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By Melissa Officer
Photo of Community Projects
In our consumer-driven society, it’s easy to accumulate more than we need. From clothing and household items to electronics and furniture, our possessions often outgrow their usefulness in our lives. Instead of letting these items collect dust or end up in landfills, consider the profound impact of donating them to those in need. Here are five compelling reasons why donating your unwanted items can make a world of difference:
1. You will be Supporting those in Need
By donating to thrift stores like Goodwill or Community Projects, you directly support vulnerable communities. Items such as clothing, blankets, and kitchenware can significantly improve the quality of life for families struggling to make ends meet. Popular thrift stores not only provide essential items at affordable prices but also use proceeds to fund community programs and initiatives.
For example, Community Projects gives a generous donation to the NEWS nonprofit organization at the end of every year—the more they make, the more they gift. So consider shopping there, too! Wednesdays are popular days to hunt for new treasures, since they are closed Sunday-Tuesday to sort donations and reset the shop.
2. Environmental Conservation
Every item donated is one less item in a landfill. Textiles, electronics, and household goods contribute to
“Every item donated is one less item in a landfill.”
environmental waste when discarded improperly.
Organizations like Habitat for Humanity’s ReStores (located nearby in Santa Rosa and Fairfield) accepts building materials, appliances, and furniture, which facilitates the recycling of these items and reduces waste. By donating, you contribute to a sustainable cycle of reuse and minimize your environmental footprint.
3. Promoting Circular Economy
Consignment shops such as Glenna’s Rescued Treasures and Consign & Design for clothing, jewelry, decor, and furniture offer a marketplace for pre-loved items. These stores extend the lifecycle of goods, allowing others to find value in items you no longer use.
Where to Donate in Napa:
COMMUNITY PROJECTS
715 Franklin St. Napa 226.7585
What they accept: Clothing/shoes/ accessories, housewares, artwork, sporting goods, books/magazines, bedding/ curtains
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY DISCOVERY SHOP
1380 Trancas St., Napa 224.4398
What they accept: What they accept: Clothing (adult only, good condition) collectible items, books, housewares
CATHOLIC CHARITIES
1219 Jefferson St. Ste 4, Napa 707.226.7585
What they accept: Clothing for women and children
EXPRESSIONS OF HOPE RESOURCE CENTER
2303 Trower Ave., Napa 363.1455
What they accept: Children’s clothing, diapers, strollers, cribs, backpacks
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH
21110 Seminary St., Napa 252.8552
What they accept: Clothing (women and children), food, household Items, bedding, furniture
NAPA METHODIST CHURCH UNITED WOMEN IN FAITH
625 Randolph St., Napa 253.1411
What they accept: Lightly-used clothing, household items
SOUTH NAPA SHELTER
100 Hartle Ct., Napa 252.4096
What they accept: Food, toiletries, and clothing
Where to Consign in Napa:
GLENNA’S RESCUED TREASURE
2977 Solano Avenue, Napa 299.9257
What they accept: Variety of collectible items, like jewelry, home goods/decor, accessories. No clothing. CONSIGN & DESIGN
1220 Trancas St., Napa 226.6673
What they accept: Gently-used clothing, shoes and accessories (men, women and children), jewelry, furniture, home goods/decor
Consignment not only benefits buyers looking for affordable options but also supports small businesses that thrive on unique, second-hand finds. And both of these local consignment shops give the you a percentage of the money they make from the items, or credit to shop in the store.
4. Decluttering for Mental Health
A clutter-free environment promotes mental clarity and reduces stress. Donating unused items can help you
create a more organized and serene living space.
Online communities like Buy Nothing Napa and other local groups on Facebook connect people who are giving away items with those looking for them, fostering a community spirit of sharing and reducing clutter in households.
5. Tax Deductions and Financial Benefits
Charitable donations can be taxdeductible, potentially reducing your taxable income. Organizations like
Goodwill Dropoff Location on Jefferson and Imola
GoodWill and Community Projects give you a receipt when you make a donation, to itemize your donations and their value and use as a tax deduction.
Others reward donors with discount coupons, offering additional incentives for contributing gently-used items. The American Cancer Society Discovery Shop on Trancas sends text messages to subscribers when items in their shop are on sale or being discounted. These benefits not
only support your financial health but also encourage a culture of generosity and giving.
Whether you choose to donate to well-known thrift stores, consignment shops, or local charities, the act of giving transforms lives—yours and others. So, take a moment to declutter with purpose. Your unused items have the power to create positive change in your community and beyond.
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At Providence Medical Group, we understand life doesn’t always go as planned. That’s why we want to make sure you have easy access to care. From sore throats and stomach pains to rashes and minor burns, our urgent care offers immediate medical care for non-life-threatening ailments. Walk-in care with no appointment required is available, but reservations are recommended in case of high patient volumes. Providence Medical Group Urgent Care — Napa 1621 West Imola Ave., Napa, CA 94559 707-251-4281
The Show (& Shine)
FRIDAY, AUGUST 16 • 5-8PM DOWNTOWN NAPA
By Craig Smith
Eight years ago, the popular Main Street Reunion Car Show became a two-day event, when organizers added Show and Shine the Friday night before the main show. It features 150 pre-1976 cars that are show-ready, and it’s a great opportunity to get a more relaxed look at the cars.
Unfortunately, the Saturday portion of the event, Main Street Reunion, was cancelled after last year. The cost of hosting the event has increased a great deal over the years, making it cost prohibitive for the Downtown Napa Association (DNA) to continue hosting it downtown. “You’d think a car show wouldn’t be that expensive, but it is. And since COVID, a number of the car show sponsors have had to reduce their support,” said Bill La Liberte, Executive Director of the DNA. “We already provide three free events for Napa: the Friday Nights in the Park music series, Halloween Trick
150 PRE-1976 CARS SHOW READY!
or Treating and the Christmas Parade. Something had to give, and unfortunately, it was the car show.”
Fortunately, somebody on Bill’s team had the brilliant idea to continue with the Friday night Show and Shine. “There are still costs associated with it, but I figured out a way to make it happen.” Show and Shine features 150 pre-1976 cars that are showready, and it’s a great opportunity to get a more relaxed look at the cars. The car owners are there and
you can ask them as much about their vehicles as you wish.
This year’s Show and Shine is August 16 from 5 to 8PM, in the parking lot at the corner of Pearl and Yajome (where the Farmers Market is held). Admission to view the cars is free. Many Napans take advantage of the cooler evening weather and relaxed atmosphere to bring their families to check out the cars. Grab something to eat and drink while you are enjoying the cars, or make an evening of it and have dinner downtown before or
Must go On!
after. Either way, you’ve got a great Friday night.
“Traditionally, Show and Shines were an opportunity for folks participating in the next day’s big event to wipe down their cars and get them show-ready,” said Bill La Liberte of the Downtown Napa Association. “Our Show and Shine has turned into a stand- alone event. The cars are in pristine condition and 100% ready for viewing.”
Anyone interested in showing a car at Show and Shine can do so by visiting DoNapa.com/event/showand-shine-2024/. The cost is $20 per car. This one always fills up –advance registration is required. The Downtown Napa Association and Napa Valley Cruisers hosted Main Street Reunion for over twenty-five years. The event began as a two-block, one-day only show on Main Street in front of the old Firefighters’ Museum at the corner of Main and Pearl, and featured
less than fifty cars. It quickly outgrew that spot, last year hosting close to 400 cars on Third and Main Streets. “We got amazing feedback about the event, which made having to discontinue it that much harder,” said La Liberte.
Fortunately, although the DNA can no longer host Main Street Reunion, that event will go on as well. Julie Morales, who used to work with the
DNA and who ran the show for most of that time, formed her own event company, TEAM Morales Events. They are partnering with the Napa Valley Cruisers to host Main Street Reunion at the Napa Expo in October, which they will combine with Blues, Brews & BBQ. “It’s a great solution to the problem, said La Liberte. Now, both events can continue, and Napa won’t lose a beat.”
Announces Their 2024-2025 Season
We’re so happy to bring you another exciting season of musicals and plays in our special black box theatre. It’s our 16th season of producing shows in Napa Valley, and we think the season ahead is a solid winner. Season Subscriptions and Single Show tickets are now on sale online at luckypennynapa.com –and if you need assistance email info@luckypennynapa.com or call 707-266-6305. We look forward to seeing you at the Lucky Penny Community Arts Center.
LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL
September 13-29, 2024
Elle Woods appears to have it all. But her life is turned upside down when her boyfriend Warner dumps her so he can attend Harvard Law. Determined to get him back, Elle ingeniously charms her way into the prestigious law school. “Legally Blonde The Musical” is action-packed and exploding with memorable songs and dynamic dances—this musical is so much fun, it should be illegal!
WOMEN IN JEOPARDY
October 18-November 3, 2024
Divorcées Mary and Jo are suspicious of their friend Liz’s new dentist boyfriend. He’s not just a weirdo; he may be a serial killer. After all, his hygienist just disappeared. Trading their wine glasses for spy glasses, imaginations run wild as the ladies try to discover the truth and save their friend in a hilarious off-road adventure.
OLIVER
November 29-December 22, 2024
LOVE LETTERS
January 31-February 16, 2025
The streets of Victorian England come to life in Lionel Bart’s classic musical “Oliver!” —based on the Charles Dickens novel, Oliver Twist. The Tony and Olivier Award-winning show is one of the few musicals to win an Academy Award for Best Picture and is widely hailed as a true theatrical masterpiece by actors and audience members alike. A great holiday-time experience for the whole family!
Andrew and Melissa, both born to wealth and position, are childhood friends whose lifelong correspondence begins with birthday party thank-you notes and summer camp postcards. Through schooling, wars, careers, and life changes, they exchange letters and their romantic attachment endures—physically apart, but spiritually as close as only true lovers can be. “Love Letters” is a unique and imaginative theatre experience.
REEFER MADNESS
March 7-23, 2025
Inspired by the original 1936 film of the same name, “Reefer Madness” is a raucous musical comedy that takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the hysteria caused when clean-cut kids fall prey to marijuana, leading them on a hysterical downward spiral filled with evil jazz music, sex and violence. This spoofy stylized satire will leave you wanting another hit of fun!
OTHER DESERT CITIES
April 18-May 4, 2025
Brooke Wyeth returns home to Palm Springs after a six-year absence to celebrate Christmas with her parents, her brother, and her aunt. Brooke announces that she is about to publish a memoir dredging up a pivotal and tragic event in the family’s history—a wound they don’t want reopened. When Brooke draws a line in the sand and dares them all to cross it, family secrets take on a whole new meaning.
THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NAPA VALLEY 2025
May 30-June 15, 2025
“The Real Housewives of Napa Valley” is an original parody musical by Rob Broadhurst and Barry Martin that premiered May-June 2024. But one time around the track is not enough for this no-holds-barred romp through for these pretentious wives, their weird husbands, and the long-suffering producers trying to keep their show on the air.
August
AUGUST 2
Fridays in the Park Friday Nights in the Park takes place at Veteran’s Park on Third and Main Street in Downtown Napa. Two bands will be playing each night: Self Proclaimed Heroes (6-7:30 pm), Tom Rigney % Flambeau (8-10 pm). donapa.com
AUGUST 8-11
Napa Town & Country Fair
New for 2024 all entry tickets can only be purchased online, there will be no onsite entry
To submit your event request, visit napavalleymarketplace.com/submit-an-event
ticket sellers or onsite physical entry ticket sales. Fair guests are strongly encouraged to purchase tickets prior to the opening of the Fair. Thursday: Youth/Kids (12 and under) and Seniors (60+) are free! napafair.org
AUGUST 16
Junior Brown
With his unique voice, more unique song writing, and even more unique double necked “GuitSteel” guitar, there has absolutely never been
anyone like Junior Brown. He’s the American Original. uptowntheatrenapa.com
AUGUST 21
Steel Pulse
Bearing witness to the accelerating negativity of global affairs, Steel Pulse emerges with musical vengeance to halt the disarray of humanity. The band's twelfth studio production, titled Mass Manipulation, reflects four decades committed to bettering mankind through music. Their musical stance and conceptualizations are as potent and relevant
today as they were at the beginning of their career. These songs entice all to stand together and unite. uptowntheatrenapa.com
AUGUST 23
Lucinda Williams
Lucinda Williams’ music has gotten her through her darkest days. Her masterful, multi-Grammywinning songwriting has never deserted her. To wit, her stunning, sixteenth studio album, Stories from a Rock n Roll Heart, brims over with some of the best work of her career. And though Williams can no longer play her beloved guitar, a constant companion since age 12, her distinctive vocals sound better than ever. uptowntheatrenapa.com
AUGUST 30-SEPTEMBER 1
Blue Note Jazz Festival Presents: The Black Radio Experience
JOIN US FOR LIVE MUSIC AND COMEDY AT THE UPTOWN
NAPA'S PREMIER ENTERTAINMENT VENUE, WHERE EVERY SEAT IS A GREAT SEAT
STEEL PULSE WED. AUGUST 21 FRI. AUGUST 23
TAB BENOIT & ANDERS OSBORNE W/SPECIAL GUEST JD SIMO SAT. AUGUST 24
FRANKIE QUIÑONES FRI. SEPTEMBER 13
Just two blocks from The Uptown, stop by the JaM Cellars Wine & Music Studio pre or post-performance with your day-of-show tickets to get a JaM Backstage Pass for VIP treatment with purchase of wines that rock!
Hosted by Sway Calloway at The Meritage Resort & Spa. Inspired by the event’s Artist In Residence, Grammy-winning Robert Glasper, The Black Radio Experience is an immersive journey into the soul of music, transcending boundaries and celebrating the rich tapestry of Black culture. Headliners include 1350 THIRD ST. NAPA, CA 94559 (707) 259 - 0123
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AUGUST 30
’s Guest Home
Can you spare a dime? Brother ,
By Craig Smith
In 1958, J.L. “Speed” Hervieux put a glass jar on the counter of his bookstore, The Napa Book Company, and put a simple sign next to it. “Brother, can you spare a dime?” the sign read, and the proceeds raised from it were used to take under-privileged children to Giants games.
“I get a kick out of watching the kids, especially those who have never been to a big-league baseball game before,” Hervieux said in an interview with Marty James from the Napa Register, in June 1979. “I cater to kids whose parents can’t afford to send them to ballgames,” he added. Speed’s slogan was simple and direct: “It may be your dime that will make some needy and deserving kid happy.”
Little did Speed know that his dream would continue uninterrupted through owner lockouts, player strikes, record breaking, good
times and bad times--due to the dedication of a few members of the Kiwanis Club of Napa: George Blaufuss, Joe Boivin, Bill O’Byrne and Ron Swim, with assistance from Bob Zeller and Jim Terry. Ryan Gregory took over the program in 2007, and has been running it since. COVID interrupted its long run, but it has been back on track since. “This year, we’ll make four trips –one featuring kids from the Napa Boys and Girls Club, one from the same club in American Canyon, and one for the Special Olympics,” said Ryan. “The fourth run will be used as a fund raiser to help keep the program going.”
The bus holds fifty passengers. Twenty-five or more are always free for kids, the others are tickets sold to the public. The latter group includes a lot of seniors, who appreciate the stadium door-to-door service, as well as the time spent with the children. Like Speed, Ryan loves to see kids faces light up when they see the stadium for the first time. “For many, it’s also the first time they cross the Golden Gate Bridge, and it’s fun to watch their reaction to that as well.”
Speed, nicknamed when he ran a 9.6 one-hundred-yard dash in the 1920 Olympic trials, played minor league pro ball for three and a half years as a catcher and third baseman. His last team was the St. Louis Cardinals. He was an avid reader who always consumed the sports page first. He loved living in Napa, and loved owning a bookstore. “I love it up here,” he told Marty James in that 1979 interview, “The climate is so beautiful I don’t think
I could ever move away from here. I don’t think you could find a more beautiful place than this town.”
Ryan said that program costs have skyrocketed, but he and the Kiwanis Club of Napa will do all they can to keep it going. “That bus ride
to and from the game used to be pretty cheap, now it’s $2,000 each time.” Anyone who is interested in getting on the mailing list for more information, making a donation or buying tickets, can call Ryan directly at 707-337-4962.
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Snapshots
Annual California Congressional Art Competition - District 4. Congressman Mike Thompson with the art students and their friends and families.
Friday Nights in the Park with Marcy Berruezo and Shelia Newberry.
Congressman Mike Thompson with the Judges. Tara Thompson, Executive Director of Creative Sonoma. Jose Martinez, Art Instructor & Mare Island Art Studios Resident Artist. Maggie Morgan, UC Davis Art and Theater Professor Emeriti.
