{"id":61,"date":"2010-04-13T09:01:18","date_gmt":"2010-04-13T09:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pinkletoesblogstalker.com\/blog\/?p=61"},"modified":"2010-04-13T09:01:18","modified_gmt":"2010-04-13T09:01:18","slug":"rallied_up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pinkletoesblogstalker.com\/blog\/rallied_up\/","title":{"rendered":"Rallied up!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"casa1.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/pinkletoesblogstalker.com\/casa1.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0pt auto 20px;\" height=\"1414\" width=\"910\" \/>Such an honor yesterday to be part of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.texascasa.org\/\">Texas CASA&#8217;s<\/a> &#8220;Prevent Child Abuse Rally&#8221; in San Antonio yesterday. As much as I loathe that drive from Austin to San Antonio, it was very worth it&#8230;especially since the rain decided to hold off on us. And, what a lovely surprise to see my images all over these banners and brochures for their latest volunteer recruitment initiative. <\/p>\n<p>Years ago, I used to work for Texas CASA managing the <a href=\"http:\/\/rts.texasonline.state.tx.us\/NASApp\/txdotrts\/SpecialPlateOrderServlet?grpid=60&amp;pltid=90\">license plate program<\/a>. It was all behind-the-scenes work, so I didn&#8217;t really get the chance to see the kind of dedication and positive change brought about by all of these amazing volunteers who serve as a voice for abused or neglected children caught up in the system. But my word, this young man&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"casa2.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/pinkletoesblogstalker.com\/casa2.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0pt auto 20px;\" height=\"944\" width=\"910\" \/>&#8230;this young man had quite the story to tell. He&#8217;s a CASA kid [he made the important distinction that he&#8217;s not a &#8216;former CASA kid&#8217; because once you&#8217;re a CASA kid, you&#8217;re always a CASA kid] and he spoke about the incredible difference his CASA volunteer made in his life. It was amazing to see the two of them together. During his speech, I just set my camera down. Honestly, I couldn&#8217;t really see behind the tears that kept welling up. I was blown away by his confidence, his sense of humor, his humility, and his genuine appreciation for the kind of change a CASA volunteer can bring about in child&#8217;s life.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps <a href=\"http:\/\/www.becomeacasa.org\/\">you can, too<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Such an honor yesterday to be part of Texas CASA&#8217;s &#8220;Prevent Child Abuse&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[60,61,59],"class_list":["post-61","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-austin-volunteer","tag-austin-charity","tag-austin-non-profit","tag-austin-volunteer-need"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rallied up! - Pinkle Toes Photography<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/pinkletoesblogstalker.com\/blog\/rallied_up\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rallied up! 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