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Book Benefits QVHF
A new book about the Napa Valley offers a blueprint for maintaining and strengthening the sense of community here - and proceeds from the book's sale are going to the QVH Foundation to support Queen of the Valley and the community's health.
Titled Napa Valley, the book includes dozens of short chapters drawn from interviews with local people from all walks of life, including Father Brenkle, Dorothy Lind, Robert Mondavi, Brother Timothy and Brad Wagenknecht. "These voices belong to people embarked on a new vision of community," the book's editor, Patton Howell, writes in his introduction. "In extraordinary times, people sometimes do extraordinary things without realizing it."
Also involved in creating the book were Mary Ann McComber, Ruth Berggren, Donald McComber, Lawrence Barker, and Joan Howell.
"The book is intended to bring the ideal community to people, using the Napa Valley as a case study, because some very amazing things have happened here," says Mary Ann, citing the Napa River project and the Agricultural Preserve as examples.
The foundation has already received a $1,000 contribution from sales of the book, which is priced at $14.95. You can pick up your copy at the QVH gift shop, local bookstores, and many restaurants, shops, and wineries.
Transamerica Final Results
Last October's Transamerica Senior Golf Championship once again raised thousands of dollars for QVH Foundation and other local charities, but a drop in tournament ticket sales meant the 2000 event's charitable grants were lower than in recent years. The Foundation received almost $39,000 from the tournament, with equal amounts going to Community Projects, Inc., and the boys and Girls Club of Napa. Local businesses once again contributed to the putting contest, which raised a total of about $5,000 to be distributed among nine other local charities.
A volunteer updates the score during
the Transamerica putting contest, which is supported by area businesses.
