On April 1, 2021, the Yountville Home celebrated its 137th Founders Day, and along with that, we celebrate two individuals who played a key role in its history. Mary Dunaway and Virginia Mae Days made tremendously positive impacts on the Veterans Home of California-Yountville, impacts that are felt throughout all of CalVet’s eight veterans’ homes today.
Over 400 people received their vaccination yesterday, including Yountville’s Mayor John Dunbar (pictured here). As vaccines are open to those 50+, this was again organized by the Yountville Chamber of Commerce in partnership with Safeway. The volunteers were instrumental in ensuring what many newly vaccinated people stated was a “smooth operation.” The Town of Yountville provided
Three weeks ago, the Yountville Veterans Home had a reported eight cases of the coronavirus, according to Napa County spokesperson Janet Upton. The latest numbers showed there were 24 cases reported at the facility. The County reran the 24 tests out of caution; partial results show the impact isn’t as widely spread, with 14 of those
On April 1st, the Yountville Veteran’s Home celebrated its 137th founders day. In honor of our Veterans, we’re sharing more information about an organization that has successfully supported Veterans and their families. We have shared details of Pat’s Run before, and this event typically takes place in Tempe, Arizona. This year, the event is taking
The Yountville Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the Town of Yountville and Safeway Pharmacy, will be hosting a Vaccine Clinic on Monday, April 5 from 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. at the Yountville Community Center. This Vaccine Clinic, per California State guidelines is open to anyone 50+.There are roughly 400 appointments, this is a
What an amazing opportunity to volunteer for the vaccine clinic held in Yountville last week. Organized by the Chamber of Commerce in partnership with Safeway, it was simply a positive event all around. How great it was to see familiar faces and employees coming straight from work in their uniforms to get their first shot. Over
Nothing but bad news when it comes to reading about water levels in California and again another drought. State water officials are forecasting the need for conversation and drought mitigation measures. Napa County is in an area shown as in severe drought as we only received about 45% of normal rainfall this year. The Veterans Home sent
Napa Valley’s Poet Laureate is none other than our very own Marianne Lyon! And she will be participating in ‘Poem to Picture” on April 11, 2 – 4:00 PM at Gallery at the Yountville Community Center. This is an opportunity to see the beautiful photographs by Quinn Saine and write a poem about them and
A friend here in Yountville turned me on to USA Facts, which gives us “our nation in numbers” to “drive fact-based discussion.” According to them, adults are reporting how they will spend their stimulus checks. By far, the largest response was 57% for food, and we all know food includes wine! Yountville = food and
This past week, the CHP received a report of what appeared to be a woman at Veterans Home of California – Yountville with what the caller described as a shotgun. CHP and multiple allied agencies immediately responded and conducted an extensive search via ground and air in an attempt to locate a possible subject. There were no