SF
Bay Area NAMIWalk Fact Sheet
DATE:
Saturday, May 30, 2009;
LOCATION:
Speedway
Meadows,
Golden Gate
Park
,
San Francisco (Click here for map
or
Directionsor
Directions)
WALKER CHECK-IN TIME:
9:30am;
OFFICIAL WALK START TIME:
11:00am
DISTANCE: 5
Kilometers
SPONSORING
AFFILIATES:
Alameda
, Contra Costa, Marin,
San Francisco
,
San Mateo
,
Santa Clara
and Solano counties
·
NAMIWalks
for the Mind of America
is a nationwide fundraising and mental health awareness event that will
be held again in 2009 in over 70 communities around the country. Our
2008 NAMIWalk raised funds to help support free San Francisco Bay Area
NAMI mental health family and peer support programs, anti-stigma
campaigns and training and education programs.
Each local affiliate is free to allocate their portion of
funds to where their community need is the greatest.
·
Registration
is FREE! All participants
are encouraged to collect donations from family members, friends,
co-workers and business associates in support of their participation in
the Walk.
·
Our
participating local affiliates in Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San
Francisco, San Mateo, Santa
Clara and Solano counties depend on the funds raised at the SF Bay Area
NAMIWalk to help fund NAMI programs
here in the Bay area. These
programs include support, education, research and advocacy involving
schizophrenia, bipolar disorder (manic depression), major depression,
obsessive-compulsive disorder and severe anxiety disorders.
·
All
walkers raising $100 or more will receive a NAMIWalks event T-shirt.
·
Companies,
organizations and families are encouraged to organize teams of walkers
made up of employees, organization members, relatives and friends to
take part in the Walk. It
is in the shelter of each other that we live.
By widening the circle we raise awareness and bring hope to those
who suffer from severe mental illness, their families and their friends.
·
Teambuilding
and fundraising materials will be given out to team captains at a
special kickoff event that will be held approximately 8 weeks before the
Walk.
·
NAMIWalks
for the Mind of America
is a rain or shine event.
·
There is
a wide-range of corporate sponsorship opportunities available to local
companies and businesses. To
find out about Walk sponsorship, please contact Laurie Williams, SF Bay
Area Walk Director at 800-556-2401 or laurie@namiwalksfbay.org.
For more information, please contact:
Laurie Williams, SF Bay Area NAMIWalk Director
3020
El Cerrito
Plaza
, #195 *
El Cerrito
, CA 94530
* 800-556-2401
* Fax 510- 868-2885 |
