Ohio CASA

10/02/2026

Wrapping on a high note! 🔵🔴

Day 3 of our 31st Annual Celebrate Kids! Conference: Building and Strengthening Connections featured another powerful and practical keynote speech, training workshops, and more connections. We appreciate everyone who helped to make this a record-breaking conference for the Ohio CASA Network.

We can’t wait to share more photos, special moments, and future details in the days ahead!

10/01/2026

We’re having a great Day 2 at !

Thank you to all who have joined us so far at our 31st Annual Celebrate Kids! Conference. We kicked off the day with a special keynote address and Q&A, followed by our annual awards ceremony. Stay tuned for more details and photos 📸

09/30/2026

CASA Connect Hour is in full swing 🎶

Attendees are enjoying a chance to come together as a group and hear some wonderful music from Columbus City Schools’ Whetstone High School students! Thank you!

Looking forward to a great rest of the week

09/30/2026

Our 31st Annual Celebrate Kids! Conference is officially underway! 🎉

With a record 724 attendees and counting, it is our largest conference yet. Thank you all for joining us for three days of important child welfare training and networking

09/29/2026

Set up day is here! 📦🎉 Ohio CASA staff is busy packing and getting everything in place for our 2026 Celebrate Kids! Conference: Building and Strengthening Connections.

You can stay up to date on by following along on social media.

We can't wait to see so many of you starting on Wednesday!

09/28/2026

Congratulations to Delaware County Ohio Probate/Juvenile Court Judge David Hejmanowski who will be leading the Ohio Judicial Conference. The OJC represents all of Ohio’s 725 judges.

Judge Hejmanowski has been a long-time supporter of the Ohio CASA Network. He will be sharing his expertise at our Celebrate Kids! Conference on Wednesday, during his training session "Ethics and Professionalism in Child Welfare."

COLUMBUS - Delaware County Probate/Juvenile Judge David Hejmanowski was sworn in on Thursday as the new chair of the Ohio Judicial Conference by Chief Justice Sharon Kennedy at the OJC annual meeting and conference at the Hilton Easton. An independent, statutory organization created in 1963, the OJC...

09/25/2026

Thank you Celebrate Kids! Conference 2026 sponsor: the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption!

We want to highlight the support of this Partner Level sponsor! The Foundation is committed to finding permanent families for the more than 130,000 children waiting to be adopted from foster care in North America.

Make sure to visit their table in the third-floor exhibitor area during our conference. Show your support by liking and sharing this post!

09/24/2026

The Ohio CASA Network had some major league help making headlines this summer — as CASA volunteers and programs were featured in the news for their efforts to advocate for children statewide! 📺⚾

The Ohio CASA Network had some major league help making headlines this summer, as the Cincinnati Reds and Cleveland Guardians led efforts to bring the CASA

09/23/2026

Thank you ⚾💙 It was a special day at Progressive Field recently as the dedicated Cleveland Guardians families invited Ohio CASA on the field for a check presentation!

Through a series of collaborative efforts with the families of the Cincinnati Reds, they were able to raise $34,000+ to support CASA programs and children: ohiocasa.org/reds-and-guardians-families-increase-efforts-to-support-ohio-casa-network-ohio-children-for-second-year/

09/21/2026

Visit our conference exhibitors and win prizes! 🎉

Ohio CASA is honored to once again welcome a variety of important exhibitors to our Celebrate Kids! Conference. They have useful information and resources to share.

NEW THIS YEAR at : All conference attendees will get a chance to win special raffle baskets for interacting with our exhibitors! Join us September 30 to October 2 at the Hyatt Regency Columbus for details: ohiocasa.org/2026-celebrate-kids-conference/