CREATING A QUILT, HOPING FOR WARMTH.Byline: - Betty Kwong The quilt bears 500 squares, each of them colorful and creative works by children who already have suffered some of life's cruelties - abuse, neglect and abandonment. Yet the visual impact of the huge quilt represents only the smallest fraction of the bigger picture. In Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County alone, 85 to 120 children go to court each day in hopes of starting on the road to a better future. ``Many of the children created quilt squares dedicated to family members and friends they have not seen since becoming court dependents,'' said Janet Peters, president of Friends of Child Advocates other uses of Child advocacy The Child Advocate is a child advocacy network and resource group in the United States. Their mission is to serve the needs of children, families and professionals while addressing mental health, medical, educational, legal, and legislative , a fund-raising fund-raising, large-scale soliciting of voluntary contributions, especially in the United States. Fund-raising is widely undertaken by charitable organizations, educational institutions, and political groups to acquire sufficient funds to support their activities. organization supporting 304 Court Appointed Special Advocate CASA or Court Appointed Special Advocate is a national association that supports and promotes a court-appointed advocate on behalf of abused or neglected children in order to provide a safe and healthy environment in permanent homes. volunteers. The CASA Ca´sa n. 1. A house or mansion. I saw that Enriquez had made no attempt to modernize the old casa, and that even the garden was left in its lawless native luxuriance. - Bret Harte. volunteers help young court dependents through the judicial system, advocating for fewer placement changes for a child and working toward reunifying them with family members. On Wednesday, the quilt will be dedicated and hung in the lobby of the Los Angeles County Dependency Court at 201 Centre Plaza Drive in Monterey Park Monterey Park, city (1990 pop. 60,738), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a growing residential suburb of Los Angeles; inc. 1916. It is a wholesale, retail, and financial services center. . The public is invited to sponsor a quilt square for $100 each. Proceeds will support the efforts of the Child Advocates Office. To sponsor a quilt square, call Nancy Davidson in the Friends of Child Advocates office at (323) 526-6329. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Children who are court dependents made quilt squares for Friends of Child Advocates, which is using the project to raise funds. |
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