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Volume 6 Issue 3
August, September, October 2017
Special points of Interest
• NAMI 2nd Annual Walk
• Rummage Sale
• Youth Services System, Inc
(YSS) Celebrate Youth Festival
• Candlelight Vigil
• This Is My Brave
• President’s Message
• Support Group Information
• NAMI National Convention
• Facebook & Instagram
• NAMI Marian House News
NAMI Board of Directors
President: Patricia Young
VP: Julianne Maher
Sec.: Jerry McCloskey
Treas.: Libby Cosmides
Executive Director: Amy Gamble
Phil Machel
Joyce Scott
Rev. Virginia Shellhammer
Elaine McLeskey
Gee Lofstead, Attorney
Peggy Miller
Erin Roxby
Rosemary Ketchum
The Region’s voice on Mental Illness
It’s Ok2Talk!
Join us on October 21st, 2017 for our
2nd Annual NAMI Greater Wheeling Walk The walk will be held at Wheeling Park, Good Lake. Registration is only $20. We will have a D.J., free pizza and water, and items for Chinese auc-tion. It’s a fun day to get out and raise awareness for mental health! The
first 100 people to register will receive a free T-shirt. Please register by Oc-tober 1st, 2017. For registration information, visit our website
www.namiwheeling.org or on Facebook @NAMIGreaterWheeling. We look forward to seeing you there!
September 9th, 2017 at 9am
First Christian Church Disciples of Christ - 1343 National Road, Wheeling, WV Drop off DONATIONS on September 8th from 5-9pm
RUMMAGE SALE
Candlelight Vigil
October 3rd, 2017
St. Michaels Church 1225 National Road,
Wheeling, WV
6:30pm
Patti Young, Rosemary Ketchum & Julie Gomez attended the Youth
Services System, Inc. (YSS) Celebrate Youth Festival on
August, 3rd, 2017
Children and their Parents stopped by the NAMI Greater Wheeling
table for information and temporary tattoos!
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This Is My Brave
COMING TO WHEELING
November 14th, 2017 at Capitol Theatre
This Is My Brave®, a national non-profit organization, is the leading plat-form for individuals with lived experience to share their stories of living successful lives despite a diagnosis of a mental illness. Shows are com-
munity-based events held at local theaters, where volunteer producers au-dition and select a cast of individuals who are ready to share their true sto-ries of living with mental illness through original poetry, music, comedy,
dance or personal essay. This Is My Brave is committed to end the stigma surrounding mental health issues. Each time one of us shares our story,
there’s another crack helping to break down the stigma surrounding men-tal illness.
This Is My Brave - Wheeling is a joint production by NAMI Greater Wheeling and Youth Services System, Inc. (YSS)
Dear NAMI Members,
Summer is almost over! School is starting soon. The beautiful fall leaves will be here before you know it. It’s back to our busy schedules. Please keep in mind the upcoming events for the NAMI family that have been mentioned in this newsletter.
Laura Greenstein, Communications Coordinator at NAMI, wrote an article for the 2017 Spring Advocate and NAMI website titled “Lessons We Missed as Kids: Practicing Mental Health”. As children, most of us were taught to care for our physical health, but not our psychological health. Emotional and psychological wounds of inferiority, failure, rejection, loneliness, and anxiety greatly impact our quality of life.
Here are some lessons to learn from Ms. Greenstein. 1.Battle negative thinking. Instead of thinking everything is wrong, make a conscious effort to distract yourself
by listening to music, talking to a positive person, remembering positive experiences, or doing a physical activity.
2.Focus on one thought. Is this thought productive? If not, move on to another focus. 3.Change your responses to failure. Accept that you made a mistake. It’s OK. 4.Show yourself compassion. Treat yourself like you treat a close friend or family member. Remember that
positive feeling of compassion? Try feeling that for yourself. 5.Take action when you are lonely. Force yourself out of isolation and reach out to others. Become involved in
activities that have meaning to you. 6.Slow down and rest. Rest allows the brain to absorb and process new information, work through unresolved
conflict, increase memory, and decrease anxiety and depression. Get some rest. 7.Be grateful. Gratitude and self-worth are connected.
For the moment, mental health care coverage is intact. National NAMI thanks all who made calls, sent texts and e-mails, signed petitions, told their stories, and met with legislators to prevent loss of mental health care coverage and Medicaid. We need to thank the senators who voted “no” for the “Skinny Repeal” (Sen. Manchin), while urging senators who voted “yes” (Sen. Capito) to work for bipartisan solutions to fix the mar-ketplace and healthcare coverage, not strip mental health care coverage and Medicaid.
Enjoy the rest of the summer and fall. Hope to see you at the NAMI events.
Patti Young, President
Important Dates to
Remember
Rummage Sale - Saturday, September 9th Candlelight Vigil - Tuesday, October 3rd NAMI Walk - It’s OK2Talk - Saturday, October 21st Marian House Art Exhibit - October This Is My Brave - Wheeling - Tuesday, November 14th
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Marian House NAMI Drop In Center News
Jesse Krall, Operations Director, conducts many groups centered around mental health awareness. One of his most popular groups is a session focused on anger issues and specific strategies to deal with an-ger. Marian House client Christopher says, "Talking about anger issues helps me learn how to keep my anger under control."
We have a weekly geography group, led by Associate Director, Rose-mary Ketchum, where clients choose a country of interest and answer a list of questions about the culture and certain facts about the region. The group has completed research on countries like Australia, Ireland, Russia, North Korea documenting traits and traditions for each loca-tion. Marian House client Ashley says, "Learning about other cultures gives me a better understanding of how other people live around the world."
Art Display at Centre Market all of October. Theme is Emotions.
NAMI Greater Wheeling is on FACEBOOK and INSTAGRAM!!
LIKE US ON FACEBOOK - @NAMIGreaterWheeling - and -
NAMI Wheeling...the region’s voice on mental illness
FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM - NAMIGREATERWHEELING
Adult Support Group 2nd & 4th Thursdays of the month at 6pm
Marian House 115 18th Street, Wheeling, WV
Family Education Support Meeting Last Wednesday of the month at 7pm Amy Gamble & Libby Cosmides at the 2017
NAMI National Convention in Washington, DC
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NAMI Greater Wheeling, Inc.
MEMBERSHIP Tax Deductible
$40 Individual
$60 Household
Free membership to consumers with
financial needs
NAME
STREET
CITY/STATE/ZIP
PHONE
DATE _____/_____/20_____
Mission Statement
NAMI Greater Wheeling is a group of families,
professionals, and recovering persons with mental
illnesses, dedicated to improving the care, treat-
ment, rehabilitation, and status of people with
mental illness. We support research for cures and
better treatment. We are a tax exempt, non-profit
affiliate of National NAMI.
NAMI Greater Wheeling
PO Box 6027
Wheeling, WV 26003
RETURN SERVICES REQUESTED
NAMI Greater Wheeling, Inc.
PO Box 6027
Wheeling, WV 26003
Phone contact: 304-232-1189 www.namiwheeling.org
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