CASA Kane County will be hosting our 35th Anniversary Event and Grand Re-Opening of our Grow a Healthy Child Garden on Wednesday, July 19th from 5-6pm.

We will be joined by all the Chambers across Kane County, Elected Officials, Staff, Board Members and Volunteers for this monumental Ribbon Cutting on Wednesday, July 19th at 5pm  outside the Courthouse at 100 S Third Street, Suite 430, Geneva, IL 60134 in our garden. This ribbon cutting would kick off our Grow a Healthy Child Garden Grand Re-Opening and celebrate CASA Kane County’s 35 years of advocacy and service for the children in foster care.

For those of you who may not know there was an accident in our garden last fall. There was a great deal of damage, including displacement of our beautiful little girl statue. We are thrilled to announce repairs are almost complete and our precious girl has returned!

This will coincide with our Backpacks for Bookworms volunteer pickup going on earlier that day.

Thanks to our mission partner and supporter of CASA, Parent Petroleum organizing this event. They will be collecting backpack supplies at their Pride locations throughout Kane County until July 10, 2023.

Donation Locations Listed below:

• PRIDE of Geneva – 1166 E. State St., Geneva, IL 60134

• PRIDE of St. Charles – 1505 Lincoln Hwy, St. Charles, IL 60174

• PRIDE of Batavia – 200 North Randall Rd, Batavia, IL 60510

• PRIDE of West Chicago – 1905 Franciscan Way, West Chicago, IL 60185

• PRIDE of Aurora – 1395 Butterfield Rd, Aurora, IL 60502

Backpack Supplies Needed:  

• Backpacks

• Crayons

• Notebooks

• Markers

• Folders

• Pencils

We will be distributing backpacks at our 35th Anniversary Event on Wednesday, July 19th from 4-6pm. CASA Volunteer Advocates may come to the courthouse to pick up their requested backpacks during this time and participate in this celebration.

For our Grand Re-Opening, we will have a small ceremony, ribbon cutting and enjoy some treats. We look forward to celebrating 35 years of advocacy and service with you! We hope the community will join and support CASA Kane County for this community event!