Calendar Listing - March 5, 2002
Office of the Commissioner of Probation

Suffolk Juvenile Court Probation Department to Honor
Child Advocates as Part of National "Light of Hope" Celebration

          The Court-Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Program of the Suffolk Juvenile Court Probation Department will honor 100 local advocates for abused and neglected children on Thursday, April 11th , from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., as part of the national “Light of Hope” celebration observed by CASA. The event will take place in the Edward W. Brooke Courthouse, 24 New Chardon Street in Boston. Supreme Judicial Court Judge Honorable Roderick L. Ireland will serve as keynote speaker and Chief Justice of the Juvenile Court Honorable Martha P. Grace will also be on hand. The event will feature performances by the 100-member Hamilton-Wenham Elementary School Honor Choruses and a special lighting ceremony to symbolize support for the more than three million children who are reportedly abused and neglected each year in the United States. The ceremony is free and open to the public. For more information, call the CASA Program of the Suffolk Juvenile Court Probation Department, 617-788-6444.