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01/03/2026

Day 9 of our "12 Days of Affiliates" continues with a look at NAMI Western Carolina!

After Hurricane Helene devastated the mountain regions of North Carolina last year, NAMI Western Carolina was forced to rebuild and respond to the overwhelming tragedy faced by their community. And respond they did, with a refreshed dedication to providing support to their neighbors. NAMI Western Carolina holds NAMI Signature support groups, like Connection Recovery and Family Support Groups, but also has groups specifically for people living with anxiety, youth and young adults, and parents/caregivers of teens with mental health conditions.

NAMI Western Carolina also offers their offices for community events, like a weekly drop-in art class and other community inclusion projects. They invite community members to just show up for coffee and conversation. All of these recent efforts show a real passion for the real people in their community, which is one of the reasons they were awarded the Affiliate of the Year Award at the NAMI NC Annual Conference this year.

If you live in Buncombe, Henderson, Madison, Mitchell, or Yancey Counties and want to get involved with NAMI Western Carolina, visit their website: https://namiwnc.org/

01/02/2026

On Day 9 of our "12 Days of Affiliates", we're recognizing one of our largest affiliates, NAMI Charlotte!
NAMI Charlotte covers all of metro Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, and is always busy expanding their reach to bring better mental health support to that community.
Some highlights include:
❄️ Launching the Navigator program, a free online resource directory and mental health navigation warmline, with resources available in English and Spanish
❄️ Hosting a wide range of NAMI programming, including Family-to-Family, Family and Friends, Sharing Hope, Connection and Family Support Groups
❄️ Hosting a Hope After Su***de Loss support group
❄️ Opening their Resource Center, a meeting place to gather resources and host events for community inclusion and outreach
❄️ Holding a successful NAMIWalks event in November with over 500 participants

Look for more amazing things out of NAMI Charlotte in 2026! For more information, visit https://namicharlotte.org.
📷 credit: NAMI Charlotte

01/01/2026

Happy New Year! It’s Day 8 of our 12 Days of Affiliates, and today we are highlighting NAMI South Mountains, NC! NAMI South Mountains covers six counties: Burke, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Polk, and Rutherford. They are heavily focused on providing consistent NAMI programming to their communities, including Family and Connection Recovery Support Group and NAMI Smarts for Advocacy Training.

NAMI South Mountains has stood out this year by:
• Hosting specialty support groups, including a Holistic Grief support group and a group for NAMI program facilitators (co-hosted by NAMI Johnston County)
• Holding workshops to train participants in Psychiatric Advance Directives
• Supporting the Polk County Early College High School NAMI on Campus chapter
• Conducting presentations on Crisis Intervention Training (CIT)
• Hosting NAMI Sharing Hope, a series of conversations about mental health in the Black community

NAMI South Mountains is dedicated to seeing its communities thrive with better mental health education and support. For more information, visit their website: https://namisouthmountainsnc.org/.

01/01/2026

Happy New Year! We hope that 2026 brings you health, hope, and new opportunities for growth and recovery.

12/31/2025

On Day 7 of our 12 Days of Affiliates, we’re highlighting NAMI Wake - National Alliance on Mental Illness in the capital city! NAMI Wake County has been focusing their efforts on community partnerships and youth initiatives, making impressive strides in 2025.

Some of their highlights include:
- Increasing outreach – NAMI Wake more than doubled their community outreach from 2024, reaching more than 8000 people through representing NAMI at 53 community events. This outreach has led to partnerships such as one with the Wake Audubon Society.
- Youth mental health - NAMI Wake developed an Ending the Silence partnership with Wake County Public Schools to help end the stigma around conversations of youth mental health. This partnership included distributing T-shirts and wellness kits at the mental health awareness football game at Green Level High School.

Learn more about NAMI Wake County and how to get involved: https://nami-wake.org/.

12/31/2025

It’s Day 6 of our 12 Days of Affiliates, and we’re highlighting NAMI Orange County, NC! NAMI Orange County covers Orange and Chatham Counties, and is heavily invested in meeting the unique needs of both communities.

This year, some accomplishments from NAMI Orange:
• Hired two new community outreach coordinators, including a bilingual coordinator, to broaden their reach and collaboration with community partners
• Supported East Chapel Hill High School’s production of “Every Brilliant Thing,” a one-act play about depression and the power of hope.
• Supported and celebrated CIT officers making a difference in Orange and Chatham Counties with a CIT awards ceremony

NAMI Orange also provides consistent programming, offering Family Support Groups and delivering Family-to-Family and Peer-to-Peer sessions throughout the year.

For more on NAMI Orange County, visit their website: https://namiorangenc.org/.

12/30/2025

Welcome to Day 6 of our 12 Days of Affiliates! Today we are highlighting NAMI NW Piedmont, NC.
Covering Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, and Stokes Counties, NAMI NW Piedmont works closely with other community organizations in their area to spread positive messages about mental health and recovery.

 Increasing awareness and acceptance of mental illnesses, the affiliate tabled at the Triad Out of the Darkness Walk in October, sponsored by the American Foundation for Su***de Prevention.
 They also worked closely with the Mental Health Association of Forsyth County to offer four Crisis Intervention Training (CIT) courses in the area. First responders especially enjoy the presentation about aging, during which they learn how to make interactions easier for the elderly in light of the changes to their senses they experience with age.
 Working again with the Mental Health Association of Forsyth County, NAMI NW Piedmont NC donated to a program that delivers goody bags to psychiatric patients in local hospitals and other mental health program participants.

To learn more about NAMI NW Piedmont’s work in the Triad, visit their website: https://naminwpiedmontnc.org/

12/29/2025

Welcome to Day 5 of our 12 Days of Affiliates! Today’s second highlight is for NAMI Outer Banks NC, a relatively new affiliate not short on passion or drive.

NAMI Outer Banks serves Currituck, Dare, and Hyde Counties on the northeastern most corner of the state. This year they have hit the ground running with a plethora of community activities, including:
NAMI Family-to-Family in February
Ending the Silence Youth Block Party with Loving Paws LLC
Walk Against Addiction
Currituck DHHS Halloween Festival
NAMI Family-to-Family in November
Attendance at the NAMI NC Annual Conference

This affiliate’s passion for their community shines through in everything they do. In an area highly driven by summer tourism, NAMI Outer Banks leaders are determined to make sure that both tourists and locals know that mental health support is available all year round.

For more information on NAMI Outer Banks, visit https://namiobx.org/.

12/29/2025

Welcome to Day 5 of our 12 Days of NAMI NC Affiliates! Today we are highlighting NAMI Johnston County, NC, Inc. This long-standing affiliate east of the capital has been busy this year broadening its reach and influence across Johnston County and surrounding areas.

Some highlights from NAMI Johnston County:
• They’ve expanded youth initiatives through a new partnership with Johnston County Public Schools, bringing in-school mental health presentations to students.
• They’ve strengthened their family support offerings with the launch of Sundays with NAMI, a virtual Family Support Group offered on Sunday evenings.
• They’ve deepened collaboration with local mental health providers by opening new in-office resource centers in Smithfield and Clayton.
• They’ve re-established a NAMI presence in Wayne and Lenoir Counties, through youth initiatives, CIT engagement, and the addition of Alicia Cline as the Director of Operations for Wayne and Lenoir Counties.
• They’ve expanded su***de awareness and prevention efforts with the appointment of a board member, Alexander Lockley, who is fully focused on su***de prevention efforts in Johnston County.

If you want to learn more about the dynamic work of NAMI Johnston County, visit their website: https://namijoconc.org/.

12/28/2025

It’s Day 4 of our 12 Days of Affiliates, and we’re headed west! Our next stop is NAMI High Country, which covers Ashe, Avery, and Watauga Counties.

NAMI High Country is a growing affiliate that consistently maintains virtual Family and Connection Recovery Support Groups, while also building their influence in their community. This year, the affiliate:

• Held a pumpkin smash event for mental health awareness alongside Appalachian State’s NAMI on Campus.
• Hosted a successful NAMIWalks event that met their fundraising goal and brought mental health awareness to their area
• Purchased and donated gun safety boxes to Ashe County
• Helped fund a community rally and festival called “Hope After Helene” that remembered the devastation of Hurricane Helene while it celebrated the resiliency of the community

NAMI High Country creatively finds ways to get its communities involved in learning and talking about mental health. Check out more exciting activities coming from NAMI High Country: https://namihighcountry.org/

12/27/2025

Welcome to Day 3 of our 12 Days of Affiliates! Today we are highlighting our oldest affiliate, NAMI Guilford.

In 2025, this robust Triad affiliate participated in 6 university mental health and wellness events, and become actively involved in NAMI on Campus at UNCG. They provided a program speaker for the Guilford County Schools Mental Health Summit, and began providing Peer Support and coping skills community activities weekly at the Guilford County Behavioral Health Peer Living Room.

Some other highlights include:
 Hosted 52 weekly Family Support Group meetings, 24 Connection Recovery Support Group meetings, 2 Family-to-Family classes, and 1 Peer-to-Peer class, in addition to various community information presentations.
 Received a funding commitment for the affiliate’s first office, staff, and community center. An interim Executive Director is on hand to support the organization into 2026 as they seek their first Executive Director – a huge step for a 40+ year old affiliate previously operated solely by volunteers.

Keep up on the latest with NAMI Guilford by visiting their website: https://namiguilford.org/.

12/27/2025

It’s Day 3 of our 12 Days of Affiliates! We start out today’s highlights with our newest official affiliate – NAMI Foothills NC!

Covering Caldwell, Wilkes, Surry, and Yadkin Counties, NAMI Foothills has absolutely hit the ground running in their efforts to bring NAMI programming and mental health awareness to their community. This year they held a booth at the Wilkes Recovery Rally where they gave information and resources to community members. They also made the drive to attend our NAMIWalks NC event and made valuable connections with other advocates. In October the affiliate began holding Connection Recovery Support Group and Family Support Group meetings at the Wilkes County Public Library.

Currently, affiliate leaders are training in many additional programs that NAMI has to offer so they can become better equipped to continue fulfilling the NAMI mission in their area.

Check out their page for all the latest updates from NAMI Foothills NC! NAMI Foothills NC

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