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Sixty Years
of Helping the Valley
This year, Community Projects, Inc. marks its
60th birthday. The QVH Foundation salutes this wonderful volunteer group
for all the help they've given over six decades to the Foundation, Queen
of the Valley, and everyone who lives here.
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Since it came into being in 1941, Community Projects has raised over
$6 million, mostly through its gift shop on Franklin Street in Napa,
and distributed those funds to scores of local schools and organizations.
CP has given scholarships to all the valley's high schools, supported
youth sports, choral groups and Special Olympics, and donated to everything
from the Napa Symphony and Clinic Olé to local public-access
television and Church Women United.
Founded as British War Relief, the women's volunteer group changed its
name to War Relief, Inc., after the United States entered the war. When
World War II ended the group renamed itself Community Projects, Inc.
CP has special ties with Queen of the Valley. For the first 30 years
of the hospital's existence, from 1958 until 1988, CP served as the
volunteer organization for the hospital. CP has also given hundreds
of thousands of dollars to the Foundation, including a recent gift to
help buy a new CT scanner.
"Community Projects is amazing, an 'only in Napa' phenomenon that's
one of the reasons we can all feel lucky to live here," says Foundation
executive director David Johnson. "All of us at the Foundation
wish them a happy 60th birthday and many more years of doing good for
the Napa Valley."
