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Shoals
The Shoals' Voice on Mental Illness
"Changing Minds"
A United Way Agency
749 Thompson Street Suite A
Florence, AL 35630
Phone: 256-765-2081 Fax: 256-765-2246
Email: namishoals@bellsouth.net
Office Hours: 10-12 A.M. & 1-4 P.M. (Monday through Friday
except
holidays.)
NAMI
Shoals Membership/Donation Form
Directions to NAMI Office: Exit
off Florence Blvd onto the access road in front of Burger King.
Turn left, go past Jim Bishop, turn right onto Thompson St. Go past
Jayne Auto Supply, turn right onto concrete driveway.
(see map)
Volunteers Needed: We have a need for volunteers to work in the office at various
times through the week. Call 765-2081 for more information.
Read the latest grade report on America's Health Care System for Serious Mental Illness: http://www.nami.org/grades/
In the NAMI Shoals Office we have note cards - 10 alike or
assortments, for $6 and larger ones for $7.50. We also have packs of 25
Christmas Cards ranging from $7 to $15. The Art work on the cards is
done by people with mental illness and they are beautiful! Support
research on mental illness by buying some for yourself or give as gifts
or get someone you know to buy some.
Notices and Calendar of
Events
May 8: CEDAR HOUSE FUND RAISER The Cedar House annual Fish Fry is this
Friday the 8th, Plates are $8.00 and include Fish or Chicken or mix, with slaw,
hushpuppies, fries, dessert and tea. We will serve from 11am till 2pm. We would
appreciate your support. All proceeds will help with the Annual Spring Trip to
the Memphis Zoo on May 22. Please forward this message to all you think would
help us out. Cedar House is a program of Riverbend and is located at 455 N.
Locust in Florence. Phone 766-6929. They have a catering program--mental health
consumers and staff working together)
Regularly Scheduled Meetings
All meetings, unless otherwise noted,
will be held at the NAMI Shoals Office at 749 Thompson Street Suite-A
(see
map) in the former WestWay
Building directly behind the Burger King.
Bipolar and Depression Support Group:
Meets on the 1st Monday of each month at 7 p.m. at our office.
Family
To Family Support Group: Meets
on the 2nd Tuesday of each month, 7:00 - 8:30 P.M. with trained family facilitators. This group is
for all ages -- for families,
and friends and significant others of consumers. It is a support,
sharing and caring type meeting.
Regular
Board Meeting: 3rd Tuesday of each month, 6:30 P.M. at the NAMI
Shoals Office at 749 Thompson Street Suite-A (see
map)
Monthly
Educational Meeting: 4th
Tuesday of each month at the NAMI office, at 7 P.M.
featuring a variety of speakers from different agencies as well as
psychiatrists from the Riverbend outpatient mental health clinic and
from private practice.
Shoals
Sharing Group For Mental Health Consumers: 1st and 3rd
Sunday of each month 2:00 - 3:30
P.M. at North Wood United Methodist Church
(see
map).
Special
Meetings, Classes and
Seminars
Family-to-Family 12-Week Course
The next Family-to-Family 12 Week Educational Course will next be
offered starting August 27th. The class meets
weekly for
twelve consecutive weeks from 7 to 9:30 P.M. in the meeting
room at our office on Thompson Street. These classes are for families
of adults 18 and older who have schizophrenia, schizoaffective
disorder, bipolar disorder, major depression, obsessive-compulsive
disorder, panic disorder, and borderline disorder. It also covers
dual diagnoses of one of the above illnesses and substance abuse. For
further information,
call the NAMI Shoals office at 765-2081.
Local and
On-line
Resources: Click here for links to
resources that NAMI Shoals
members have personally
found to be helpful and effective. Also see www.nami.org and NAMI Alabama
Friday Conference Calls with Dr. Ken Duckworth, NAMI's Medical
Director: All children's Friday conference calls will take
place on the 3rd Friday of the month, unless the date is changed
to accommodate a guest participant and we will notify you of that
change. The calls are toll
free and are scheduled from 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
ET. To access the toll-free call, please dial
1-888-858-6021; access number 309918#. We hope that you will join us!
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Video Library: Our
VHS tapes have been transferred to DVD format. This was accomplished
with a Grant from NAMI Alabama written by Joe Cobb.
Click here for a list of NAMI Shoals Board of Directors
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