• BY APRILL BRANDON - ABRANDON@VICAD.COM
• Originally published November 7, 2009 at 10:30 p.m., updated November 8, 2009 at 12:25 a.m.

• A SPECIAL PARTY

  The Golden Crescent Court Appointed Special Advocates Christmas Card unveiling will be from 5-7 p.m. Sunday at the Victoria Art League building, 905 S. Bridge St. The event is free.

  The Holiday Wine Pairing benefit, where ...

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A SPECIAL PARTY

The Golden Crescent Court Appointed Special Advocates Christmas Card unveiling will be from 5-7 p.m. Sunday at the Victoria Art League building, 905 S. Bridge St. The event is free.

The Holiday Wine Pairing benefit, where the silent auction for the original Christmas card artwork concludes, will be from 7-10 p.m. Nov. 13 at the Victoria Art League building, 905 S. Bridge St. Holiday wine pairing selections were selected by Sara Stubbs of Spec's and holiday foods will be prepared by Ric Tinney of Panache. Tickets are $60 and can be purchased by calling 361-573-3734.

TO GET THE CARDS

The Golden Crescent Court Appointed Special Advocates Christmas Cards are available at:

Devereux Gardens, Harding & Parker, Bible Bookstore, Victoria Art League, CeCe's Boutique, Longleaf Coffee Company, Rings N Things and Palm Tree Boutique in Victoria.

They are also available at Cuero Gifts & Boutique and Ryan's on Main in Cuero; Eula's Plants & More, Colorfully Yours and C.J.'s Mini-Mart in Goliad; Mohrmann's Drug Store and Laurel Ridge Christmas in Gonzales; Davis Jewelry & Gifts and The Finishing Touch in Edna; The Princess and The Toad Custom Boutique in Port Lavaca; and City Drug Store in Yoakum.

Editor's note: Children in the story are not identified by their last names because of confidentiality rules of the Golden Crescent Court Appointed Special Advocates.

This year, you can give Christmas cards while at the same time giving back to children in the community.

The Golden Crescent Court Appointed Special Advocates has partnered with the Victoria Art League to create the organization's first-ever Christmas card fundraiser, CASA interim director Tim Hornback said. The Christmas cards and notecards will be on sale at various local locations throughout the holiday season and all the proceeds will go to benefit CASA.

"Right now, it's all about collaboration among organizations. We wanted to do artwork and the art league wanted to work with another organization, so it worked out well," Hornback said. "This is our first time doing a Christmas card fundraiser and it's been a wonderful experience. We're hoping this raises awareness of what we do and helps us with the recruitment and training of volunteers."

Golden Crescent CASA is a nonprofit organization that trains volunteers to act as an advocate for child abuse victims. The organization serves 230 children in the nine-county region, but there are still many more children who need to be served, Hornback said.

On Sept. 19, 30 children who CASA serves attended an art class at the Victoria Art League taught by league president Neldene Matusevich to create the designs for the cards. Seventeen of the children's designs were used to make Christmas cards and another 10 were chosen for Christmas note card designs, Hornback said.

"I like to draw anyway, but drawing Christmas cards was like expressing yourself to other people and spreading the love of Christ, too," Katie, 15, said.

The children who created the cards ranged in age from 3 to 16 and had a blast making the cards, Hornback added. He said that he thinks the experience created some future pupils for the Victoria Art League.

"I loved working with the people because I got to draw and paint all sorts of stuff," Toby, 12, said. "I got to learn new ways of drawing and the ladies who taught us about drawing knew some awesome techniques to make our drawings look really cool."

The cards will be unveiled Sunday From 5-7 p.m. Sunday at the Victoria Art League building. The cards and notecards will be sold for a donation of $10 for a 10-pack of cards.

In addition to the selling of the cards, CASA will also auction the original artwork created by the children and all proceeds from the auction will go into a savings bond for the child, Hornback said.

The silent auction begins the evening of the unveiling and ends on Nov. 13 at the organization's Holiday Wine Pairing benefit.

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