Jill Baker Braun began volunteering at ProKids as a CASA Volunteer in 2010 because, she said, “I could no longer look away.” “I knew that we had a challenge in our community and I’ve been...
Tristan and his mom, Nicole, talked about how adoption impacts their family, the joy of being together and the way they found one another when Tristan was 2 and living in foster care. Nicole is...
You can also hear an interview with Shaq and Kathy here. Shaq at 21 is a student at a university in central Ohio and on his way to a career in early childhood education. But...
For most of his childhood, Justin’s days were all the same. And other than school, he was never allowed out of the house. When he talked too loud, or laughed, or even made too much noise on...
Foster children can have lives that have little consistency: different homes, different schools, different friends, different everything. At ProKids, our CASA Volunteers work to reduce unnecessary moves and upsetting changes which can keep children from...