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Join NAMI Mercer or Renew Membership

February Is NAMI Mercer Membership Month!

Join the thousands of NAMI members across the nation dedicated to improving the lives of people with mental illness. When you join NAMI Mercer, you become a part of the NAMI national, state, and local families.

Kimme Carlos.Dear Friends of NAMI Mercer,

Some years ago, my studious and obedient child began cutting herself. As a young, single parent, I was alarmed and confused, but it was the look in my daughter's eyes that frightened me the most--the same look of hopelessness and despair that I had seen on my mother's face shortly before she died by suicide 20 years earlier. Fortunately I had the insight and determination to get my very vulnerable child into therapy, where I learned that she was struggling with anxiety disorder and chronic depression.

At a group therapy meeting, a fellow parent introduced me to NAMI Mercer, an affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness. The largest grass-roots mental health organization in the country, NAMI provides education and support for individuals and families affected by mental illness and advocates for lives of quality, free from stigma and discrimination.

Today, I am a NAMI Mercer Board officer, a facilitator for NAMI's signature Family to Family education program, co-chair of the Programs and Services Committee, and leader of team captains for the 2013 NAMIWalk. All of my volunteer efforts are driven by my beliefs that no one should have to shoulder the challenges of mental illness alone and that there is always hope for recovery.

If you believe in NAMI Mercer's mission, please become a member. Your voice, added to hundreds of others, will make a difference as we advocate for better services and policies for people with brain disorders. Help us convince our leaders "to do what's right" for mental health care in this country by developing early identification and intervention strategies, expanding services, and eliminating barriers to treatment. Joining NAMI Mercer is something positive you can do to help prevent the tragic consequences of untreated mental illness.

If you or a loved one is living with a mental illness, please join NAMI Mercer and take advantage of all the free programs and services that we have to offer. Your confidentiality will be respected.

Joining and renewing are easy. You can do it from this page!

Most kind regards,

Kimme Carlos.

NAMI Mercer Board of Directors

Annual Membership Levels
Individual/Family Membership:  $35
Open Door (limited income) Membership: $3
Professional Membership:  $50
Organizational Membership:  $150
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Memberships are for a twelve month period. You will be reminded at the end of the period to renew.

 

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An invitation from NAMI Mercer Executive Director Sally Osmer

Now is the time for a national conversation about mental illness. Why? Because we have reached the critical tipping point where real change is possible. Our education and advocacy efforts have achieved a heightened public awareness; the subject of mental illness no longer is taboo, and we are winning the battle against stigma that prevents so many from seeking treatment.

And who is better suited to lead the conversation than NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness.

NAMI is the largest grassroots mental health movement in the nation, with affiliates in every state. By joining NAMI Mercer, you also join NAMI New Jersey and NAMI National. All three organizations provide meaningful and much-needed free services to families and individuals facing mental illnesses. 

We hope that you will act today, and be part of the alliance!

 

NAMI Mercer is a membership organization with an emphasis on the quality of relationships, community building, and opportunities to bond and connect with other members.

  

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