A Special Award for Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) Program

CASA volunteers are ordinary people doing extraordinary work for abused, neglected and abandoned children in Contra Costa County, California.

Appointed by a judge in the dependency courts, a CASA volunteer speaks up for the best interests of a child in court. Many times the CASA volunteer may be the only consistent and caring adult presence in the life of a child in foster care.

This program has used MK Shannon Awards for over a decade. The piece they chose to use is part of a series of small sculptures designed to be placed in the “arms” of a sculpted award figure titled “Appreciation.” This award, to many, looks like a little “Oscar” but it is designed to hold a heart, a star, or a child figure. It can also be customized by having MK Shannon create “your company logo” in metal to be held by the figure.

The CASA program presents one award yearly to recognize a special volunteer.

The Special Event Show in San Diego Special For Us Too!

Jenny Hamilton of Jenny Hamilton Weddings is my Irish "cousin" don't you know! She is seen here posing with me and my customizable award named Appreciation in front of our tradeshow booth at this year’s Special Event Show. I appreciate that Jenny has traveled all the way from Ireland to be at The Special Event here in San Diego. We managed to get in a little chat time and even a side trip to the Hotel Del Coronado. The weather was just beautiful and inviting.

The exhibitor show was a lot of fun this year with so many people stopping by our both to tell Kelle Reich, our Sales VP, and I what they have been hearing about our unique awards from their recipients or telling us how they want to use the awards for exciting new events. Big thanks go to Wanda McKnight who makes it all happen for the exhibitors each year and still bigger kudos to Kim Romano, the queen of fun, who put the whole grand conference together for us all. For those who couldn't make this one, you missed one of the best, by the best.