MENTAL ILLNESS AWARENESS WEEK

NAMI Tulsa has scheduled a series of events to promote Mental Illness Awareness to the
community. Please come join in the fun!

Pre-MIAW event 
Saturday October 3rd, 2015 – Out of the Darkness Suicide Awareness Walk . This event is being held at La Fortune Park with registration at 8 am at the Gardens and the walk is from 9:15 to 11 am. Although this is not a NAMI event , NAMI Tulsa will be there in support of this walk with the Lucy booth and valuable information.

Monday October 5th, 2015– free hot dog lunch from 11 am -1 pm (or until supplies are gone) at the Bersen Community Life Building located at 700 S Boston Ave in Tulsa. The Lucy booth will be there handing out mental illness awareness information.

Also Monday October 5th, Fundraising opportunity!!! Join us at El Chico located at 71st and Mingo from 5 pm until close for a chance to help NAMI Tulsa raise money to fund our signature programs such as Family to Family, Basics, Peer to Peer and our newest Homefront. We need at least 100 people to receive funds from El Chico. Please come join us!!

Wednesday October 7th, 2015 The Lucy booth will be at Guthrie Green during the lunch hours. Food trucks will be available.

Thursday October 8th, 2015 Education meeting at Fellowship Congregational church located at 2900 S Harvard Ave beginning at 7 pm “Maintaining Person Safety “ a panel discussion about how to be safe during a crisis. The Lucy booth will be there . Light finger foods will be served.

Friday October 9th, 2015 The Lucy booth will once again be available with valuable information on location at the Blue Rose on Riverside drive from 4 to 6 pm. Fun, fun, fun!! If you show up and have your card punched at all 5 Lucy booth locations you can come by the office and pick up a free t-shirt.!!

We hope to see you there!!

Please call the NAMI Tulsa office at 918-587-6264 with any question you ma