Keep the Promise Coalition
- Next KTP Monthly Meeting - May 21, 2008
The next Keep the Promise Monthly Meeting will be held at 10:00 am on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 at CVH, Page Hall, Room 217 (Note room change) (directions).
Lunch will be served!
IMPORTANT - Please RSVP to Maura if you are going to attend (1-800-215-3021, ext. 32).
The Supportive Housing Training will immediately follow the shortened KTP meeting. Lunch will be served at 11:00 am, then registration for Supportive Housing will be at 11:30 am. Training begins promptly at 12:00 noon. Please be sure that you have registered!
- Previous Meeting Summaries (.pdf documents - open in a new browser window)
April 16, 2008 (Minutes not yet available)
March 19, 2008
February 20, 2008
- Join the KTP-NAMI Walks Team! - May 17, 2008
Join the “Crusin’ Community Crusaders,” KTP's NAMI Walk team. For more information on the KTP team, call KTP at 1-800-215-3021. Information about this year's NAMI Walk is listed below. To join the KTP team, visit the NAMI Walks web page, and click on "Join an existing team." The Walk will be held rain or shine.
Walk or just come out to support awareness of mental illness and NAMI's programs
Information for the 2008 NAMI-Connecticut Walk:
Date: May 17, 2008
Location: Bushnell Park, Hartford
Check-in time: 9:00 am
Official start time: 10:00 am
Distance: 5 Kilometers
NAMI WALKS for the Mind of America is a nationwide fundraising and mental health awareness program that is being held in more than 70 communities around the country in 2008, including Connecticut. These walks are expected to raise approximately $8 million in 2008 for NAMI and the mental health services it provides to thousands of families across the country.
There is no registration fee for the Walk. All participants are encouraged to collect donations from family members, friends, co-workers and business associates in support of their participation in the Walk.
All the funds collected will be used to fund NAMI's programs here in Connecticut. These programs include support, education, research and advocacy involving schizophrenia, bipolar disorder (manic depression), major depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder and severe anxiety disorders.
All walkers raising $100 or more with receive a NAMI WALKS for the Mind of America event T-shirt. Walkers will also receive additional incentives prizes based on the amounts that they raise up to $5,000 or more.
Companies, organizations and families are encouraged to organize teams of walkers made up of employees, organization members, relatives and friends to take part in the Walk.
Teambuilding and fundraising materials will be given out to team captains at a special kickoff event that will be held approximately 8 weeks before the Walk.
NAMI WALKS for the Mind of America is a rain or shine event.
There is a wide-range of corporate sponsorship opportunities available to local companies and businesses relating to the Walk. Anyone interested in information on how his or her company or organization can sponsor the Walk should contact Janice or Iris at the NAMI-CT office at 1-800-215-3021.
- Other Announcements and Alerts
~Regional Supportive Housing Trainings
Wed., May 21, 2008 - 11:30 am - 2:00 pm, CVH, Page Hall, Middletown, CT
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Thurs., May 22, 2008 - 9:30 am - 12 pm, Lyceum Resource and Conf. Ctr., Hartford, CT
Learn how supportive housing can end chronic homelessness, strengthen communities, provide CT with a cost-effective alternative to unnecessary institutionalization, increase property values, promote recovery. See the Flyer for details (.pdf document - opens in a new browser window).
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For any questions or more info regarding Keep the Promise events, call 1-800-215-3021 ext. 32, or send an email to keepthepromise@namict.org.
