The hub of information for the Second Judicial Circuit Guardian ad Litem Program, our blog contains posts with announcements, news and events, articles, periodicals and additions or updates to our website.
This page contains published posts from the November 2015 archive sorted chronologically with the newest at the top.
New Event
We regularly host, sponsor and support a variety of events that provide community outreach, increase awareness of our program, help recruit new volunteers, raise funds and furnish training to our volunteer guardians ad litem. The following event was added to our calendar.
Event Update
We added a new section to the 2015 Guardian ad Litem Holiday Gift Drive page highlighting the drive's supporting events. The following supporting events are scheduled so far.
We thank the seven businesses and organizations that have pledged their support by scheduling events to benefit the drive.
Remember, you can use the gal2.org/wishes shortlink to easily get to and share the Guardian ad Litem Holiday Gift Drive page.
eForm Email Template Update
We updated two eForm email templates to make better use of available space. Long text response fields on the Child Visitation Report eForm and Report to the Court eForm email templates now span the entire row, occupying less vertical space.
This minor update will increase legibility overall, but specifically benefits those who needs to print these reports as they will now consume fewer pages.
Introduced in July 2015, eForm provides a streamlined way to submit forms and reports to program staff. Featuring dynamic fields and controls, eForm is easy to use on any device at home or out in the field.
Event Rescheduled
The Educational Surrogate Training class originally set for Monday, November 30, 2015 has been rescheduled to Monday, December 7, 2015.
Continuing Education
One new library item has been added to our Continuing Education resource center.
Event Registration eForm
We offer online registration for select events hosted at our office. The method for submitting these registrations has been migrated to eForm.
Introduced in July 2015, eForm provides a streamlined way to submit forms and reports to program staff. Featuring dynamic fields and controls, eForm is easy to use on any device at home or out in the field.
This eForm is only available for specific events — look for the Register button (pictured below) on event pages.
The upcoming Educational Surrogate Training event originally listed as taking place on Monday, November 23, 2015 is actually scheduled for Monday, November 30, 2015.
The event page, calendar and print flyer are all updated to reflect this correction.
We apologize for the error.
New Event
We regularly host, sponsor and support a variety of events that provide community outreach, increase awareness of our program, help recruit new volunteers, raise funds and furnish training to our volunteer guardians ad litem. The following event was added to our calendar.
Event Update
We added a new section to the 2015 Guardian ad Litem Holiday Gift Drive page highlighting the event's sponsors. We thank the ten businesses and organizations that have pledged their support so far and look forward to adding further sponsors this month.
Remember, you can use the gal2.org/wishes shortlink to easily get to and share the drive page.
New Community Supporter
The Second Judicial Circuit Guardian ad Litem Program and Child Advocates II (CAII) work together to build partnerships with individuals, businesses and organizations in the Big Bend Region.
Without the assistance provided by our CAII Partners 
and community supporters, ensuring children have a court-appointed volunteer guardian ad litem, legal assistance and financial resources would be extremely difficult.
The following organization was added to the Supporters page, filed under Local Businesses.
We thank GrassLands Brewing Company and all of our partners and supporters for their generous contributions to children in our community.
