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Howdy ya'll,
I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who came out to our Donor Appreciation Dinner last night. A good time was had by all. The 40+ people were greeted into the room with by a large screen showing a slide show of last years walk. BBQ was served by Wiley's (good stuff) and the whole thing was sponsored by Janssen Pharmaceutica, Inc.
Here are the highlights of the evening:
We showed the 2005 "NAMIWalks" video which was overnighted by our wonderful Diana Kern. I must say, no offense to Diana, but I'm not sure why each affiliate didn't receive one of these videos at the very beginning of the entire NAMIWalks process - if this video doesn't get you motivated, nothing will! It's a 5 minute informercial about NAMIWalks and the wonderful work that NAMI does for the community. It was a tremendous help to show our audience what NAMIWalks was instead of me telling them, for the milliointh time, which is what I have been doing thus far.
After that, we had a segment of the program called, "How NAMI Lubbock benefits me...." spoken from the provider, the professional, the family member, and the consumer point-of-view. Our provider was our fellow walker Janet Harvery of Lubbock Regional MHMR, our professional was everybody's favorite therapist, Dr. Jim Gamble, the family was our beloved affiliate VP, Bruce Roark, and our consumer was NAMI Humble transfer, Sheryl Bybee (who to date has raised over $1,500 in both online and offline contributions). All of their stories and complementary words of how NAMI has benefitted them were an inspiration to all.
We ended the night with hearing from the walkers and having them thank their contributors. We also announced our grand total raised before the dinner - $4,975.
During and since the dinner, we've raised over $500 giving us a grand total of $5,520 as of 10 am this morning. Our goal is $6,000 and we have a few Lubbock NAMIWalks representatives out in full force today talking to area businesses, individuals and even a foundation or two.
Anyways, I just want to thank everyone who made all of this possible. We're almost to our goal that everyone laughed at two months ago when I set it.
Expect Recovery; expect positive things altogether, or else you won't recognize them once they come your way.
Andy Gibson
Consumer Support Coordinator
NAMI Lubbock
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