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October Education Meeting

 

NAMI Tulsa cordially invites you to the

 October Education Meeting

Date: Thursday, October 8^th, 2015

Time: 7:00 p.m.

Place: Fellowship Congregational Church

2900 S Harvard, Tulsa

Topic: Panel discussion “Personal Safety and Mental Health”

 

Our guest speakers are Dr. Lahr, Cindy Hinkel, Carol Newell, and Steve Lyons. They will be covering personal

safety during a crisis. There will be plenty of time for questions and answers.

 

Light refreshments will be served.

 

Please come and join us!!

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

EL CHICO FUNDRAISER

Mental Illness Awareness Week Fundraiser!

Come join NAMI Tulsa for a Fundraiser at El Chico at 71st and Mingo!

WHERE: El Chico 71st and Mingo

WHEN: October 5 from 5-close

We need 100 people in our group to qualify for receiving the 10% of the evening's sales.

Come join us for great food, great service, and a great atmosphere! 

NEXT TO NORMAL

 BY POPULAR DEMAND— “NEXT TO NORMAL” IS BACK!

 

 

NEXT TO NORMAL is a unique hybrid musical drama that tells the story about a mother who struggles with worsening bipolar disorder and the effect that her illness and the attempts to alleviate it have on her family. The original opening on Broadway took place April 2009. It was nominated for eleven Tony Awards (won three) and won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

Back in June of this year, Theater Tulsa, utilizing amazing local talent, produced and presented this award-winning show. At that time I was asked if, after one of the matinee performances, I would be willing to be part of a reflection panel discussion and field questions from the audience about what it has been like for me to live with bipolar disorder. It was my privilege to do so on June 20.  

Many attended the performances of this run, however, many only became aware of its thought-provoking themes and superb production value after it was too late to attend. A clamor arose for another run so that more might have a chance to get in on what they found others so enthusiastically talking about.

I am happy to share that Theater Tulsa will be re-presenting this amazing production for one final weekend, September 25th-27th. Here is the link for show information and tickets:

http://www.tulsapac.com/events.asp?id=92&eventid=3182&task=display                                    

 

It should be pointed out that this is an adult’s only production and should be approached as you would the consideration of an R-rated movie. Dramatically and musically this presentation succeeds in being simultaneously entertaining.

SEPTEMBER EDUCATION MEETING

 

 SEPTEMBER EDUCATION MEETING

 

When: Thursday, September 10th, 2015

Where: Fellowship Congregational Church

2900 S Harvard, Tulsa 

Time: 7 pm

NAMI Tulsa presents Ashley Whitmire from Family & Children’s Services. Ashley will be speaking on problem gambling  and treatment.

Ashley Whitmire is a Licensed Professional Counselor and National Certified Gambling Counselor .

        Light refreshments will be served– Come join the fun!

Free Classes For Families Caring For Those With A Mental Illness

Someone you love is living with a mental illness. 

You want to help, but how? 

NAMI Tulsa is offering the nationally recognized 

FAMILY-TO-FAMILY

EDUCATION PROGRAM 

A no cost course for families and close friends of persons with:

• Bipolar Disorder (Also called Manic Depression) 
• Major Depression 
• Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorder 
• PTSD and Panic Disorder 
• Borderline Personality Disorder 
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder 
• Co-occurring Brain Disorders and 
• Addictive Disorders