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NAMI Walk a Great Success The 4th Annual NAMI Washington State Walk was a one for the record books. 745 participants were at Magnuson Park to help fight stigma, support families and consumers, educate the community and to help improve our systems of care for the people with mental illnesses. Many of you may be wondering if we reached our goal of $125,000. We’re almost there. As of May 14, we have raised just over $118,000. Only $7,000 more to go to reach our mark. You’ve all done such an amazing job. Let’s not stop here, we can reach that goal. One easy way to raise more money is to check with your employer to see if they match contributions that employees make. Many employers have this as a perk. It doesn’t hurt to ask. If so, they will provide you with a form. Just complete your portion and mail to the address below. It’s that easy. Remember, we can accept donations until July 10th. It is never too late to fundraise. Don't hesitate to mail or email your letters again. Many of our top fundraisers understand this trick. Many people want to sponsor you, but may forget or get busy, and it is okay to remind them. It is not too late for them to sponsor you. Mail all post walk donations and company matching funds to:
NAMI Washington Special Thanks Our Walk Steering Committee: Mike Maloney, Nancy Cole, Joyce Stahn-Mardock, Mary Grizzle and Gordon Bopp all contributed to making the Walk a big success. Our Volunteers: Thank you to all of you that spent your morning setting up, checking in Volunteers, registering and collecting money raised from the walkers, the raffle crew, the food and drink crew, the course monitors and the clean-up crew. It couldn’t have happened without all of you. Here are all the names of volunteers that contributed to our success: Our Sponsors: Thank you to our sponsors, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Aztra-Zeneca, Sound Mental Health, Highline West Seattle Mental Health, Harborview Medical Center, Washington State Hospital Association, Payless Long Term Care Pharmacy, Ben Bridge, Children’s Hospital, Community Psychiatric Center, Transitional Resources, Downtown Emergency Service Center, ConAgra Foods, Swedish Medical Center, Providence St. Peter’s, New York Life, Cadwell Labs and Valley Cities Counseling and Consultation. You started us off strong and helped us reach our overall goal. Our success is due in large part to your support. Our Speakers: Special thanks also go out to our wonderful lineup of guest speakers. We started off with our emcee, Miss Tri-Cities, Kristin Cox, our very own Gordon Bopp, Elisa Elliott, who read a letter of support from King County Sheriff Sue Rahr, and our Keynote Speaker, Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna who also cut the ribbon to start off the WALK.
And finally, thank you
to our consumer and family affiliate leaders, members, team captains
and team members. You are the inspiration that keeps us WALKING on.
From Shana Allen, NAMI-WA |
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