Freebies are for CASA volunteers and their kids only!

All freebies are on first come first served basis.

Please call the CASA office 925-256-7284 or e-mail us (click here) if you are interested in any freebies.

Each year I send requests throughout the community asking them to provide free or discounted admissions for CASA Volunteers and their CASA kids to attend various activities and events. 

I have recently contacted what I would refer to as The Usual Places such as museums, theaters, amusement parks, bowling alleys, skating rinks etc.

If you have any good ideas or connections for some of the more uncommon or unusual places, I'd really appreciate hearing about them and will be happy to contact them directly.

Please send any information to murphydrp@aol.com or feel free to give me a call on 925-935-2601. 

Thanks so much for your help.

Available as of 03/23/2010:

• Coupons for 2 hours cosmic bowling and shoe rental, Diablo Lanes, Concord

• Free Admission for up to four people for any regular session. Skate rental not included, The Golden Skate, San Ramon

• Free Family admission passes, Lawrence Hall of Science, Berkeley

• Guest Pass good for one free admission, Lindsay Wildlife Museum, Walnut Creek

• Voucher for two tickets to a performance, Berkeley Rep

• $25 certificate, All in The Kiln, Walnut Creek
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• Carousel Ride Tickets, Tokens for Arcade & Sport Grill, Turbo Ride Tickets, Pier 39, San Francisco

• Certificate for 2 adults and 2 children, Playland-Not-at-the-Beach

• Free Admission, Brenden Theatres

• Free Admission V.I.P., The Golden Skate, San Ramon

• Passes for one free line of bowling, Paddock Bowl, Pacheco

• One month of tuition, Encore Gym

• Through the generosity of Sandy Burns and Guild of Quilters of Contra Costa County, we now have new quilts available for CASA children who have not previously received one of these beautiful handmade quilts in the past.

• Each year, the Pleasant Hill Police Department organizes a bicycle drive in the community. If your CASA child would like a bicycle, please contact the Community Resource Officer, Kelli Geis, at 925-288-4637 or kplain@ci.pleasant-hill.ca.us to make pick-up arrangements.

• School supplies (backpacks, note books, binder papers, glues, markers, pens, pencils, crayons)
   

• Drop-in, self-guided tour

The Marine Mammal Center (located in the Marin Headlands)
2000 Bunker Road, Sausalito

Open daily 10 am - 5 pm

• 2 tours daily of the facility where they train guide dogs for the blind. Tours offered at 10 and 2 but call for specifics.

Guide Dogs for the Blind
350 Los Ranchitos Dr., San Rafael

CAKES FOR CASA KIDS

All CASA volunteers are invited to order a free birthday cake for their CASA child/youth.

Please e-mail Sandy Burns at sandyburns57@yahoo.com. On the subject line write Cakes for Kids, and include:

• first name only of the child,

• age at birthday,

• interest,

• cake flavor,

• what date it needs to be picked up,

at least 2 weeks before the birthday date. There is no charge for the cakes.

The cakes need to be picked up by the CASA at the home of the cake baker. You will be given this information from Sandy Burns. 

The Contra Costa Cake and Sugar Arts Society have been making birthday cakes for CASA children and youth since the society was founded in 2006.

The Children's Book Project

www.childrensbookproject.org then click on "Obtain Books"

You can pick up free books for your CASA child!

Unfortunately, we do not have room in the CASA office to store these children's

books, so you will have to pick them up from The Children's Book Project directly.

Philanthropic Ventures Foundation:

Grants of up to $250 will be awarded to CASA volunteers to help meet the critical needs of clients who are in dependency court. Examples include funding for eye glasses, dental care, medical testing, tickets to a sporting event, clothing, school supplies, tutoring, music lessons, camp, etc.

E-mail Sean McNamara (click here) the following information:

1. Date and notation that request is for a "CASA Resource Grant".
2. Include your name, title, address, telephone, and fax numbers.
3. Description of child, your request and reason needed (impact it will have).
4. Total amount requested and detail of how money will be spent, itemizing unit prices; checks will be made payable and mailed to the CASA volunteer. 

• Application must have signature approval of supervisor (Sean McNamara, Volunteer Coordinator)

• Application must be on CASA letterhead (Sean will print the application on letterhead)

• Application must be faxed (CASA office will fax application).

Send in your request ASAP as money is limited. If approved, funding will be available immediately.

Upon receiving the check and purchasing the items you requested in your application, please mail the receipts from those items along with a brief note explaining what the impact of the grant had on your CASA child. Your CASA child could also write a thank you note. Please keep everything confidential (no last names). These notes are passed on to the donors of the foundation. Please take advantage of this wonderful opportunity. If you have any questions about the application process please email or call Sean.

Please click here to download application and for more details. If you're having troubles downloading the application, please give us a call at 925-256-7284.

As a donation to CASA two Concord hairdressers have donated two (one each) haircuts per month to needy CASA kids. Barbara can cut African American children's hair and Caucasian hair. Her partner Peggy is inexperienced with African American hair.

Barbara and Peggy can be reached at:

Creative Design for Hair
2095 Pacheco St.

Concord, CA 94520
(downtown Concord area)

Click here for map
925-825-6629

FACIALS FOR THE KIDS

Susan Maguire is excited about giving any of our CASA kids mini-facials, and a lesson on skin care. Call her directly for an appointment at 925-681-3222. Make sure you tell her you are a CASA volunteer. She expects the appointments to take most of an hour. The address is 200 Gregory Lane, Suite B1, Pleasant Hill (block up from the city hall). She is a great person with teens of her own, and is really excited about finding this way to participate in the good work CASA does.