SPECIAL MENTAL HEALTH MESSAGE FOR BENTON & FRANKLIN COUNTIES

The CCRC COMMUNITY Report Briefing is Tuesday, March 23 at the BENTON COUNTY JUSTICE CENTER at 9:00 AM

The Benton Franklin Consolidated Crisis Crisis Response Center DVD has been posted on “YouTube” with a message for our area pastors. We hope you are supportive and will pass this community mental health message along. Special “Thank You” to our DVD participants Kevin Brown, Carl Cadwell, Melody Otness and Kendall Kaiser
Associate Pastor at Cathedral of Joy who produced our CCRC DVD..

Claude L. Oliver

The Consumer Voice Group

Continues to meet on the 1st Tuesday of every month (April 7th)
4:30-5:30pm, but at a new location:

2810 W. Clearwater, Suite #103 in Kennewick

For more information call Cindy Adams at 735-8681

or Chris or Ty at 783-7333. A light dinner will be provided.

A $15 Gift Card will be offered

to the person inviting the most attendees
during each of the months of April, May, & June.
So bring friends!!

NAMIWalks Washington

NAMIWalks Washington

NAMIWALKS for the Mind of America
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Registration/Check-In: 9:00 am
Walk Begins: 10:00 am

Fundraising Goal: $150,00

Money raised to date: $30, 498

Teams registered online: 35

Join us!!

Register today at www.nami.org/namiwalks/WA

Invitations to the Kick-off Luncheon are out. If you did not receive yours, please respond to this email and one will be sent to you.

Not only is this the place to learn more about the Walk and to pick up your team captain folders, but also to enjoy some wonderful food while listening to some inspirational speakers!!

Please be sure to RSVP by March 23rd by calling 206-935-4170, email nami@lments.net, or mail in your RSVP card.

Kickoff Luncheon

March 31st

12 – 1:30

Brockey Center at South Seattle Community College

Come and get a great start to raising money for NAMI Programs and Services!

***Anyone who registers as a TEAM CAPTAIN by the Kick-off Luncheon will be entered into a drawing to receive a Gift Certificate for $50.00 to a local running store (to get some great shoes for WALK Day!) Winner will be announced at the Kick-off Luncheon!! (all current team captains will also be included in the drawing)!

Thank you Returning Sponsors for your support!

Payless Drugs and Cadwell Labs

And a special thanks to our newest sponsor

STEVEN’S HOSPITAL!

Join the list of sponsors and show your support for NAMI! Click here for details.

Click Here to Form a Team of Walkers

Click Here to Walk as an Individual

Volunteers – We Need You!

While recruiting Team members, if you come across someone that would like to help out, but can’t walk, please ask them if they would like to Volunteer on Walk day. It takes nearly 40 Volunteers to setup and run the Walk site. This is a great opportunity for someone to be involved that might not otherwise be able to.

A Walk Day Volunteer form will be included in your Team Captain folder, or one can be accessed and printed off by clicking here! You can also have them call or email Shana Allen at nami@lments.net or 206-935-4170.

We love and appreciate our volunteers!!

CIT Training Offered

The second Tri-Cities CIT class (Crisis Intervention Training) for police officers and other first responders will take place April 6^th through April 10^th.  It is a week-long (40 hour) class which teaches about mental illness and related conditions such as Alzheimer’s and developmental disabilities.  It teaches the officers practical skills in de-escalating crisis situations, so that in many cases arrests can be avoided.  Crises can be handled without injury to our loved ones or the officers. 

As part of the class, the officers sit down in pairs with a consumer to ask a set of questions.  The consumers are given the questions ahead of time, and may have a friend or family member with them if they desire.  Before the class last April, both the consumers and the officers were apprehensive, but in their evaluations the consumers all said they would like to do it again, and the officers suggested that the class devote more time to these visits!  If you know any consumers who would be interested in participating, contact Cindy Adams at the RSN (735-8681). 

The first class (last April) was an outstanding success, and we hope this one will be also.  If you know any first responders in the Tri-Cities or surrounding areas who would like to take the class, they can register by contacting the training officer at the Kennewick Police Department.   There will also be a class offered June 22^nd through 26^th.

March Adult “Ask the Doctor” Call with Guest Dr. Larry Davidson

Save the Date: Friday March 27th  

Please join us for our monthly adult issues conference call with NAMI’s Medical Director Dr. Ken Duckworth, and guest Dr. Larry Davidson. Dr. Davidson is a Professor of Psychology and the Director of the Program for Recovery and Community Health at Yale University. His three major areas of research focus have been: understanding processes of recovery in psychosis; developing and evaluating community-based and psychosocial interventions to promote recovery, and; designing and analyzing policies to foster community integration among people with psychosis. During the call, he will discuss the topic, “Recovery is Happening Everyday.” 

The call is toll free and scheduled from 11-12:30 Eastern Time on Friday, March 27th.  

To access the call, please dial 1-888-858-6021; access number 309918. This call can be made from any phone.  

If you have any questions, please contact Bianca Ruffin.

NAMI-Tri-Cities Invites you to our Family to Family Education Program

Free for family members, partners and friends of individuals with:

Major Depression

Bipolar Disorder (Manic Depression)

Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorder

Borderline Personality Disorder

Panic Disorder and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Co-occurring Brain Disorders 

A series of 12 weekly classes structured to help caregivers understand and support individuals with serious mental illness while maintaining their own well being.  The course is taught by a team of trained NAMI family member volunteers. 

There is no cost to participate in the NAMI Family-to-Family Education Program.  We think you will be pleased by how much assistance the program offers.  We invite you to call for more information

 
Classes start

Wednesday, April 8 through June 24

Kennewick First Presbyterian Church

2001 Kennewick Avenue, Room 102

Pre-registration is required. 

To learn more about the material covered in the course and/or register, call Sara at 628-9625 or e-mail: sarathomhall@verizon.net.   Space is limited and classes fill quickly.  

Knowledge is Power!

You’re Invited – Open House and Ribbon Cutting

Catholic Family & Child Service would like to invite you all to an open house and ribbon cutting ceremony of their Pasco office. The event will be held on March 9, 2009 from 9:00am to 10:00am.

 

Please join us to view the office, meet our wonderful staff and to learn more about all of our 15 programs.

 

The office is located at 2110 W. Henry in Pasco. You are all welcome.