NAMI On the Airwaves!

Bob & Denise Boehlert along with Beth Arnold from NAMI San Fernando were featured on local talk radio show the Broad Perspective (AM 1380) last Friday morning talking about NAMI. They discussed how they came to find NAMI and the services and resources that NAMI offers. They answered some great questions from callers and discussed places to go for help.

Listen to the archived show here. (Duration: 00:50:02)

Thank you Vivian of the Broad Perspective and thank you High Desert Broadcasting!

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El próximo mes comenzará NAMI AV el primero Familia-a-Familia clase en español! Siga revisando los detalles ...[Next month NAMI AV will start it's first Spanish language Family-to-Family class! Keep checking back for details…]

NAMIwalks - I walk because...

As we gear up for this year's Los Angeles County NAMIwalks, happening Saturday, October 3, 2009 I want set some goals for our affiliate for teams and fund raising. I challenge NAMI AV to have at least 5 teams and raise $5000.00!

We are still looking for sponsers, team captains, and most of all, WALKERS! If you would like to join a team or create one of your own, you can sign up online. If you or your business would like to sponser NAMI AV, perhaps be a kilometer sponser, honoring a love one, please contact Denise Boehlert by emailing president@namiav.org.

"I walk because" is the theme of this year's NAMIwalks. This is the first year NAMI Antelope Valley is participating and it is important to remember why we walk. Personally, I walk to raise funds for more NAMI programs and events in our community. I walk to raise awareness of mental health issues, especially right now as our nation struggles with health care reform. Most of all I walk to fight the stigma of mental illness for my friends and family.

Here are some of the NAMIwalks Walk Managers (including LA County's own Wayne Baldaro from Glendale NAMI) telling us why they walk:


Happy Friday!