National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Wood County is a leading self-help organization offering free events, educational classes, support groups, and other programs that address mental health for the Wood County community.
NAMI Wood County has a variety of free programming throughout the year.
NAMI Wood County will be hosting their next Nite Out with NAMI Book Club meeting on Tuesday and Feb. 6 at 10 a.m. hybrid (both available on online and in-person at the NAMI Wood County office). People who attend the club will be reading “I Thought It Was Just Me (But It Isn’t)” by Brene Brown. This book discusses the importance of our imperfections—both to our relationships and to our own sense of self.
Visit https://namiwoodcounty.org/nite-out-nami-1/ to register for their Book Club and other Nite Out with NAMI events.
NAMI Wood County is also hosting two community education trainings in January. Their QPR training will be on Jan. 17 from 4:30-6 p.m. virtually. QPR stands for Question, Persuade, and Refer — the three simple steps anyone can learn to help save a life from suicide. In this 1.5-hour training, participants will learn how to recognize suicide warning signs and how to respond if these signs are present, how to ask someone about the presence of suicidal thoughts and/or feelings and how to offer hope. In addition, participants will gain information about resources in the community and how to refer individuals to those resources.
To register, visit https://namiwoodcounty.org/qpr.
Their Mental Health First Aid: Older Adult Curriculum training on Jan. 19 from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at the NAMI Wood County office. Mental Health First Aid teaches a five-step action plan to offer initial help to people with the signs and symptoms of a mental illness or in a crisis, and connect them with the appropriate professional, peer, social, or self-help care. Anyone can take the eight-hour Mental Health First Aid course — first responders, students, teachers, leaders of faith communities, human resources professionals, and caring citizens. Sometimes, the best first aid is you. Take the course, save a life, strengthen your community.
Visit https://namiwoodcounty.org/mentalhealthfirstaid/ to register.
NAMI Wood County will be hosting their Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) classes in 2024. The Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) Workshop is a free of charge, self-designed, course on identifying your personal wellness tools. The next WRAP workshop takes place on Feb. 27, 28, 29, and March 1 from 2-4 p.m. at the NAMI Wood County office. This workshop will focus on tools to achieve financial wellness within your life.
Visit https://namiwoodcounty.org/wrap/ to register.
Do you have an adult child, adolescent, sibling, parent or loved one in your life who lives with a mental health condition? NAMI Wood County believes it is important to care for the caregiver through evidence-based family and caregiver programming. NAMI Wood County’s Family and Caregiver support group is available for individuals who have family members, children, and/or loved ones in their lives who live with a mental health condition. This support group is a peer-led support group with facilitators who also have loved ones in their lives living with mental health conditions.
This group meets the first and third Tuesday of the month from 3-4:30 p.m. at the NAMI Wood County office.
There are opportunities for volunteers to get involved as a support group or class facilitator, office volunteer, and more, including “Chip-In Days,” volunteer opportunities for all community members. Hosted on the second Tuesday of each month from 11 a.m.-3 p.m., volunteers will be able to assist NAMI Wood County staff in various projects throughout the office including (but not limited to) folding brochures, helping with mailings, office organizing, and more.
To register for Chip-In Day or to learn more about volunteering with NAMI Wood County, visit https://namiwoodcounty.org/volunteer-with-nami-wood-county/.
For all questions pertaining to programs, e-mail [email protected] or call 419-352-0626.
