In the Pressroom (Newsroom Coverage, Press Releases)
Lilliput Achieved 100% Employee Giving to United Way!
Every year Lilliput runs an internal United Way campaign. For the 3RD
YEAR IN A ROW we achieved 100% participation, meaning that every single
Lilliput employee contributed to an organization they are passionate
about!!!! The total contributions totaled nearly $11,000 with $7,200 coming
back to Lilliput. We are so proud of our staff!
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Karen Alvord Awarded the 2011 Angel in Adoption Award
in Washington D.C.!
Karen Alvord, Executive Director
of Lilliput Children’s Services, was selected as a 2011 Angel in
Adoption Award recipient by Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento).
Each year, members of Congress are given the opportunity to select individuals,
families and organizations from their home state who have demonstrated a
commitment to improving the lives of children in need of permanent, loving
homes. “Karen’s leadership and dedication has been instrumental in the
advancement of child welfare practices, working toward ensuring children a
secure and nurturing environment. She is truly one of Sacramento’s ‘angels,’ and
we are extremely lucky to have her in our community,” said Congresswoman
Matsui. Karen recently returned from Washington D.C. where she accepted this
honor. (Click here for full press release)
Lilliput Receives 2011 Adoption Excellence Award!
 Lilliput is so proud to have been selected to receive an
Adoption Excellence Award from the
Children's Bureau/U.S. Department of Health and Human Services! The Department
honors those who have demonstrated excellence in providing stable, permanent
homes for our nation’s children in foster care. Lilliput is being recognized for
the development and implementation of strategies that have achieved a
significant decrease in the average length of stay in foster care.
Click here for the article covering the award! Click
here for additional information about agencies who have won
this award.
Emergency Foster Care Family Homes in Solano County
 Lilliput is currently seeking emergency foster family homes
throughout Solano County. For more information, call 707-863-4182
or go here.
Placer Community Foundation Grant
 Lilliput was awarded a $20,000 grant from the Placer
Community Foundation. We will be hiring a 10-hour/week Parent Partner
to help us outreach and make connections within the local faith-based
community, establish support groups and trainings and create a resource guide.
Lilliput Selected as a CFC Charity
 After a thorough
application process that included meeting stringent standards and requirements,
Lilliput Children's Services was selected as a CFC (Combined Federal Campaign)
charity!
The mission of the CFC is to
promote and support philanthropy through a program that is
employee focused, cost-efficient, and effective in providing all
federal employees the opportunity to improve the quality of life
for all.
Soroptimist International Awards Lilliput a Mini-grant
 We were
awarded a $1,000 mini-grant from the Soroptimist International of
Metropolitan Sacramento service club in order to purchase car
seats for Kinnections families in need.
Walk 'N Rock for Kids
 Lilliput Children’s Services is thrilled to about the results of the 3rd annual
Walk 'N Rock for Kid. We successfully
succeeded our goal and raised over $11,000 at Hope
Productions Foundation’s Walk ‘N Rock for Kids on 5/29/11. These
monies will support Sacramento County KSSP. Donations can be received through the end of July so if you still
want to make a contribution, please do so!
Park Terrace Swim & Tennis Club
 Park Terrace Swim & Tennis Club, based in Sacramento, hosted this
year’s USTA Men’s Pro Circuit event in June. We were so honored to be selected
as their nonprofit partner.
NTHS (an Honor Society at Heald College) Fundraises for Lilliput
 NTHS,
an honor society at Heald College, held an ice cream social fundraiser
at the college campus on 6/15 and selected Lilliput as the recipient of the
funds raised! I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!
Macy's $2,500 Grant Helps Kinship!
 Thank
you Macy's for the $2,500 grant! This funding will help us to provide
therapeutic Clinical Services to our kinship caregivers in Sacramento County!
Sac & Co's TV Interview for National Adoption Day
 Lilliput adoptive dad, Erick Crans, appeared on
Sac & Co to
discuss the joys of adoption and to promote Sacramento County’s adoption day.
Family Ties Get Permanent Knots at Adoption
 Lilliput
family, the Gomez’s, finalized the adoption of their 3 year old daughter at
Adoption Day in San Joaquin County.
Press Tribune's Article on National Adoption Day
 The
Roseville Press Tribune published a wonderful
article about National Adoption Day, "A family is born as National
Adoption Day arrives." The article focuses on the Collamer family and
contains a LOT of references in regards to Lilliput Children's Services.
  Butte
County adoption day linked 11 children with nine families, including Lilliput
family, the Ridenours, who adopted two brothers.
 Counties
and communities across California will promote adoption and
permanency awareness through activities and events that bring
attention to the needs of the 25,000 children and youth in foster care
throughout the state waiting for families to love and adopt them.
By clicking on the Adoption Month flyer to the left, you will be presented
with some very interesting stories, statistics, and information.
 National
Adoption Day on November 20, 2010 will cap the month-long effort to raise
awareness about the thousands of children in California waiting for families,
celebrate those special people who have provided a loving home to children in
foster care, and inspire others to come forward and be a forever family to
children and youth.
For more information,
visit
www.NationalAdoptionDay.org.
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This video was played at Lilliput's 30th Anniversary Dream Big event.
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Stockton Recorder's Article About Lilliput's Adoption Workshop
Lilliput recently organized a daylong foster and adoption workshop at
Stockton's Mayfair Seventh Day Adventist church in an effort to recruit new
parents. Pastor Lanston Sylvester gave a moving and fact-filled sermon about
adoption, followed by an excellent panel discussion.
You can read the wonderful Stockton Recorder article by Jennifer Torres by
clicking here.
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 Lilliput's 30th Anniversary! Dream Big!
Lilliput celebrated its 30th Anniversary in a big way!
Click here for details of our Dream Big
celebration!
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Lilliput Selected as Hope Productions 2010-2011 Affiliate!
Lilliput vied with dozens of applicants and was selected to be one of the
Hope Productions Foundation affiliates for the coming year. The Foundation
works in the communities they serve to determine organizations and charities
that—with a little extra help and resources—could take their efforts to the
next level and achieve greater success. The selected charities will benefit
from accessible and simplified online resources, networking opportunities
and one-on-one business coaching as well as training in event management,
fundraising, marketing and community outreach, all at no charge. Thank you
to Hope Productions!
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 Lilliput’s Executive Director,
Karen Alvord, is this year’s recipient of the
prestigious Jan Stohr Executive Leadership Award! Every
year, the Nonprofit Resource Center honors excellence in nonprofit leadership
at its Look of Success celebration. This event spotlights the “best of the
best” in nonprofit leadership and the role of nonprofits in our region.
This award recognizes a nonprofit executive director who exhibits
outstanding leadership characteristics as demonstrated by the
Nonprofit Resource Center’s founding executive director, Jan Stohr.
(May 14, 2010)
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$1.5 Million Federal Grant
Lilliput receives a $1.5 million federal grant to help hundreds of children
in our communities. Lilliput will use this grant to help find and connect
hundreds of foster care children with family members (kinship care) to help them
find successful homes in which they can thrive instead of being passed around in
the foster care system. KFBK ran two news sound bites about this grant:
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Lilliput Honored at United Way "Thank You" Breakfast!
Lilliput was recognized with two awards at this yearly
post-campaign event held by United Way California Capital
Region. Lilliput received the "Red Shoe Award" for
"meeting the challenge and achieving an increase of 20% or more in its 2009-2010
workplace giving campaign." We also received a "Star Award"
for "Outstanding Agency Campaign" in recognition of our agency achieving
100% participation in our 2009-2010 work place giving campaign.
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 KOVR Channel 10 News Coverage: "Families Make it Official on National Adoption Day"
Click on the image to see the online news report which includes a
article as well as a
video clip of the coverage.
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Sundt Foundation Grant
Thank you to the Sundt Foundation for a generous $5,000 grant which will
provide financially challenged kinship families with payment assistance for
comprehensive in-house clinical services.
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Soroptimist Grant Awarded to Lilliput
Soroptimist International of Metropolitan Sacramento generously
provided Lilliput’s Clinical Services program with a $1,000 grant.
This funding will be used to purchase specialized therapeutic tools and
supplies for the new clinical services room which is being established
in the South Sacramento office.
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Lilliput Social Worker Featured in The Observer!
Josephine Jones, one of Lilliput's social workers, who was
featured in The Observer Newspapers as a special tribute to 30 regional young
leaders, all under the age of 30, who are making significant
contributions to the community. A tribute was held on Saturday,
February 20th during this year’s Capital Black Expo held at the Convention
Center to honor her and the other 29 community leaders.
Click
here to see the article.
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update here, we will list things that might be more noticeable and important to
frequent users. Note that some updates might only appear in the categories above
and not here. The most recent item is listed first.
New Career Opportunities at Lilliput!
Our Careers section provides has been
updated with job opportunities to quality individuals!
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Contact Us Information has been Updated
Our Contact Us information has been updated
with recent staffing changes.
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