Monday, October 21, 2013

NAMIWalks Virginia 2013 Photos

NAMIWalks Virginia 2013 was a lot of fun! Pictures are up on the Facebook page (they were taken early in the day) and there will be more up soon on NAMI Virginia's (state office) page. The hope is that next year we will have a team to represent NAMI Southwest Virginia.

Monday, October 14, 2013

Youth Support Group Coming in November

I will be attending a Youth Advisory Board training with NAMI Virginia's Virginia Family Network in early November. In the middle or latter part of November, the plan is to start a youth/adolescent/teen support group for teens around age 13-18 that have a mental illness, with young adults with mental illness serving in a facilitator/mentorship role for the group.

I have had interest in a group for kids that are upper elementary through middle school, as well, so even though they are not quite teenagers, if there is enough interest in the younger age range, we will see what we can do. I definitely would welcome guardian involvement in this, especially with the younger group.

If you are a young adult (18 years to late 20s) living with a mental illness or a guardian of a youth/teenager living with a mental illness and you are within the coverage area or surrounding area (Tennessee included) and would be interested in helping or getting your youth/teenager living with a mental illness involved in this, please email me at swvanami@gmail.com.

Thank you.

Ashley Church, President of (future affiliate) NAMI Southwest Virginia


Friday, October 4, 2013

Mental Illness Awareness Week: October 6-12, 2013

Mental Illness Awareness Week is coming up next week. Even though we had to push the Open House back, we will still be observing Mental Illness Awareness Week on Twitter and Facebook. Please join us!

                                                      Twitter: @NAMISouthwestVA
                                                  Facebook: NAMI Southwest Virginia