Mental Health News for the Central Savannah River Area
June 2014
NAMI Augusta Presents
Tanya Jackson
Tanya L. Jackson is a native of Detroit Michigan
and has lived in Augusta since retiring from the Army in
2001. She has a Master’s degree from Troy University
in Health Care and Business Administration. Since 2007
Tanya has been a Medical Evaluation Board PEBLO at
Ft Gordon. There she helps active duty service
members receive their VA benefits and discharge from
the Army due to disability. She is active in her local
church Restoration Ministries and an active Zeta Phi
Beta member. Come out and listen as she speaks on
“Brokenness due to Mental Illness as Soldiers”.
Thursday, June 5, 2014 7:00-8:30pm
Reid Memorial Presbyterian Church
2261 Walton Way (Corner of Johns Road) Augusta, Georgia
Free and open to the public. Refreshments sponsored by Behavioral Health Link
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NAMI of Augusta Needs You
NAMI of Augusta Needs You
Anyone interested in becoming a
Member and/or Volunteer contact us
@ (706) 733-8838.
NAMI would like to welcome Shaterra
Dawson as a new volunteer.
FREE Mental Health Events and Services, Spring 2014
NAMI Augusta Sandwich
Seminar. First Thursday of each
month (except July; Happy
Independence Day!). 7:00-8:30
pm. Reid Memorial Presbyterian
Church, 2261 Walton Way (corner
of Johns Road), Augusta.
Sponsor: Behavioral Health Link.
Contact (706) 733-8838.
NAMI Augusta Share & Care
Group is a new group that is
open to the public for people
that just want to talk. They will
meet each 1st and 3rd Saturday of
each month, beginning March 1,
2014 11:00 am to noon @
Summerville Professional Center,
Room 420, 2258 Wrightsboro Rd.
(next to Trinity Hospital). Contact
Ann Lewis @ (706) 691-1047 or
alewisnami@gmail.com.
NAMI Thomson Connection
support group. Every Monday,
10:00-11:30 am. Springfield
Baptist Church, 523 Martin Luther
King St., Thomson, GA. Sponsor:
NAMI Augusta. Contact Mrs.
Wiley at (706) 595-6252 or cell
(706) 595-4299.
NAMI Augusta Family Support
Group. 2nd and 4th Thursdays each
month, 6:30-8:00 pm. Advent
Lutheran Church, 3232
Washington Rd. Open to family
members only. Contact Pam, (706)
664-9535 (cell).
NAMI Aiken Family Support
Group, 1st Monday each month,
7:00-8:30 pm. Aiken Church of
Christ (off the Bypass). Contact
Lynne (803) 257-2388.
NAMI Aiken educational
meeting. 4th Thursday each
month, 7:00 pm. First Baptist
Church, 120 Chesterfield St.
South (back entrance), Aiken, SC.
Contact Lynne, (803) 257-2388.
Double Trouble in Recovery
(DTR) supports people facing both
mental illness and substance
abuse, every Tuesday, noon to
1:00 pm. Maxwell House
Apartments, 1002 Greene St. (at
10th St.), back of the building.
Contact Harvey Barksdale, (706)
399-4490 (cell).
Augusta Area Survivors of
Suicide (SOS) offers grief support
for friends and families of suicide
victims, Meeting Time: Second
Sunday of each month 3 p.m.-5
p.m. Meeting Place: Trinity
Hospice Community Bereavement
Center, 1507 Anthony Rd.,
Augusta, GA. 30904. Contact
person(s): Monika Podesta, 803514-2329,
symbolix2001@yahoo.com or
Lynn Pagano, 706-564-8110, or
Atti Knox, 706-733-1870,
bkknox@yahoo.com
Depression & Bipolar Support
Alliance (DBSA) support group,
3rd Tuesday each month, 6:30 pm.
First Baptist Church, Walton
Building, Room 105, 3500 Walton
Way Extension. Contact Kathy
Ringel, (706) 736-4339.
NAMI Augusta
www.namiaugusta.org
(706) 733-8838
NAMI Georgia www.namiga.org
(800) 728-1052
NAMI National
www.nami.org
(800) 950-NAMI (6264)
24-hour Peer Support “Warm
Line”
(888) 945-1414
24-hour CRISIS HOTLINE
(800) 715-4225
NAMI Augusta does not provide
crisis intervention services,
medical services, or legal
counsel.
Our web site has hundreds of resource listings including our FREE support groups.
www.namiaugusta.org
Walking Together in Recovery
First Annual Augusta Recovery Walk
A day of Food, Fun, Recovery, Info, Music, & Community
Saturday, June 21, 2014 @ the Augusta Commons (836 Reynolds St) From 10 am2pm. For more information please send questions to brent@gmhcn.org or call (404) 6879487, ext. 22.
Hey yall, it’s that time of the year again. NAMI is
gearing up for its annual walk. This year there are
two walks being planned in the state of Georgia.
Locations this year include Atlanta at Piedmont Park
on Oct 4th and Moultrie at Colquitt County Courthouse
on Sept 27th. Check in time in Atlanta is 10:00 a.m.
and the walk begins at 11:30 a.m. Check in time in
Moultrie is 10:00 a.m. and the walk begins at 11:00a.m.
Teams consist of 10 members and remember 50% of
the proceeds stay at our local NAMI right here in
Augusta. For more information on the Atlanta walk
contact Marc Gibbons at (678) 923-2957 or at
gibbonsmarc@namiga.org. For more information on
the Moultrie walk contact Lynn Wilson at (229) 891-
1725 or at lynnbw45@gmail.com. Stay posted as we
bring you more information on how you can be a part
of a great cause.
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Join NAMI
today!
NAMI Augusta membership is
$35 per year. Additional gifts are
kept 100% local. For those with
limited income, our “Open Door
Membership” is $3 per year.
Dues-paid members vote and
receive the NAMI Advocate
national magazine.
Please make your checks payable to NAMI Augusta. Send them to:
NAMI Augusta, PO Box 3904, Augusta, GA, 30914-3904
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In the News
If you’re a football fan then you may have heard of Brandon Marshall. Brandon
Marshall is a wide receiver who announced he had been diagnosed with Borderline
Personality Disorder back in 2011. Well, just recently he has renewed his contract for 3 years
with the Chicago Bears for $30million dollars. He also announced that he would be donating
$1million dollars to treatment for people with mental illness. Now that’s awesome. Brandon
Marshall is no stranger when it comes to supporting and fighting the fight against Mental
Illness. In the past Marshall has been fined by the NFL ($10,500), which he later matched
and donated to his foundation the Brandon Marshall Foundation. Marshall was fined for
raising awareness of mental illness by wearing green shoes during Mental Illness Awareness
week last October. As the fight continues it’s good to know that we are not alone and that
there are still people willing to stand up and advocate for the millions of people who are
unable to advocate for themselves.