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NAMI Franklin County Update for September 2017
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Dear Colleagues:
I hope you are looking forward to a great start of the Autumn season! We are gearing up for our 30th Annual Meeting on Thursday, October 12! We are thrilled to welcome Doris Fuller as our guest speaker. The Annual meeting also gives us an opportunity to recognize partners, advocates and some of our amazing NAMIWalks participants.
We hope to see you on October 12!
All the best!
Rachelle A. Martin
Executive Director
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30th Annual NAMI Annual Meeting
& Recognition Dinner
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Doris Fuller
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NAMI Franklin County celebrates our 30th Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner on Thursday, October 12! Our very special guest speaker is Doris Fuller, Chief of Research and Public Affairs of the Treatment Advocacy Center. The Center was founded to help reform state
civil commitment laws so that individuals with severe mental illness receive treatment before suffering some of the
common consequences of non-treatment.
The Charleta B. Tavares Champion Award will be presented
to Franklin County Municipal Court Judge Cindy Morehart. The 2017 Advocates Award will be presented to Terry Russell, Executive Director of NAMI Ohio.
Please help us celebrate the partners and volunteers who support the work of NAMI Franklin County.
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The Teen Empowerment Group is an activity-based group that supports teens through teaching mental health awareness, character building, values, healthy coping strategies and much more.
The group meets monthly on the the first and third Thursday, from 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m., at New Birth Christian Ministries (Room 104), 3475 Refugee Rd., Columbus, Ohio 43232.
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Have You Experienced Caregiver Depression?
Most people have experienced feeling down from time to time. These feelings are natural and temporary. But what about "caregiver depression?" The kind that is intermittent and long-term. It occurs when it takes years-sometimes as many as ten-to get a reliable diagnosis for your loved one. During those years and beyond, you may experience a roller coaster ride of trials (literally and figuratively) and events that seriously tax your physical and emotional well-being: insomnia, fatigue, anger (at the mental health care system and your loved one), helplessness, hopelessness, and being overwhelmed almost to inertia. Hopefully, you have also experienced love and joy when your loved one has had "good" days, weeks, months, or even years. Again, these are all normal feelings. Read more.
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NAMI Franklin County Mentor Program
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Do you love someone who has a mental health condition? If you answered "Yes" then you know that often, that can be a difficult position to be in. Maybe you've thought things like: No one understands what I'm going through...not even family members; I don't know what to do; I don't know who to reach out to; and, I'm exhausted!
These are perfectly normal reactions. You're not alone. NAMI Franklin County has a Mentor Program that can match you with someone who has been in your shoes...has traveled the road you're on and can listen when you need an ear; make suggestions when you're stuck; can be a coach or a sounding board when you need one. We will have an information session on October 26. If you are interested, please send an email to
[email protected] or call us at: 614-501-6264. Remember, you are not alone. We are here to help.
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