NAMI NC's BIG EVENT TO RAISE AWARENESS and FUNDS
News and Update - November 1, 2005!!
Back To TopNAMI Walks in the Triad was held on October 8, 2005 at Triad Regional Park. The clouds and light rain did not discourage the 250 people on hand who walked in celebration of those they honor for their struggle with mental illness. It seemed like a great big NAMI party with music, food, new and old friends, families getting together, and community involvement. Triad Park was the perfect venue for NAMIWalks. We had over 60 teams registered and the preliminary total for gross revenues is $63,000!
On behalf of the NAMI North Carolina Board of Directors and Benjamin Staples, NAMI NC Executive Director, we want to express our appreciation to all who have worked so hard to make NAMIWalks in the Triad a success!
Affiliates in North Carolina that participated in the Walk will use their share of the revenues to support projects in their communities, increase their advocacy, and better serve their members. We are pleased that the Affiliates in NAMIWalks in the Triad took this opportunity to help meet the goals of NAMIWalks - raise funds for the work we do and raise awareness about mental illness.
Contributions are still coming in. We will keep you posted with the overall Walk total, team totals, and individual fundraising results as it becomes available.
Again, thank you!!!
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Silver Sponsors Janssen Pharmaceutica $2500 NAMI-Charlotte $2500
Supporting Sponsors Novant Health/Forsyth Medical Center $500 N.S. Farrington & Co. $500 BB&T, Winston-Salem $500 Mid Carolina Bank, Burlington $500 The Silber Family $500 Triumph, LLC $500 Cyberonics $500
Kilometer Marker Sponsors Ed Lowe and Associates $250 NAMI Randolph County $250 NAMI Forsyth County $250 NAMI Wake County $250 NAMI Rockingham County $250 NAMI-Wilmington $250 NAMI Guilford $250 Triumph, MH service provider for CenterPoint $250
Sponsors who made In-Kind Contributions Whole Foods Market, Winston-Salem 500 bottles of water on Walk Day, celebration cake for the Kick-Off Luncheon YWCA, Winston-Salem Teresa Mason and the YWCA Youth Wellness Program Novant Health/Forsyth Memorial Hospital Behavioral Health 500 Bananas for Walk Day WXII/12 $1000 in production services and airtime for NAMIWalks in the Triad's PSA
Back To TopMark Serosky and Julia Moore, Forsyth County Parks and Recreation - for allowing us to stage NAMIWalks at Triad Park - for their direction, input, and encouragement all along the way, for the excellent staff that takes care of the park and took great care of us. The park was spotless the morning we arrived to set up and the maintenance staff was available for any need we had.
Kara Sweeney - NAMI National Walk Leader for support, technical help, encouragement, and being there on Walk Day to help us pull it all together
(and thanks to the rest of NAMI's Walk staff - Mari Pierce, Steve Leonard, and Warren Karmol)
Linda Burkhart, Di Chen, and Gloria Harrison - NAMI NC staff
Wajeh Muhammed, owner of The Farmers Kitchen, the site of our Information Meeting in March
Chris Horne, morning anchor for WXII/12 - emcee extraordinaire for NAMIWalks
Sun Printing of Winston-Salem, www.sunprintingcompany.com, for Kick-Off invitations and team fundraising materials
Maggie Capone of Catering by Ellyn, www.cateringbyellyn.com, for the Kick-Off Luncheon
Ayesha Oglesby of Magnolia Manor, www.magnolia-manor.com, for a beautiful venue for the Kick-Off Luncheon
Starbucks Coffee at Quaker Village in Greensboro for coffee on Walk Day
Harris Teeter and Target for gift certificates for food and drinks; Forsyth Behavioral Health for bananas
Penny Boyles and Fun Time Events, www.PennyBoyles.com, for balloon creations on Walk Day
Linda Puckett and Glenda Pittard of www.3dASAP.com for signs, banners, and screen printing of the Walk T-Shirts
Dennis Robinson, Chief, Colfax Volunteer Fire Department, for emergency services
David Burnette, www.eonfinancialconsulting.com, for providing the sound system and music on Walk Day
Brad Bennett for providing live music to entertain our walkers
We appreciate all the VOLUNTEERS and NAMI NC staff who helped on Walk Day, who were at the park by 7:00 to set up the check-in tables, t-shirts, coffee, food, signs, hang banners, set up the Start/Finish line, sound system, greet people, and clean up when the Walk was over.
Back To TopA note about cancelled checks and acknowledgements - Please be patient as we process the donor information. For each affiliate - we will send you a list of the individuals whose contributions benefit your affiliate so that you can personally thank them.
Back To TopVolunteers and Staff: Ben Staples, Di Chen, Linda Burkhart, Gloria Harrison, Paula Johnson, Ken and Sue Farrington, Carla Steiner, Angela Perez, Jim Pitts, Beth and Jim Hardy, Maggie Capone, Sue and Brad Bennett, Sarah Briggs, Bill Carothers, Ann Carter, Linn Underhill, Julia Carter, William Edmisten, Jack and Jessica Carter, Becky Faucette, Mary and Wendell Hawk, Barbara Israel, Dorothy James, Judith and Jess Krall, Chris and Jene Horne, Bill Wesse, David Burnette, Marcella Heidt, Catherine Matthieu, Donald Matthieu, Norman and Gloria Melton, Jan Moore, Terry Sink, Louise Whealton, Barbara Bennett, Dean Olivet, Patti Weisz, Sonjia Samuels,
Back To TopIf you are registered online through the NAMI website as a Team Captain or Walker, your link will remain live until January 8 (90 days after the Walk). You can continue to receive contributions for the Walk and we encourage you to keep your online and offline totals up to date. Please update your personal fundraising message to extend thanks to your contributors. Donations by mail can continue too - just send them to the NAMI NC office.
Back To TopWe are looking for pictures - printed, on CD, or via e-mail from any of you who will share your photos from either the Kick-Off or NAMIWalks on October 8. Please send them to Benjamin Staples, Executive Director, NAMI North Carolina, 309 W. Millbrook Rd., Suite 121, Raleigh, NC, 27609, or e-mail bstaples@naminc.org