CASA Program Celebrates 25th Anniversary

In honor of 25 years of service to Bedford County and for the community’s support, CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) celebrated with a special luncheon on Tuesday at First Baptist Church.

Guest speaker for the CASA luncheon was Lynn Farrar, executive director of the Tennessee CASA Association. Out of 34 years of working as an advocate for Tennessee’s children in nonprofits, Farrar has spent 25 working with CASA.

The TN CASA network oversees 31 programs that serve 60 counties, with approximately 1,500 volunteers throughout juvenile court. Strayhorn advised that at the end of the fiscal year in June, there have been 4,734 children-reported as abused and neglected-served.