By Kim St. Clair

Does she know how monumental this moment is? Does she know what the statistics looked like that she would even go to college? Does she hear the people who have cared about and advocated for her over the years cheering her on?

Two lives were forever changed for the better because of a nonprofit organization — Dauphin County Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA).

A CASA volunteer walked into a group home and met a 14-year-old quiet, reserved, dare the CASA say, scared young lady. A girl who did not like to be labeled a foster care kid. A teenager who didn’t want school peers to know she lived in a group home.

The CASA, sworn into court service as an advocate for the teen, became a consistent person whom this young lady could lean on for guidance and support. Her CASA

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