BELIA'S E-NEWSLETTER

November 2021

A chilly fall has set in this Thanksgiving week. As I take a break to make pies for our Thanksgiving feast, I am thinking about how I started this week. I had the opportunity to gather around a Thanksgiving table with the staff and clients of Health and Human Services. While what you “see” as county news may strike you as land intensive, the core county function is to provide for the health, well-being and safety of our residents. The work our county staff does each and everyday to improve the lives of our residents is admirable and worthy of appreciation.

Together with members of the community, my colleague Brad Wagenknecht and Napa County Health and Human Services Director Jennifer Yasumoto we toured the Napa Valley Food Bank warehouse. It was a great visual reminder of the important role this nonprofit plays in our community’s food system ensuring that those in need have food on the table.

Each year our family mails out hundreds of holiday cards. While it is a beautiful tradition, we’ve gathered around the table and decided that the needs of our community are more pressing than our desire to send out that annual holiday card. As so, this year we will do it a little differently. This week we donated the money we would normally spend on sending holiday cards to the Napa Valley Food Bank. To learn more about how you can help put food on the tables of others, check out the nonprofit spotlight below.

Knowing that people will be gathering and enjoying holiday festivities makes my heart smile. Be sure to check the link below for how to access COVID-19 vaccines and boosters. And if you’re traveling make sure to read the home safety travel tips from the American Canyon Fire Protection district.

Sincerely,

Belia Ramos

'Tis the Season for Giving

The Community Action of Napa Valley (CANV) Food Bank provides a variety of nutritious food to low-income individuals, families, seniors and non-profit organizations throughout Napa County through four programs: Emergency Food Pantries; Senior Brown Bag; the USDA Commodity Program; and Non-Profit Access.

Did you know that nearly all of the Food Bank funding comes from donations? Throughout all of Community Action’s programs and services they depend on donations from individuals, corporations and foundations to do the work they do. This holiday season, I encourage you to donate to the CANV Food Bank in an effort to help those in our community who need help the most.

Donate Now

COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics

Why get vaccinated? Vaccinated people have a very low risk of contracting COVID-19 or spreading it to others, which adds a layer of protection for unvaccinated individuals (such as younger siblings and other children) and immunocompromised people around us. Find local clinics at the Napa County Community Calendar for a clinic near you: countyofnapa.org/3096/COVID-19-Vaccines

Food Resource Calendar

Visit Fifnv.org/events to check out a resource guide for people in need of food in our community. See below for food resources that will be available for the remainder of the week.

Thursday, November 25

Congregate Meal Program - Abode Services: 8am-5pm
Senior Brown Bag Program: 9:30am-12pm
Groceries - Salvation Army: 10am-2pm
Groceries - NVC: 10am-3pm
Congregate Meal Program – Salvation Army: 11:30am-12:30pm
Groceries – Napa Pantry: 12:30-3:30pm
Groceries – Calistoga Cares: 2-5pm

Friday, November 26

Congregate Meal Program – Abode Services: 8am-5pm
Meals on Wheels for Seniors – Home Delivery: 9am-12pm
Groceries – Salvation Army: 10am-2pm
Congregate Meal Program – Salvation Army: 11:30am-12:30pm
Produce Give Away - Napa Spanish Seventh Day Adventist Church: 2-4pm
Groceries – St. Helena Community Food Pantry: 2:30-4pm

Saturday, November 27

Napa Farmers Market: 8am-12pm
Congregate Meal Program - Abode Services: 8am-5pm
Groceries - The Father's House: 10-11am

Upcoming Board of Supervisors Meetings . . .

December 7 & 14 at 9:00 a.m. on the third floor of the County Administration Building—1195 Third Street, Suite 305, Napa.

About Belia Ramos

Raised in unincorporated St. Helena and Pope Valley, Belia is a first-generation Mexican-American who was born at Queen of the Valley Hospital in Napa. She currently resides in American Canyon, but calls all of Napa County home. Belia is a business owner, educator, community advocate, and mother of three children. Belia attended St. Helena public schools from kindergarten through high school. She graduated from Saint Mary's College of California in 1999 and UC Hastings College of the Law in 2004. Belia served as an American Canyon City Council Member from 2010-2016. In 2017, Belia was elected to the Napa County Board of Supervisors. She currently serves on the following panels: Napa Valley Transportation Authority, Association of Bay Area Governments, North Bay Water Reuse Authority, Latino Caucus of California Counties and Rebuild North Bay.

Visit the Napa County Board of Supervisors Website

Supervisor Belia Ramos, Fifth District | Napa County Board of Supervisors |

Phone: (707)-259-8277 | Email: Belia.Ramos@countyofnapa.org