Sat May 30, 2015
2015 NAMIWalk SF Bay Area in Golden Gate Park on May 30 - FREE to Register
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Join over 3,000 families, friends, community groups, mental health staff, corporate employees, sponsors, volunteers and people affected by mental illness for the 11th Annual 5K NAMIWalk San Francisco Bay Area on Saturday, May 30 in Golden Gate Park. Help raise awareness about mental health and funds for NAMI's programs and services provided at NO-COST to individuals and families in need throughout the Bay Area.
Registration for NAMIWalkers is FREE thanks to corporate and sponsor donations (learn more at http://namiwalks.org/sponsors/BayArea). NAMI affiliates in counties from around the Bay Area come together to create this annual FUNdraiser held in Golden Gate Park’s Lindley Meadow.
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to improving the lives of individuals and families affected by mental illness with over 1,000 affiliates across the country. NAMIWalks will be held nationwide during May -- National Mental Health Month, established in 1949.
Dr. Francis J. Harvey, 19th Secretary of the U.S. Army (November 19, 2004 – March 9, 2007), and Col. William E. Peacock, USMCR (Ret), Chairman, Wine Country Marines, serve as the NAMIWalk SF Bay Area Veterans Co-chairs for the second year. NAMI supports veterans and active duty personnel through its online Veterans and Military Resource Center and locally through family support groups for family members of service personnel dealing with PTSD and mental health issues.
NAMI programs provided as a public service at No-Cost include: Family to Family, a multi-week support and education course for family members of people with mental illness, In Our Own Voice, an anti-stigma speaker’s bureau, Parents and Teachers as Allies, an in-service program helping school professionals better understand the early warning signs of mental illnesses in children, partnerships with multi-cultural agencies reaching out with classes and education materials in Spanish and Chinese. NAMI also advocates politically for improved public policies addressing the needs of those with mental illness and their families on national and regional levels (NAMI.org).
For more information or to register: email [email protected], go to http://www.NAMIWalkSFBay.org or call 800-556-2401.
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Registration for NAMIWalkers is FREE thanks to corporate and sponsor donations (learn more at http://namiwalks.org/sponsors/BayArea). NAMI affiliates in counties from around the Bay Area come together to create this annual FUNdraiser held in Golden Gate Park’s Lindley Meadow.
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to improving the lives of individuals and families affected by mental illness with over 1,000 affiliates across the country. NAMIWalks will be held nationwide during May -- National Mental Health Month, established in 1949.
Dr. Francis J. Harvey, 19th Secretary of the U.S. Army (November 19, 2004 – March 9, 2007), and Col. William E. Peacock, USMCR (Ret), Chairman, Wine Country Marines, serve as the NAMIWalk SF Bay Area Veterans Co-chairs for the second year. NAMI supports veterans and active duty personnel through its online Veterans and Military Resource Center and locally through family support groups for family members of service personnel dealing with PTSD and mental health issues.
NAMI programs provided as a public service at No-Cost include: Family to Family, a multi-week support and education course for family members of people with mental illness, In Our Own Voice, an anti-stigma speaker’s bureau, Parents and Teachers as Allies, an in-service program helping school professionals better understand the early warning signs of mental illnesses in children, partnerships with multi-cultural agencies reaching out with classes and education materials in Spanish and Chinese. NAMI also advocates politically for improved public policies addressing the needs of those with mental illness and their families on national and regional levels (NAMI.org).
For more information or to register: email [email protected], go to http://www.NAMIWalkSFBay.org or call 800-556-2401.
Join over 3,000 families, friends, community groups, mental health staff, corporate employees, sponsors, volunteers and people affected by mental illness for the 11th Annual 5K NAMIWalk San Francisco Bay Area on Saturday, May 30 in Golden Gate Park. Help raise awareness about mental health and funds for NAMI's programs and services provided at NO-COST to individuals and families in need throughout the Bay Area.
Registration for NAMIWalkers is FREE thanks to corporate and sponsor donations (learn more at http://namiwalks.org/sponsors/BayArea). NAMI affiliates in counties from around the Bay Area come together to create this annual FUNdraiser held in Golden Gate Park’s Lindley Meadow.
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to improving the lives of individuals and families affected by mental illness with over 1,000 affiliates across the country. NAMIWalks will be held nationwide during May -- National Mental Health Month, established in 1949.
Dr. Francis J. Harvey, 19th Secretary of the U.S. Army (November 19, 2004 – March 9, 2007), and Col. William E. Peacock, USMCR (Ret), Chairman, Wine Country Marines, serve as the NAMIWalk SF Bay Area Veterans Co-chairs for the second year. NAMI supports veterans and active duty personnel through its online Veterans and Military Resource Center and locally through family support groups for family members of service personnel dealing with PTSD and mental health issues.
NAMI programs provided as a public service at No-Cost include: Family to Family, a multi-week support and education course for family members of people with mental illness, In Our Own Voice, an anti-stigma speaker’s bureau, Parents and Teachers as Allies, an in-service program helping school professionals better understand the early warning signs of mental illnesses in children, partnerships with multi-cultural agencies reaching out with classes and education materials in Spanish and Chinese. NAMI also advocates politically for improved public policies addressing the needs of those with mental illness and their families on national and regional levels (NAMI.org).
For more information or to register: email [email protected], go to http://www.NAMIWalkSFBay.org or call 800-556-2401.
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Registration for NAMIWalkers is FREE thanks to corporate and sponsor donations (learn more at http://namiwalks.org/sponsors/BayArea). NAMI affiliates in counties from around the Bay Area come together to create this annual FUNdraiser held in Golden Gate Park’s Lindley Meadow.
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to improving the lives of individuals and families affected by mental illness with over 1,000 affiliates across the country. NAMIWalks will be held nationwide during May -- National Mental Health Month, established in 1949.
Dr. Francis J. Harvey, 19th Secretary of the U.S. Army (November 19, 2004 – March 9, 2007), and Col. William E. Peacock, USMCR (Ret), Chairman, Wine Country Marines, serve as the NAMIWalk SF Bay Area Veterans Co-chairs for the second year. NAMI supports veterans and active duty personnel through its online Veterans and Military Resource Center and locally through family support groups for family members of service personnel dealing with PTSD and mental health issues.
NAMI programs provided as a public service at No-Cost include: Family to Family, a multi-week support and education course for family members of people with mental illness, In Our Own Voice, an anti-stigma speaker’s bureau, Parents and Teachers as Allies, an in-service program helping school professionals better understand the early warning signs of mental illnesses in children, partnerships with multi-cultural agencies reaching out with classes and education materials in Spanish and Chinese. NAMI also advocates politically for improved public policies addressing the needs of those with mental illness and their families on national and regional levels (NAMI.org).
For more information or to register: email [email protected], go to http://www.NAMIWalkSFBay.org or call 800-556-2401.
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