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Monday, October 6, 2008
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Welcome to NAMI Linn County!
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UPDATE 10/05/08
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Mental Health Resource Fair/Panel Event
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October 09, 2008
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
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Marion Public Library, 1095 6th Ave., Rooms A & B
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Marion, IA US
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MENTAL ILLNESS AWARENESS WEEK (MIAW) OCTOBER 5-11, 2008
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) of Linn County
Join other people interested in mental health issues at a mental health resource fair followed by a panel event on bi-polar disorder, schizophrenia, and borderline personality disorder.
5:30 - 6:30 pm Mental Health Resource Fair: Agencies scheduled to participate include Tanager Place, Foundation 2, Horizons Counseling Center, and Linn County Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities.
5:30 - 6:30 pm Massage therapists from Dreamweaver Healing Arts will offer chair massages on a donation basis.
6:30 - 8:00 pm Panel event with consumers and professionals speaking on bipolar, schizophrenia, and borderline personality disorder. Consumers will speak about what it is like to live with the particular mental illnesses. Professionals will speak about treatment options available.
8:00 - 8:30 pm Question & Answer session with panel guests.
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Connection Recovery Support Group will begin again Monday, July 14, 2008 from 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm at Dreams, located at 1420 1st Ave NE Cedar Rapids, Iowa. If you have questions please call Carol Porch at 319-330-0632.
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS!!
Recruiting Peer to Peer Mentors!
NAMI Iowa is actively seeking participants from Linn and Johnson Counties to participate in the NAMI Peer to Peer training. The training is open to consumers who wish to enhance and share their recovery skills and experiences with other peers. Upon completion, trainees are qualified to facilitate peer connections groups in their local communities. Please contact Cheryl at the Iowa State office at 1-800-417-0417 or national@mchsi.com to apply.
Linn County Visions For Tomorrow class is full! To get on the waiting list for the next class please contact the NAMI Linn County Resource Linn at 319-221-1184.
Visions For Tomorrow is a FREE course designed for parents and direct caregivers of children and teens with mental illness and/or behavior disorders. The 10-week course will educate parents on a variety of topics and provide support as families realize they are not alone in their journey with a child who has mental illness and/or behavior disorders. Classes run in Cedar Rapids April 10 - June 12, 2008. Space is limited and spots are filling quickly. Childcare reimbursement assistance is available if needed. To preregister, or for additional information, contact Rhonda Powell at rhonda_k_powell@yahoo.com or 319-310-5098 or Erica Zito at zitoeez@yahoo.com or 319-366-0439. We will start a waiting list once this class is full.
NAMI, the acronym for the National Alliance on Mental Illness, is a grassroots, self-help, education, support, and advocacy organization dedicated to improving the lives of people with mental illness and their families. The organization has more than 210,00 members nationwide and is growing every day! In fact, Worth Magazine has ranked NAMI in its “Top 100 charities most likely to change the world.”
There are three levels to the organization:
* A national office - www.nami.org
* State offices in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and Guam. NAMI IOWA - www.namiiowa.org
* Over 1,200 local affliates within those states. NAMI Linn County is one of those affiliates.
NAMI Linn County is a non-profit, all volunteer organization which offers an array of free services including self-help groups, family education, community education and advocacy. We invite you to get involved - please browse our site, join the discussion group, attend monthly programs, and return to our website often!
If you have questions regarding mental health issues, desire more information about our programs or membership, or have an interest in volunteering with NAMI Linn County, please call our helpline at (319) 221-1184, or e-mail us at nami-lc@hotmail.com.
Each level of NAMI - national, state, and local affiliate - is a separate entity. NAMI Linn County is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit tax exempt organization.
Thank you for visiting, and please stop back often to keep up with what NAMI Linn County is doing!
Click the corridorvolunteers.org link below to learn about specific NAMI Linn County volunteer opportunities.
Related Links
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