Let me be the first to say...
We may now teach classes at the Covenant lakeside plaza!

I talked to the Director of the Plaza today, And he is ready for the
outreach program/team to be brought in to the hospital some in
January!

Yes that's right our very own NAMI Lubbock outreach program is now in
working status and now we will be able to do what we set out to do.

Just thought that I could give some good news for the day!


Heather Peacher
C.O.C

We need gift wrappers at Barnes and Nobles at:
3-4 pm 2 needed
4-5 pm 2 needed
5-6 pm 1 needed to help Daphna
2-3 pm is already covered by the Franks

Let me know what time you can help.

The next date will be Friday Dec 17 from 4 to 8 pm
Thursday Dec 23 is already covered.
David

We urgently need some volunteers to cover the Barnes and Noble gift
wrapping duty this Saturday between 7pm and 10pm.  We 1 more person at
7 pm and 2 people at 8pm and 9pm.  The 6 pm slot is already covered.
Andy, Erin, DeAnna and I will be in Austin for a NAMI Texas meeting
over the weekend so we can't help but will do some time on some of the
next 3 slots before Christmas.  Please email me or call me at 798-7931
or 773-4090 an leave me a message if you can wrap on Saturday night.
We have got to cover this slot.  Many of you commented about how great
it was we got some of the heavier shopping times so now it is time to
step up to the plate and do your part.
Don't forget the Christmas party next week at Daphna's house.  Tuesday
night, 6:30pm and bring an inexpensive gift for the Chineese gift
exchange.
David

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Ted Rall, the cartoonist that drew the cartoon that has received some
attention in this egroup, is one of today's guests on Hannity and Colmes
on the Fox News Network.  He says only one of his cartoons a year is
"bad" like this one and says that this one was inappropriate.  He says
he does 150 cartoons a year and feels 1 out of 150 is a pretty good
average.  Hannity mentioned several cartoons that were in bad taste over
the last 5 years including one that criticized the 9-11 widows.  Hannity
told him "You need help" and You are disgusting."
David Gibson
NAMI Lubbock

Last Saturday I recieved a check for $1486.64 from NAMI Texas.  The
letter that came with it says that this is our share of an unrestricted
gift from the Stuart T. Low Foundation to NAMI Texas and it's affiliates
because they admire our work for persons with serious mental illness.
The foundation administrator is the Greater Houston Community Foundation
and the contact person for the Stuart T. Low Foundation is a lady in
London, England.  Good work everybody!!  Board members - be thinking
about how best to use this.
David

The education meeting with MHMR for next Wednesday has been cancelled.
MHMR is being audited this week so they have other things to do.  We are
trying to schedule another date.  I wonder how long they have known
about this audit?
David

----- Original Message -----

From: Andy Gibson

To: NAMI Lubbock

Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 2:55 AM

Subject: [NamiLub] Rider 55 Hearing Tomorrow in Lubbock

The hearing for the Rider 55 proposal will be in Lubbock tomorrow at the Holiday Inn downtown located at 801 Ave. Q.  The part of the hearing discussing the closure and consolidation of the state hospitals will be from 6-8 pm.

 

This proposal is one that everyone in NAMI Texas needs to participate in and know about.  From my understanding, the state is considering shuting down one of the four or five state hospitals that are still in operation today.  Why should NAMI Lubbock and LRMHMR be interested in this?  As of right now, public mental health, inpatient services go to Sunrise Canyon in Lubbock, which is a 30 bed unit.  Sometimes, those 30 beds are full and they have to send patients to the Big Spring state hospital two hours away.  This costs money to transport these patients; sometimes it happens and there's nothing we can do.

 

Under Rider 55, the Big Spring hospital could be closed.  This means that Sunrise Canyon, if it is full, would then have to send patients to San Angelo, which is three plus hours away.  What does that mean?  That means it will cost us, the taxpayers, more money to transport.

 

Point made, we all need to be educated about this issue and your voice needs to be heard.  Today, you have the opportunity to tell the state what you think about this.

 

It has also been confirmed that Jackie Shannon, former NAMI National President, will be coming from San Angelo to be in attendance for this important issue.  If you haven't met her, this would be a great opportunity to do so.

 

For more information, visit this website below:

 

http://www.hhsc.state.tx.us/news/announce/060404_Rider55_HB1.html

 

Hope to see all of you there!

 

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

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Daphna Simpson

The NAMI Lubbock Egroup exists to allow members to have intelligent, educational
and spirited discussions on any issues concerning primarily NAMI Lubbock,
especially Support, Education and Advocacy.  The NAMI Lubbock Egroup is open to
only members of NAMI Lubbock who agree to conduct themselves in a professional
and courteous manner.  This group is also governed by the terms of service of
Groups.Yahoo.com as listed on their website at
http://groups.yahoo.com/local/guidelines.html.  While this announcement is not
intended to replace all the terms of service previously referred to, here are a
few of the highlights.
   1. No personal attacks or threats will be tolerated.  You can disagree with
anything or anyone and still be courteous.
   2. Watch your language and choose your words carefully.  We are a family
group.
   3. You need to sign your name to every message.  You are responsible for what
you post to this group.  Your email address appears with your posts so there is
no such thing as an anonymous post here.
   4. Do not write your message in all capitals.  All caps is perceived as
SHOUTING and is harder to read.  Give your Caps Lock key a rest.
   5. Do not cross post messages from other egroups to this one unless they
relate to mental health issues in this area.  This egroup is not designed to
replace or duplicate egroups sponsored by NAMI Texas.  Members of this egroup
are encouraged to also be a member of the NAMI Texas general egroup and should
not cross-post messages from the two groups.  Members do not wish to receive
duplicate messages from the two groups.

Questions may be addressed to David Gibson at drgibson@....

David Gibson
NAMI Lubbock