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REMINDER:
Butter yellow lets you easily spot volunteer opportunities and other ways to
get involved.
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"The higher up you go, the more mistakes you are allowed. Right at the top, if you make enough of them,
it's considered to be your style."
-Fred Astaire, dancer, actor, singer, musician, and choreographer
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BITS AND PIECES
UP CLOSE AND
(VERY) PERSONAL
This amazing video shows how your insides look when you sing, crack your joints, eat and swallow, even kiss.
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MAKE SURE YOU'RE REGISTERED TO VOTE
May 23 is your last day to register or re-register to vote for the
June 7 election.
Even if you've been registered in the past, you must re-register to vote when you move, change your name, or change your political party affiliation.FFI: Visit or call the Election Division - Napa (8AM-5PM, Monday-Friday). LOCATION: 900 Coombs St, Rm. 256. 707.253.4321.
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CanDo Quick Tip
BAN SHREDDED CHEESE.
MAKE AMERICA
GRATE AGAIN!
And oh, that cheese grater can do so much more than just... grate cheese.
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PLANTING
CanDo's FOOD BANK GARDEN
9:30-11:30AM
Click here for details.
GIVE!GUIDE
APPLICATIONS DUE
Friday, June 3
Application found
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SEE WHAT YOU
CanDo
TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
 We grow fresh, local produce for the Napa Food Bank. Email Karen or Betty.
 Waterways Keepers help maintain our rivers and stream to keep them vibrant and alive.  Raises funds and awareness for local nonprofits in a year-end giving campaign.  CanDo is piloting a whole new way to help the Food Bank feed neighbors in need. Email Karin/Amy.
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New to CanDo?
Click here to receive this nifty weekly eBlast.
The CanDo Connection is filled with volunteer
opportunities and events help you connect
with community.
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Have an Event You'd Like in the Spotlight?
Are you a nonprofit in need of volunteers? Or do you have a fundraiser, educational opportunity, or fun event you'd like us to share in the "Spotlight"?
Space permitting, your post may run for up to three weeks leading to the date of your event. Any photo you'd like us to consider MUST be sent as a jpg.
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The Choices We Make
Napa Valley CanDo seeks to inspire and facilitate action by alerting interested Valley residents about opportunities for service. If you participate as a volunteer in an activity that you learned about through Napa Valley CanDo, whether initiated by CanDo or another organization, please take personal responsibility for your involvement. Use common sense. Only you can determine whether an activity is a good fit, that is to say compatible with your interests and abilities.
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g CanDo's 2016 Napa Valley Give!Guide
is looking for a few good...
SPONSORS
In 1967, Lennon and McCartney wrote "A Little Help from My Friends" (which you're now going to be humming for the rest of the day). When it comes to the Give!Guide, CanDo could use a little help from our friends: YOU.
You may be aware that in its three editions of the Give!Guide, CanDo has helped raised awareness and $580,000 for nonprofit organizations serving Napa County. We take no fee for this effort. Our dedicated volunteers are honored to do the work.
But it's hardly through our efforts alone. Nonprofits each pay a nominal participation fee ($300-500 depending on their budget) and develop and implement their own creative marketing strategies. Local business partners support their efforts.
Additional funding and support comes from our sponsors. We call them the Give!Guide Guardians.This is a select group of visionaries imbued with the CanDo spirit. From the very beginning, these sponsors recognized the potential of the Give!Guide to help nonprofits serving Napa County so that all of us may thrive.
Who are our Give!Guide Guardians offering financial support in 2016? Drum roll, please:
* Napa Valley Vintners
* Terra Firma Global Partners
* Leadership Napa Valley
* Mechanics Bank
This year, we're seeking at least two more inspired individuals, businesses, or service groups who understand what we're trying to build and want to help make it so. That's where you come in.
It's one very tangible way that you can make a difference, helping not one, but dozens of local nonprofits. Whether you work for, own, or know of a business, belong to a service club or faith-based group, or are an individual that might be ready to join the Give!Guide Guardians, kindly get in touch with us.
Sponsorships are tax-deductible and range from $1800-$5000 dollars. Each sponsor receives a full page
of their own design in 50,000 Give!Guide catalogs, their logos and links on CanDo's and the Give!Guide's website, a strong social media shout out, and publicity whenever we eagerly share the Give!Guide story. We also encourage participating nonprofits to recognize these sponsors in each of their PR campaigns.
Hundreds of you read CanDo's weekly email blast.
Help us find the heroes among us ready to help the Give!Guide inspire a community of givers.
Call 707.252.7743 or email us.
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THANKS, MID-CITY
NURSERY
The daughters of owner will be happy to help their customers "Plant One For The Food Bank." Ask about it when you're there, and be sure to pick up a pamphlet and your very own wooden
CanDo CanGrow plant marker. Meanwhile, things are looking terrific at CanDo CanGrow's Food Bank Garden.
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Carol demonstrates how to insert an
irrigation emitter.
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NCOE students proudly tend their own garden plot. Jovanna's watering the corn.
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Brandon and Nathaniel dig gardening. When they return to school in August,
it will be harvest time!
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We're there on Wednesday mornings, 8:30-11:00ish.
Come join us!
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NEW: SHORTER SHIFTS!
Next CanDo day at the Farmers' Market: Saturday, June 4 8-12:30PM
(Come play with us in the CanDo booth.)
New location: 195 Gasser Drive
(south of the Cinemark Theaters)
Hurrah! The Farmers' Market is up and running again. CanDo loves the spirit of the place and we want to be there once a month. We need your help to staff our table.
Our next tabling opportunity is Saturday June 4, and we need two more friendly volunteers. See other dates on the sign-up sheet.
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THE CanDo SPOTLIGHT
Events and Volunteer Opportunities
from Other Groups Around the Valley
Tell 'em you heard about it through CanDo!
Note: Posting of events in this "Spotlight" does not constitute an endorsement by Napa Valley CanDo unless expressly stated. We list a variety of opportunities and programs we feel may be of interest to our readers.
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GROWING ORNAMENTALS AND FLOWERS
SPONSOR: UC Master Gardners of Napa County
Join the Napa MGs at one of their favorite nurseries and learn about the care and maintenance of ornamental greens and ornamental flowers. You will learn about micro-climates in your garden, hydrozoning, and how to plant for color almost all year-round in our wonderful Mediterranean climate. And let's not forget about what our pollinators need! Check out the MG's page on Facebook.
DAY/DATE/TIME: Saturday, May 21, 10AM-noon
LOCATION: Mid-City Nursery, American Canyon COST: $5
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SIERRA SERVICE BENEFIT CONCERT
BY THE JULIANE BAND
SPONSOR: Napa Methodist Church
Benefit concert by the local Juliane Band, playing 20th century, acoustic American: folk, bluegrass, folk rock, gospel, pop and country with vocal harmonies. Help raise money to send 12-20 Napa youth to volunteer at the Sierra Service project on a Native American reservation in Spokane, WA this summer. Juliane's powerfully emotive voice, John Ruch's versatile artistry on 8 string baritone, 6 string steel guitar, harmony vocals and Ann Gillian's superb musical talents on fiddle, mandolin and harmony vocals, make for a great musical and fun evening.
DAY/DATE/TIME: Saturday, May 21, 7-9PM
LOCATION: 625 Randolph Street, Napa
COST: Please bring a canned food item to donate to the Napa Food Bank
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RETIREMENT RENEWAL FORUM
SPONSOR: Collabria Care
Meditation and Mindfulness are often it today's headlines, but what do these mental practices mean? Learn how these meditation techniques can improve mental and physical health as we age. Guest speaker: James Keolker, PhD, a certified teacher by the Mindfulness Institute of San Francisco and a popular teacher of mindfulness practices at the esteemed Spirit Rock Meditation Center, the Rata Ling Retreat Center and the Rianda House Senior Center. Pre-registration recommended.
DAY/DATE/TIME: Tuesday, May 24, 6-7:30PM
LOCATION:414 S. Jefferson St. Napa
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PFLAG NAPA SUPPORT MEETING
SPONSOR: PFLAG Napa
Come and join PFLAG Napa's May support meeting. There will be an opportunity to mingle and enjoy some light food and refreshments before breaking into support groups. There will also be new lanyards for Napa Valley Pride and an update about exciting events that are planned. This chapter offers support to families, friends of LGBTQ and all LGBTQ people (18 years of age and over) where you can share your feelings and experiences in a safe and confidential space. ALL ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND!
DAY/DATE/TIME: Tuesday, May 24, 7-9PM
LOCATION: Wolfe Center, 2310 First Street, Napa
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GARDEN PLOTS AVAILABLE
SPONSOR: Napa Community Gardens
Love to garden? No space at home? The Napa Community Garden, located at the SW corner of Trower and Jefferson, still has some nice sunny 10' x 10' plots available to rent for the 2016 growing season. They provide irrigation, compost, and some tools.
DAY/DATE/TIME: Ongoing
LOCATION: 3875 Jefferson St., Napa COST: $50/yr
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BAY-FRIENDLY GARDEN TOUR
SPONSORS: Napa County RCD, City of Napa,
City of American Canyon, County of Napa,
UC Master Gardeners
Napa's 5th Bay-Friendly Garden Tour features 12 gardens in the Napa and American Canyon that provide inspiration for creating beautiful low-impact landscapes. Volunteers are needed to serve as greeters at each of the 12 gardens on the tour. Greeters work 3 hour shifts, either 10AM-1PM or 1PM-4PM. Volunteers tour gardens for free.
DAY/DATE/TIME: Sunday, May 22, 10AM-4PM
LOCATION: 12 gardens in Napa and American Canyon Check website below for details.
COST: $5
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