What The Guardian ad Litem Association (CFGALA) Does:

The Cape Fear Guardian ad Litem Association (CFGALA) was organized to raise money to pay for educational and cultural enrichment activities for GAL children; activities that can change a life.

CFGALA provides funding when there is no other funding source available.  

Yes, the children in DSS custody are fed and clothed and sent to school, but there is little or no money in the DSS budget to pay for:

• tutoring
• camp
• sports program
• piano lessons
• purchae a trumpet or musical instrument
• school field trip
• a bicycle or track shoes or a prom dress
• No money for tickets to the Aquarium, the Children's Museum, or a children's play at Thalian Auditorium 

With this in mind a group of Guardian ad Litem volunteers recognized this need which was going unfilled and formed the Cape Fear Guardian ad Litem Association in 2001.

We are all volunteers ----No money is used to pay board members or staff

Because of nurturing and positive activities like tutoring, attending a basketball camp, successfully learning to swim, or being able to join classmates on a school field trip to Washington, D. C. children have found confidence and developed social skills that changes their lives...

Will you help us?

Each year CFGALA funds approximately $40,000 of positive activities such as tutoring, camps, music lessons, musical instruments, sports equipment, and lessons of all sorts just to name a few.  One GAL child was able to go to camp....he had never been outside of Wilmington!

There are little or no funds available for these children beyond basic shelter, food, medical and minimal clothing.

There is no paid staff, no electricity bills or rent. We are all volunteers; expenses are kept to a bare minimum insuring your donation is used for our mission.

CFGALA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Your contributions are tax-deductible for federal tax purposes to the extent permitted by law