Students in Lone Star College-Montgomery’s Human Services Student Organization collected eight boxes of children’s books for Court Appointed Special Advocates of Montgomery County (CASA). These books will help restore CASA’s nearly depleted current library of books, which is used by children and teens in the foster care system in Montgomery County.

Eight boxes of books were collected by students in Lone Star College-Montgomery’s Human Services Student Organization and donated to Court Appointed Special Advocates of Montgomery County (CASA). CASA advocates will use the new or slightly used books to help support children in foster care.

CASA is a nonprofit organization that recruits, trains, and supports community volunteers to advocate for the best interest of abused and neglected children who have been removed from their parents and are under the court's jurisdiction. Advocates will use the new or slightly used books to help support these children.

The Human Services Student Organization was developed three years ago to provide an opportunity for students within the program to network with one another, promote the field of human services on campus, and provide opportunities for students to serve the local community. It’s a student-led club within the LSC-Montgomery’s human services program, a workforce-based program designed to prepare students to serve others with emotional, behavioral, vocational, and substance-abuse problems.

For more information, contact Glen Killian, professor of human services at LSC-Montgomery, at Glen.H.Killian@LoneStar.edu.

LSC-Montgomery is located at 3200 College Park Drive, one-half mile west of Interstate 45, between Conroe and The Woodlands. For more information about the college, call 936.273.7000, or visit www.LoneStar.edu/montgomery.

Lone Star College System has been opening doors to a better community for 40 years. Founded in 1973, LSCS remains steadfast in its commitment to student success and credential completion. Today, with 78,000 students in credit classes, and a total enrollment of more than 90,000, Lone Star College System is the largest institution of higher education in the Houston area and the fastest-growing community college system in the nation. Dr. Richard Carpenter is the chancellor of LSCS, which consists of six colleges including LSC-CyFair, LSC-Kingwood, LSC-Montgomery, LSC-North Harris, LSC-Tomball and LSC-University Park, five centers, LSC-University Center at Montgomery, LSC-University Center at University Park, Lone Star Corporate College, and LSC-Online. To learn more visit LoneStar.edu.