About NAMI Wood County
NAMI Wood County is a leading self help organization offering events, free educational classes, support groups, and other programs addressing mental health for Bowling Green, Ohio and all surrounding Wood County communities.
NAMI Wood County is a tax-exempt, non-profit organization and is an affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI).
Programs
All of our groups are peer-facilitated and all group leaders have been trained by NAMI Ohio staff.
Resources
Find what you need. Resources for NAMI National, NAMI Ohio, Network of Care and more.
CIT Training
The CIT Training programs are local initiatives designed to improve the response to mental health crises.
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We are looking for volunteers for our Family Support Group, as well as looking for facilitators for our Family-to-Family and NAMI Basics programs!
If you are interested, apply at namiwoodcounty.org/volunteer-with-nami-wood-county/.
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Our NAMI Connection Recovery Support Group for Men meets next on Tuesday, October 8 at 6pm on Zoom. Visit namiwoodcounty.org/nami-connection-recovery.../ to learn more about this group!
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We invite you to join us for our book club! Our next meeting is coming up October 15th at the NAMI Wood County office. Miss the first two meeting? No worries! You can still join in October.
To register please follow this link: namiwoodcounty.org/nite-out-nami/
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Our 6th Annual AfterBurn was a success! We had a great time celebrating recovery, eating pulled pork, Mac & cheese and chili, and beating mental health stigma. 💚🔥🌶️🎃
Last night, we hosted our traditional trunk or trunk with 14 local agencies including:
BGSU Police Department
Wood County Health Department
Wood County Addictive Responsive Collaborative
Harbor
Unison Health
Wood Counth Educational Service Center
Children's Resource Center
Wood County Suicide Prevention Coalition
Wood County Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board
Ohio Guidestone
Wood County Humane Society
Giving Birthdays
Healing Connections Wellness Center
Congratulations to our Fan Favorite Trunk or Treat booth, Wood County Educational Service Center! 🍬🍬🍬🍬
Our annual chili cook-off had 8 submissions this year. Congratulations to our Golden Spoon award winner Bree Snow and our People's Choice award winner Michelle Snow! And thank you to our three celebrity judges this year: Chief Michael Campbell (BGSU Police Department), Lieutenant Jamison Martinez (Wood County Sheriff Department), and Lieutenant Shad Kitchen (Bowling Green Fire Department). 🌶️🌶️🌶️
We had a wide variety of kids friendly activities including "Spook Out Stigma" Ghosts, Sensory Bottles, Bracelet making and more. 🎃🎃
Our event ended with a moment of silence for individuals who have lost their lives due to their mental illness and/or suicide as well as a moving performance from Staci Taper, NAMI Wood County volunteer and Connection Center member of sign singing "Roar" by Katy Perry. Thank you for this amazing performance, Staci! 💚💜💛
Lastly, we had 6 raffle basket winners including our iPad raffle. Congratulations to all of our raffle prize winners! 🎟️🎟️
Thank you to all of our sponsors and raffle donors who helped support this event. And a special thank you to Pisanello's Pizza in Bowling Green for donating pizza for our volunteers!🍕🍕
Thank you to all of our volunteers who helped manage our activity tables, registration, the chili room and overall event management. AfterBurn would not be as successful without the passion and work our volunteers put into this event each year. 💚💚💚
Save the date for next year's AfterBurn: Friday, October 3, 2025!
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What a great event! I enjoyed every minute of it. I can’t wait until next year’s AfterBurn!
My son husband and I had a blast we look forward to it!!!
Did you know NAMI Wood County offers FREE webinars on our website?
Derek Lee, MRC, CRC, LPCC-S, DBTC, discusses many topics related to finding a provider, including: the difference between a psychiatrist and therapist, social work vs. clinical counseling, things to consider when you start looking for a provider, where to find a provider, barriers to finding a provider, community mental health agencies vs. private practices, cultural competency, helpful steps to take after you or a loved one has received a diagnosis, and information about telehealth services.
Visit namiwoodcounty.org/nami-education-series/ to watch this FREE webinar!
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We're excited for AfterBurn THIS Friday! If you are planning on pre-registering, please do so by the end of today (Wednesday, October 2). This will guarantee you get tshirts, meals and chili tastings. We will be closing online registration today.
BUT you can still register in-person at the event!
Visit www.namiwoodcounty.org/afterburn to pre register!
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