NAMI Far North sets sights on new 'Clubhouse'
A participant takes part in NAMI Far North's NAMI Walk in October 2023. The mental health support group is now kicking its latest effort — the launching of a Clubhouse International facility. The Sand Creek Clubhouse, which will serve Bonner and Boundary counties, will provide recovery-based programs for those living with mental health conditions.
(File photo/CAROLINE LOBSINGER)
Dawn Mehra, president of NAMI Far North, pictured far left helps as part of a sign train at the grassroots organization's NAMI Walk held this fall. The group's new effort — the Sand Creek Clubhouse — will provide recovery-based programs for those living with mental health conditions.
SANDPOINT — She was sick and tired of being, well, sick and tired.
Before she experienced a serious mental illness, she was a wife, a mother of four children, and had a job she loved.
"Everything was going great: my faith, family, career … until it wasn’t," said Donnamarie, a pseudonym used in the member testimonial shared by Clubhouse International. "… So, I just kept pushing through until I couldn't, and my thoughts betrayed me."
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