Events in December 2024
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December 1, 2024(1 event) – Tending the Spirit – Connection Support Group This group meets to create and promote an environment of respect and safety in NAMI support groups. We request that attendees respect that religious beliefs are very personal; therefore, religion is intentionally not a part of the NAMI support group structure. However in this unique group we are meeting as a spiritual group meeting intentionally. The spiritual aren’t religious; they are independent seekers, many of whom pray, meditate, and seek other spiritual practices outside the confines of a particular tradition. |
December 2, 2024(3 events) – Connection Support Group https://zoom.us/j/95308080581?pwd=aThPbjlPTHVnSHlBYS9neXBNWlZldz09 Facilitators – Conexion Spanish Support Group Registration Required. Facilitators – Rainbow Circle Connection Support Group Facilitators: |
December 3, 2024(3 events) – Sand Creek Clubhouse – en línea grupo de apoyo para familias en españo Facilitators – Hybrid Family Support Group (NAMI CDA) Facilitators St. Vincent de Paul HELP Center |
December 4, 2024(1 event) – Coffee Break Connection Check-In NAMI Idaho 9:30am-10:30am PST (Virtual) Click Here to Join… Password: NAMI Facilitators: Trish Clayton | [email protected] Wendy Norbom | [email protected] Coffee Break Connection Check-In Facilitators: |
December 5, 2024(3 events) – – Gratitude Connection Meeting https://zoom.us/j/91212247901?pwd=KzZEeXhlWlcrY1J2WndESDNLYVlXUT09 Facilitators Zoom – Connection Support Group Facilitators: Zoom |
December 6, 2024(1 event) – Night Owls/Night Shift Connection Support Group NAMI Wood River Valley 8:00pm-9:30pm MST (Online) Click Here to Join… Passcode: NAMI Facilitators: Wendy Norbom | [email protected] Jennifer Leatham | [email protected] […] Night Owls/Night Shift Connection Support Group Facilitators: Join Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/91212247901?pwd=KzZEeXhlWlcrY1J2WndESDNLYVlXUT09Meeting ID: 91212247901Passcode: NAMI Zoom |
December 7, 2024
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December 8, 2024(1 event) – Tending the Spirit – Connection Support Group This group meets to create and promote an environment of respect and safety in NAMI support groups. We request that attendees respect that religious beliefs are very personal; therefore, religion is intentionally not a part of the NAMI support group structure. However in this unique group we are meeting as a spiritual group meeting intentionally. The spiritual aren’t religious; they are independent seekers, many of whom pray, meditate, and seek other spiritual practices outside the confines of a particular tradition. |
December 9, 2024(2 events) – Connection Support Group https://zoom.us/j/95308080581?pwd=aThPbjlPTHVnSHlBYS9neXBNWlZldz09 Facilitators – Rainbow Circle Connection Support Group Facilitators: |
December 10, 2024(3 events) – – en línea grupo de apoyo para familias en españo Facilitators – Connection Support Group Join URL: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86412244500 Facilitators |
December 11, 2024(4 events) – Coffee Break Connection Check-In NAMI Idaho 9:30am-10:30am PST (Virtual) Click Here to Join… Password: NAMI Facilitators: Trish Clayton | [email protected] Wendy Norbom | [email protected] Coffee Break Connection Check-In Facilitators: – Board of Directors Meeting Monthly on the second Wednesday
Community Resource Envision Center Conference Room, Ponderay
Community Resource Envision Center Conference Room, Ponderay – Board of Directors Meeting Monthly on the second Wednesday
Community Resource Envision Center Conference Room, Ponderay
Community Resource Envision Center Conference Room, Ponderay – Family Support Group Virtual | NAMI WRV Family Support Group is open to any adult whose had a loved one experience a mental health condition. Registration Link: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUrdeCsqzkiGtX_Itlc_1t1MPxCB4FFzMyg Facilitators […] Family Support Group Family Support Group is open to any adult whose had a loved one experience a mental health condition. |
December 12, 2024(4 events) – – Gratitude Connection Meeting https://zoom.us/j/91212247901?pwd=KzZEeXhlWlcrY1J2WndESDNLYVlXUT09 Facilitators Zoom – Family Support Group In-Person | NAMI TV 7:00pm-8:30pm MST Family Support Group is open to any adult who has had a loved one experience a mental health condition. Facilitator: Patti Copple [email protected] Address: First United Methodist Church (2717 12th Ave Rd, Nampa, ID) **Meet in the second portable from the parking lot – Connection Support Group Facilitators: Zoom |
December 13, 2024(1 event) – Night Owls/Night Shift Connection Support Group NAMI Wood River Valley 8:00pm-9:30pm MST (Online) Click Here to Join… Passcode: NAMI Facilitators: Wendy Norbom | [email protected] Jennifer Leatham | [email protected] […] Night Owls/Night Shift Connection Support Group Facilitators: Join Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/91212247901?pwd=KzZEeXhlWlcrY1J2WndESDNLYVlXUT09Meeting ID: 91212247901Passcode: NAMI Zoom |
December 14, 2024
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December 15, 2024(1 event) – Tending the Spirit – Connection Support Group This group meets to create and promote an environment of respect and safety in NAMI support groups. We request that attendees respect that religious beliefs are very personal; therefore, religion is intentionally not a part of the NAMI support group structure. However in this unique group we are meeting as a spiritual group meeting intentionally. The spiritual aren’t religious; they are independent seekers, many of whom pray, meditate, and seek other spiritual practices outside the confines of a particular tradition. |
December 16, 2024(3 events) – Connection Support Group https://zoom.us/j/95308080581?pwd=aThPbjlPTHVnSHlBYS9neXBNWlZldz09 Facilitators – Monday, November 18·6:30 – 8:00pm
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Hybrid Family Support Group (NAMI TV)
Virtual & In-Person | NAMI TV 4800 W Fairview Ave Boise, ID 83706 Family Support Group is open to any adult whose had a loved one experience a mental health condition.Facilitators Sherry Bezuhly; [email protected] Beth Markley [email protected] 4800 W. Fairview Ave. Boise – Rainbow Circle Connection Support Group Facilitators: |
December 17, 2024(3 events) – – en línea grupo de apoyo para familias en españo Facilitators – Hybrid Family Support Group (NAMI CDA) Facilitators St. Vincent de Paul HELP Center |
December 18, 2024(3 events) – Coffee Break Connection Check-In NAMI Idaho 9:30am-10:30am PST (Virtual) Click Here to Join… Password: NAMI Facilitators: Trish Clayton | [email protected] Wendy Norbom | [email protected] Coffee Break Connection Check-In Facilitators: – Wednesday, November 20·5:30 – 6:30pm
Public Meeting, speaker IN PERSON VFW
VFW – VFW |
December 19, 2024(3 events) – – Gratitude Connection Meeting https://zoom.us/j/91212247901?pwd=KzZEeXhlWlcrY1J2WndESDNLYVlXUT09 Facilitators Zoom – Connection Support Group Facilitators: Zoom |
December 20, 2024(1 event) – Night Owls/Night Shift Connection Support Group NAMI Wood River Valley 8:00pm-9:30pm MST (Online) Click Here to Join… Passcode: NAMI Facilitators: Wendy Norbom | [email protected] Jennifer Leatham | [email protected] […] Night Owls/Night Shift Connection Support Group Facilitators: Join Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/91212247901?pwd=KzZEeXhlWlcrY1J2WndESDNLYVlXUT09Meeting ID: 91212247901Passcode: NAMI Zoom |
December 21, 2024
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December 22, 2024(1 event) – Tending the Spirit – Connection Support Group This group meets to create and promote an environment of respect and safety in NAMI support groups. We request that attendees respect that religious beliefs are very personal; therefore, religion is intentionally not a part of the NAMI support group structure. However in this unique group we are meeting as a spiritual group meeting intentionally. The spiritual aren’t religious; they are independent seekers, many of whom pray, meditate, and seek other spiritual practices outside the confines of a particular tradition. |
December 23, 2024(2 events) – Connection Support Group https://zoom.us/j/95308080581?pwd=aThPbjlPTHVnSHlBYS9neXBNWlZldz09 Facilitators – Rainbow Circle Connection Support Group Facilitators: |
December 24, 2024(2 events) – – en línea grupo de apoyo para familias en españo Facilitators |
December 25, 2024(2 events) – Coffee Break Connection Check-In NAMI Idaho 9:30am-10:30am PST (Virtual) Click Here to Join… Password: NAMI Facilitators: Trish Clayton | [email protected] Wendy Norbom | [email protected] Coffee Break Connection Check-In Facilitators: – Family Support Group Virtual | NAMI WRV Family Support Group is open to any adult whose had a loved one experience a mental health condition. Registration Link: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUrdeCsqzkiGtX_Itlc_1t1MPxCB4FFzMyg Facilitators […] Family Support Group Family Support Group is open to any adult whose had a loved one experience a mental health condition. |
December 26, 2024(3 events) – – Gratitude Connection Meeting https://zoom.us/j/91212247901?pwd=KzZEeXhlWlcrY1J2WndESDNLYVlXUT09 Facilitators Zoom – Connection Support Group Facilitators: Zoom |
December 27, 2024(1 event) – Night Owls/Night Shift Connection Support Group NAMI Wood River Valley 8:00pm-9:30pm MST (Online) Click Here to Join… Passcode: NAMI Facilitators: Wendy Norbom | [email protected] Jennifer Leatham | [email protected] […] Night Owls/Night Shift Connection Support Group Facilitators: Join Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/91212247901?pwd=KzZEeXhlWlcrY1J2WndESDNLYVlXUT09Meeting ID: 91212247901Passcode: NAMI Zoom |
December 28, 2024
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December 29, 2024(1 event) – Tending the Spirit – Connection Support Group This group meets to create and promote an environment of respect and safety in NAMI support groups. We request that attendees respect that religious beliefs are very personal; therefore, religion is intentionally not a part of the NAMI support group structure. However in this unique group we are meeting as a spiritual group meeting intentionally. The spiritual aren’t religious; they are independent seekers, many of whom pray, meditate, and seek other spiritual practices outside the confines of a particular tradition. |
December 30, 2024(2 events) – Connection Support Group https://zoom.us/j/95308080581?pwd=aThPbjlPTHVnSHlBYS9neXBNWlZldz09 Facilitators – Rainbow Circle Connection Support Group Facilitators: |
December 31, 2024(2 events) – – en línea grupo de apoyo para familias en españo Facilitators |
January 1, 2025(1 event) – Coffee Break Connection Check-In NAMI Idaho 9:30am-10:30am PST (Virtual) Click Here to Join… Password: NAMI Facilitators: Trish Clayton | [email protected] Wendy Norbom | [email protected] Coffee Break Connection Check-In Facilitators: |
January 2, 2025(3 events) – – Gratitude Connection Meeting https://zoom.us/j/91212247901?pwd=KzZEeXhlWlcrY1J2WndESDNLYVlXUT09 Facilitators Zoom – Connection Support Group Facilitators: Zoom |
January 3, 2025(1 event) – Night Owls/Night Shift Connection Support Group NAMI Wood River Valley 8:00pm-9:30pm MST (Online) Click Here to Join… Passcode: NAMI Facilitators: Wendy Norbom | [email protected] Jennifer Leatham | [email protected] […] Night Owls/Night Shift Connection Support Group Facilitators: Join Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/91212247901?pwd=KzZEeXhlWlcrY1J2WndESDNLYVlXUT09Meeting ID: 91212247901Passcode: NAMI Zoom |
January 4, 2025
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Available Groups
Join us every third Wednesday of the month at 5:30 PM at the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) building in Sandpoint, ID. This is a great opportunity to connect with your local NAMI Far North family in a relaxed and supportive environment. We begin with a public meeting where everyone is welcome to attend. We will present a NAMI update, a guest speaker or short movie, and a little social time from 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM. Delicious food is provided.
Our peer-led support groups run from 6:30 PM to 7:45 PM; one for those living with a mental illness (Connections) and one for family members or friends (Family Support Group) whose loved ones live with a mental health condition.
Gain insight from the successes and challenges of others facing similar experiences. NAMI’s support groups are unique because they follow a structured model, ensuring everyone has an opportunity to be heard and realize that they are not alone.
NEXT MEETING:
See Calendar for Dates/Times
NAMI Family Support Group is a confidential peer-led support group for adults with a loved one who has experienced mental health symptoms. Led by family members of people with mental health conditions, this unique support group follows a structured model, ensuring everyone is heard and their needs are met.
The group meets weekly, every other week, or monthly and is free of cost to participants. The group is designed to provide a non-judgmental and safe space where individuals can share their experiences, gain insight, and develop supportive relationships.
By participating in this group, individuals can aim for:
- Better coping skills
- Find strength in sharing experiences
- Embrace humor as a healthy outlet
Additionally, the group aims to help individuals accept that they cannot solve every problem, understand that mental health conditions are not anyone’s fault, and forgive themselves and reject guilt.
NEXT MEETING:
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NAMI Connection is a free, peer-led support group for any adult who has experienced symptoms of a mental health condition. You will gain insight from hearing the challenges and successes of others, and the groups are led by trained leaders who’ve been there.
Available Programs
WHEN:
1-2 classes per year, Fall/Winter, Spring/Summer.
NAMI Family-to-Family is a program led by NAMI-trained family members who have firsthand experience in supporting loved ones with mental health conditions. The program comprises presentations, discussions, and interactive exercises. NAMI Family-to-Family offers information and strategies for those who care for loved ones with mental health conditions, providing a sense of community and hope.
By participating in this program, you’ll gain knowledge on:
- Effective communication
- Self-care
- Local resources
- Up-to-date information on mental health conditions and treatments
- How to support your loved one with compassion
Furthermore, the group setting provides a sense of mutual support and positive impact. Sharing your own experiences might help others in the class.
To schedule a NAMI Family-to-Family seminar, you can contact us at [email protected] or call us at 208-597-2047.
Attend a free 90-minute or four-hour seminar designed to educate individuals with loved ones experiencing mental health conditions on how to provide optimal support. This seminar also provides an opportunity to connect with others facing similar situations, fostering a sense of community and support.
The seminar is led by trained individuals who have firsthand experience supporting family members with mental health conditions. Throughout the seminar, you’ll explore the following topics:
- Gaining an understanding of diagnoses, treatment, and recovery
- Learning effective communication strategies
- Recognizing the importance of self-care
- Developing crisis preparation strategies
- Discovering NAMI and community resources
To schedule a seminar, please reach out to us at [email protected] or call 208-597-2047.
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How Can I Help?
By volunteering with NAMI Far North, you can make a meaningful difference in the lives of individuals and families affected by mental illness. Volunteers are needed in the following roles:
- NAMI Walks and Movie Night Events
- Support Group Greeter/Host
- Peer Family and Connection Support Leaders (stipends and paid training)
- Marketing/Social Media
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Membership in NAMI Far North entitles you to membership in NAMI and NAMI Idaho. You will receive the NAMI “Advocate” and the NAMI Idaho Quarterly News.
Please provide your information below, then click submit to proceed to pay your annual dues:
- $5 for Open Door Membership
- $40 for Individual Membership
- $60 for Family Membership
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NAMI Far North Idaho
P.O. Box 2415
Sandpoint, ID 83864