Important Reminder!

This Saturday, May 12, is NAMI Portage/Wood Counties' biggest fundraiser of the year.
How you can help:

1) Drop off your rummage sale items on Friday, May 11, from noon to 6 pm at Jane Hartman's, 107 Linwood, Stevens Point (Linwood is across the street from the Silver Coach)

2) Donate items for the concurrent bake sale (have baked goods wrapped and marked for sale)

3) Call Kathy Hartman, 715-341-4483, if you can help set up on Friday or volunteer a few hours on Saturday

4) Come visit us on Saturday and find some treasures!

Hope to see you then,

Kathy Hartman

NAMI Portage/Wood Counties

NAMI Wisconsin Annual Conference
Sun., May 6th and Mon. May 7th
At the Holiday Inn right here in Stevens Point!

Keynote speakers, programs and presentations by experts and advocates in the mental health field:
• Brian Jost, author of the memoir Grounded by Bipolar Disorder: One Pilot’s Landing
• Sita Diehl, Director of State Policy and Advocacy for NAMI National
• Breakout sessions with physicians, psychologists, social workers, law enforcement and others, discussing topics such as:

New Hope for Depression: rTMS and VNS
Bipolar and Depression
Healing Through Art
Supported Employment
Children and Adolescents
Special Needs Trust
Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorder
Co-Occurring Disorder
Medical Homes and Integrated Care
Wellness Recovery Action planning
Crisis Intervention Partners
Healing Through Art
Anxiety and OCD
Smoking Cessation
Medications
Self Advocacy
Reentering the Workforce
Spouses and Siblings of Family Members with Mental Illness
...and much, much more!

Register today by going to namiwisconsin.org or by calling 608-268-6000

Looking to get move involved? Here are the dates for up coming trainings.

NAMI Wisconsin’s Family Support Group FacilitatorTraining - July 14 &15, 2012 in Madison, WI
Registration dead line June 6, 2012

NAMI Wisconsin In Our Own Voice Presenter Training - Jun 16-17, 2012 in Wausau , WI
Registration dead line May 7, 2012

WE NEED MORE TRAINEES!!  
For more information contact Marvin Lutz at: 715-592-4522 or e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Are you looking for ways to give back NAMI?

Help fund the NAMI programs and educational materials by setting aside gently used items and clothing for the annual rummage sale, our largest fund-raiser of the year! Mark your calendars and join us in camaraderie at the sale on Saturday, May 12, 2012 at 107 Linwood in Park Ridge.  NAMI will need volunteers to help set up the sale on Friday May 11 and to help at the sale on May 12.  We will also be asking for donations of baked goods that are a huge draw at the sale and add to the fun and profits! If you are interested in contributing towards this event please call Kathy Hartman at 715-341-4483 for more information. Thank you for all of your support, it is always appreciated greatly.

NAMI Portage/Wood Counties has a resource library of books and magazines on mental health/ illness to be checked out and returned so that others may benefit from them. Although some of our members are
returning materials in a timely manner, at present many resources remain checked out for extended periods of time. These items may be returned at our support meetings at ROCC Point or the Emotional Support Group which meets at 2501 Main St Stevens Point. Call me at 715-592-4522 if you need to make other arrangements for returning library materials.

Speaking of the Emotional Support Group, I would encourage all of you to avail yourself of this opportunity for education and support. Those of us who have attended have found the speakers and topics most interesting and helpful. The next meeting will be Monday, April 23 at 6:00 PM. 
The topic is “Emotional Abuse.”

We are in the planning stages for a Mental Health in Our Community Today-Networking and Art Sale, sponsored by Ministry Health Care as a fundraiser for NAMI Portage/Wood Counties. Please watch the newsletter or website for more information on when and where this special fundraiser will be held.
~ Marvin Lutz, President