Renegade Classics Toy Run

Thank you to Black Oak Casino & Renegade Classic of Modesto for the 5th Annual Santa Claus Toy Run for Sierra Vista Child & Family Services. Thank you to all those who donated toys and put a smile on the faces of children we serve this Holiday Season.

Leadership Modesto

Sierra Vista Child & Family Services was honered to host the 2011 Class of Leadership Modesto at our Kirk Baucher School.

Thank You Sutter Gould Medical Foundation For Your Generous Support

Paul DeChant, M.D., Judy Kindle,
Kim Bull, Charles Sanders

Sierra Vista Child & Family Services would like to thank Sutter Gould Medical Foundation for their generous support of our First Step Perinatal Drug and Alcohol Program. The First Step Program supports women and their children as they are trying to move from a life of drugs and alcohol to a healthier and safer life of sobriety and positive parenting.

The number of women and children needing this support has grown this past year due to the economy and the cuts in County services. The funding however has not increased. The support of Sutter Gould Medical Foundation makes it possible for Sierra Vista to offer smaller class sizes for these women and more room for the children to play and learn social skills. Classes for the women consist of parenting education, self esteem building, how to avoid the temptation of drug and alcohol, and basic living skills.

We cannot thank you and Sutter Gould Medical Foundation enough for your support. You have helped to make a difference in the lives of hundreds of women and children.

Hearts for Children Gala

A benefit for Sierra Vista Child & Family Services. Sierra Vista has been helping abused, neglected and emotionally disturbed children and families in crisis since 1972.


Saturday, January 28, 2012; Modesto Centre Plaza, 1000 L Street, Modesto, CA
 Hearts for Children Gala begins at 6:00 p.m.

Please contact 209-523-4573 for more information on our Hearts Gala.

November is National Adoption Month

Sierra Vista Child & Family Services observes National Adoption Month in November

In California, approximately 58,012 children live in some type of foster care setting and in Stanislaus County, there are 628 children in foster care. Many have spent most of their lives in this "temporary" situation, and have moved within the child welfare system more times than they care to remember.


“These are very real children who desperately need families of their own. Because the public is so often unaware of these kids and their needs, we would like to draw special attention to waiting children during National Adoption Awareness Month in the hope that we can unite many of these young people with permanent, adoptive parents,” said Judy Kindle, Executive Director of Sierra Vista Child & Family Services.


These waiting children come from a variety of backgrounds. Some have physical or mental disabilities; some are part of a sibling group; some are of African American, Native American, or Latino heritage; and many are older children or adolescents. The share a common bond: the desire to be someone’s son or daughter and to be part of a forever family.
We fervently believe there is a family for each waiting child. Our task is to make our waiting children more visible and bring them together with parents. These children are calling out-to be loved, to feel wanted, to share their potential and themselves... to be adopted, said Mary Jo Mastin, Director of Foster Care Services.

For more information regarding Sierra Vista Child & Family Services and our foster care program please call (209) 491-0872.