It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to our beloved Karen Hutchison Suellau, who died in July surrounded by family. Karen served as the Development, Marketing, and Communications Director for NEWS since 2010. Her creativity and love of the mission of NEWS was evident throughout her tenure and the impact she made within our organization and the community. She was the administrative leader of 100+Women Who Care, helping raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for causes throughout the valley. She designed the most beautiful artwork that showcased the stories of NEWS clients, and she was the queen of disaster preparedness, helping us navigate earthquakes, fires, and COVID-19. If you didn't know something, Karen was the first person to ask; she knew everything about more things than all of us put together. She made us laugh and she brought us together. Karen will always be a part of our NEWS family and will never be forgotten.
May she rest in peace, because peace is what she strived for.
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Benevity | California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services | City of Napa | City of Napa Police Department | Community Projects, Inc. | Drysdale Community Foundation | First Dollar Foundation | HCA Foundation | Kaiser Permanente Northern California Community Benefit Programs | The Napa Fund of the Napa Valley Community Foundation | Napa Valley’s CanDo Give!Guide | Napa County | Napa Valley Lutheran Church | Napa Valley Vintners | Mental Health Services Act in Napa County | The Doctors Company | The Osgood Family Fund of the Napa Valley Community Foundation | The Peter A. & Vernice H. Gasser Foundation | Pinpoint Foundation | Providence Queen of the Valley Medical Center | Redwood Credit Union | The Silverado Farming One Percent Fund of the Napa Valley Community Foundation | Soroptimist International Chapters of American Canyon, Calistoga, Napa, and St. Helena | Syar Foundation | The Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation | Vollmer Family Foundation | The William and Andrea Phelps Family Foundation | Winiarski Family Foundation | United Way Bay Area | U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women
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