TALKING
TALKING ABOUT MENTAL ILLNESS. ONE IN FIVE ADULTS IN
IDAHO LIVES WITH A
MENTAL ILLNESS.
AND NATIONWIDE -- 20-
PERCENT OF CHILDREN
AGES 13 TO 18 HAVE -- OR
WILL HAVE -- A SERIOUS
MENTAL ILLNESS AT SOME
POINT.
ALEX LONDON OF NAMI --
THE
THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS -- IS HERE TO TALK ABOUT A
LOCAL EFFORT TO HELP
END THE STIGMA OFTEN
ASSOCIATED WITH
MENTAL ILLNESS.
NAMI WALKS IS THE
NATION'S
NATION'S LARGEST MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS AND
FUNDRAISING EVENT.
WHAT DOES THE MONEY
RAISED GO TOWARDS?
HOW CAN PEOPLE GET
INVOLVED?
WHAT'S THE COST?
THE NATION'S LARGEST
MENTAL HEALTH
AWARENESS AND
FUNDRAISING EVENT.
NAMIWALKS IS A FUN,
FAMILY-FRIENDLY EVENT
AND THERE IS NO COST
TO REGISTER.
100 COMMUNITY WALKS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THERE ARE MULTIPLE
WAYS YOU CAN MAKE A
DIFFERENCE WITH
NAMIWALKS: AS A
SPONSOR, COMMITTEE
MEMBER, TEAM CAPTAIN,
TEAM MEMBER,
INDIVIDUAL WALKER, OR
VOLUNTEER.
HOWEVER YOU
PARTICIPATE IN
NAMIWALKS, YOU WILL BE
JOINING NAMI'S
MOVEMENT TO RAISE
AWARENESS OF MENTAL
ILLNESS AND RAISE FUNDS
FOR OUR MISSION TO
HELP INDIVIDUALS AND
FAMILIES RIGHT HERE IN
OUR REGION.
RESOURCE FAIR.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28
AT KLEINER PARK IN
MERIDIAN.
THE 5-K WALK IS FAMILY
FRIENDLY AND FREE!
CHECK-IN TIME STARTS AT
8 A-M AND THE WALK
STARTS AT 10.
DESPITE
DESPITE WHAT SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE, MENTAL ILLNESS ISN'T A CHOICE. IT
ISN'T AN ATTENTION-
GETTING NOR A
MANIPULATIVE BEHAVIOR.
NOR WILL TELLING A
PERSON "JUST BE HAPPY",
"JUST SETTLE DOWN AND
RELAX" OR "HEY, JUST GET
WITH REALITY" SOLVE
THEIR PROBLEMS.
NO. GENETICS,
ENVIRONMENT, TRAUMA,
BIOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
AND LIFESTYLE ARE ALL
FACTORS IN MENTAL
HEALTH DISORDERS.
AND JUST A REMINDER --
IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU
KNOW NEEDS HELP --
PLEASE REACH OUT TO
THE NATIONAL SUICIDE
HOTLINE AT THE NUMBER
ON YOUR SCREEN -- OR
THE IDAHO SUICIDE
PREVENTION HOTLINE AT
208-398-4357.
ALL CALLS ARE
ANONYMOUS AND
CONFIDENTIAL.
CONFIDENTIAL.