Sunday, 16 August 2009 14:41
National Alliance on Mental Illness – NAMI Metro is calling you!
The National Alliance on Mental Illness is the largest advocacy group for mental illness in the country. We are eager to build our NAMI Metro advocacy voice in the local communities to bring about improvement, education and support for those impacted by severe mental illness. Our Board of Directors are looking forward to leading a welcoming, friendly, open and transparent organization for consumers, families and the community.
Our mission will focus on education, support and advocacy for the many people who are impacted by severe mental illness. We want to be the source of reliable information for people whose loved ones suffer from a mental illness.
We are asking for your membership in our all volunteer organization and we would hope that you, as a member, would want to actively participate. We have many opportunities for those who want to actively participate in our various committees or planned functions. Or, if you are not yet prepared to actively engage, by joining, you will get ongoing communications and updated news on what is happening locally, in the state and nationally. Please consider this opportunity to join NAMI Metro.
Dues you pay to NAMI Metro includes our monthly newsletter, printed newsletter, membership log in areas of our website that is accessible only by members and much more. Portions of your dues are used to register your full membership in the state organization, NAMI-Michigan and the national organization, NAMI. With these memberships, you will receive local, state and national publications to keep you up to date on current issues facing the mentally ill.
Membership Application
Membership choices: (check one) * Please be as generous as you can in support of our works for the mentally Ill.
Individual ($30) ____; Family ($30) ____; Consumer ($3) ____; Professional ($50) ____; Organ/Agency ($250)_____
Dues enclosed: $________ Contribution to NAMI Metro, if any $______Total $_________
* Persons with low income or are unemployed wanting to join should call if they need a discounted membership.
Name(s) (Please Print) ______________________________________________________________________
Address __________________________________________________________________________
City _________________________ County___________ State__________ Zip_______
Phone (Day) ________________________ (Evening) _____________________
E Mail Address(s) ______________________________ Date: _________________
Please check here if you are able to volunteer any of your time and services to NAMI Metro_________
(Please check one)
I am a: Consumer _______ Friend ________ Sibling ________ Spouse _______ Professional ______
Parent w/child (under 18) ________ Parent of Adult ________ Other _______
New members should make their check or money order payable to NAMI Metro and then send their application and payment to:
NAMI METRO
P.O. Box 852
Northville, MI 48167
You may RENEW your membership or become a member on line by selecting your type of membership below and clicking the "Buy Now" button and then follow the instructions.
NAMI Metro is a 501©3 non-profit organization and serves Oakland, Wayne and Macomb counties to educate, support, and empower individuals and families affected by neurobiological brain disorders (NBD), commonly called mental illnesses. We are an all-volunteer advocate organization whose members are available and accessible to NBD affected consumers and their families.
Join our active membership to make a difference for the mentally ill and their families
“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.”
--Helen Keller