Everyone,

 

As most of you already know (or are fixing to know via newsletter or invitation) NAMI Lubbock will be holding their 1st Annual Lubbock Legends Awards Dinner on Tuesday, May 23rd at Oakwood Baptist Church located on 60th and Ave U.  This years dinner will be sponsored by Bristol Meyers Squibb Pharmaceutical Company and NAMI Lubbock.  The meal, which will be catered by Ambrosia Catering, will be served at no cost to the guests.  However, RSVP's are required.  To reserve your spot, contact the NAMI Lubbock office at (806) 783-9268 to give us your name, the number in your party, and a contact number in case we need to reach you.

 

This year's dinner will be different from those of the past.  The usually May dinner is like a monthly meeting except we might go out of our way to get a really good speaker or someone from our state office.  Although, Brian Shannon, who is the founding president of NAMI Lubbock, is scheduled to deliver a keynote speech and will also be recognizing our recent class "graduates," we're also going to be honoring three of the very special people.  This year marks the inaugural year of The Lubbock Legends Awards.  Beginning in 2006, the NAMI Lubbock Board of Directors, with the help of the affiliate membership, plans to recognize individuals in the Lubbock area who have had a positive influence on the affiliate, have been instrumental through their trade on how mental illness is perceived by the local population, or simply just talks the talk and walks the walk of recovery from serious mental illness.

 

This year, NAMI Lubbock wishes to recognize the following individuals:

• Christal Bennett of Fox 34 will be the recipient of the Lubbock Legends Award for Excellence in Journalism.  She was chosen to be a recipient of this honor as a result of her compassionate reporting on NAMI Lubbock and the Miami shooting that occurred last December.
• Jim Gamble, Ed.D., LPC will be the recipient of the Lubbock Legends Award for Professional of the Year.  He was chosen for his continued support of NAMI Lubbock and for working tirelessly with people with serious mental illness as well as those that love them and care for them.
• Marcy Mayberry will be the recipient of the Lubbock Legends Award for Member of the Year.  Marcy has no problem telling anybody of her struggles with depression and how finding NAMI last Summer following a hospitalization was instrumental in her path to recovery.  The last 12 months for Marcy have literally been nothing less than a Cinderella story.

So we hope you all will come out to the dinner and meet some new friends, say hello to some old ones, and maybe even do some networking with the blend of individuals that will be in attendance who work in the mental health field.  This dinner looks to be the best one yet!

 

Contact us with any further questions.

 

Andy Gibson
Consumer Network Director
NAMI Lubbock
(806) 783-9268
(806) 773-7368
http://namilubbock.nami.org