The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) will be hosting a walk at Farm Bureau Lake in West Des Moines on Saturday, October 1, 2011 beginning at 10am.
NAMIWalks is a national program implemented by local NAMI affiliates to raise awareness about mental illness and promote positive messages of recovery and hope. NAMIWalks are currently held in 80 cities and over 300,000 individuals have participated since 2003. NAMIWalks has raised over $28 million to-date in support of NAMI’s mission, making it the number one mental illness/mental health awareness and fundraising program in America.
No registration fee is required, to sign up simply go to www.nami.org/walks. For more information call (515)254-0417 or email namiiowa@mchsi.com.