Online/Phone – NAMI Family Support Group

This week’s meeting is via Zoom video conference. It replaces the CASI Davenport group until further notice.

We are taking steps for your online privacy and safety. We ask that you register providing minimum basic information. No recording of these video meetings are allowed. Register Here. LOGIN CREDENTIALS WILL BE SENT TO YOU UPON REGISTRATION.

Open to family and friends of loved ones living with a mental health condition. As a family member you can face unique challenges: complex family dynamics, social isolation and often unpredictable aspects of the condition. It can be overwhelming. Learn from others and our facilitators who have experience supporting youth and adults living with a mental health condition.

Online/Phone – NAMI Peer Recovery Support Group

This week’s meeting is via Zoom video conference. It replaces the Butterworth group meeting.

This is a no-cost support group for adults living with a mental health condition.

NAMI Support Groups are unique because they follow a structured model to ensure you and others in the group have an opportunity to be heard and to get what you need. The group is led by trained facilitators who also have a mental health condition.

WHAT YOU’LL GAIN:

By sharing your experiences in a safe and confidential setting, you will gain hope and develop relationships. The group encourages empathy, productive discussion and a sense of community.

This group will help you to:

~See the individual first, not the condition

~Recognize that mental illnesses are medical illnesses that have environmental triggers

~Understand that mental illness are traumatic events

~Aim for better coping skills

~Find strength in sharing experiences

~Reject stigma and not tolerate discrimination

~Not judge anyone’s pain

~Forgive ourselves and reject guilt

~Embrace humor as healthy

~Accept that we can not solve every problem

Any questions, please email coordinator@namigmv.org or call NAMI office. We are picking up messages at 563-386-7477 Ext. 266 (M-F 10-2).

Online/Phone – NAMI Peer Recovery Support Group

This week’s meeting is via Zoom video conference. This replaces the Butterworth meeting.

This is a no-cost support group for adults living with a mental health condition.

WHAT YOU’LL GAIN:

By sharing your experiences in a safe and confidential setting, you will gain hope and develop relationships. The group encourages empathy, productive discussion and a sense of community.

This group will help you to:

~See the individual first, not the condition

~Recognize that mental illnesses are medical illnesses that have environmental triggers

~Understand that mental illness are traumatic events

~Aim for better coping skills

~Find strength in sharing experiences

~Reject stigma and not tolerate discrimination

~Not judge anyone’s pain

~Forgive ourselves and reject guilt

~Embrace humor as healthy

~Accept that we can not solve every problem

Any questions, please email coordinator@namigmv.org or call NAMI office. We are picking up messages at 563-386-7477 Ext. 266 (M-F 10-2).

Online ZOOM meet – Special Session Connection Support Group

A Special Session brought to you by Facilitators Autumn and Barb.

We are taking steps for your online privacy and safety. Will ask that you register providing minimum basic information. No recording of these video meetings are allowed. Register here. Login credentials will be sent to you upon registration.

This is a no-cost support group for adults living with a mental health condition.

WHAT YOU’LL GAIN:

By sharing your experiences in a safe and confidential setting, you will gain hope and develop relationships. The group encourages empathy, productive discussion and a sense of community.

This group will help you to:

~See the individual first, not the condition

~Recognize that mental illnesses are medical illnesses that have environmental triggers

~Understand that mental illness are traumatic events

~Aim for better coping skills

~Find strength in sharing experiences

~Reject stigma and not tolerate discrimination

~Not judge anyone’s pain

~Forgive ourselves and reject guilt

~Embrace humor as healthy

~Accept that we can not solve every problem

Online ZOOM meet- NAMI Family Support Group

Open to family and friends of a loved one living with a mental health condition.

Moline, Rock Island and Davenport Facilitators are joining together to offer this special session. This session is open to family supporting both adult and youth living with a mental health condition.

We are taking steps for your online privacy and safety. Will ask that you register providing minimum basic information. No recording of these video meetings are allowed. Register Here. Login credentials will be sent to you upon registration.

START DELAYED. NAMI Basics First Day of Class

NAMI Basics is a no-cost 6-week course for parents, foster parents and primary caregivers of adolescents who are exhibiting signs or symptoms of a mental health condition. Course runs through May 7. Childcare and foster parent CEU are available.

Registration ends March 30 at 2 p.m.

Foster parents are eligible to obtain credit training hours. (2.5 hours for 6 weeks = 15 hours).

This nationally-developed program is made possible by the investment of the Muscatine Health Support Granting Fund. NAMI is partnering with the Muscatine Department of Public Health to promote early detection and treatment for mental health conditions.

This course is taught by trained parents or caregivers who have similar lived experiences with their own children and allows families to connect, learn, and empower themselves to overcome new challenges.

Course Topics Include:

~The impact mental health conditions can have on the whole family

~Available professional help, treatment options and therapies

~Resources to help navigate school and justice systems

~How to advocate for your child’s rights and to prepare and respond

to crisis situations

~Self-care

CANCELLED. NAMIWalks Rally

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How cool is it to have our own private bowling lanes at Blackhawk Bowl’s VIP Lounge? Let’s have some fun and introduce new people to the NAMIWalks universe.

Team Captains are invited to attend and asked to bring a friend or associate who may be interested in forming their own team. Our goal is 92 teams walk with us September 19 at Veterans Memorial Park, Bettendorf.

Plenty of ice breakers and bowling antics. Snacks are on us. Cash bar.

Thanks to our NAMIWalks sponsor Blackhawk Bowl & Martini Lounge for hosting our event.

CANCELLED. NAMI Family & Friends Port Byron

NAMI Family & Friends @ ISU Muscatine

This is a 90-minute seminar that informs people who have loved ones with a mental health condition how to best support them. It’s also an opportunity to meet other people in similar situations and gain community support.

Please pre-register online or 563-386-7477 Ext. 266 (10-2 M-F).

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN …
The seminar is led by trained people with lived experience of supporting a family member with a mental health condition. They will walk you through the following topics.

– Understanding diagnoses, treatment and recovery
– Effective communication strategies
– The importance of self-care
– Crisis preparation strategies
– NAMI and community resources

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES …
The NAMI Family & Friends companion eBook provides important information about mental health conditions including: conditions and diagnoses, treatment and recovery, crisis planning, resources and more. Register and we’ll send you links where you can download it for free at Amazon and Barnes & Noble where select languages are available for the Kindle, Nook and compatible ebook apps.

THANK YOU TO OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS
This seminar is made possible by the Muscatine Health Support Granting Fund. We’re working with the Muscatine Department of Public Health to encourage early diagnosis and treatment for mental illness.

Live from Bishop Hill. Life is Beautiful Concert for NAMI

Music Promoter Joe Lee always produces a fun, cool events for alternative, bluegrass and rock music fans.

Donate to NAMI

Your donation is tax deductible. NAMI Greater Mississippi Valley is a 501c3 nonprofit. IRS ID# 42-1188963.

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Three Spectacular Evenings

12 Local & Regional Bands

The Life is Beautiful event is back for its third year with a decidedly “Quaran-Tune” twist. A three-night live stream event from Bishop Hill Creative Commons, a visual and performing arts cooperative located in Bishop Hill, Ill., is made possible by Heartland Connections. Concert organizer Joe Lee moved the event from in-person to live stream to meet evolving pandemic trends.

The concert is Friday through Sunday, August 14 to 16, from 5 to 9 p.m. each day. Live stream locations:

Heartland Connections Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/HeartlandConnections/live
NAMI Greater Mississippi Valley Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/NamiGreaterMississippiValley/live
NAMI Greater Mississippi Valley YouTube – YouTube Live: https://youtube.com/channel/UCYeSgOfnlb0ddhZZmbensQg/live

Attending is free and donations are encouraged to support NAMI’s no-cost mental health education and support programs.

Two Evenings Left!

Saturday, August 15
5:00-5:45    The Memphis Dives
6:00-6:45    Doomr Noomr Boomr
7:00-7:45    Rezinator
8:00-8:45    DYNORIDE

Sunday, August 16
5:00-5:45    Murnau
6:00-6:45    Giallows
7:00-7:45    Cedar County Cobras
8:00-8:45    Cryptostatic