Christian Adoption Resources and Education

06/09/2026

🎉 WOW, West Central Illinois! 🎉

What an incredible first day of WCIL Gives!

In just one day, our community raised $153,656 to support causes across the region. To put that in perspective, last year's Day 1 total was $43,510. The generosity we've seen already this year has been nothing short of amazing!

Every gift represents someone choosing to invest in the people, programs, and causes that make West Central Illinois stronger. Together, you're helping organizations expand their impact and continue serving our communities.

But we're not done yet! There is still time to support your favorite organizations, help them climb the leaderboard, and compete for prize grants throughout the event.

✨ Explore participating organizations
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Together, we're proving that generosity empowers change.
🔗 Give now at WCILGives.org

06/09/2026

Join in the generosity day 2. Our goal is raise $3,000 in these 4 days only. Yesterday we had very generous donation by an individual
of $1,000!

You Help Families Answer God’s Call to Adoption. Many foster and adoptive families feel overwhelmed, isolated, and unsupported, especially when finances and emotional strain threaten to derail a calling God has placed on their hearts.

06/08/2026

WCIL Gives begins tomorrow at 8:00 AM, and we're excited to be a part of it. Join us tomorrow morning to kick off four days of generosity by choosing to support Christian Adoption Resources and Education. Help make West Central Illinois stronger for adoptive families.

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✔️ Search for us
✔️ Set your alarm for 8:00 AM -12:00 PM tomorrow! To give and help us WIN a bonus by having the most generous donors in the first 4 hours. Any amount $$ helps.
🔗 www.WCILGives.org

06/01/2026

CARE was highlighted in this article, as a new organization participating in WCIL Gives. Starts in one week, June 8-11th!

MOUNT STERLING, Ill. — The Tracy Family Foundation hopes to build on a successful first year with the return of WCIL Gives. The four-day giving event begins at 8 a.m. […]

05/23/2026

From our latest CARE community adoption grant recipient family.

Kelsi wrote:
Cory and I are so excited to announce that we finally were able to adopt a baby boy, we named Matthew Aaron. Matthew means "gift of God." We have been on this adoption journey for six full years. We started in 2020 and we connected with C.A.R.E. very early on. There are not a lot of local resources for adoption and C.A.R.E. was able to give us some guidance and help us in the process of starting a domestic infant adoption.
In 2021 we were approved for C.A.R.E.’s adoption grant, to be paid out after being placed with a baby. We are very excited that we were finally able to receive that grant!
From the time we found out about baby Matthew to the time that we were holding him, was four hours. We were contacted Friday afternoon, May 8 that there was a baby boy 2 1/2 hours away. He was less than 24 hours old when Cory was first able to hold him, I followed him a little later that evening, as I had to try and very quickly put a crib together so that we could bring Matthew home the very next day. Big Brother and big sisters were very excited, as they too have waited for this day for six years. They have not stopped trying to hold him since we brought him home.
Our families have been so supportive through the entire journey, many tears were shed together and prayers prayed over the last six years. The celebration and joy of bringing Matthew home have also been shared.
Mandy and other C.A.R.E. board members checked in with us often throughout the last six years and prayed for us while we waited.
We are so thankful, our family is finally completed with Matthew in it.

05/15/2026

Congratulations "L" family!

Please join us as we celebrate the "L" family, welcoming their baby boy home. This child has been prayed for many years. Life is a gift. The first mother choose life and thoughtfully made an adoption plan for her child to be received into his forever family.

For years, CARE has been walking along side this family during their wait to be matched. We can't wait to present them with their adoption grant and meet baby boy. Praise God!

05/13/2026

Christian Adoption Resources and Education is participating! Mark your calendars to give, June 8-11!