ThinkDirect Marketing Group has just announced a donation of $1000 to Community Action Stops Abuse (CASA), a spouse abuse shelter located in St. Petersburg, Florida. This is the latest example of the ongoing support that ThinkDirect Marketing Group has offered to the Tampa Bay community.
CASA was first established in 1977 to provide a safe location for battered spouses and their children. At its inception, this important shelter was staffed by both volunteers and part-time workers, and was able to take up to eight residents.
Today, it offers emergency shelter for as many as 30 individuals at one time. In the last year alone, CASA provided a safe housing location for 242 adults and 107 children. It also facilitates support groups, and has 777 support groups each year. In addition, it has a legal advocacy program and an emergency response team.
In order to teach children from an early age about peacemaking skills, CASA also has a school-approved Peacemaker Program. This program helps children from pre-school through middle school to build core values and to encourage the development of peacemaking skills that will benefit them throughout their lives.
Harold Hale, Agora’s Chief Financial Officer, said “We are proud to support CASA in filling this crucial, and growing, need in the Tampa Bay community.”