{"id":2646,"date":"2021-02-11T16:05:07","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T00:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalcasagal.org\/?page_id=2646"},"modified":"2021-03-10T10:14:23","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T18:14:23","slug":"raising-awareness","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nationalcasagal.org\/celebrating-our-partnership\/raising-awareness\/","title":{"rendered":"Raising Awareness"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"casa-headline\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<h1 class=\"title\">Raising Awareness<\/h1>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"fluid_container casa-text-only self\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"title\">Brigit Joyce<\/h2>\n\t\t<div class=\"text\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2589 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalcasagal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Primary-Brigit-joyce-747x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nationalcasagal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Primary-Brigit-joyce-747x1024.jpg 747w, https:\/\/nationalcasagal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Primary-Brigit-joyce-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/nationalcasagal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Primary-Brigit-joyce-768x1052.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nationalcasagal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Primary-Brigit-joyce-1121x1536.jpg 1121w, https:\/\/nationalcasagal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Primary-Brigit-joyce.jpg 1381w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>For <strong>Brigit Joyce<\/strong>, joining Kappa Alpha Theta during the second semester of her first year at Georgia Tech was like a new beginning, giving her best friends and a strong support system. \u201cI cannot imagine what my college experience would have been like without this chapter,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, it is hard to imagine what the relationship between the Theta Nu Chapter and the Atlanta CASA program would have been like without Brigit. When she became Theta Nu\u2019s chief external affairs officer, the young chapter\u2019s philanthropic events were costing the chapter more to put on than they were raising. Determined to change this, Brigit spearheaded three events in 2019. Together, they raised more than $11,000, benefiting Fulton County CASA (now Atlanta CASA) while contributing to Theta Foundation\u2019s $1 Million Initiative for National CASA\/GAL.<\/p>\n<p>The year 2019 also afforded Brigit the opportunity to attend the National CASA\/GAL Conference in Atlanta and to intern with Dallas CASA, helping to execute the Parade of Playhouses, an annual fundraising event that raised more than $159,000. Now 21, she completed training (virtually) to become a CASA volunteer herself and is currently awaiting her first case.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am incredibly grateful that Theta introduced me to National CASA\/GAL. 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