Welcome Welcome! We are thrilled to welcome you back — in person — to the OLE Health Foundation’s SALUD Napa Valley. Tonight, we are excited to be gathered together to raise a toast to OLE Health and its decades-long commitment to ensuring that everyone in our community receives quality healthcare regardless of their ability to pay or their immigration status. This year, we have an even bigger reason to celebrate: OLE Health’s 50th anniversary. While much has changed for the organization since its founding in 1972, two things have remained constant: its dedication to the most vulnerable members of our community, and the innumerable ways in which the community has steadfastly supported OLE Health. From its humble beginnings as a volunteer clinic above La Luna Market to today’s state-of-the-art health centers staffed by full-time medical providers caring for more than 40,000 of our neighbors, each step along the way has been made possible through the giving spirit of our donors, volunteers, board members, partners and elected officials. As the world returns to a sense of normalcy, and we spend the evening reconnecting, laughing, dining, drinking, and maybe even a little dancing, we cannot forget the ways in which this organization stewarded our community through the pandemic. Between testing and vaccinating, OLE Health and its team of committed professionals have been at the forefront of ensuring Napa Valley weathered the storm. We are proud to have played such a vital role in keeping our workforce healthy and our businesses open during this challenging time. When it comes time to raise your paddle, we hope you will keep that in mind. Raise it high and raise it often for our incredible auction lots and our Fund a Need. Your generosity will help to cement OLE Health’s legacy of providing quality healthcare to everyone who lives and works in Napa Valley. Thank you for being part of celebrating 50 years of OLE Health.
Darioush Khaledi Pete Richmond Chair, OLE Health Foundation Chair, OLE Health Board of Directors Board of Directors
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