NAMI Walk 2011

Thank you to everyone who came out to support the 2011 NAMI Walk! It was an extremely successful event with so many supporters and friends. With your help we surpassed our goal of $100,000 bringing in just over $102,000 and counting!

Thank you to Amber Watkins our Walk Manager and the Walk committee, Jordan Jackson, Erin Longaker, Forrest Andrews, Annie Hamilton and Mary Burchett as well as all of the volunteers who made the Walk run as smoothly as possible.

Thanks again and stay tuned for information about next year's Walk!!

Join NAMI-Utah in our 7th annual NAMI Walk! NAMIWalks is our signature fundraising event that promotes:

• Raising awareness about mental illness
• Increasing community education and reaching out to new families and individuals affected by mental illness
• Supporting local NAMI affiliates to build a larger NAMI community

Please join us in celebration of hope and recovery for those suffering with mental illness and the families who support them.

To register click here: http://www.nami.org/namiwalks/Utah

For more information contact Amber Watkins: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 801-323-9900

Would it change your mind to know...? Watch our NAMIWalks video to find out!

Thank you to the State Hopspital for donating this awesome quilt to the Walk (seen in the image below). It could be yours!! Stay tuned for more details on how you can win it.

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Honorary Chair: Sherri Wittwer

Sherri D. Wittwer has served as the Executive Director of NAMI Utah (the National Alliance on Mental Illness) for the past 6 years. She recently relenquished her role as Executive Director but continues to work for NAMI in a consulting role.  At NAMI, Sherri works with a number of public agencies and community organizations with a number of initiatives to help individuals and families who are affected by mental illness, to raise awareness in our communities, and to affect positive change in our systems of care.

Under Sherri’s leadership NAMI Utah has received two awards:

• The Common Good Award presented to NAMI Utah by Envision Utah and the Coalition for Utah’s Future, and
• The Outstanding State Organization Award, NAMI Utah, awarded by NAMI National.

Sherri has a Masters of Public Administration from the University of Utah and is the mother of four children.  Sherri has the “lived experience” of having a family member who has a mental illness and is personally familiar with the difficulties that those affected by mental illness face.

The 2011 NAMIWalks Sponsors: