No matter what the Times-News says, this Sunday May 22 at 9:00 is Can You Be the Voice For a Child?: Guardian Ad Litem with Linda Sue Barnes- The Guardian ad Litem (or GAL) program of the North Carolina Court System, established by statute in 1983, requires the appointment by a judge of a citizen volunteer and an attorney advocate for each child alleged by the Department of Social Services (DSS) to have been abused, neglected or abandoned. This Forum will address how the program works to help children and what GAL volunteers do.
Ms. Barnes has been a GAL in Henderson County for five years and has dealt with about 15 children, some of them for as long as three years. After 13 years as a bureaucrat with municipal and federal agencies and 43 years running her own consulting firm, Linda Sue's faith journey found her recruited for the GAL program.
She says of that experience, "I have worked with children, parents, foster parents, teachers, counselors, and social workers in both the best and worst situations. This Guardian ad Litem experience has been one of the most frustrating, satisfying, and ultimately spiritual activities I have ever undertaken. I look forward to sharing some of this with you."
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