NAMIWalks Your Way will be held VIRTUALLY on Saturday, May 22, 2020
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In 2021, Faith Connections is fielding its 8th NAMIWalks team!
On May 22, 2021, 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 22, 2021. 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. |
FCMI teams have been enthusiastically walking and fundraising for NAMIWalks since 2014. Averaging nearly $9000 each year for each of the past three years, we were the top fundraising team in 2020 and the 2nd place team in 2019 and 2018.
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NAMIWalks NC 2020 At-A-Glance
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To raise awareness for mental illness, NAMIWalks Your Way will be held on Saturday, May 22, 2021 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. Go to this link to register or donate: https://www.namiwalks.org/team/41415 Learn more at FCMI-NC.org 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) |
2020: Faith Connections on Mental Illness (FCMI) was the first-place fundraising team out of 107 total teams in NAMIWalks NC 2020. FCMI is a Chapel Hill-based interfaith non-profit dedicated to supporting the efforts of faith communities as they help battle the stigma and isolation the mental illness too often engenders. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the NC walk was held virtually on May 31, 2020. Twenty-three registered FCMI walkers collected $8,815. FCMI’s top individual fundraiser – Geetha Balagopal – was also the event’s top fundraiser out of 817 participants, receiving $4,650 in donations. NAMIWalks North Carolina raised nearly $130k as part of the nation's largest mental health awareness and fundraising event.
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Every journey begins with that first step.
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!
NAMI depends on generous volunteers to raise funds and awareness at each of our Walk sites.
- 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.
NAMI depends on generous volunteers to raise funds and awareness at each of our Walk sites.
