HOPE FOR RECOVERY

FREE WORKSHOP Hope For Recovery Mental Illnesses Spend a Saturday with a family member who will offer information, hope and practical strategies for dealing with the complexities of mental illnesses. Participants will learn about: ~ Types of mental illnesses ~ Treatments and recovery ~ Coping strategies ~ The mental health system ~ Local resources ~ Please join us! December 13TH, 2014 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM Faith Lutheran Church 335 Main ST S Hutchinson, MN 55350 (320) 587-2093 https://www.FaithLC.com Wendy Mayland WendyM@FaithLC.com Registration is required. Please bring a bag lunch. To register, visit: https://HopeHutchinson12-13.eventbrite.com OR https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hope-for-recovery-hutchinson-tickets-12873389655 This event is being organized by: NAMI National Alliance on Mental Illness MINNESOTA 800 Transfer RD Suite 31 St. Paul, MN 55114 (651) 645-2948 (888) 626-4435 https://www.namihelps.org facebook.com/NAMIMinnesota https://www.facebook.com/groups/NAMI.Hutch/ What We Do The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) of Minnesota is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of children and adults living with mental illnesses and their families. NAMI Minnesota offers education, support and advocacy. NAMI Minnesota vigorously promotes the development of community mental health programs and services, improved access to services, increased opportunities for recovery, reduced stigma and discrimination, and increased public understanding of mental illness. Visit our website at www.namihelps.org Did you know? NAMI Minnesota offers over 300 free classes and 60 support groups each year, and was recently recognized with prestigious national and state awards for its advocacy successes! NAMI MN CONTACTS: Kara Bennett Outreach Director (651) 645-2948 ext. 114 kbennett@namimn.org Genna Torney Affiliate Engagement Coordinator (651) 645-2948 ext. 118 gtorney@namimn.org STAR TRIBUNE CONTACTS: These are the two Star Tribune Staff Members that were awarded the Media Award at the NAMI MN State Conference on Saturday November 15TH, 2014. Jill Burcum Editorial Writer Phone: 612-673-7846 Email: jill.burcum@startribune.com Jill Burcum has been an editorial writer since March 2008, joining the editorial board after working in the Star Tribune newsroom as an editor and reporter. She writes on a broad number of topics, but is particularly interested in health care, suburban issues and energy policy. Burcum has won numerous awards for her news coverage. Her work helped spur an FDA shutdown of a Georgia tissue bank and caused a Minnesota company to pull a dangerous supplement off the market after football player Korey Stringer's death. In 2009, she won her second Premack Award for public affairs journalism for an editorial that called for a nonpartisan inquiry into ethics allegations in the state attorney general's office. Burcum graduated magna cum laude from the University of Washington in 1991 and started her career as a reporter for the Rochester Post-Bulletin. Burcum has previously worked for Mayo Clinic and Ican Inc. She lives in Andover with her husband and two children. http://www.startribune.com/bios/10644551.html Chris Serres Reporter | Social Services Phone: 612-673-4308 Email: chris.serres@startribune.com Chris Serres covers social services for the Star Tribune. He writes about issues affecting society's most vulnerable populations, including the poor, elderly, mentally ill and people with cognitive and physical disabilities. He is married and has two children, Dominic, 12, and Emmanuelle, 10. He has been a newspaper reporter for 20 years. http://www.startribune.com/bios/10645926.html