San Fernando to host baby shower and family resource fair
San Fernando folded a baby shower into a free resource fair, pairing infant essentials and massage training with local service referrals.
San Fernando used a baby shower to do more than celebrate. At Las Palmas Park, the city paired a Community Baby Shower with a Family Resource Fair, turning a familiar family event into a practical doorway to local services for expecting parents and families with babies.
The free program ran Saturday, June 13, 2026, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at 505 S. Huntington Street. The baby-shower portion ran from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. and required registration because space was limited, while the resource fair continued through noon with local organizations and community services on site. The city also invited community organizations to sign up as vendors by June 12, 2026, underscoring that the event was designed as both outreach and a neighborhood networking point.
What makes the format work is its low-friction setting. Parents arriving for baby essentials and an infant massage workshop were already in a space built around care, which makes it easier to ask questions, collect referrals, and talk through next steps than it is in a conventional office setting. That is the real value of the model: it meets families where the mood is already welcoming, then layers in service access before anyone has to navigate a formal intake desk.
El Centro de Amistad gave the event more than a logo on the flyer. The organization says it was founded in 1977 and became a nonprofit in 1984, has served more than 100,000 people, and now employs more than 80 staff members. Its services are available in English and Spanish, and it says it offers free help regardless of ability to pay, accepting Medi-Cal, CHIP recipients and uninsured consumers based on staffing capacity. That kind of profile fits San Fernando’s approach: a city-run event with a partner that can translate a friendly public gathering into actual follow-through.
The partnership also points to a broader service strategy already visible across El Centro de Amistad’s work. Its Panorama City FamilySource Center, which held a ribbon-cutting on Aug. 16, 2024, is one of 19 FamilySource Centers established by the City of Los Angeles and serves low- and moderate-income families with children up to age 17. The organization also lists a Birth to Five referral pathway, which lines up neatly with the baby-shower format San Fernando chose.
For families trying to find help without getting lost in bureaucracy, that combination matters. San Fernando’s event showed how a city park, a nonprofit partner and a simple social setting can work together as a service-delivery system, not just a celebration. Questions went through the Business & Community Resource Center at (818) 898-1210 or Resources@sanfernando.gov, and the city’s Recreation and Community Services Department tied the event to a broader 2026 push for health, wellness and community connections.
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