My name is James McIntyre. I'm the President and Co-Founder of the Foster Care Alumni of America Illinois chapter as well as a former ward of the state of Illinois for 17 years.
The parents ended up giving up their parental rights and handing me back to the state. I then spent several years in residential, moving to a TLP, then an ILO. I've spent the better part of my adult life writing policy for the child welfare community to better their lives. Some of that policy is sibling bill of rights, increasing DCFS scholarships, introducing the first youth in care bill of rights, and more recently trying to revamp the Abuse and Neglected Child Reporting Act. I work closely with DCFS and with the Office of the Cook County Public Guardians office to ensure proper care is given to all of our kids in care.
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For over 30 years, Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Cook County has been training everyday people to stand up for children that have experienced abuse and neglect in an overwhelmed and extremely under-resourced foster care system. Today there are anywhere between 5,800 to 6,000 children in Cook County’s foster care system—and CASA of Cook County can only provide one-on-one support for less than 6 percent of them. Because of our limited resources, our volunteer advocates are court-appointed for cases deemed most in need of individual, dedicated support. Learn more about our work here: http://bit.ly/CASA_Cook_Cty
Meet the 2015 Team CASA, which raised more than $36,000+, by visiting this link: http://bit.ly/2015TeamCASA
Meet the 2016 Team CASA, which raised more than $52,000+, by visiting this link: http://bit.ly/TeamCASAPix.
Our goal in 2017 is to once again run the Bank of America Chicago Marathon and raise $50,000. 100% of the money raised will go towards CASA of Cook County's child advocacy program.
We highly encourage you to share the opportunity to join Team CASA with your friends! There's nothing better than running for a good cause alongside great people!
Welcome to Team CASA and thank you for believing in our mission & vision.
Sincerely,
Mark Dinglasan
Executive Director
CASA of Cook COunty
| Supporters | |||
| Name | Date | Amount | Comments |
| Karen Bush | 10/19/2017 | $100.00 | Thank you for all you do James! | Cameron Zelaya | 10/08/2017 | $10.00 | Kelly Cassidy | 10/08/2017 | $150.00 | Go James!! | Ann Williams | 10/08/2017 | $50.00 | Proud of you and grateful for all you do to give a voice to foster kids! | Kimberlie Dodson | 10/08/2017 | $25.00 | Proud of you, James! | Cindy Lusignan | 10/07/2017 | $50.00 | Kara Teeple | 10/06/2017 | $150.00 | You will do great James! | Meryl Paniak | 10/06/2017 | $25.00 | Run James Run! | Caren Zielke | 10/06/2017 | $25.00 | From Linda and myself, go James go! | Gautham Ragunathan | 10/06/2017 | $50.00 | here ya go oliver twist ;) | Robyn Gabel | 10/04/2017 | $100.00 | I'm proud of you for taking on this challenge. Go James! | Anonymous Friend | 10/02/2017 | $50.00 | What a great idea, James! Keep calm and run, run, run! | HOWARD Schnitzer | 09/30/2017 | $50.00 | So proud of you James McIntyre | Deborah Carnes | 09/28/2017 | $50.00 | Good luck James | Danielle Gomez | 09/28/2017 | $50.00 | Joanna Kotecki | 08/08/2017 | $25.00 | I believe in you! | Donna Sendra | 06/21/2017 | $100.00 | Jo Johnson | 06/21/2017 | $25.00 | Go James!!! |
| Total | $1,085.00 | ||