Sunshine for NAMIWalkers!

What an amazing walk day!   We expected rain and instead had a beautiful, sunshine filled day.  Joyce Cooling poignantly shared her experiences of how her brother’s mental illness shaped her family’s experiences and mayor Gavin Newsom arrived with baby in tow.

Still have checks to turn in?   Make sure you put your walker name on each check and send them to:

NAMIWalk SF Bay Area

2010 N. First St., #535

San Jose, CA   95131

Matching funds can be sent to the same address.  The Tax Id # for the matching gift form is 94-2430956.

Special Offers from Our Special Speakers!

Joyce Cooling – Honorary Event Chair, will join us onstage on Walk Day! Buy her CD at the Walk and the proceeds will go to our local, Bay Area NAMI affiliates!

Peggy Kennedy, our Kick-off luncheon speaker, is donating 20% of all book sales through May 31 to our local Bay Area NAMI affiliates, in honor of Mother’s Day and her Mom!  Click the picture to purchase on Amazon…

Walking for Bay Area Mental Health!

NAMIWalk is a fundraising and awareness-raising 5K walk that will take place in 80 communities across the country in 2010.  Thanks to our amazing sponsors, we do not charge a registration fee in order to encourage our entire community to participate.

Seven San Francisco Bay Area NAMI affiliates work together to create this important event to support services for mental illness.  They will share in the proceeds from the walk which will be used locally to underwrite and support much-needed Bay Area programs.

The 2010 sponsoring affiliates represent Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara and Solano counties.

Take a step to stomp on stigma……Register today to walk in the 6th annual Bay Area NAMIWalk!

Congratulations to Our 2009 Top Walk Teams!

1.     Weekend Walkers                                        14,120.00

2.     Never Walk Alone                                        13,125.00

3.     J-Ellie Beans                                                   11,696.00

4.     BraveHearts                                                   10,225.00

5.     Annie’s Sparklers                                           7,275.00

6.     Santa Cruzers                                                  6,411.00

7.     Marin STAR Team                                          6,115.00

8.     TRI-CITY NAMIs                                            5,765.00

9.     Team Cadigan                                                  5,605.00

10.   In Memory of Kate                                         5,590.00