Theta’s National philanthropy, Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), is an incredible national organization that provides a greatly needed service to abused and neglected children. CASA volunteers are trained citizens who represent these children in court by researching the child's background details to help the court make a sound decision about the child's future. They are basically the child’s only voice in court. The CASA program consists of 930 local programs and 46 state organizations. In 2002, 70,130 CASA volunteers served an estimated 279,160 children.      CASA’s national website can be found at www.nationalcasa.org.      Each year, we host a 5K run/walk to benefit CASA. The proceeds go to support expenses for the organization such as training volunteers. Thanks to the hard work of our members and active participation of the community, in 2008 we raised over $10,000 for CASA.