I am a Guardian Ad Litem GALP 17th District Broward County, Florida
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Trained and certified, court-appointed volunteer who serves as a voice for abused, neglected and abandoned children in dependency court. I currently hold fifteen training certificates, two include sexual abuse.
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Help to find relatives and friends for placement to reduce the trauma of being in a new and unfamiliar environment; fought to keep siblings together and ensure that visitations and phone contact occur regularly with healthy and supportive relatives.
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Investigated and advocated for the children’s medical and educational situations, ensuring that their needs are addressed expeditiously.
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Work to ensure normalcy by looking out for the children’s social and emotional well-being, making certain they are involved in recreational activities. Such as music, sports, and other healthy activities to help empower them to develop their full potential.
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Submit best interest recommendations (briefs) to the court.
I volunteer at an Animal Rescue
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Application Processing
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Completed hard background checks; interviews of all Veterinarians, HOA's, Employers, and References.
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Attempted to Foster dog's, but tended to adopt them instead.
501(c)3 Non-Profits
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I currently sit on the board of a Local 501(c)3 as Community (outreach) Relations.
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I also sit on the board of a PTA volunteer Board for our local schools
How I serve our community
I volunteer in Community Building and created "Margate Neighbors" on Facebook
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Digging deep into the issues and coming up with feasible and smart solutions to help the community.
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Successfully worked with other community groups and a 501 3c to pull off a large scale toy drive that was city wide in 3 months benefiting 1,700 children and their families.
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Earning the support of the community, by growing the group to almost 9,000 local members in under 2 years.
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The group is for those who want to make a difference in their community.
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Continually facilitating the group in food drives, community clean up, school supplies for 5 schools. backpacks to first responders for children being removed from their homes; to benefit a total of 5 cities.
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Continually supporting our local businesses in their events, advertisements, and volunteering as needed.
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"Everyone has a 'heart tug' for something, a passion. Start volunteering there." -Nina Culver