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A Caring Adult Role Model Can Make

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Guardian ad Litem background. A volunteer
(GAL) is a state supported works alongside the parents,
program of trained volunteers caregivers, teachers, doctors
that are 21 years and older, and counselors, as well as
supporting attorneys and case collaborating with outside
advocate managers. There are agencies assigned to the
approximately 1,500 to 1,700 child’s case.
children in the dependency To be part of Guardian ad
system in Palm Beach County Litem, there are no special
at any given time. Most of these children, through no fault of legal skills necessary – just good common sense and the desire
their own, are now subjects of judicial proceedings and have to help abused and neglected children. Someone interested in
been removed from their homes because of alleged abuse, helping children but unable to take on a full case, may also
abandonment or neglect. Volunteers become part of the court volunteer for our Speak Up for Kids program. Speak Up for
process in order to fight for these children to make sure their Kids is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit whose sole purpose is to support
basic rights and essential needs are not ignored by the system. the GAL program and its mission through fundraising, grants,
With a GAL, a child is half as likely to languish in the foster visit and spend time with the child, report to the judge, case community events/ awareness and presentations.
care and child welfare system and more likely to find a safe, manager and attorney via written reports/testimony and To volunteer or obtain more information regarding Guardian
permanent home. monitor the case from beginning to end. Training, online and ad Litem, visit our website at galpbc.org or call (561) 355-6224.
Our volunteers advocate for needed services for the child, classroom, is required along with fingerprinting and no criminal

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from the rest of Thailand and as a result, has developed its own rest of Thailand. Its wealth comes from traditional industries architecture, its land and its people, and offers the traveler a
culture. The people of Isan are friendly, easygoing and always such as rubber and tin, while tourism has injected considerable unique experience never to be forgotten.
ready to party. The northeast is also rich in Khmer temples and money into the local coffers in recent years. Don Kiselewski writes from his personal experiences,
ruins, evidence of the influence that Kampuchea once exerted Scenically, the south region ranks as one of the most having traveled in 122 countries and cruised the oceans, seas
on this area. spectacular in Asia. The province of Phang Nga, with its and rivers of the world. Palm Beach Gardens Travel Leaders,
Referred to as the Eastern Seaboard, the east coast is known strange shaped limestone mountains jutting out of a placid his family owned and operated agency, is located at Mirasol
for its long shoreline. On a two-hour drive south from Bangkok, sea, is simply breathtaking. So too are the islands, Phuket and Town Square, 11360 North Jog Road, Building A, Suite 102-6,
one can find some of the most beautiful beaches in the world. Samui, located on either side of the Thai peninsula. Palm Beach Gardens. The agency has been serving the travel
Oil, natural gas and their related industries are developing The central plain is the heartland of the nation – the Thai needs of the South Florida area for over a quarter of a century.
around a deep-water seaport in this area. settled in this area due to the rich fertile land located here Contact him at (561) 694-9696 or Aussie@PBGTravel.com.
The south of Thailand is completely different from the beside the Chao Phraya River and its tributaries. Even today, Photos by Don Kiselewski
rest of the country. It is thick with jungles, spectacular it is known as the “rice bowl”
mountains and numerous offshore islands. The south finds of Asia.
itself economically, ethnically and politically apart from the Thailand’s beauty lies in its

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