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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 ShoalsOffice 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
NAMI
SHOALS EDUCATIONAL MEETING TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 7 P.M. AT NAMI
OFFICE: BRYAN LIBELL, RIVERBEND CEO AND TWO TEAM LEADERS OF THE
ACT TEAM (ASSERTIVE COMMUNITY TREATMENT): FAITH FULMER AND DAN BURGESS
TALENT SHOW BY MENTAL HEALTH CONSUMERS AT RIVERBEND AUDITORIUM, 6 P.M., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 10-2 P.M., PICNIC, SHELTER 1, MCFARLAND PARK
CANDLELIGHT VIGIL, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 7 P.M., RIVERBEND AUDITORIUM
For information about the above Phone: 256-765-2081
Membership Renewal: Note from
the membership chairperson: If your expiration date on your
newsletter address label is March 31, 2006 or sooner, your membership
renewal is due. Please contact the office if you have questions.
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.
Family
To Family Support Group: Meets
on the 2nd Tuesday of each month, 7:00 - 8:30 P.M. with Joe Cobb and
Susan Woodward, 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, 5:30 P.M. at
Singleton's Bar-B-Que Restaurant, 4220 Huntsville Rd, Florence,
760-0802 (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.
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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
Caregivers Resource Awareness and Management (C.R.A.M.)
For
caregivers of children and teenagers diagnosed with mental illnesses or
brain disorders: ADD/ADHD, PDD/autism, Tourette's Conduct
Disorder, Oppositional Defiant disorder, bipolar disorder, Depression,
eating Disorders, Anxiety disorders, Panic Disorder,
Obsessive/Compulsive Disorder, Schizophrenia/Schizoaffective
Disorder). Instructors: Sharon and Waylon Wright and Amy
Barrier. Dates/times of next class to be announced. Call
765-2081 to be
placed on the waiting list.
Family-to-Family 12-Week Course
The next Family-to-Family 12 Week Educational Course will next be
offered starting March 15, 2007. 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.
E.T. 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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