What's New at NAMI NH - March 2006
March 2006
News to distribute and share with your groups and classes.
This newsletter is currently only sent to leaders and teachers so please make copies and share, or forward emails to add members to the distribution list.
Upcoming Events-
April 8 Affiliate Leader and Teacher Biannual Meeting
New Hampshire Hospital, 36 Clinton St., Concord
9-1:30– lunch will be served
Agenda:
9:00-9:15- Introductions
9:15-12:00- Gatekeeper Suicide prevention training and discussion.
12:00 Lunch
12:15-12:30- NAMI NH updates
12:30-1:30- Teacher and Leader networking
Please bring your ideas, updates, projects and plans to share with the group during the networking time!!
If you have not received an invitation with details please contact me. Please encourage group members that are interested to attend.
Strategic Planning Meeting immediately following the Leader/Teacher Meeting
1:30-3:00
The facilitator of the NAMI NH strategic planning committee would like to hear from you. This committee is working to develop a plan for where NAMI NH will go and what the focus should be over the next 2 years. It is important that there is affiliate and teacher input and this is your chance to give it.
If you are unable to join us but would like to share your ideas, please let me know and we can make arrangements for that to happen.
April 19 Volunteer Appreciation Day Celebration
The NAMI NH Office, 15 Green St., Concord, NH
4:00-6:30 ******Refreshments will be served
Awards will be presented at 5:30
Also special presentation on the Frameworks Suicide Prevention Project
The following is a list of 2005 award recipients:
| Brooks South | Joyce Simmons |
| Corey Green | Karen Lord |
| Deb Stevens | Kathy Canedy |
| Diane Cyr | Kathy Fongeallaz |
| Don Moore | Laurel Pierce |
| Donna Stamper | Mary Ann Aldrich |
| Ed Kirby | Mary Ann Doty |
| Elaine South | Norma Smith |
| George Fisher | Pam Brown |
| Geri Foucher | Pat Ciccolo |
| Jackie Ellis | Rita Moyer |
| Janet Lowell | Scott Smith |
| Jim Fischer | Theresa Melanson |
To earn a Presidential Volunteer Service Award you must have donated over 100 hours within the year to NAMI NH. Bronze awards are given for 100-249 volunteer hours, Silver awards are given for 250-499 volunteer hours and Gold awards are given for over 500 volunteer hours. NAMI NH relies on the individual volunteers to provide us with an accounting of their hours.
News-
The Governors Commission on Disability, The Statewide Independent Living Council, The State Rehabilitation Council, Services for Blind and Visually Impaired, and Granite State Independent Living Present a Training Workshop on THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS - Monday, April 10, 2006 - 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. - Legislative Office Building (LOB) - Rooms 301-303 - N. State Street, Concord, NH (located directly behind State House) Cost is $10.00. For more information and the registration form please contact me.
Affiliate News-
Our congratulations and thanks to those leaders who participated in the Support Group Facilitation Training.
| Rose Long | Laurie Foster |
| Eric Penniman | Sondra Farrell |
| Deb Penniman | Ellen Malloy |
| Helen Harrison | Rebecca Lawrence |
| Vikki Cater |
This training was held over 4 Saturdays throughout Feb and March.
NEEDED –
Volunteers to serve on the Affiliate Special Projects committee.
No one has come forward with an interest to serve on this committee or an interest in applying for these funds. There is $880.00 available for affiliate projects, if your group is interested in applying for these funds please contact me.
Walk 2006-
The 2006 walk committee is holding 3 large planning sessions this spring/summer and would like the input of affiliates, teachers, team captains and walkers. Please come and help in the planning of NAMI NH’s biggest and most important event! All meetings will be held from 5:30-7:00 at the Concord NAMI office, with dinner being provided.
These schedule and topics for these meetings are:
May 3 or 31 – Team Development, Developing Fundraising “Packages”, Incentives, Walkday Registration process, team recruitment. (Date to be confirmed shortly)
June 14- Planning for Kickoffs; Instead of holding general Kickoffs we are hoping to identify the geographic areas that our potential team captains are in, then hold smaller, more intimate kickoffs in these areas.
July 17- Walk Day planning; Looking at what worked and what didn’t, needed changes and hoping to get lots of input from past walkers and team captains. This meeting would focus on laying out the actual walk day events.
Reminder-
Please record calls or emails you receive regarding your affiliate. If you need another copy of the I & R (Information and Referral) Log please let me know. The information from these log sheets is vital to our grant writing.
F2F and VFT News-
• VFT will be taught in Rochester by Laurie Foster and Helen Harrison, starting in April. To register for the Rochester class contact Laurie Foster at 332-5649
