July 29, 2021 (updated August 13, 2021)
Meet Jessica Ramsey, CASA volunteer and Olympic athlete
The world may know Jessica Ramsey as an American shot putter who, at the US Olympic Track & Field Team Trials held last month, threw a US Olympic Trials Championships Record to win the women’s shot put 20.12 m (66ft.). However, CASA of Lafayette County in Oxford, Miss., knows Ramsey as a passionate and dedicated court appointed special advocate (CASA) volunteer. Last week, National CASA/GAL Association for Children’s director of network communications & marketing, Jetaun Woodly, sat down with Ramsey to learn more about her, her journey to one of the most coveted athletic competitions in the world, and what it means to her to be a CASA volunteer
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