This is the third location for the Expressions of Hope resource center and store.
Originally the nonprofit operated out of a storage unit and shipping container.
âThat was difficult,â said Smith. It was hard to help families and hard to display the items.Â
Expressions of Hope next leased a space inside a commercial building on Soscol Avenue. However, the rent, $6,000 a month, was prohibitive.
Then Tony Valenti, the senior pastor at Napa Valley Life Church on Trower Avenue, asked Smith if she would like to open a resource center at the church.
Her response?
Today, the nonprofit uses several rooms in the church.
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