National CASA/GAL Association for ChildrenSNOHOMISH COUNTY, Wash., September 9, 2022—For their advocacy work last year, twenty-eight Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) volunteers were honored with the President’s Volunteer Service Award (PVSA) on August 22. “All our CASA volunteers who are recognized with the PVSA are superheroes who do this important, life-changing work. The Office of the CASA anticipates awarding the Gold PVSA award next year to volunteer recipients for their service contributed in 2022. This was CASA’s first time participating in the President’s Volunteer Service Award program, which was founded in 2003 to recognize the important role of volunteers in America’s strength and national identity. A CASA volunteer is a sworn officer of the court who gathers fact-based information about a child’s, who may have been abused, situation.