Monthly Spotlight: National Alliance on Mental Illness(NAMI)

For October, we chose to give the spotlight and donate to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). We chose NAMI because it is the Nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization. Starting today, October 3rd-10th is Mental Illness Awareness Week! This week really hits home because all of us at Ride The Wave are either diagnosed with mental illness or have been affected by mental illness. Like NAMI, we envision a world “where all people affected with mental illness can live healthy, fulfilling lives supported by a community that cares.” NAMI’s mission is to advocate, educate and provide support and awareness so that everyone affected by mental illness can build better lives. That is what we at RTW hope to do exactly. Their values are hope, inclusion, empowerment, compassion, and equality. Please take this time to support the mental health/ mental illness community by either donating, educating, volunteering etc. We stand with NAMI in their fight to provide better lives for those affected by mental illness and hope you can join us too!

Website:

https://www.nami.org/Home
Learn More: 

https://www.nami.org/About-NAMI

Get involved:

https://www.nami.org/Get-Involved

Advocacy: 

https://www.nami.org/Advocacy

Support and Education: 

https://www.nami.org/Support-Education

Donate: 

https://donate.nami.org/give/197406/#!/donation/checkout?utm_source=globalNav&utm_medium=website&utm_campaign=DonationTracking&c_src=WEBDG