“We are asking you to spread your “Light of Hope.” Children in our community need our help. The support you lend is not counted in dollars or cents but in the “Spirit of Community.” Allow us to continue supporting abused and neglected children locally.”
~ Christine Cox - CASA Board President
About the Keynote Speaker
Gay Courter For the past 19 years, Gay has served as a volunteer in the Florida Guardian Ad Litem program with an active caseload that includes neglected and abused children. She wrote “I Speak For This Child: True Stories of a Child Advocate.” a non-fiction book about her work as a children’s advocate, which was published in February 1995 and nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. Gay received the Child Advocate of the Year Award in Florida for her work as a Guardian Ad Litem, and has also received the Sharon Soloman Child Advocate Award from the Florida Center for Children and Youth, and special recognition from the Florida Chapter of American Women in Radio and Television, Ind., for her work on Where’s my Chance? The case for Our Children, which also won an Emmy. Gay accepted her second Emmy from the National Academy of Arts and Television Sciences, Suncoast Chapter, for a series of public service announcements called Solutions for America’s Children. Altrusa International named her one of 10 Most Admired Women of 1999 for “Making a Difference.”In 2005, she and her husband, Philip, received a congressional award as “Angels in Adoption.” Due to her work, Gay has appeared on Good Morning America, Day On, and NBC Weekend Edition. She has also appeared in Newsweek, The Los Angeles Times, The Christian Science Monitor and other publications. |
