Walk for Awareness
May 18, 2018Walk for Awareness Our annual Walk for Awareness will be held this year on Saturday, November 3, 2018 at Hugh McRae Park. We have a new Walk chairperson this year. Darlene Webb is taking over from Stan Oathout, who successfully organized 15 Walks. He recently stepped down from the Board. If you’re interested in volunteering more »
Read MoreThe Regis Serene Speaker Series
The Regis Serene Speaker Series Originally there was a plan to reduce the amount of speakers from 10 a year to 3. There was an outcry of protest, so we’re back to 10 speakers, however there is one major change. We will not be having summer meetings. This summer there will be no meetings from more »
Read MoreCIT Coordinators
CIT Coordinators We have two new volunteers, Chuck and Janis Eldridge, who have volunteered to be our CIT Coordinators. Crisis Intervention Team teaches first responders how to de-escalate potential criminal situations when involving a person with a mental illness or substance use disorder. The order of business is treatment, not jail. During this week long more »
Read MoreMay 21, PTSD & Military Families Cancelled!
May 14, 2018The May 21 presentation on PTSD & Military Families has been cancelled.
Read MoreMay is Mental Health Month
May 9, 2018NAMI North Carolina Please see below link: http://www.journalnow.com/opinion/columnists/richard-groves-paying-respect-to-a-lost-friend/article_18e84cd2-6b5a-59f7-8299-b665125455ee.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=user-share The numbers are staggering: approximately 61.5 million Americans experience a mental illness in a given year, 20% of youth ages 13 to 18 experience mental illness in a given year, 9.2 million Americans have a co-occurring disorder, and a full one half of all mental illness begins more »
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