The Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
If you or someone you know is experiencing a mental health crisis, the following resources will help:
Calls or texts to these numbers will connect you to a crisis center where trained volunteer counselors or mental health professionals are waiting to help. The calls are free and confidential.
Call 988: After listening for options, there will be a pause while you are transferred to an available call center.
Text 988 or Text 'MN' to 741741
Mobile Crisis Teams in Minnesota: **274747 (from mobile phones)
Every county in Minnesota has professional crisis teams that will come to you and help resolve the crisis and link you to needed services. Those living in Benton, Stearns, Sherburne or Wright counties in Minnesota can still call the 4 county crisis line:
320-253-5555 or 1-800-635-8008
IMALIVE Chat: Online crisis chat service with trained volunteers.
imalive.org click the 'chat now' button at the top of the page.
Minnesota Farm and Rural Helpline: 1-833-600-2670.
or Text "FarmStress" to 898211
Veteran Crisis Lines: 988 (option 1) Text to 838255
or Call Vets4Warriors 1-855-838-8255
If you or someone you know is experiencing a mental health crisis, the following resources will help:
Calls or texts to these numbers will connect you to a crisis center where trained volunteer counselors or mental health professionals are waiting to help. The calls are free and confidential.
Call 988: After listening for options, there will be a pause while you are transferred to an available call center.
Text 988 or Text 'MN' to 741741
Mobile Crisis Teams in Minnesota: **274747 (from mobile phones)
Every county in Minnesota has professional crisis teams that will come to you and help resolve the crisis and link you to needed services. Those living in Benton, Stearns, Sherburne or Wright counties in Minnesota can still call the 4 county crisis line:
320-253-5555 or 1-800-635-8008
IMALIVE Chat: Online crisis chat service with trained volunteers.
imalive.org click the 'chat now' button at the top of the page.
Minnesota Farm and Rural Helpline: 1-833-600-2670.
or Text "FarmStress" to 898211
Veteran Crisis Lines: 988 (option 1) Text to 838255
or Call Vets4Warriors 1-855-838-8255
HELLO WALKERS!
Our Mental Health Walk is temporarily on hold until we find a safe location that has a shelter.
We will post here when we have more info.
Thanks for checking in!
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Our 10th Mental Health Walk in May 2023
is a happy memory!
Thank you to everyone who came to Lake George on Saturday May 6th, 2023 to show support for those whose lives are impacted by mental illness.
Thank you to all the NAMI St. Cloud Area Board members and their families who each did their part to make this event possible!
Thank you especially to Nick Johnston for his patience and in getting things where they need to be;
Thank you to Gary Vieth who secured door prizes, even though he couldn't be present at the Walk this year;
Thank you to Caroline Stringer for providing wonderful items for the silent auction every year of the Walk;
Thank you to Becca and Wendy for checking folks in; Thank you to Cecil and Betty for Registration; Thank you to Brad and Patti for your help at the t-shirt table.
Thank you to Elena, Justin and Coco for providing music and fun and energy and pizza!
Thank you to Melissa for face painting
and creating Thank You to Sponsors sign each year. Thank you to Nick, Jessi, Mariah and Connor, Patti and her grands for being there;
Thank you to Cecil and Lowell Huston for their years of everlasting kindness and support for NAMI St. Cloud Area.
Thank you to Dan Kippley for being
the go-to guy at the T-shirt table for 9 years.
Although he wasn't able to be present this year, we are ever grateful to him for his years of dedication and service to the NAMI St. Cloud Area Board. Thank you Dan!
Thank You to our 2023 Mental Health Walk Sponsors:
CentraCare
Granite Financial
Grede II LLC
DAV Chapter 9
Central MN Mental Health Center
Brenny Transportation
D.J.Bitzan Jewelers
mnmentalhealth.org
Hanisch House, Inc.
Blattner Company
Anderson Trucking
Anonymous