Thomas is a foster child who’s been physically and sexually abused. He never had an adult advocate until Erin Smith stepped in. Erin is the founder of the North Mississippi CASA program – a program which nationwide has 85,000 volunteers who advocate for 260,000 foster kids in the legal system and in life. But there are still 140,000 kids who need the Army's help.
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06/27/23 • 26 min
An Army of Normal Folks - Erin Smith: Advocating for Thomas (Pt 2)
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Hey, everybody is Bill Courtney again with an army of normal folks. Let's continue with part two of our conversation with Aaron Smith from KASSA of North Mississippi and Thomas, a former foster child. Right after these brief messages from our generous sponsors, and now we hear from Aaron about how she and Thomas actually met. It's not normal that we would get involved in a child that is ever eighteen. So Thomas came to school here, which I think
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