2023 CASA Berks County
Champions for Children
Award Nominations
Being Accepted from
March 5, 2023 - April 8, 2023
Each year, the CASA Berks County Board of Directors presents the Champions for Children award to an outstanding adult, youth, organization and animal who has distinguished themselves by demonstrating care, initiative, and commitment to improving the lives of children in Berks County.
Nominations will be accepted from March 5, 2023 through April 8, 2023. Each nominee is carefully assessed to determine the degree to which he, she or it, fulfills each of the requirements according to the criteria established. The panel of reviewers who assess the nominations are Michael Toledo, President & CEO of The Hispanic Center; David Green, President, Sound Marketing Resources/Hold Time Advantage; English Bradley, Administrative Manager, BCTV, and Rosa E. Nieves, FirstEnergy, The nominees and the awardees will be announced on Facebook in June 2023. Each awardee selects the date, time and location for their award presentation in July 2023.
The criteria for the Champions for Children Award are as follows: Nominations are accepted in four categories: Adult Champion, Organization Champion, Youth (aged 13-20) Champion; and Animal Champion (therapy animal, hero animal, etc.) The nominee can be a professional in the field such as a caseworker, teacher or nurse or simply a Good Samaritan. The nominee must live or work in Berks County and the child/children who were cared for and/or healed by the nominee must be a resident of Berks County. Animal nominees can reside outside Berks County but must have provided care to a child who resides in Berks County.
1. We're looking for passion and energy Tell us about your nominee's passion and energy regarding the needs of children in Berks County
2. Did the nominee get results? Did nominee raise monies? Organize others to help children or put on an event? How did the nominee engage others to care about children in Berks County?
3. We're looking for initiative and hustle. Tell us how your nominee did not wait for others to act, rather took it on himself/herself to take action. Tell us how your nominee showed stamina and tenacity and pushed through some disappointments or roadblocks to get his/her task done.
4. For the animal nominee, did the nominee: improve the mood or increase a child's sense of well being? cause a previously non-communicating child to communicate in some way? Significantly calm an aggressive or anxious child? Did a child who was fearful and lacked confidence became more confident, relaxed, and outgoing due to interacting with the nominee?
Here are some of the winners from previous years:
