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The Children’s Village of Sonoma County was founded by Lia Rowley, a professional child care consultant with 30 years experience. Following the death of 12-year old Georgia Moses who was found murdered, Lia was moved to act on her vision to create a village that would provide a stable, nurturing environment for children and sibling groups in foster care. The Village was dedicated to
Georgia’s memory. In 1999, with a small group of volunteers led by Lia, the Children’s Village was granted non-profit status. The work to get the Village built and licensed has been proceeding at a steady pace with two staff members and over one hundred volunteers working in more than a dozen committees. In 2001, a $100,000 grant was received from the William Donner Foundation and a gift of a parcel of land was sold for $220,000 in 2002. These two major donations enabled the Children’s Village to enter escrow to purchase the site at Kawana Springs Terrace for the Village. In the summer of 2005, construction of the Village began. The work
toward getting licensed accelerated. In the spring of 2006, additional
staff was hired in preparation for the opening of the Village. In August
of 2006, the Children’s Village was licensed
and celebrated its grand opening August 24, 2006. |
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