Lilliput Families

The Easter Bunnies came to visit Lilliput and our families in a BIG way this year! Thank you so much to Maahi and Gracious Giving for the 48 beautiful baskets for our Bay Area families, and to Shannon and her husband for driving up from Burbank to deliver over 100 custom made baskets with extra toys and candy too! We were able to share all of your baskets with our families and so greatly appreciate your efforts on behalf of our children in foster care!

Happy Easter From Our Family to Yours!

Emily Levin is a Visitation Coach Specialist in our West Sacramento office, and to her, being a social worker means that I have the ability to make a difference in the lives of those who are in crisis. To be the support they have in their time of need. To potentially help them succeed in their path as they learn, grow, and change. To be the change I want to see in the world and be on the right side of Social Justice. To do and be better than we have done in the past.

Social workers are needed now more than ever, and that is why social workers are essential read more at https://wwwlilliput.org//social-workers-are-essential-2021. #SocialWorkIsEssential #EssentialSocialWorker #SocialWorkMonth #SWMonth

This is what it means to be a front-line social worker during the COVID pandemic. #SocialWorkIsEssential #EssentialSocialWorker #SocialWorkMonth #SWMonth

On average, 50% of the children entering foster care in California will be placed with 3 or more families. (AECF)

Happy Valentine's Day!

In the past fiscal year 2019/20, we served 1,480 adults and 990 youth through our Post Adoption Services.

Help a child in need, take the next step and sign up for an Orientation to find out more information about becoming a Foster/Resource Family. Sign up now at https://www.lilliput.org/recruitment.

According to the most recent AFCARS report, of the 122,000 children and youth waiting to be adopted; 11 percent are between 15 and 18 years old.

California Resource Families provide a supportive and stable family for children who cannot live with their birth parents until family problems are resolved. For more information please visit https://www.lilliput.org/foster-adoption-service.

Don’t miss out on great trips and other items! Auction items are available for early bids starting TODAY! Our virtual event Spare One for the Kids is this Thursday but you can start bidding now. In order to bid on auction items and to participate in our virtual fundraiser, registration requires adding your credit card information to the secure website; https://lilliput2020.ggo.bid/bidding/package-browse.

Hey friends. I hope you will join us for our virtual bowling fundraiser Thursday night. COVID has turned fundraising upside down for nonprofits who rely on community support to get critical needs met for the children and families we serve. Help us assure every child has a safe and nurturing family by joining in the fun and fundraising. Registration is free so sign up early to let us know you will join us!

Don't Forget, Spare One For The Kids! Tune in at 5:30 on Thursday November 12 at This YouTube Live Link! (https://youtu.be/F5q9ynKc7Lg)

November is National Adoption Month, a special time to celebrate families that have grown through adoption and raise awareness for the more than 125,000 children across the United States ready for their forever family.

A Napa Valley-based wine trade group has announced $8.3 million in grants to area nonprofits and we're one of the recipients ... https://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com//napa-valley-vint/

Happy Halloween from all of us here at Lilliput Families and Wayfinder Family Services!

Check out our Top 5 Fun Socially-Distanced Halloween Activities for this weekend at https://www.lilliput.org//5-fun-socially-distanced-hallowe.

This year our Spare One for the Kids fundraiser will be a virtual event which will include videos of our families, unforgettable stories about the impact of our work, incredible live auction items and ways that you can help children in foster care! The event will be from 6:00 to 6:45 p.m. Go to www.lilliput.org/spare for all the details!

A big thank you to all of our wonderful Spare One for the Kids sponsors! American Pacific Mortgage - NMLS #1850 Sutter Roseville Medical Center Wood Rodgers, Inc. Bender Rosenthal, Inc. First Northern Bank Supervisor Sue Frost Consolidated Communications Teichert United Agencies Insurance, Inc. JD Thompson & Associates, LLC and Arabian-Lee Law ... With over 60,000 children currently in foster care, their sponsorship helps some of our state’s most vulnerable. For more information about sponsorship opportunities or the event, please visit www.lilliput.org/spare.

Resource Family is a term California applies to caregivers who provide out-of-home care for children in foster care. Resource Families may be single or two parent households. They may be related to the child (kinship) or have a familiar or mentoring relationship with the child, or no previous relationships with the child. For more information about how you can become a Resource Parent or get involved with Lilliput Families, please visit our website at https://www.lilliput.org/now.

Since we won’t get to bowl together this year, we’re having fun by asking folks to send us a video of you bowling at home to show your support! The top three video submissions will be aired at the event on November 12th and winners will receive a prize! Each video will be matched with a donation to Lilliput by our Board of Directors! The event will be from 6:00 to 6:45 p.m. Go to www.lilliput.org/spare for all the details!

Since 1980 Lilliput has helped over 10,000 children find loving families of their own through adoption.

Are you interested in being a sponsor for our virtual Spare One for the Kids fundraiser? Download our full sponsorship application at https://bit.ly/36Fh5Jt.