TUPELO ⢠Around the region, nonprofits are doing their part to ensure Christmas continues for the communities they serve.
CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) of Lafayette County is among them. The organization, which works with abused and neglected children within the court system, is hosting their annual CASA Christmas. As part of the event, the organization has its children create lists of wants and needs, and the nonprofit invites the community to adopt them to help complete those lists.
The first CASA Christmas served 23 kids. This year, theyâre serving 100, and the program is only growing.
âChildren in foster care have likely come from a very tough background, whether it be child abuse, whether it be child neglect, so I think it is really important because those are our most vulnerable kids in the community, and those are the kids that arenât getting the things that they need,â said Erin Smith, founding executive director of CASA of Lafayette Cou