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- Introducing Our New Feature: Inspiring Inclusion
- Featured Projects: What We've Been Up to, and What's Coming Up
- Spotlight on Local Nonprofits
- Community News: Independence Day and Festival Napa Valley
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News Flash: Local News Updates
- Compost Corner: Refrigerator Water Filters
- Quick Tips: Know Your Ticks!
- Bits & Pieces: A Secret Note Hidden in an 1800s Dress Has Been Decoded
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Introducing Our New Feature: Inspiring Inclusion
You already know that Pro-Inclusion Napa (PIN) has been welcomed into CanDo as one of our projects. Now, we’re proud to announce a new feature in the CanDo Connection: Inspiring Inclusion, which will focus on diversity, its significance, and the way it is celebrated and supported locally.
Read on to see what Kelly Renda, one of PIN’s founding members, has discovered about Disability Pride Month (July): its history, its goals, and the resources available here in Napa that exist to assure that every person in our community feels included, needed, and valued.
We’re excited that Kelly will contribute monthly to the CanDo Connection, sharing ways that Napa inspires inclusion.
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This July, Napa joins in celebrating 34 years since the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act by honoring our community members with disabilities. At 15% of the entire population, people with disabilities represent the largest minority group.
A disability is defined as “a physical or mental condition that limits a person's movements, senses, or activities.” Since not all disabilities can be seen outwardly, Disability Pride Month is a time to foster more compassion, empathy, and understanding toward others.
Disability Pride Month raises awareness as to how able people with disabilities can be. The goal is for others not to see “disability” as an “inability,” nor “existing without or separate,” but rather highlight the adaptability and recognize the resilience of those considered disabled.
Disability Pride Month is a month to celebrate the skillfully adaptive and creatively resilient people with a disability, for them to be seen in all their uniqueness and beauty, to applaud their talents and strengths, and accept them exactly as they are… an equal. To quote Napa PSI’s website, “...our community is stronger when every person feels included, needed, and valued.”
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Ways to Honor and Support Those with Disabilities
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On July 27th, don’t miss joining local wineries at Reid Family Vineyards to enjoy wine, food, music, and an auction as you help CRUSH MS.
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Educate yourself and future generations: Watch the movies CODA and Crip Camp and click here for recommended reads by disabled authors.
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Support companies that hire persons with disabilities. Click here for a local list. And if you are a local business owner, consider hiring a person with a disability and let them surprise and amaze you!
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Explore the websites We the 15 and the local ADA website to learn more ways to support, access valuable information and online webinars, and even test your knowledge of ADA history during a live online trivia event on 7/25 from 11-12:00 pm.
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Watch this video for more information about Little Free Libraries. | |
A Napa Little Free Library after being filled and organized. | |
A volunteer refills a Little Free Library in downtown Napa. | |
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Stow It - Don't Throw It
CanDo and City of Napa Rangers Team Up to Protect Wildlife
We’re excited to announce a new partnership between CanDo’s Stow It - Don’t Throw It project and City of Napa Park Rangers. The Rangers will be distributing fishing line recycling containers made by CanDo’s youth volunteers to local anglers whom they meet while making their rounds.
Dave Hummer, Senior Park Ranger with the City of Napa Parks and Recreation Services, will help us see that the containers get into the hands of those who will use them-- folks who fish in the Napa River. Thank you, Dave!
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CanDo's Pro-Inclusion Napa
Student-made Posters on Display in City Hall
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Pro-Inclusion Napa is proud to display its first of many “Positive Poster Projects” at Napa City Hall from July 2nd to Aug 8th. The vibrant posters, which are “quilted” together in groups of 6, were created by Browns Valley TK-8 School's 5th grade students to express the concepts of “Respect, Acceptance, and Kindness” in art form.
Due to space limitations, the displays will be rotated about every 2 weeks to ensure that all 96 posters are showcased. Be sure to drop by City Hall several times this summer to admire the heartfelt and inspiring work of our young people!
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You can volunteer for one of our dynamic projects, even for just an hour or two, or help one of the many local organizations we support. Each individual action connects to others. Together, we‘re making our Valley and world better. | |
More Opportunities to Support Our Community | |
Volunteer Opportunities & Events to Support Local Nonprofit Groups
Tell 'em you heard about it through CanDo!
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3000 TOURNIQUETS FOR UKRAINE: GARDEN PARTY AND FUNDRAISER
Sponsor: Hands On Global and Napa Valley to Ukraine
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DAY/DATE/TIME:
Saturday, July 20, 4-7 PM
LOCATION:
434 Montgomery Street, Napa.
FFI:
Email tamainnapa@gmail.com, call 415.860.8884 or visit their website
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BUNNY ADOPTION EVENT
Sponsor: Napa Bunnies
at Pet Food Express
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DAY/DATE/TIME:
Last Sunday of every month, 2 PM - 5 PM
LOCATION:
Pet Food Express, 3916 Bel Aire Plaza, Napa
FFI:
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1-3 VOLUNTEERS TO HELP MAINTAIN YARD
Sponsor: Providence Community Health Napa Valley
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DAY/DATE/TIME:
Spring, early summer; no specific days, daytime hours
LOCATION:
1906 2nd St., Napa
FFI:
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If you represent a local nonprofit, you may submit a SPOTLIGHT EVENT or VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY by completing our online form. | |
Space permitting, posts run up to three weeks prior to your event. Flyer or image is required and must be sent as a jpg. | |
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Sunday, 6PM for the following Tuesday's edition.
FFI: Learn more and submit your event here.
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Looking for Local Volunteer Opportunities?
VolunteerNow.org, maintained by the Center for Volunteer & Nonprofit Leadership (CVNL) connects local community members with the causes they are passionate about.
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Upcoming Events, Volunteer Opportunities, and Other Ways to Support Our Local Nonprofits | | |
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Independence Day Happenings Around the Valley
There will be Independence Day happenings all around the Napa Valley. Each city has something unique to offer: how will you ever choose?
There will be parades, drone shows, festivals, concerts, laser shows, kids’ zones, food trucks, family activities, carnival games, even a mechanical bull!
Oh, yes— and fireworks, too.
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💥 Festival Napa Valley, July 6-21, 2024
Festival Napa Valley is a music, food, wine and lifestyle festival held in Napa Valley, California. It is presented by Napa Valley Festival Association, a nonprofit corporation governed by a board of vintners and local leaders.
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💥 Fire Safety & Preparedness
Fire season is upon us. Here are some of the steps you can take take to protect your home and family from wildfires:
- Create defensible space
- Harden your home to make it more fire resistant
- Develop emergency plans and evacuation kits
- Use equipment safely
For information on how to accomplish these steps (and more) to protect your family and home from wildfires, visit:
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💥 A Global Movement: Plastic Free July
For many years, we’ve urged our readers to participate in Plastic Free July.® It’s a global movement that helps millions of people be part of the solution to plastic pollution by taking the pledge to give up ONE single-use plastic item during the month of July.
Ready to give it a try? Click here to register. PFJ promises not to “spam you or pass your email address onto anyone else”!
But you WILL receive an email each week of July with handy tips and ideas for reducing your dependence on plastic.
And do explore their website that is just chock full of great resources, ideas, strategies and inspirational stories to help you choose to refuse single-use plastics.
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Compost Corner
Napa Recycling provides answers to your questions about recycling, composting, and the like.
| Refrigerator Water Filters | Q: I'd like to know how to dispose of refrigerator water filters. I have a box of water filters that have built up over the years, because I don't know how to dispose of them. Are they just regular waste for the landfill, or since they filter metals and pharmaceuticals, are they hazardous waste? ~Kristine | |
A: The water filters can be disposed of in the landfill cart – while we cannot recycle them, they are not considered hazardous waste either.
Just a reminder that our website “What Do I Do With?” guide at www.naparecycling.com is a great resource for this type of question – for instance, you can type “water filter” in the search bar and it provides the answer!
-- Thanks, Tim Dewey-Mattia, Recycling & Public Education Manager
Got a question about recycling or composting? Send it to CanDo at info@nvcando.org and we'll get the answer!
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Know them, and learn how to avoid being bitten. Read the article from NPR. | | |
A Secret Note Hidden in an 1800s Dress Has Been Decoded | |
A team explores insights about Victorian life and who the woman might have been. Bloggers listed the note among the top 50 unsolved codes in the world, and many took a stab at it. Find out more here.
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We will all profit from a more diverse, inclusive society, understanding, accommodating, even celebrating our differences, while pulling together for the common good.
~Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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