DAY 1 CASA 5K TRAINING!!

Well… for those of you who were not blown away in yesterdays storm, today is the first day of our Tech Theta Speak Up for Kids CASA 5k training.  Weather you plan to walk or run, now is the time to get up and get your gears going.  This weeks exercise schedule is:

Week 1- On run/walk days, walkers walk only. Runners run for 15 seconds/ walk for 45 seconds.

Monday: Run/walk 30 min

Tuesday: Walk 30 min

Wednesday: Run/Walk 30 min

Thursday: Walk 30 min

Friday: Rest

Saturday: Run/Walk 3 miles (4.8 km)

Sunday: Rest/walk

Don’t forget to get your friends to join you!! Online registration can be found at www. Casaofthesouthplains.org under events.  Have a great week and don’t forget to check back on Wednesday for some healthy eating tips (we might as well be eating healthy along with our workouts)!

Also, throughout the training if you discover any healthy recipes or have anything to say, please leave comments for the rest of us.

Thank You Kiwanis!

Thank you to the Kiwanis Club of Lubbock for the work you do to improve the lives of children around the world. Your $1000 donation to CASA will greatly assist with our work to provide advocacy for local abused and neglected children. We appreciate you!

Thank You Kiwanis!

STOP..... It's 5k time!

It's getting warm again, and you know what that means... IT'S CASA 5K TIME!! So for those of you who participate in the walk/run it's time to get up and get moving.  I will be posting a weekly workout schedule along with healthy eating and exercising tips that will prepare us all for race day, weather you choose to walk or run. The training session lasts 7 weeks, therefore you have the rest of this week to prepare your mind alone (and get those last few mornings of sleep).  So get ready because starting Monday next week, the training will begin. If you would like a head start you can check out the schedule in it's entirety here.

As for this week, this is your chance to tell everybody you know about the Tech Theta Speak Up for Kids CASA 5k walk/run and get all your friends to participate with you. After all, everything is better with a friend, right? Registration can be done online here. So grab your friends, sign-up, and get ready for Monday!

Tournament Champions

Congratulations to Dalby Elite for being the 2011 CASA's Annual DodgeBall Tournament Champions!

 
Check www.casaofthesouthplains.org under events for more pictures from the tournament.

National CASA Updates

Court Appointed Special Advocates has recently received some great publicity at the National level!

There is an article about an Advocate in this month's issue of Family Circle Magazine. You can check it out here. 

Additionally, Grammy Award winning R&B artist Anthony Hamilton is the latest celebrity to serve as a spokesperson for National CASA. "Our boys need positive role models," expressed Hamilton. "Becoming a part of CASA will provide me with an opportunity to reach out to those men who can become everyday heroes to these children, and help change their life of hurt, into one of hope." Hamilton joins the ranks of Dr. Phil & Robin McGraw who also serve as spokespeople for CASA.

CASA DodgeBall Shirts

Join us on January 29 at Cavazos Middle School for the 5th CASA's Annual DodgeBall Tournament!

Games will begin at 9 am. Spectators may come watch for free. Event shirts will be sold for $10 each while supplies last. We hope to see you there!

Have you seen the new CASA website???

CASA of the South Plains is kicking off the new year with the release of a new website for both the South Plains community!

The old website, lubbockcasa.org, has been replaced with the new, user-friendly website located at www.casaofthesouthplains.org. Be sure to change any old bookmarks to reflect the web address change!

For the community, the new website will make it easier to find out information about how to get involved with CASA here in the South Plains. Other information included on the site:

 

·         How can you help?

·         Where can you help?

·         How CASA helps

·         News and Publications

·         Events

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The new website also includes a secure log-in for CASA advocates to access secure information and better communicate with one another.

We hope you will take a few moments to become familiar with the new site, and maybe even learn something new while you are there!