NAMI
BA is
off to a
great
start in
2010. We
have two
Family
to
Family
classes
up and
running
and both
are
filled
way
beyond
NAMI
national’s
recommended
maximum
class
size of
25.
In
early
February
several
NAMI BA
members
attended
NAMI
Illinois’
facilitator
and
teacher
training
in
Peoria.
So we
now have
more
trained
support
group
leaders
and
Family-to-Family
teachers.
This
will
enable
us to
expand
our
offerings
to meet
the
growing
need and
also to
ease the
burden
on our
overworked
roster
of
teachers
and
facilitators.
This
training
has
allowed
us to
meet a
goal we
have
been
long
working
on. On
Thursday,
March
4th we
will
begin a
new
weekly
NAMI
Connections
support
group.
NAMI
Connections
is an
award
winning
support
group
for
consumers
run by
consumers.
NAMI
Connections
will
meet
every
Thursday
at
Northwest
Community
Hospital
in
Arlington
Heights
(second
floor,
Mental
Health
Network,
building
#7) from
7:00 to
9:00
PM (For
more
information
call
Nora at
(847)
899-NAMI
(6264).)
This
weekly
Connections
support
group
will be
paired
with a
family
support
group,
same
time,
same
building
but a
different
room.
The
pairing
will
enable
families
to
attend a
support
group on
the same
night.
We
had a
great
movie
night in
January,
where we
showed
"When
Medicine
Got in
Wrong",
and we
are
having
another
one on
March
8th
where we
will be
showing
"Minds
on the
Edge".
More
than 40
people
attended
the
showing
of "When
Medicine
Got It
Wrong"
and we
are
anticipating
a nice
crowd
for
Minds on
the Edge
as well.
In
addition,
in
January
we began
our
quarterly
regular-mail
newsletter
for NAMI
BA
members.
It was
jam
packed
with
informative
articles
about
mental
illness
and
mental
health
events.
The
second
issue
should
be out
at the
end of
March.
None
of this
would
have
been
possible
without
the help
and hard
work of
the many
F2F
teachers,
facilitators,
writers,
phone
callers
and
schedulers,
board
members
and
volunteers.
NAMI is
making a
real
difference
in the
lives of
people
with
mental
illness
and
their
families.
Thank
you to
everyone
who has
made
this
possible.
