8/09/2006

Pathway to Awareness Weekend begins Sept. 30

The National Alliance on Mental Illness of Moore County invites the public to join in the Pathway to Awareness Weekend in celebration of Mental Illness Awareness Week. The event begins on Saturday, Sept. 30th at 7:30 p.m. with Patty Duke speaking at Owens Auditorium, SCC (no admission cost). The event concludes on Sunday, Oct. 1st at the Pinehurst Village Hall Complex with a book signing by Patty Duke from 1:30 to 2:30.
Registration for a 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 walk around Pinehurst begins at 3 p.m. The walk begins at 4 p.m. Closing ceremony begins at 5:30 p.m. with the Candles in the Sky observance in the open meadow, including a launch of hundreds of helium-filled balloons in memory of or in honor of loved ones with a brain illness, their family members, friends, other caregivers and medical professionals.

Please join by WALKING and/or PLEDGING. CONTACT LAURA GINGERICH AT lgingerich@earthlink.net or 949-6569 for more information.

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