- $10 - Your Personal Donation $10
- $15 - From Spouse or Parent $15
- $10 - From a Work Colleague $10
- $10 - From 2 Friends at Church $20
- $5 - From 4 Neighbors $20
- $10 - From 2 Family Members $20
- $5 - From Teacher or School Friends $5
TOTAL $100
7 POINTS
EXPLAINING WHY NAMIWALKS IS AN EVENT
YOUR COMPANY SHOULD SUPPORT
1. The Issue & Stigma. This Walk is for an issue – Mental Illness – that many think is the
“last thing to come out of the closet.” The Fear of Stigma is so great and the Walks are
giving people the opportunity to come together and make public discourse about mental
illness and admission of mental illness okay.
2. Inclusivity. The Walk is “inclusive.” We invite other mental health constituencies to
join us at the Walk with materials about their programs. (Note: We are not sharing
revenue. This is a NAMI fundraiser.)
3. Validation and Good Will. The Walk and its participants are part of a movement much
bigger than themselves. People will be walking in NAMIWalks in cities across the
country. People are hungry for this validation. Business sponsors of the Walk will be
in a very visible and positive position with great goodwill to be gained from the
community.
4. Benefit to Employers. NAMI programs are grassroots, volunteer driven programs that
provide education and support to family members and individuals living with mental
illness. These programs are not provided anywhere else in the mental health system
and help employees without any cost to employers. Twenty to twenty-five percent of
employees are touched by mental illness in some meaningful way and can benefit
from NAMI programs without charge.
5. Evaluation. NAMI affiliates evaluate the efficacy of their programs and strive to
maximize measurable results. NAMI Greater Orlando will use our Walk funding to train
additional teachers so we can expand our Family-to-Family, Basics and Peer-to-Peer
programs in response to heavy public demand.
6. Gratitude. We receive emails and phone calls every single day from people who say
“Thank you so much for doing this!” and then they proceed to tell their stories – often
for the first time.
7. Competence and Commitment. We have a very committed and capable Walk
Steering Committee. They will make sure the entire Walk effort is exemplary.
HolaHolaHola My Beautifuls!! Que?? You thought Babushka was just going to post the NAMI information and that's all?? JU SO FONII!!! BB said enough talk the talk, never said no more talk! Cubana al fin...
Right now the NUNCA ALONE team has 2 registered walkers. Sonia Guerra (aka as Babushka on Valium) and my dear childhood friend Howard Cohen- who happens to be a registered and licensed counselor. Those S Sisters are slick verdad?? Continuing.
AUXILIO!! SOS!! HELP!!
Let's share this, Tweety,Feibu, Instagram, Pinterest, and even good old fashioned phone calls y emails!! We CAN do this and help #StopTheStigma - if anyone can do this it is you My Beautifuls. Please register for the team,donate,share- whatever your heart calls you to do. And from BB's corazon and in the name of my daughter and myself. 1000x Gracias.
Babushka Besos a todos. Cuidensen.
P.S. Babushka's plea is in gratitude for NAMI's help during my daughter's hospitalization.
The complete story can be found on the top of this post - click on #StopTheStigma for the campaign information.
P.P.S. For those not familiar w/Babushka's style, most of the colored words are links.
What can I say? I find color makes the world (and my blog) purtier.
; )
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