The Napa Valley is unique in many ways, and one is the outstanding quality of medical care available.  This is largely due to Queen of the Valley Hospital, Napa County's largest provider of health care service for over 40 years.

Queen of the Valley Hospital, part of the St. Joseph Health System, is a full-service diagnostic and therapeutic facility.  The high quality of its medical and professional staff and the array of advanced technologies and treatments it offers are at a level rarely found in small community hospitals.

What has allowed Queen of the Valley to grow and thrive is the outstanding support it continues to receive from those it serves, people like you who want to build a healthy tomorrow for themselves, their families, and their community.

From the beginning, Queen of the Valley Hospital has reached out to the community it serves and received generous support in return.

The hospital was founded in 1958 by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange, who came to Napa in response to community requests for help in meeting the growing town's health needs. In 1969 local leaders formed the Queen of the Valley Hospital Foundation, a qualified charity, to ensure ongoing financial support to the hospital.  Since then the Foundation has raised over $14 million for projects such as purchase of advanced equipment and expansion of emergency and intensive-care services.

Today, due to the high cost of advanced technologies and profound shifts in healthcare economics, a hospital that wants to provide the best available treatments can no longer do so simply by drawing on current revenues.  Queen of the Valley's state-of-the-art technologies, its many programs serving the less fortunate, and the excellent care it offers are all increasingly dependent on philanthropy.

More than ever, Queen of the Valley Hospital's mission of healing depends on the support of the Queen of the Valley Hospital Foundation and its friends.  Your generous contribution today will help build a healthy tomorrow for all of us.

Tribute Gifts
Donations to the Foundation can be made in honor or in memory of any person you specify.  While tribute gifts are frequently mentioned as a preference in funeral notices, they are also often used to honor living designees.

Unrestricted Gifts
Most gifts to the Foundation fall in this category, with no conditions set on how they will be used.  Unrestricted gifts can be used wherever the need is greatest.

Restricted Gifts
Some donors wish to contribute to a specific department, program or equipment purchase.  For example, some gifts are designated for Critical Care, Hospice, Home Care or Community Health Outreach, which provides care for the medically underserved.  A restricted gift allows you to specify how your donation will be used.

The Endowment Fund
When gifts are made to the Endowment Fund, the gift principal is maintained in perpetuity and invested to create income for the hospital.  Income from gifts to the Endowment Fund can be restricted to specified purposes or added to the Foundation's unrestricted funds.

Planned Giving Opportunities
You can obtain substantial tax benefits and income enhancement opportunities during your lifetime by making a gift of stocks, property, or other appreciated assets using a variety of estate planning tools.  For example, charitable remainder capital gains and inheritance taxes while providing lifetime income for you or anyone you designate.

You may also choose to donate to Queen of the Valley by naming the Foundation in your will as a recipient of an outright gift of property or other assets.  Or you may choose to create a trust in your will, naming the Foundation as a beneficiary.  Such gifts may be restricted or unrestricted and made either to the General Fund or the Endowment Fund.

The Foundation's staff is here to provide confidential, no-obligation consultations about how these and other forms of philanthropy can benefit you and your loved ones as well as Queen of the Valley Hospital.

Circle of Friends
The Foundation's annual giving club is open to all who make gifts of $300 each year.  Friends are honored at an annual event and receive a variety of other benefits, depending on their level of giving.

The Hall of Honor
Located on the mail floor of the hospital's Nursing Pavilion, the Hall of Honor offers permanent recognition to those who have made a cumulative contribution of $2,000 or more.  By offering Hall of Honor membership, Queen of the Valley expresses a very special and enduring gratitude.