From Napa Valley Register: Napa nonprofits join Giving Tuesday charity campaign


November 30, 2016, Howard Yune A variety of nonprofit and service groups in Napa County are taking part in Giving Tuesday, an online and social media drive to boost fundraising and publicize the work of some 40,000 community groups worldwide. Local groups including Mentis, OLE Health, and Napa branches of Big Brothers Big Sisters and…

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From Napa Valley Register: Napa supervisors honor new citizens


November 8, 2016, Register Staff Twelve new local United States citizens were honored Tuesday by the Napa County Board of Supervisors. “What a special day, to recognize new citizens on Election Day,” said Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, who attended the morning ceremony. The honorees benefited from the One Napa Valley Initiative that seeks to…

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From KRON 4: Legislature passes classroom earthquake safety bill 2 years after Napa quake


August 24, 2016, Bay City News NAPA COUNTY (BCN)—On the second anniversary of the 6.0-magnitude South Napa earthquake, the state Legislature today passed a bill authored by a local assemblyman requiring school districts in seismically active areas to safely secure heavy furniture and fixtures in their classrooms.The bill authored by Assemblyman Bill Dodd, D-Napa, requires school…

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From Napa Register: Two years after the earthquake, the Community Foundation is planning for Napa’s next disaster


August 24, 2016, Kevin Courtney On the second anniversary of the South Napa earthquake, the Napa Valley Community Foundation released a report detailing what became of nearly $11 million in recovery donations and ongoing efforts to prepare for the next disaster. The Foundation reports making cash payments totaling $5.4 million to 1,388 quake victims, $1.1 million…

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From Napa Valley Register: Napan Lomeli goes from battlefield to courtroom


August 7, 2016, Jennifer Huffman Bonifacio Lomeli of Napa spent seven years in the Army working as a combat medic, helping fight for his country. Today, he’s working toward learning a different form of “combat” – the kind waged in courtrooms or at mediation table. Thanks to the George and Gwendolyn Goodin Scholarship, a fund of…

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From St. Helena Star: Help on becoming a U.S. citizen


July 19, 2016, David Stoneberg First in a series Blanca Dixon asked me some tough and personal questions recently and I had to answer them. All 32 of them.The UpValley Family Centers employee asked about my life, my travels and whether I owe taxes (which I don’t), and whether I have ever been stopped, arrested, detained…

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From The Aspen Institute blog: Getting to Know the New “Us”


July 14, 2016, Elise Hernandez For over a decade, the Community Strategies Group (CSG) has advanced practices and policies that help hard-working rural families earn more, keep more of what they earn, and grow what they have into assets over time. As more immigrants move to rural America, practitioners need new tools and strategies to learn…

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