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Join Us Sat­ur­day, Octo­ber 12th at East­ern State Hos­pi­tal for a fun filled morn­ing as we Stomp out Stigma!

We have a fun day planned for every­one attend­ing NAMI­Walks Lex­ing­ton.  We have 3 Con­tests: Best Dressed Pet (pets must be kept on leash at all times), Most Team Spir­it and Favorite T‑Shirt.  We have 30 ven­dor tables with com­mu­ni­ty part­ners and walk spon­sors for you to vis­it.  For those rais­ing $1,000 or more, stop by the VIP tent for exclu­sive treats and give­aways.  We accept vol­un­teers on Walk Day, just check in at the Vol­un­teer Tent for duty assign­ments. Thyme Cater­ing will be set up with free hot dogs, ham­burg­ers, pulled pork sand­wich­es, chips and water. Our Recov­ery Enthu­si­ast David Rig­gs­by will be run­ning the free cot­ton can­dy and pop corn cor­ner. LexBounce is pro­vid­ing bounce hous­es, inflat­able slides, and lots of games to play.  Our favorite pho­to booth, Beard­ed Broth­ers will be with us again this year to cap­ture a snap shot for you to remem­ber the day. 

Walk Day Agenda

• 10:00 and 11:00 – stretch­ing /  Warm-up by Stronger­Life Gym
• 10:00 to 12:30 Ven­dor Tables, Free Activ­i­ties, Free Food, Prizes for game play 
  • 30 com­mu­ni­ty part­ner ven­dor tables
  • Face­paint­ing
  • Spray tat­toos
  • Bal­loon Pets – mylar animals
  • Make your own Sand Art
  • Paint Sun­catch­ers
  • Craft activ­i­ty — fox
  • I Walk Because fill-in sheets
  • Pop Corn
  • Cot­ton Candy
  • DJ
  • Pho­to booth
  • Hope bus
  • Firetruck
  • Hot dogs
  • Ham­burg­ers
  • Car­i­ca­tures by ASK Consulting
  • Pet Zone by Camp Bow Wow
  • Bounce House
  • Giant Inflat­able Slide
  • Foot­ball throw inflat­able game
  • Bas­ket­ball inflat­able game
  • Var­i­ous Frame Yard games and activities
  • Bring your furred friends and enter the Best Dressed Pet Contest
  • The Fam – youth hip hop team will be per­form­ing as a group and danc­ing to their favorite songs from the DJ
• 11:30am Walk Pro­gram Begins – wel­come, word from spon­sors — pre­sent­ing spon­sor New Vista, speak­ers – Dr. Katie Marks, Com­mis­sion­er of the Ken­tucky Depart­ment for Behav­ioral Health, Devel­op­men­tal, and Intel­lec­tu­al Dis­abil­i­ties, pre­sen­ta­tion of col­ors, musi­cal per­for­mances by Charlette’s Web and Sis­ter Sound
• 12 noon Step Off
• Ends when the last per­son cross­es back through the fin­ish line

 

Thank you to New Vista, Pre­sent­ing Spon­sor for NAMI­Walks Lex­ing­ton 2024! 

We are excit­ed to have Toy­ota join us again this year! 

Each year we reflect on our pre­vi­ous year and look toward the future.  Our local theme is “Men­tal Health for the Com­mon­wealth, Men­tal Health for All”.  Please join us at East­ern State Hos­pi­tal on Octo­ber 12 for a won­der­ful fun filled event. 

Our Com­mu­ni­ty has many things to cel­e­brate this year and many oth­er goals to work on!

• As East­ern State Hos­pi­tal cel­e­brates their 200^th birth­day, they con­tin­ue to inno­vate behav­ioral health­care with the open­ing of their EmPATH pro­gram which helps indi­vid­u­als access the help that they need in the least restric­tive manner.
• New Vista is one of a very few Com­mu­ni­ty Men­tal Health Cen­ters to become a SAMHSA Com­pre­hen­sive Com­mu­ni­ty Men­tal Health Cen­ter where clients can receive holis­tic care for both their phys­i­cal and psy­chi­atric wellbeing.
• NAMI Lex­ing­ton cel­e­brates part­ner­ing with Toy­ota Motor Man­u­fac­tur­ing once again as this major com­mu­ni­ty employ­er joins with us to pro­mote Men­tal Health in the Com­mon­wealth! Men­tal Health for All!

Our annu­al walk is crit­i­cal to assure we con­tin­ue to be able to devel­op state of the art, inno­v­a­tive pro­grams such as NAMI Sig­na­ture Pro­grams, Par­tic­i­pa­tion Sta­tion, Fayette Men­tal Health Court, and oth­er crit­i­cal gap pro­gram­ming that doesn’t have an obvi­ous pay­or source.

Click Here for a complete one pager of all NAMI Lexington programs that links to more specific information. Printable Download (PDF)

 

Schiz­o­phre­nia Alliance Group — Every Sat­ur­day, at 3:00pm at Par­tic­i­pa­tion Sta­tion. 
This group is a nation­al­ly rec­og­nized 6‑step pro­gram for indi­vid­u­als deal­ing with Schiz­o­phre­nia, Psy­chosis, Schizoaf­fec­tive D/O, and relat­ed dis­or­ders. If you can not join us in per­son please join is via zoom with the link found at https://tinyurl.com/37vfs2jd 
The group will typ­i­cal­ly run 60–90 min­utes and fol­low the guid­ance of the “Blue Book” which was devel­oped by Joanne Ver­ban­ic, the founder of Schiz­o­phre­nia Anony­mous. 
Cer­tifi­cat­ed Facil­i­ta­tor Kevin Hag­ger­ty, APSS

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For more information on NAMI’s free programs and affordable mental health training,
please call 859–272‑7891.