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 that is free and available to all Wood County residents.
To keep up with demand in programming, NAMI Wood County is searching for individuals interested in becoming a support group facilitator. Currently, the organization is looking for individuals with lived experience to facilitate their Family Support Group for individuals who have loved ones with a mental health condition.
This is an unpaid, volunteer position.
NAMI Wood County’s Family Support Group is held one time per month in the evening for approximately 90 minutes. Training and supplies would be provided to individuals becoming facilitators.
If interested, contact Crystal Heft, associate director of NAMI Wood County by email at info@namiwoodcounty.org. Interested individuals can also visit the volunteer listing on Facebook, LinkedIn, Volunteer Match or HandShake.
NAMI Wood County is continuing its NAMI Connection Recovery support group in a hybrid model every Wednesday from 12-1:30 p.m. Peer and Family Support Group is currently postponed until Thursday, March 10. The group will meet that date from 6-7:30 p.m., in-person at Way Public Library in Perrysburg.
Other support groups including Family Support Group and Parent & Caregiver are postponed until further notice.
Visit www.namiwodocounty.org for more information and to register for their programming. Email info@namiwoodcounty.org or call 419-352-0626 for more information, and follow NAMI Wood County on social media at @NAMIWoodCounty for additional resources and updates.
