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GIVE!GUIDE DONATIONS
$43,492.00
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"A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal."
Life, the Truth,
and Being Free
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QUICKLY SPOT VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
This buttery yellow color
indicates volunteer
opportunities.
Have an hour or two?
CanDo helps make it easy
to make a difference.
See this image?
It's a
family friendly
event.
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COMPOST CORNER
November 16 is
America Recycles Day
Donate your gently-used
coats, costumes, shoes
10-AM - 2PM
Redwood Plaza - Napa
Curbside Composting or recycling to
"Compost Corner."
Responses graciously provided
by
Tim Dewey-Mattia, Napa Recycling
& Waste Services.
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QUICK
TIP
WHEN YOU BUY "ORGANIC" FOOD,
WHAT ARE YOU REALLY GETTING?
what our friends at
Consumer Reports have to say about this tricky topic.
For example:
"The term 'pesticide free' is meaningless and unregulated."
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FARM TO FOOD BANK PROJECT
LESS THAN TWO HOURS, A VISIT TO THE FARMERS MARKET, AND SO MUCH GOOD FOR OUR COMMUNITY
Can you help CanDo volunteers pick up donations from Napa Farmers Market vendors and take them to the South Napa
Shelter and the CAN-V
Napa Food Bank?
DAY/DATE/TIME
Any Saturday year-round.
You choose!
12:15-1:45PM
LOCATION
South Napa Century Center
195 Gasser Drive
to learn more or to
sign up.
Teens and older, supervised children are welcome.
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BITS AND PIECES
AMAZING HUMANS:
DANCING WHILE DEAF
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HERE'S WHAT YOU
CanDo
TO GET INVOLVED
CanDo's Garden for the Food Bank
grows
fresh, local produce for the CAN-V Food Bank. We also collect produce from generous Farmers' Market vendors for the Food Bank and Homeless Shelter.
Email
Karen.
Waterway Keepers began as a CanDo project. Now it's orchestrated by our friends at the Napa Co. Resource Conservation District. Volunteers help maintain our river and streams to keep them vibrant and alive.
Email
Ashley.
Raises funds and awareness for local nonprofits in a year-end giving campaign.
Email hilary or Nancy.
CanDo has a brilliant way to help share food with neighbors in need.
Email Marilyn.
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The
CanDo Connection
is filled
with volunteer
opportunities
and
events to
help you
connect
with
community.
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LIKE TO HAVE YOUR EVENT IN THE
CanDo
SPOTLIGHT?
Are you a nonprofit in need of volunteers?
Or do you have a fundraiser, educational opportunity,
or fun event you'd like to
share in the SPOTLIGHT?
Space permitting, your post may run for up to three weeks leading to the date of your event. Photos you'd
like us to consider MUST be sent as a jpg.
FFI: Learn more and submit event
here
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SUBMISSION DEADLINE: S
unday, 6PM for the following Tuesday's blast.
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The Choices We Make
Napa Valley CanDo seeks to inspire and facilitate action
by alerting interested Valley residents about opportunities for service. If you participate as a volunteer in an activity that you learned about through Napa Valley CanDo, whether initiated by CanDo or another organization, please take personal responsibility for your involvement. Use common sense. Only you can determine whether an activity is a good
fit, that is to say
compatible with your interests and abilities.
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More than 200 hundred donors have already contributed to CanDo's 7th
Give!Guide
campaign, our year-end effort to raise awareness and funds for local nonprofits. This year, there are 46 participants. At the same time, CanDo's volunteers work diligently to foster collaboration among nonprofits and to cultivate an ever-larger community of givers.
DID YOU KNOW that
every
donor - whether they give $10 or $1000 and no matter to which nonprofit(s), receives a CanDo thank you with a certificate good for gifts from five generous local businesses. Click
here
to see the treats you'll find waiting for you during the month of January 2020.
So speaking of waiting,
what are you waiting for?
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WE REALLY KICKED IT OFF THIS YEAR!
Thanks to the nearly 250 of you who joined in our
Kickoff celebration with such spirit last week. Camaraderie, community - and fun! More photos coming soon.
Here, a list of businesses that graciously supported the festivities by setting the stage and providing delectable refreshments.
Please
support them, or simply
stop by and thank them for their involvement.
Anette's Chocolates
Model Bakery
Hop Creek
Foodshed Take Away
Tarla Mediterranean
Genova Delicatessen
Oxbow School
Mumm's
Trader Joe's
Raley's
Tessoro Flowers
The Julianne Band
Elyse Winery
Barnett Vineyards
BNA Wine Group
Opus One
Bright Event Rental
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FALL CLEAN UP DAY IN
CanDo's GARDEN FOR THE FOOD BANK
Last weekend 18 volunteers gathered at our Food Bank garden in North Napa. For two busy hours, we removed spent summer plants, shoveled topsoil and compost, tended our fall/winter veggies, and
cleaned up leaves and debris.
Then, as we relaxed and ate fabulous sandwiches generously donated by Napa's
WHOLE FOODS MARKET,
we celebrated our 2019 harvest (2,345.3 pounds!) and made plans for next year's garden.
Abundant thanks to Whole Foods, to our awesome gardeners, and of course to Covenant Presbyterian Church for providing the land and water so we can grow fresh, organic food for Napa's Food Pantry.
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THE
CanDo SPOTLIGHT
Events and Volunteer Opportunities
from Other Groups Around the Valley
Tell 'em you heard about it through CanDo!
Note: Posting events in this "Spotlight" does not constitute an endorsement by Napa Valley CanDo unless expressly stated.
We list a variety of
opportunities and
programs we feel may be of interest to our readers. Explore! Enjoy! Get involved!
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NAPA YOUTH LACROSSE EVENT VOLUNTEERS
SPONSOR: Napa Force Youth Lacrosse Club
Napa Force is a nonprofit club supporting boys' and girls' teams. This year we are hosting a fundraiser to fund specific needs and the newly formed Lacrosse teams at Napa and Vintage High. Event volunteers are needed for setup/breakdown, registration table, and live/silent auction help. Four hour shifts which includes a meal for volunteers. Please help support this great activity for local youth! You can sign up using this link.
DATE/TIME:
Sat., Nov. 16, 4-10PM
LOCATION:
Napa Valley Country Club
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