NAMI In Our Own Voice (IOOV) is a public education anti-stigma program that includes a short video, personal testimony from two people living with a mental illness, and a question and answer period. The In Our Own Voice presenter will share their compelling personal story about living with mental illness and achieving recovery.

NAMI Basics is a six-session education program for parents and other caregivers of children and adolescents living with emotional and behavioral disorders who developed the symptoms prior to the age of 13. The curriculum focuses on teaching the knowledge and skills family members need to cope. The course is taught with two teachers.

Each year we monitor numbers of pairs and nesting success for territories we’re able to locate. We suspect however, that pairs are also nesting on privately-owned waterfront areas, which are accessible only via nearby private property. This is where we need your help. Do you have AMOY nesting “in your backyard”? Anyone suspecting American Oystercatcher…

Creating and sharing content for our website and social media accounts, targeting key audiences and defining and executing digital and off-line marketing strategies.

Evaluating and giving context to available resources to get the right tools into the right hands, and identifying individuals, schools and districts who have experiences to share. Experienced educators are especially valuable here.

Establishing strong relationships with businesses, non-profits, educators and school systems to ensure accessibility and relevance.

Here at the Happy Hope Factory Volunteers are needed to help count, craft, and create the various components of our Happy Hope Bag activities that are then shipped to volunteer teams nationwide for assembly.

Volunteering can be engaging and rewarding, and here at the Center we offer a number of volunteer opportunities, ranging from greeting visitors to event planning to trail work, and can be a one-time occasion or a weekly or monthly commitment.

Provides support and assistance with logistical operations, i.e., paperwork, clean-up, organization, etc. This occurs either at a school site or at the After-School All-Stars office.

ASAS is currently recruiting volunteers to assist in delivering the Show Your Work curriculum during the upcoming academic year. Strong candidates are passionate and experienced in one of these key industries: healthcare, information technology, construction and building trades, cosmetology and barber, manufacturing and distribution, agriculture, culinary arts, hospitality, and first responders. Volunteers can spend approximately…