Search OMHSAS DPW Links DPW Home DPW Services Apply for Services ... Contact DPW OMHSAS Services Act 21 2004 Access Manual (pdf) PROMISe Behavioral Health Choices ... Contact OMHSAS Room 502, PO Box 2675 Harrisburg, PA Ph. 717-787-6443 Fax 717-787-5394 Toll Free OMHSAS Information and Referral Line: 1-877-356-5355 www.SamhsaGovCenters.org May is Mental Health Awareness Month To take advantage of an entire month dedicated to the people we (OMHSAS) serve, NAMI National is sponsoring a nationwide fundraising and mental health awareness program called NAMI WALKS. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has been chosen as one of 40 locations across the country where this year's walk will be held. To show our support of this powerful initiative, OMHSAS is encouraging our staff to participate in this event. The Walk will be held on May 22, 2004. This is a rain or shine event. If you would like to learn more about the walk, click here. http://namipa.nami.org All the proceeds from the Walk will be used to fund NAMI's programs. These programs include support, education, research, and advocacy involving schizophrenia, bipolar disorder (manic depression), major depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder and severe anxiety disorders. To rally support, OMHSAS sponsored a t-shirt contest at our state mental hospitals. Consumers at each of our state mental hospitals were encouraged to create a t-shirt design with a mental health awareness focus. The designs were submitted to OMHSAS and then disseminated to a panel of consumer judges from Harrisburg State Hospital to choose the winning design. Over 120 designs were submitted. The winning design was submitted from Danville State Hospital. The winning design is displayed at the left, which will be reproduced as the OMHSAS team t-shirt for NAMI WALKS. Each contestant in the t-shirt design contest will receive a free t-shirt with the winning design on it. If anyone would like to purchase a t-shirt, please contact Celene Funk at | |
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