NAMIWalks Your Way will be held VIRTUALLY on Saturday, May 30, 2020 

In 2020, Faith Connections is fielding its 7th NAMIWalks team! 

​Click here to walk with the FCMI Team.* 
Click here to donate. 
Step-by-step instructions on how to sign up as a walker.

On May 30, 2020, NAMIWalks will be a virtual experience and joined by NAMIWalks across the country. NAMIWalks Your Way means what it sounds like: participants get to make NAMIWalks their own. You can walk a 5K – through your neighborhood, around your backyard, on your treadmill. Or you can do something else meaningful and fun to celebrate our virtual walk day. More ideas are offered at NAMIWalks Your Way NC.


FCMI fields an interfaith team for individuals who do not have a faith community or whose faith community is not participating.
​It will be held VIRTUALLY on Saturday, May 30, 2020.

Click here to check our team's fundraising progress
​or to register to walk. 
For more information, contact Kim Batson at
​kmccbat@aol.com or 919-265-9820.
 The FCMI 2019 NAMIWalks team raised nearly $9000 ​
and  was 2nd overall in fundraising!   
                            NAMIWalks NC 2020 At-A-Glance
  • Saturday, May 30, 2020 VIRTUALLY.
  • Individuals, congregations, businesses, non-profits, groups: all are invited to join us. ​
  • NAMIWalks raises awareness and funds for mental illness.
  • Everyone is invited to virtually walk with the Faith Connections on Mental Illness team.
  • If your faith community does not have a team, or if you don’t have a faith community – we want you to join us!
  • There is no charge to participate.
  • Click here to sign-up to virtually walk or donate 
  • ​Need help signing up or just want more information: contact Kim Batson (Team Captain) at: kmccbat@aol.com or 919-265-9820.​.

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BULLETIN BLURB (please copy, personalize, and post in your own bulletin, newsletter, etc.)

To raise awareness for mental illness, NAMIWalks Your Way will be held on Saturday, May 30, 2020 as a VIRTUAL event.  Faith Connections on Mental Illness has invited (name of your faith community) to join their team. There is no cost to participate. Individuals who raise $100 in contributions will receive a free NAMIWalks T-shirt from event organizers. Even if you can’t walk, donations are gratefully accepted.

Learn more at https://www.namiwalks.org/team/35246 or contact (Name of Faith Community contact to be inserted here)  ____________ at [_____@_____.com]; [xxx-xxx-xxxx] or Kim Batson: kmccbat@aol.com; 919-265-9820)
 Fliers:   PDF 
​WORD (you can copy and personalize for your congregation)  
​Faith Connections on Mental Illness (FCMI), a Chapel Hill-based interfaith non-profit, was the second-place fundraising team out of 150 total teams in NAMIWalks NC 2019. Held in Raleigh, NC on May 18, 2019, twenty-one registered FCMI walkers collected $8,583. FCMI’s top individual fundraiser – Geetha Balagopal – was also the event’s top fundraiser out of 1,381 participants, receiving $4,365 in donations. NAMIWalks North Carolina raised nearly $150k as part of the nation's largest mental health awareness and fundraising event.  Downloadable flier. 
In 2019, FCMI's team collected $8,353.
​FCMI’s top individual fundraiser – Geetha Balagopal – was also NAMIWalks top fundraiser out of over 1000 participants, receiving $4,365 in donations. 
Why I walk  
 On the registration page, each team member may share why the NAMIWalk is so personally important to them. Read Geetha Balagopal's compelling story here.

Every journey begins with that first step.

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Every year, thousands of concerned citizens in nearly 80 communities across the nation will walk together to raise money and awareness about our country's need for a world-class treatment and recovery system for people with mental illness. Over 1100 people joined the North Carolina NAMIWalks in 2019, including many members of Faith Connections on Mental Illness representing their own organization or faith community. We invite all to join us!

  • Click here to learn more about NAMI, a state-wide, nation-wide, and world-wide organization for change.​
  • Click here for information about NAMI North Carolina.
Join us today!
NAMI depends on generous volunteers to raise funds and awareness at each of our Walk sites.