Month: November 2015

Creating a stronger community one new citizen at a time

Posted on: Nov 24, 2015

When our immigration study revealed that Napa County has 9,000 citizenship-eligible Legal Permanent Residents (LPRs), aka Green Card holders, but many were not taking the important step towards achieving citizenship due to an absence of a robust legal services infrastructure, we launched the One Napa Valley Initiative (ONVI), a three-year campaign to create new citizens and a stronger community.…

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From KGO ABC 7 News: Napa quake victims save storage facility with donations

Posted on: Nov 9, 2015

By Michael Finney, November 09, 2015 It's been more than 14 months since the Napa Quake. The city is still rebuilding and Monday there was a milestone, one that 7 on Your Side's Michael Finney helped bring about. Napa Self Storage was red-tagged in the Napa quake. The owners planned to bulldoze the building with everything…

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Helping donors pursue their passions

Posted on: Nov 2, 2015

When Peggy became a part-time resident of Napa Valley, she decided to create a Donor Advised Fund at NVCF.  Our staff works at the intersection of Peggy's charitable interests and local nonprofits' programs, bringing forth carefully vetted funding ideas for her to consider.  As she says in this short video, "I use the Community Foundation to help…

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