since 2007. Through that
work, she has witnessed the life-changing power of
community involvement.
“In my profession, you hear the worst of the worst,”
Slough said. “That is why having the opportunity
to work with programs like CaSa is so wonderful.
To get out into the community and encourage people
to be engaged in every way that they can is really
a de-stresser.
“It puts a whole new shade on the bad because you
see all of the good that’s being done.”
Slough has lived in redlands since 1980. She spent
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