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NAMI-Savannah
OFFICE PHONE: 912-353-7143
2009
General Meetings
Our next General Meeting will be held on Sunday
September 20th
2009 at 3:30pm at the Armstrong Atlantic State University (AASU) Sports
Education Complex.
NEXT
FAMILY SUPPORT
GROUP
The Family Support Group will not be meeting during the
month of June. The next meeting will be held on July 21st.
NAMI CONNECTION
Talk to
someone who understands...someone just like you. NAMI Connections is a
recovery support group program for people living with mental illness. It
provides a place that offers respect, understanding, encouragement, and
hope. At Pinewoods 1149 Cornell Ave. Suite 3A Savannah GA. 912-353-7143.
After hours contact Jodi Whitaker 323-0983 We now meet twice weekly. We
meet at Pinewoods on Tuesdays from 4:30-6pm. We also meet on Saturdays
from 1:30-3:30 at Candler Hopsital ( Heart and Lung Building)
5354-Reynolds Street
2nd
Floor Meeting Room #3
Space is
limited for both meetings,
RESERVATIONS
must be made.
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Support NAMI-Savannah by purchasing one
of our beautiful bookmarks created by noted Savannah artist Essie Deloach.
At $3 each they make wonderful gifts and souvenirs
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Tom Barton Presented
NAMI-Georgia Journalism Award
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John Richards
(right), advisor to NAMI-Savannah, presents Savannah Morning News
Editorial Page Editor Tom Barton with the NAMI-Georgia Journalism Award at
our June meeting. The award was given for Barton's support for the needs
of the mentally ill and advocacy for their fair treatment at the local and
state levels. Through his editorial column, Tom Barton has kept citizens
informed of the crisis in mental health care in Savannah and all of
Georgia and has brought them a better understanding of what is at stake
for our families.
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A SUCCESS STORY
For a number of hard years we in NAMI Savannah worked with the Byrnes
family to assist them with their teen age son Chris, who was dealing with
early on-set mental illness and needed professional help to stabilize his
condition. There were many instances of calls for help to both public and
private providers which were inadequately responded to as a result of our
broken system of mental health care. NAMI facilitated leaders, along with
public and private providers and facilities from Atlanta to our local
region, came together to address the issue of caring for this young man
and his family. Try as everyone might, we found ourselves at the eleventh
hour with no resolution at hand despite the combined wisdom of our
'Village' of caring professionals. At the last moment a residential
facility was found to care for Chris and move him into recovery. Chris is
now stable and has just graduated from high school. He now has every
possibility for having a GREAT LIFE! There are times in our struggle when
our successes are few and far between and we despair. Chris then, is our
success story. We are grateful for the 'Village' of caring public and
private individuals who stepped forward to assist NAMI and the Byrnes
family, especially Chris, who now can look to a brighter future.
"IS ONE FAMILY OR
INDIVIDUAL HUMAN BEING WORTH SAVING"?
NAMI has never doubted this!!
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Recovery Place Team (below) supports
the NAMI-Savannah Team (above)
in our sister affiliate NAMI-Beaufort’s
“Walk For The Minds of America.”
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