What's New at NAMI NH - Affiliate Newsletter
DECEMBER 2005
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.
Happy New Year to Everyone!!!
Upcoming Events:
Support Group Facilitator Training or refreshing: Two Saturdays in February and two Saturdays in March. Contact Annette for details. Encourage new group members to attend.
News:
Walk Update: Walk 2005 numbers and statistics are finally in. 53 Teams, 550 walkers. Sponsorship income - $50,000. Walker income - $52,175. Online donations through the NAMI National website - $6,837. Total walk income - $108,013. Total walk expenses (including cost of 2 kickoff celebrations, post walk reception, sponsor awards, walk day expenses, affiliate payouts, and printing) $10,280. Lots of people and sunshine, but we came in lower than expected in income, which will impact several of our ongoing programs, but we are working hard at finding alternative funding sources for those!
Thanks to all the Affiliates for working hard and building teams.
Affiliate totals:
Nashua - $982.
Littleton - $2,225.
Peterborough - $3,654.
Concord - $257.
Seacoast- $910.
UpperValley- $350
Affiliate Walk Money Distribution: If you have not received a copy of this distribution and need one, please let me know and I will get one to you. The distribution this year is 10% of the team total is sent directly back to the Affiliate group, and another 10% of the total of all Affiliate walk income is placed in a special account that Affiliates can access for special events or projects.
This method was created to help utilize the walk income for affiliate projects. Some groups never spend the walk income and other groups are in great need of income to fund special projects.
We are in need of 3 people to volunteer to review the requests for the common fund money. This is something you do from your own home, except for one meeting per year to make recommendations to NAMI NH regarding the process. I estimate it the time commitment to be only 5-10 hours per year.
Affiliates fill out a simple application, the application gets forwarded to the 3 members of the committee, they review and approve it and NAMI NH sends out the money.
PLEASE contact me if you are interested in helping out on this committee.
Planning is underway for the NAMI NH Walk 2006: Yes it’s true, we have set new goals, made some changes based on team captain requests and input and have a new walk chairperson, Leigh Roche a NAMI NH board member!!! We are also setting up a listserve to hopefully be able to communicate with committee members without them needing to come to concord as much. If you have any interest in coming on board to help with our largest anti-stigma and fundraiser. PLEASE let me know!
Affiliate News
New Groups: New Support groups are starting up in the new year. In Berlin two new groups will start, a Parents Meeting the Challenge group and a Family Support group for those with adults in their lives with mental illness. Also starting in February a Parents Meeting the Challenge group will be starting up again in Rochester.
Affiliate and Teacher Meeting Minutes (September 2005):
Finally the meeting minutes and the results of our workgroups have been put together. In our efforts to be frugal we have posted these minutes on our website. Click on the “Affiliate News” button on the left of the main screen. This takes you to the Affiliate News page which includes copies of all these newsletters and the meeting minutes. For those without computer access I will be mailing out copies. If you have not received one and would like me to send one, please contact me.
Please respond with any comments.
Needed: Two family members with children or adolescents who have a serious emotional disorder and are receiving services through the public mental health system to sit on the NH State Mental Health Council for Children and Adolescents. The Council meets every 2 months on a Tuesday from 5:30-7:30pm, light supper is provided, mileage reimbursement is available. If interested please contact Claudia Ferber at NAMI NH 1-800-242-6264 or cferber@naminh.org
F2F and VFT News
Family to Family classes were taught in three major communities this fall. Our thanks to the following teachers who give so much to teach this program: Geri Foucher, Kathy Canedy and Pat Ciccolo in Bedford; Norma and Scott Smith in Nashua; and Diane Cyr and Theresa Melanson and Portsmouth.
Visions for Tomorrow has final reached the North Country: Annette Carbonneau taught in Littleton
What’s your group doing??
Thank You !! Hard to believe that 2005 is close to ending, and it is hard to find an adequate way to thank all of you for the contributions you make, large or small they are all so important! I wish you all a peaceful and happy New Year and look forward to the work we will do together in 2006!
Please contact me with news of your groups and classes at acarbonneau@naminh.org or 1-800-242-6264 ext 25.
Thanks,
Annette
