Submitted by NAMI Wood County
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Wood County is a leading self-help organization offering free events, educational classes, support groups, and other programs that address mental health for the Wood County community. NAMI Wood County has a variety of programming throughout the year. The programming is free and available to all Wood County residents.
NAMI Wood County will host its Peer-to-Peer, Family-to-Family, and Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) classes in 2024. Individuals living with a mental health condition, are invited to attend the Peer-to-Peer and/or WRAP class.
NAMI Peer-to-Peer is an educational course for individuals living with a mental illness. The next class starts Wednesday, April 3 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the NAMI Wood County office, 1250 Ridgewood Dr., Bowling Green. Visit namiwoodcounty.org/peer-peer/ to register.
The WRAP Workshop is a free of charge, self-designed course on identifying your personal wellness tools. The next WRAP workshop, which will focus on tools to achieve financial wellness, takes place virtually on Zoom from 2 to 4 p.m. on Feb. 27, 28, 29 and March 1. Visit namiwoodcounty.org/wrap/ to register.
NAMI Wood County believes it is important to care for the caregiver through evidence-based family and caregiver programming. People who have an adult child, adolescent, sibling, parent or loved one who lives with a mental health condition are invited to attend NAMI Family-to-Family. The class will start on Thursday, April 4, from 6-8:30 p.m. at the NAMI Wood County office. Visit namiwoodcounty.org/family-family/ to register.
The organization is also offeringNAMI Basics, an educational program for parents and caregivers of children and adolescents living with mental illnesses. It covers the fundamentals of caring for yourself, your family and your child. The program, which is hosted virtually on Zoom, starts its next course on Saturday, March 16 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The classes will continue every Saturday through April 20. Visit namiwoodcounty.org/nami-basics/to register.
Additionally, NAMI Wood County’s Family and Caregiver support group is available for individuals who have family members, children, and/or loved ones who live with a mental health condition. This support group is a peer-led support group with facilitators who also have loved ones living with mental health conditions. The group meets on the first and third Tuesday of the month from 3-4:30 p.m. at the NAMI Wood County office.
NAMI Wood County has volunteer opportunities, such as class or support group facilitator, office volunteer and “Chip-In Days,” which are the second Tuesday of each month from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m To register for Chip-In Day or to learn more about volunteering with NAMI Wood County, visit namiwoodcounty.org/volunteer-with-nami-wood-county/.
For questions about the programs, please e-mail info@namiwoodcounty.org or call 419-352-0626, and remember to follow NAMI Wood County on social media at @NAMIWoodCounty!
