Napa Valley CanDo
What We Do:
We connect, inspire, and empower neighbors to take positive action through volunteerism. Our projects are based on a commitment to address unmet community needs. Beside CanDo’s Give!Guide, other current core projects in Napa County are addressing food insecurity: Garden for the Food Bank, Food Rescue Team, Napa Valley Food Project, and Gleaning Project.
Our Napa Valley Food Project has delivered more than 273, 000 pounds of non-perishable food to the CANV Food Bank since 2016. CanDo’s Food Rescue Team gathers fresh produce from generous Napa Farmers Market vendors every Saturday morning and, through our partnership with Feeding It Forward Napa Valley, that food goes directly to our neighbors who need it most. In 2020, Farmers Market vendors donated 13,649 pounds of food. Our new Gleaning Project sends out volunteer gleaners to backyard “growers” to make sure their excess produce finds a home. In 8 years the Give!Guide has raised $3,746,341 for nonprofits serving our community.
CanDo has no membership requirements, dues, or mandatory service hours. We stay connected via a weekly eNewsletter that highlights done-in-a-day volunteer opportunities and community events.
Other Ways to Help:
- Sign-up to receive our weekly email with volunteer opportunities, whether for CanDo projects or other local nonprofits. Most are done-in-a-day.
- Attend a CanDo Gathering: Simply listen or share your thoughts/ideas. Learn how we keep moving forward. They’re listed in our weekly eNewsletter.
- Invite us to attend your professional, faith-based, service, school or social group to present a bit of CanDo’s story and talk about the many opportunities to volunteer.
- Partner with us: Business partners make a tangible difference! They supply volunteers, funds, and help spread the word. In the past, business partners have rallied employees to help with creek cleanups, install drip irrigation, and collect bags of food – to name a few.
Business Partners:
Testimonial:
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Friends of Sunrise Montessori in honor of Matching Funds
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Lynn Skillings
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Susan Tough in honor of Joyce Tough
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Natalie & Jeff Scott
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Melinda Walker
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Joan Foresman
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Lani Clarke
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frances knapczyk
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Anonymous
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Anonymous
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Anonymous
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Sally Buchanan
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Paula J. Peterson
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Anonymous in honor of 1) Horse Rescue: Ralph Lippert; 2) Teacher Resource: Glaudine Gasser; 3) League of Women: Josie Jenkins; 4) NVCD: for those like Betty White, Desmond Tutu, and all the volunteer warriors who have brought us laughter and prayer or have otherwise met our needs
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Susan Kennelly in honor of hILLARY ZUNIN
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Anonymous
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Thomas Kennelly
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John/Juliane Ruch/Poirier
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Bruce Ivey
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Patricia Countrywood
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Randy and Lisa Hiatt
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Anonymous
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Marit Sinclair
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Nadia Valenzuela in honor of My children- Sebastian 5.5yr old and Olivia 13 months old- animals lovers and giving back to G!G from me :)
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Anonymous
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Karen and Kyle Brocker
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Jeff & Elaine Siefert
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Julie Spencer
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Jill Pahl
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Anonymous
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Anonymous
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Marilyn Soulsburg
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valerie aguirre
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Cheryl Toivola
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Joyce Wiggin
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Anonymous
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Anonymous
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Lee Morhar
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Anonymous
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David Freed
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Anonymous
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James and Suzanne Bronk
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Julia Winiarski in honor of Barbara Winiarski and Hilary Zunin
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Sandra Pena
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Carol Poole
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Linda Wargo
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Anonymous
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Minta Zlomke
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Jackie Jackson
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Anonymous
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Elizabeth Munk in honor of The Florence & Munk Family
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Albert Katz
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Sarah Kane in honor of Hilary Zunin
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Anonymous
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Aaron and Claire Smith
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Anonymous
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Brittany Berry in honor of CAN-V's Food Bank
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Ellen Wulf
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Sharyn Fuller
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Julie Worthington
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katherine wade
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Hilary Zunin Trust in honor of Matching Funds in the memory of Hilary Zunin
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Donna Hall Mertz
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Anonymous
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Linda Methven
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Susan Segal-Wood in honor of All of the Napa Kids that CanDo helps
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Francesca Kirkpatrick
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Steven & Cynthia Deutsch
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Anonymous
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Chris Ochs
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Anne and Debbie Percelay
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David and Lana Stanley
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Linda Jesmok
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Heather Dooley
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Dr. Denise A. Flaherty
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Jessie Quigley in honor of all the volunteers who do the work of these charities.
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Bruce Barge
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Anne McMinn
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Harris Nussbaum and Johanna Muth
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Anonymous
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Barbara Stone
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Chris and Karen Kvidahl
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Chip Bouril
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Cathy Zinsli
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Anonymous
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Teri and Hugh Carpenter
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Stuart Bockman
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David and Andrea Marquardt
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Harriet Lehman
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Wendi Piscia
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Virginia T. Means in honor of Michael G. Means
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Judith Cahill Bravo
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Markley S. Sutton, PhD
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Amber Knoche
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Anonymous
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Linda Dietiker-Yolo in honor of Support Group
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Joyce Kingery
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Celeste Giunta
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Anonymous
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Steve Gerstle
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Karen Olson in honor of Laura Hill
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Gillian Roberts
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Sandy Houck
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Allison Saether
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Charles Slutzkin Rita Burris
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Anonymous
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Anonymous
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Anonymous
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Anonymous
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Elizabeth Burrell in honor of Matching Funds
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Howell Broxton
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Anonymous
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David Freedman in honor of Laura Gaffney
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Joan Harris
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Laura Gaffney
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Sandy Fagan
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Robert Fioretti
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Paulette Litz
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NV CanDo Board and Give!Guide Team in honor of Matching Funds
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Anonymous
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Mark Andersen
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Sandra and Dean Hansen
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Sue Hepple
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Verna Steinhauer
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Peggy Dvorak
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Carol Nelsen
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Anonymous
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Anonymous
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Antoinette von dem Hagen
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Anonymous
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Sharon Macklin
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Sheryl deLeuze
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JJ McCarthy
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Anonymous
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Jessica Harcourt
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Evelyn Trevethan
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Carol Glaser in honor of Hilary Zunin
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Marie Parrinella in honor of Angelo
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Holly Gellerman
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Grania Lindberg
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David Elaine Freed
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Elaine Herrick
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Gwenn McKenzie in honor of all the great work you do & in memory of Hilary Zunin