June, July, August, 2019 Charleston Area (SC) www.namicharlestonarea.org http://www.facebook.com/namicharleston Summer Meetings and Events Schedule Please Retain for Future Reference NAMI Board Meeting NAMI Board Meeting/NAMI Walk Training: June 11th from 6:00 to 8:00pm. Lonnie Hamilton Public Service Bldg. 4045 Bridgeview Drive Suite 349 North Charleston First Thursday of the Month Support: 6:00 PM June 6 th , August 1st Family Support Group: Nursery Room 11 Connections: Nursery Room 12 *There will be no support group meeting in July due to the holiday. Seacoast Church 750 Long Point Road, Mt. Pleasant Enter from Long Point Road Second and Fourth Thursday of the Month NAMI Connections Support Group June14th and 21st, July 12th and 26th, August 9th and 23rd: 1:30 to 3:00pm Berkeley Mental Health Center 403 Stoney Landing Road Moncks Corner, SC 29461 Second Monday of the Month Support: 6:00PM-7:15 PM June 10th, July 8th and August 12th Consumer and family member support groups meet. Seacoast Church (West Ashley) 2049 Savannah Hwy, Suite H, Charleston. The receptionist inside the main entrance will direct you to the proper room. There will be no educational meetings during the summer months. Third Monday of the Month Support: 6:00 PM June 17th, July 15th, and August 19th. Consumer and family member support groups meet. Bethany United Methodist Church 118 West Third South Street, Summerville Call Toni at 843-870-6506 or email [email protected]for more info.
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June, July, August, 2019
Charleston Area (SC) www.namicharlestonarea.org http://www.facebook.com/namicharleston
Summer Meetings and Events Schedule Please Retain for Future Reference
NAMI Board Meeting
NAMI Board Meeting/NAMI Walk Training: June 11th from 6:00 to 8:00pm. Lonnie Hamilton Public Service Bldg. 4045 Bridgeview Drive Suite 349 North Charleston
First Thursday of the Month
Support: 6:00 PM June 6th, August 1st Family Support Group: Nursery Room 11 Connections: Nursery Room 12 *There will be no support group meeting in July due to the holiday.
Seacoast Church 750 Long Point Road, Mt. Pleasant Enter from Long Point Road
Second and Fourth Thursday of the
Month NAMI Connections Support Group June14th and 21st, July 12th and 26th, August 9th and 23rd: 1:30 to 3:00pm Berkeley Mental Health Center 403 Stoney Landing Road Moncks Corner, SC 29461
Second Monday of the Month Support: 6:00PM-7:15 PM June 10th, July 8th and August 12th Consumer and family member support groups meet. Seacoast Church (West Ashley) 2049 Savannah Hwy, Suite H, Charleston. The receptionist inside the main entrance will direct you to the proper room. There will be no educational meetings during the summer months.
Third Monday of the Month
Support: 6:00 PM June 17th, July 15th, and August 19th. Consumer and family member support groups meet.
Bethany United Methodist Church 118 West Third South Street, Summerville Call Toni at 843-870-6506 or email [email protected] for more info.
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MYRTLE BEACH AREA FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP First Thursday of the Month Family Support: June 6th, August 1st: 6-8 PM *There will be no support group meeting in July due to the holiday Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church 1100 8th Avenue North North Myrtle Beach, SC 29582 Facilitators: Ken and Karen (843-281-0245) AMAZON SMILE NAMI Charleston Area (SC) will receive a donation when you choose NAMI Charleston Area as your charity of choice when shopping with amazon smile.
THE 2019 CRISIS INTERVENTION TRAINING (CIT) SPRING SCHEDULE
August 1-2 Charleston County Sherriff’s Office August 15-16 Al Cannon Detention Center October 3-4 Charleston County Sherriff’s Office Oct. 10-11 North Charleston PD If interested in participating in the CIT training please contact Eric Hansen at [email protected] Please see flyer on page 7 for a picture collage of a recent CIT training event. LOWCOUNTRY MENTAL HEALTH CONFERENCE AUGUST 1ST and 2ND We will be sharing a booth with Mental Health America of South Carolina at the Lowcountry Mental Health Conference in August. Please stop by and say hello, if you are there! See the flyer on page 4 and go to www.lowcountrymhconference.com to see this year's schedule, speaker bios, and CEU information.
ART OF RECOVERY 2019 EXHIBIT
The Art of Recovery 2019 Exhibit is through June 9th from 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM at the Circular Congregational Church, Upper Lance Hall, 150 Meeting St. in Charleston. This is an award winning exhibit of over 100 original works that takes the viewer on a journey through the challenges and triumphs of the human experience.
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NAMI Charleston Area (SC) Newsletter is published monthly by: NAMI Charleston Area (SC), PO Box 2251, Mount Pleasant, SC 29465. Phone (843) 872-5080. Comments or suggestions for articles may be sent to the editor at [email protected]. Newsletter Editor: Martha Roddy Website: www.namicharlestonarea.org Webmaster: Larry Debevec NAMI Charleston Area (SC) Board of Directors Officers President Toni Smallwood Vice President Kelly Troyer Treasurer Robert Taylor Secretary Joan Gaetke
NAMI Charleston Area (SC) Summer 2019 Page 3 NAMIWALKS CHARLESTON AREA We are working hard on planning the NAMIWalks Charleston Area walk which will take place on October 12th! Check out our NAMIWalks website, NAMI Charleston Area Facebook page, Twitter and Instagram for updates and information.
See the Save the Date flyer for more information on page 6
Contact Colleen Vaughn at [email protected] or 678-767-2361 for more information or to volunteer.
Picture of walk committee (Shown L-R: Colleen Vaughn, Toni Smallwood, Kelly Troyer, and Malinda Terry).
NAMI FAMILY TO FAMILY CLASS NAMI Family to Family class is scheduled to begin August 27th. This free course is for family and friends of those with serious mental illness. Please see flyer on page 8.
NAMI BASICS CLASS THIS FALL NAMI Basics class is scheduled to begin September 2019! This free class is for parents of a child with a mental health condition or struggling with behavioral and/or emotional challenges. Please see the flyer on page 9.
THE KIDS WE LOSE
The Medical University of South Carolina would like to invite you to a free screening of an award winning documentary, The Kids We Lose. This documentary is a powerful reflection on some of the behavioral challenges faced by children and the consequential struggles then faced by parents, teachers, mental health clinicians and law enforcement. This movie is only screened at film festivals and academic medical centers across the country. This is a can’t miss one-time only event! Please mark your calendars and plan to attend, especially if you work with children. Please see flyer on page 5.
ENDING THE SILENCE PRESENTATION Kelly Troyer, NAMI South Carolina Lowcountry Ending the Silence Coordinator presented ETS to the Pawleys Island Community on May 23rd. She was interviewed by the local NBC and ABC affiliates and the newspaper. ETS helps youth learn early warning signs of mental illness and provides them with tools and resources to help themselves, friends, or family members who may be in need of support. This presentation was requested by members of the community after two students completed suicide and four attempted suicide.
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Changing What’s Possible
Please Join UsFor a screening of the award winning documentary,
The Kids We Lose
www.thekidswelose.com
The Kids We Lose is a 90-minute documentary film about children with behavioral challenges, and the struggles faced by parents, educators, staff in healthcare facilities, mental health clinicians, and law enforcement professionals.
Thursday, June 13th, 20194:30 pm - 6:30 pmMUSC Drug Discovery Building, President Street, 29425
The Kids We Lose is intended to heighten awareness and advocacy for safe and effective care in children's services.
For More Information Contact Colleen Vaughn: 678-767-2361 or [email protected]
Walk Website: www.namiwalks.org/charleston Twitter: Nami Charleston Area @namichsarea
Instagram: @namichsarea
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You CAN make a difference!
Volunteer to train our first responders by telling your story (Faces) and/or Role Playing real-life scenarios. Law enforcement and other first responders have said Crisis Intervention Team training does help and that they have used the techniques in their work. One officer called to say she finished the course on Friday and used the information she learned in CIT training five times on the job by Sunday afternoon!
Contact Eric Hansen at [email protected] to volunteer or get more information about CIT.
*References can be found at www.nami.org/policystats
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IS YOUR LOVED ONE SUFFERING FROM A MENTAL ILLNESS ?
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
understands that depression, schizophrenia, bi-polar illness, and other disorders can challenge families.
FREE HELP IS AVAILABLE:
The NAMI Family to Family Program
WHAT: A free, 12 week educational course for family members and friends of those with a serious mental illness. The course is instructed by trained NAMI family members.
WHEN: Tuesday evenings, beginning Aug. 27, 2019 6:00pm - 8:30pm Course ends Nov. 12, 2019 WHERE: MUSC, Institute of Psychiatry, 5 North #526 Classroom, 67 President Street in downtown Charleston.
HOW: Contact Pam Frost at (614)-570-6109, or by email at [email protected]
FREE: Must pre-register. No Registration Fee. A notebook and all materials provided by NAMI.
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Application for Membership Includes membership to National NAMI organization, NAMI SC, and NAMI Charleston Area (SC). Please make check payable to NAMI Charleston Area (SC) and mail to the address shown below. If you prefer you may utilize the secure website at www.nami.org. Please check one of the following: Household $60.00 Individual $40.00 Open Door* $5.00 *Annual membership fee for individual/families/consumers with limited means. I am a: Family member Sibling Parent New Member Consumer Spouse Professional Renewing Member Name Organization________________________________________ Address _____ City/State/Zip_____________________________________________________________________________________ Home Phone (______) Work Phone (______)_________________________________ Email Address ____________________________________________________________________________________ Enclosed is my check in the amount of $________________________________________________________________
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