Our Stories

Two weeks before Barbara Winiarski’s death, she and husband, Warren, made a transformational gift of $5.1 million to Napa Valley’s Queen of the Valley Foundation. The gift will fund a 208-bed acute care facility in Napa.

"Mentally, physically and emotionally, the Cancer Wellness Program helped me regain a positive outlook on life and to look towards a healthy future. This was made possible by donors, like you, and I am so grateful." - Krista Galyen

As Paul Lemieux drove home from work on the first day of September, he was overcome with a sudden, sharp headache.  When his vision and thoughts became distorted, he knew he was in trouble and pulled off the road.

Daniel Yount* remembers the exact day he began to experience COVID-19 symptoms. It was March 17. At first, he thought his high fever and headache were flu symptoms, but he was wrong.

“I was just so fortunate that the Queen has the expertise and the most sophisticated equipment to treat cancer patients like myself,” Teri says. “They absolutely saved my life.”

During the 2017 fires in Sonoma, firefighter Jonathan Martinez’s engine crew was in Kenwood working on a hillside. He heard one of his partners yell “Rock!”

Boris Guillome experienced sudden cardiac arrest at the movies. Thanks to the kindness of strangers—and the excellent care he received at Queen of the Valley Medical Center—he lived to tell his story.

It was the first time Amber had given birth at the Queen, and she was so grateful that it had the neonatal expertise to diagnose and treat Lavender’s critical condition.