Celebrating 10 YEARS of serving the needs of people affected by severe mental illness in east King County Washington!
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HIGHLIGHTS : Learn more about HERO House VISIT OUR NAMI Eastside Here are some easy ways to support   | Welcome to NAMI Eastside NAMI Eastside is the East King County, WA chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). Our mission is to improve the quality of life of those persons affected by acute and chronic mental illness through support, education and advocacy. Our members include families, friends, and people with mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder (manic depression), major depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, general anxiety disorder, ADHD, and others. We sponsor free support groups and educational programs, and we advocate for improvements to our mental health delivery system in terms of access to care, standards of care, continuity of care, recovery, housing and rehabilitation. Wherever you are in the process of managing mental illness as an individual or a family, welcome!
This is the time of year when many businesses are having their annual
giving campaigns. NAMI Eastside may not be printed on your designation forms
but in most cases, you can still indicate your support. NAMI Eastside is a
501©(3) non-profit and our tax ID number is 91-2106510.
NAMI Connection Recovery Support Group
Dine with a HERO
A luncheon presentation held on the 3rd Tuesday of each month
at 11:45 am, at HERO House, 14230 NE 21st Street in Bellevue. A FREE lunch is included. Seating
is limited to the first 50 that RSVP, (425) 614-1282.
REGISTER NOW FOR THESE FREE LIFE-CHANGING CLASSES BASICS: Thursdays, January 19-February 23, 2012, 6:30-9:00 pm (find out more…) WRAP: Sundays, January 22-March 19, 2012, 1:00-3:00 pm (find out more…)
Classes are held at the Together Center, 16225 NE 87th St., Building A in the
Rainier Room, in Redmond across from the Jack-In-The-Box by the Bella Botega Theatres.
Registration is also open for Family-to-Family
NAMI Basics: New Study on the
Importance of Education and Support for Families of Children and Adolescents
Living with Mental Illness
NAMI Eastside is offering a
no charge six week Basics Class starting January 19, 2012 and ending February
23, 2012. To sign up for the class please call the NAMI Eastside office at 425
885 6264 or email
info@nami-eastside.org
Currently offered in 36 states,
"NAMI
Basics" consists of six classes that
meet either weekly or twice weekly for two and half hours per class. They are
led by two teachers or facilitators who themselves have had the experience of
having a young child or adolescent live with mental illness.
The 2012 NAMI national convention will be held at the downtown Seattle Sheraton
Hotel, Hotel,
June 27 through 30. Convention information is now available online at the NAMI National
website,
www.NAMI.org/convention.
The NAMI convention is an excellent opportunity to showcase the breadth and
depth of mental health programming unique to the Pacific Northwest. Free conference registration for the entire, four day event will be made available to volunteers who complete two - four hour shifts.
If you are interested in volunteering, please contact the NES office @
volunteer@nami-eastside.org
Once a year, NAMI Washington hosts training for each of NAMI’s Signature
Programs. Dates have not been established yet but usually the classes are
held in late spring or early summer. If you would be interested in
volunteering as a facilitator or presenter for any of these programs, please let
us know so that we can be sure you receive an application for training once
registration opens.
Please contact the NES office
Family-to-Family, Basics, Family Support Groups, Connections Recovery Support Group, Peer-to-Peer, In Our Own Voice January 17 - "Resilience-A Forgotten Strenght" , Greg Schell, WSFN Program Director
Februrary
21 - Bipolar Disorder - Stefanie Hlastala, PhD
NAMI EastsideEastside BOD Meeting invitation The NAMI Eastside Board of Directors meets monthly on the second Tuesday @ 7:00 – 9:00 PM at The Together Center (newly named from The Family Resource Center) and home the NES office. This meeting is open to any and all the NES membership and we WELCOME your attendance and participation
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