Please contact our Executive Director Tara Gwynn if you are interested in Volunteer Opportunities or you have any questions about NAMI Wichita.
Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-800-273-8255
Suicide Text: 741741
Crisis Hotline: (316) 660-7500
We will have a NAMI Basics class starting on March 30. This class is for parents and caregivers of children and adolescents with symptoms of mental health illness. In NAMI Basics, we learn to separate the child we know and love from the symptoms of his/her brain disorder. Our children are not “bad” kids, and… Read more »
NAMI Wichita is excited to announce its new website! We realize how important it is to have a strong web presence and how important a website can be for communication. Highlights of our new dynamic content include a blogging/news feature, integrated calendar, online class interest forms, and various feeds bringing you up to the… Read more »
NAMI Wichita and NAMI Wichita Basics have both recently joined Facebook. We invite you to “like” both pages. Facebook allows us to offer you the latest information about NAMI Wichita, NAMI Kansas, and NAMI National. We frequently post information about the latest research, advocacy opportunities, and new education opportunities. The links below will take you… Read more »
On December 3, 2013, NAMI Wichita held its annual award banquet and winter celebration. We are excited to announce the recipients of the following awards. [div class=’content-2-col-left’]NAMI Wichita Member of the Year Jill Evenson Service to NAMI Wichita Award Nancy Ross, LSCSW Service to Consumers Award Sandy Swank, Director of InterFaith Inn Service to Consumers… Read more »
Judy Staton, one of our former presidents, Family to Family teacher, speaker at many Police Academy and Case Manager trainings and overall volunteer for innumerable other NAMI Wichita projects died early on Friday, December 20, 2013, from a heart attack. This followed many months of her courageous battle with cancer. Judy was fully committed to… Read more »