Live music and fun will be in store for those heading to Lemons Bar-B-Q on Saturday, May 19th as they will be hosting the 3rd annual Benefit Jam to benefit CASA.
The event will begin at 10am with an “open mic” stage for anyone interested to show off their musical talent.
Live bands will begin at 1pm and run through 10pm with a musical lineup ranging from country music, to rock. Bands scheduled to play include Country Honky Tonk Tx, the Nobody’s, Brazos, the Honey Badgers, Island Phil, and Static Pulse.
Donations at the event and a percentage of sales from Lemons Bar-B-Q will benefit CASA.
Since Saturday is also Armed Forces Day, the National Guard will have a tent set up as well as military vehicles. There will also be a water slide and bubble pool for the kids to enjoy.
Organizers said in an email invitation “Lemons BBQ is putting on the live music for free and lot’s more so bring your lawn chairs and come on out and enjoy a day of fun, with family & friends, good food and great music; most of all to help out the kids and a great organization as CASA.”
CASA is a nonprofit organization appointed by the judge in cases of child abuse and/or neglect to be the voice of the child throughout the process of their case. Many times when children are removed from their homes because of abuse or neglect, they have many CPS caseworkers, therapist, and other people in and out of their lives, and they have no voice, or not much, in what happens to them. With the overwhelming number of cases, it is hard for a child not to “slip through the cracks” of the system. When a CASA (court appointed special advocate) is appointed by the judge, they are volunteers who will ideally get to know the children and other people in the case and stay with that case until its conclusion. Many times they are the only constant in the child’s life. Donations help the organization be able to train more CASA volunteers, to give more children a voice.
