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NAMI-WCI BEAUTIFUL MINDS FUNDRAISING GALA 2019
On February 27, 2019 NAMI-WCI held its 2nd annual Beautiful Mind's Gala celebrating the lives of musicians who have lived or live with mental illness. The MC of this year's event was "Carol Burnett" portrayed by Stephanie Bosma. NAMI-WCI appreciates the tireless efforts of the actors, volunteers, coordinators, and guests who helped make the event an astounding success. We look forward to next year! You can view photos of the night's festivities below:
NAMI-WCI BEAUTIFUL MINDS FUNDRAISING GALA 2019
Every year, nearly one in five Americans is diagnosed with a mental illness.
Chances are, you know of someone who has been affected whether it’s a family member, neighbor, or co-worker. For the past two years, there has been a mental health crisis in Tippecanoe County. Simply, there are not enough psychiatrists or licensed clinicians to accommodate the need for services.
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) West Central Indiana continues to be an agency who provides support and education to the community at no cost. We are fielding more and more phone calls every day of people who are desperately seeking treatment but are told there are waiting lists to see a psychiatrist or clinician.
NAMI-WCI does not provide therapeutic services but we offer support, education, and training. NAMI-WCI relies on memberships, donations, grants and fundraisers to provide the needed support.
Last year’s fundraising Gala was such a success, we are planning for the 2019 Beautiful Minds Gala. The Gala will be held February 27, 2019 in the North Ballroom at the Purdue Memorial Union. Musicians who have a mental health condition will be celebrated. The event will have actors portraying Brian Wilson, Adele, and Mama Cass Elliot just to name a few. There will be live music and we are planning on the biggest crowd yet.
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You may purchase tickets individually or by the table by creating a group and inviting your guests. If you wish to donate, please select the individual option under tickets. Thank you so much for your participation. You can purchase tickets by clicking the link below:
In the spring of 2016, Tippecanoe County was facing an acute mental health provider crisis. Patients were seeing months-long waiting periods, and some providers had closed their waiting lists altogether.
In response to this crisis, the Tippecanoe County Mental Healthcare Forum was formed with leaders of area agencies to address possible solutions. After 2 years, they have published the results of their collaborative efforts.
Please take a moment and view below:
NAMI-WCI Fall Classic 2018 Photos
The NAMI West-Central Indiana Fall Classic 5K was held October 21, 2018 at the former Lafayette Municipal Golf Course. Thank you to all of the volunteers, coordinators, participants, and sponsors for such an amazing event.
OCTOBER 21, 2018 NAMI-WCI FALL CLASSIC 5K WALK/RUN RESULTS ARE IN!
Thank you to all of the participants and volunteers for making the 2018 NAMI-WCI Fall Classic such a successful event! Congratulations to all of this year's top finishers!
Here are the results from this year's race:
2018 NAMI-WCI Fall Classic Results by Age Group
2018 NAMI-WCI Fall Classic Overall Results
Our sincerest thank you to all of our sponsors for this year's race. Their support of NAMI-WCI will enable us to continue to offer free education and support to our communities. Our sponsors were as follows:
$1000 Level
Cook Biotech
$500 Level
NCHS
Trish's Red Bird Cafe
Sycamore Springs
Wabash Valley Alliance
Automotive Solutions
River Bend Hospital
Caterpillar
Wabash National
RoundTable Intensive Outpatient Program
$250 Level
MBAH Insurance
Dearing Group
Igloo Frozen Custard
Purdue College of Pharmacy
Devine CPA & Co
$100 Level
Bob Rohrman Auto
Trustworthy Appliance & Sales
Gibson's Shaved Ice
Lausch Photography
Freshii
Dowel Automotive Repair, INC
Wendy's
City of Lafayette
The National Group
David Wiese State Farm
Michael Kornafel State Farm
Crossroads Auto Recycling
IN-KIND Sponsors
Payless Super Markets (West Lafayette)
Instant Copy Printing
Meijer (West Lafayette)
Rigg's Outdoor Power Equipment
SpeedPro Imaging
The Franklin Finish
Aqua Systems
Texas Roadhouse
Walmart (West Lafayette)
Tippecanoe Emergency Ambulance Service (T.E.A.S.)
"Beautiful Minds" Gala
On February 22nd, NAMI West Central Indiana held its first "Beautiful Minds Gala". We celebrated the amazing achievements of visual artists living with mental illness. 16 costumed actors portraying these artists were mingling with guests and sharing their stories of challenges and triumphs. It was a great event - in the words of NAMI-WCI vice president Carol Santos: "Those who are not here, will come to regret it!"
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NAMI-WCI fights for the those living with mental illness. We want to see our community heal, grow, and prosper, and we do this through advocacy and sharing our story.
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- ADHD
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- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
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NAMI West Central Indiana advocates for support, effective treatment and education for individuals and families directly and indirectly affected by mental illness in our community.
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Monday-Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am-1pm
Address
1508 Tippecanoe Street, Rm 1-906
Lafayette IN 47904
"Through NAMI’s Family to Family program, I first began to learn about some of the history of why we are in such an incredible mental illness treatment crisis here in Iowa and in the Country. It started us down this road of advocacy, and I will be eternally grateful."
NAMI-WCI loves seeing others find success with NAMI programs. NAMI's courses are developed by experienced professionals using the best available scientific and clinical information & teaching model.
Research-based evidence meets individual experience.
NAMI-WCI currently offers Family-to-Family Class and Family Support Group. If you're interested in joining or learning more about these can visit our website at wwww.nami-wci.org or contact our office email at office@nami-wci.org - All of our programs are free-of-charge to you.
www.nami-wci.org/services/education/
#FINDNAMI
This cartoon tells part of the story of why. You see, in the past, people were put away in mental health institutions and many did suffer horrible atrocities.
To change that, President Kennedy signed the Community Mental Health Act in 1963 and that began the process of “de-institutionalization” and moving people to be treated “in the community.” Ever so sadly, however, he was killed soon thereafter and all of the Community Mental Health Care Centers never were built. And, ever so sadly, people had no where to go.
People became homeless. People ended up in our prisons and jails. Some did “ok.” And others? Well, they died.
To this day, I am still amazed that no one was able to realize that going completely from one extreme to the other extreme was the wrong thing to do.
Why does it have to be this all or none thinking?
If the concern was about the atrocities in the institutions, why not work to stop the atrocities and improve the institutions?
Why not create safeguards and improve the level of care at all levels of care?
Not everyone can make it “in the community.”
Not everyone needs to live in an “institution.”
We need to build a continuum of Care. Literally.
We Can Do Better. We Must.
Supporting NAMI is one way to help us to do this. NAMI works to educate, support and advocate for people with mental illnesses, and their families. I believe in supporting NAMI with this mission, as together, we can accomplish more than individually. Through NAMI’s Family to Family program, I first began to learn about some of the history of why we are in such an incredible mental illness treatment crisis here in Iowa and in the Country. It started us down this road of advocacy, and I will be eternally grateful.
Scott & I invite you to come walk with us at our annual NAMI Walk on April 27th at the Terry Trueblood Recreation Area. Or, please donate to this wonderful organization of volunteers. Here’s the link:
www.namiwalks.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&participantID=219385
Certainly a call to action. Learn more about how you can act for mental health by visiting NAMI's action center:
nami.quorum.us/action_center/
www.cnn.com/2019/04/08/health/child-teen-suicide-er-study/index.html?fbclid=IwAR20r6nKhnwIB1vKhG_...
#act4mentalhealth #advocacy #action
Number of children going to ER with suicidal thoughts, attempts doubles
cnn.com
The number of children and teens in the United States who visited emergency rooms for suicidal thoughts and suicide attempts doubled between 2007 and 2015, according to a new report.Definitely #WednesdayWisdom !
#stigmafreeWe fear what we don't know. It's time we all had a talk. 💚
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