LILLIAN PIPERSBURG
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illian Pipersburg has had about 180 kids. Though she only gave birth to four children, she treated the rest as her own and welcomed them into her home with open arms. A long-term foster mom and retired probation officer, Pipersburg spent the past five years running and living at the county’s only emergency foster-care shelter. A Santa Barbara native, Pipersburg recently returned to her Mesa home and has already renewed her license to be a foster parent. At the shelter, she cared for up to six kids at a time and would accept children in need from across the county at all hours of the night. Until the child was placed in a more permanent home, Pipersburg acted as a temporary mother and provided a healthy dose of both strength and compassion. “I take the ‘tough love’ approach,” she said. Treat everyone with respect and take a bath every day are her two key rules. “She unconditionally gives so much to people she doesn’t know,” said Franklin Elementary School Principal Casie Killgore, who nominated Pipersburg for the award.“She gives them hope.” Killgore met Pipersburg one day in the office at school and was so impressed with her dedication that she decided to take in a child, as well.“These are kids in our community that are going to grow up and have kids of their own,” Killgore added. Pipersburg has kept in touch with many of the children who have spent time under her roof, forming lifelong relationships. Pipersburg has plenty of soccer games, graduation ceremonies, and weddings to attend. Some kids call her their “awesome aunt,” some say “nanny.”“[They all] work for me,” she said.“I would never try to substitute for their parents. Kids need to go home.” She just provides a sanctuary in the meantime.
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