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NAMIWWALKS
PA 2008 Saturday, September 20th, 2008
at the State Capitol, Harrisburg |
The
NAMIWWALKS for the Mind of America is a nationwide
fundraising and mental health awareness program
that will be held in 69 communities around the
country in 2008, including Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
These
Walks will raise awareness about Mental Illness
as biological brain disorders, combat stigma
associated with severe mental illnesses and
promote mental health services NAMIWALKS provides
to thousands of families here in Pennsylvania
and across the country.
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Save
the Date: Saturday, September 20th, 2008!
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Location:
State Capitol, Harrisburg PA
Distance: 3 K
Walker Check-in Time: 8:30 a.m.
Official Walk Start Time: 10:00 a.m.
Official Walk End Time: 12:00 noon |
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Annuouncing
Winners of T-Shirt Contest!
Congratulations
to the winners! 1st through 3rd place will receive framed
entries. Every entrant will receive a certificate. Thanks
and Congratulations to everyone who submitted an entry.
First, Second and Third Place Winners are posted below.
Remember that the WALK is September 20 and starts at
10AM at Veteran’s Park across from the State Capitol.
Stay Tuned.
1st
place in the T-Shirt Contest went to a
Wernersville State Hospital Consumer.
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2nd
Place went to an
Allentown State Hospital Consumer |
3rd
place went to a
Torrance State Hospital Consumer |
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Radio
Stations to Provide Entertainment at NHS Cookout (see
below)
and 
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Cookout
and Dunktank by NHS Friday August 22nd!
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Charity
Car Wash to Benefit NAMIWalks!
Friday,
September 5th, 2008
Car
Wash at Community Treatment Team, September 5th, 2008,
12-2pm, 1801 Fron St. Harrisburg PA Donations Requested
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NAMIWalks
PA 2008 Grand Marshal is ABC News Anchor
Kevin
Henry
Kevin
Henry joined the abc27 News Team in September 2000 as
a reporter in the York County Newsroom. Since January
of 2003, Kevin's been anchoring and reporting for abc27
News Daybreak. Kevin
graduated from Point Park College in Pittsburgh and
began his career at WIXZ Radio in McKeesport, PA. His
television news career started in Virginia. He spent
five years there working at a cable outlet in Fredericksburg
and at WVIR-TV in Charlottesville. Kevin
has been lucky enough to win four regional emmy awards,
something he says he would have never done without the
talented photographers at abc27. Kevin
is a Pennsylvania native who shamelessly backs his Pirates
and Steelers. He
has a wife, daughter, two sons and a pup.
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| Announcing
T-Shirt Design Contest!
1st
through 3rd place will receive framed entries and every
entrant will receive a certificate. The 3 winners will
be posted on the NAMI WALKS website. Stay Tuned.
“Congratulations to all that had entered in the
contest
last year you all did a GREAT job!”
If
anyone has something exciting to tell on how their team
is coming along, any fundraising ideas that you had done,
etc. and you want to share it please e-mail tbeaston@nami.org
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