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Why YOU should join NAMI-CC:
NAMI-CC is a nonprofit, grassroots, self-help, education, support and advocacy organization of consumers of MH services, families, professionals and friends of persons with serious and persistent neurobiological disorders. Also known as brain disorders, they include: bipolar disorder, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder, and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
NAMI-CC Support Group Provides:
A place to confront fears
A place for validation
A place for friendship and networking
A place to exchange information about mental illnesses
Self-help and family support for persons with mental illnesses and their families
Education classes (Family-to-Family and Visions for Tomorrow)
Information to communities regarding mental illness, available services and services needed (From Discovery to Recovery Seminars and “In Our Own Voice” speaker program)
Advocacy for, encouragement and acceptance of persons with mental illness living in the community (housing, emergency needs, “In a Different Light” theater troupe, “In Our Own Voice” speaker’s program)
Newsletters (local affiliate bi-monthly, NAMI-Oregon and NAMI National quarterly)
Contact - NAMI Clackamas County at 503-723-4989 for Membership, or print out the form below and mail to NAMI at the address listed at the bottom of form.
NAMI- CLACKAMAS COUNTY
MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION
Includes membership in local, state and national NAMI groups- and newsletters from all three!
Name______________________
Address:____________________
City:_____________State:_______ Zip:_______
Phone:_________________EMail:____________________
I have enclosed annual dues. $30 per family includes national, state, and local newsletters or $_______.
Open Door membership $ (for financially challenged persons)
I wish local newsletter only ($10) $_____
I have enclosed an additional donation $_______
Total $_______
____Please contact me about volunteer opportunities.
Make checks payable to: NAMI-CC
P O Box 3179, Oregon City, Oregon 97045
Support meetings held monthly at Oregon City Pioneer Community Center, 615 5th. Street, Oregon City, Oregon.
Summer schedule-April through September: First Tuesday evenings, 6:00-9:00 - includes dinner ($3)
Winter schedule-October through March: Second Saturday mornings, 9:00 - 11:30 - includes breakfast ($3)
Directions to Oregon City Pioneer Community Center
From I205 take Exit 9 (Oregon City- Gladstone)
Turn left onto McLoughlin Blvd(99E) and go 0.5 miles until you reach 10th. Street.
Turn left onto 10th. Street and go 0.3 miles up the hill. At the McLoughlin Historic District sigh, the road curves left and becomes 7th. Street.
Turn right onto Washington Street and go 2 blocks to 5th. Street. The Pioneer Community Center is on your left. The front entrance is at 615 5th. Street.
Parking is available in the Community Center lot on Washington Street or in the lot across from the Community Center on John Adams Street.
Look for NAMI meeting signs.
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