Get Involved

Volunteer

NAMI SFV is an all-volunteer organization.
We are always in need of volunteers. YOU CAN HELP!

help with community outreach
train to teach a class or facilitate a support group
write and distribute press releases
support social media
advocate to end stigma
make coffee, serve cookies at meetings
enter data
stuff envelopes
make phone calls, manage our phone message center
keep our website up-to-date
help organize our NAMI WALKS and other fundraisers

Every NAMI SFV volunteer helps us reach and serve families and individuals living with mental illness in our community.
With just a few hours a week, or even a few hours a year, you can help.
Opportunities include Family to Family classes, Peer to Peer programs, Expert Speaker meetings, Care and Share support groups, lending library, our newsletter, our website, Health Fairs and other outreach events throughout the greater San Fernando and Santa Clarita Valley. Download and complete the volunteer application. ( En Espanol ) and mail to NAMI SFV Attn: Volunteer
14545 Sherman Circle Van Nuys CA 91504

If you would like to volunteer, or help us in any way, contact us
or call 818-994-6747 and leave us a message. A NAMI San Fernando Valley volunteer will be in touch as soon as possible.

FUN"d"raisers

This group meets every FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH. All are welcome!
Center for Family Living 14545 Sherman Circle Van Nuys, CA 91405
7pm - 8:30pm. Join us to help plan events, raise money, prepare for our annual NAMI WALKS and generally put the FUN back in fundraising! All funds raised support NAMI SFV free educational and outreach programs.

Shakey's 2nd Annual Event Slated for : JUNE 7 2012.. Raffle & Silent Auction suggested, join us to plan and enjoy this fun, FUNdraising event
FUN"d" raisers is NAMI SFV's committee dedicated to fun, fundraising and NAMI WALKS . For more info, contact us. 818-994-6747

Cookies and Coffee

NAMI SFV Needs Volunteer Hosts for our monthly speaker meetings. Help us welcome our Guest Speakers, members and community members by preparing Cookies, Coffee, Tea. Third Wednesday of each month 6pm - 8pm. Easy, fun way to help NAMI SFV and to learn from our exceptional expert speakers!
Contact us today if you would like to help this month, or at any time in the future. 818-994-6747

Volunteer Opportunities

Current Volunteer Opportunities
National Alliance on Mental Illness San Fernando Valley

How would you like to help?

ACTIVISM / ADVOCACY :
Stand up and Speak out for our loved ones with mental illness. Get to know our legislative leaders and prepare to speak up on upcoming issues and advocacy alerts. If you would like to take the lead in ensuring justice and inclusion for people living with mental illness, contact us today!
ACTIVITIES :
NAMI WALKS for the Mind of America - ANNUAL FUNDRAISING WALK -
NAMI San Fernando Valley primary source of operating income is from the annual fundraisng NAMI WALKS in October. This ensures we can continue to provide important services, programs and information / resources FREE OF CHARGE to our community. Please consider helping us as a WALK COMMITTEE volunteer. You will meet a dynamic group of dedicated NAMI San Fernando Valley volunteers, learn how to support a fundraising campaign, and contribute to all the good things NAMI provides to families like yours. Call us 818- 994-6747 any time during the year to lend a hand or contact by email.

ALL INVITED! NAMI WALK 2012 MEETINGS Start Soon!
NAMIWALKS for the Mind of America 2012 is going to be here before you know it! Get ready to join us for our annual October fundraising walk.
Raise $100 or more and receive a NAMIWALKS T-shirt
Contact us for NAMI WALKS info today. (818) 994-6747

COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE
NAMI SFV needs help to fill in the blanks on our Communications Committee.
We need your help to create reports, press releases, PSAs, web content, funding appeals, advocacy alerts, calls to action, news features, letters to the editor...the opportunities to write go on and on. The most important characteristic we need in this Committee's toolkit is an unwavering commitment to making a difference for individuals and families living with mental illness.
Contact us today! Join to support NAMI SFV community based programming provided FREE to families caring for a loved one with severe mental illness and individuals living with mental illness.
The Communications Committee :

Writes and distributes PSAs, Press Releases and Media Alerts.
Responsible for identifying opportunities to attend community fairs and health fairs, service org meetings, faith based gatherings, and media outlets to present information about NAMI SFV programs and services.
Encompasses our NAMI SFV printed and e- newsletters, our promotional materials, our outreach, media and PR activities and awareness raising activities related to our affiliate and our annual NAMI WALKS for the Mind of America fund-raising walkathon.
Updates our website, announces and promotes events ( including our Expert Speaker Meetings, our FREE family to Family Classes and Family Support Groups, our new bowling league, our NAMI WALKS 2010 fundraiser and more )
Keeps our community informed of upcoming actvities and reaches out to the community on all levels to ensure we reach and provide services to those in need.
Updates RESOURCES. If you have additional information on services available free of charge or at low cost that may help our families, or wish to help us UPDATE resources, contact our resource expert, Jim.

DATA ENTRY / RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Help us research and enter updated resources and information on services for NAMI SFV website and e-newsletter.
Enter names and other contact information to NAMI-SFV contact database, DonorPerfect. This is an ongoing project that requires computer and typing skills, some database management skills will also be helpful, and attention to detail will be essential. Each month, at NAMI – SFV speaker meetings and outreach events, sign in sheets with contact information of people who have asked to be added to our mailing list need to be entered. This helps NAMI SFV provide important information and services to the community. If you would like to put your computer skills to work to serve NAMISFV, contact us today!

EVENTS - OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS
Attend outreach events to provide information and answer questions on NAMI-SFV at community fairs, health fairs, special events. NAMI – SFV outreach efforts are on-going and there are opportunities at least once a month, sometimes more often, to help us get the word out to the community about NAMI SFV valuable programs and services. Contact us today to learn more.
Thank you for your interest in helping us reach out to help others.

MEMBERSHIP
PHONES PHONES PHONES
NAMI SFV needs a special someone to manage our phone messages. We are an all-volunteer organization and need additional team members to WORK FROM HOME to manage and respond to phone messages. All you need to succeed: Friendly Phone Manner. Desire to Help. Find our more call us 818-994-6747 or ... Contact now.

MAIL - Help us Prepare Membership Packets, Mailings and More
Volunteers are needed for ongoing group projects to print labels, prepare and stuff membership packages for NAMI-SFV, National Alliance on Mental Illness, San Fernando Valley. This is perfect for a small group service project and will help NAMI San Fernando Valley provide information to families and individuals in our community living with mental illness. Perfect for any group service
learning project, this will have a meaningful impact and can be completed on one fun day at your school site or at home. If you have a group, a few hours, and a desire to help, contact us today!

Help countless people struggling with severe mental illnes by volunteering to help NAMI SFV. Interested in helping but don't see your perfect volunteer job here? Join us at our monthly Expert Speaker Meeting - Third Wednesday of every month at 14545 Sherman Circle - The Center for Family Living - Van Nuys 91405
Speaker Meetings are free, start at 6:45, and offer an opportunity to join NAMISFV to explore how you'd like to help.

MARKETING - SOCIAL NETWORKING OUTREACH
Whether you are an individual, a family member or a member of a community, civic or faith based group, you can make a difference by helping us spread the word by adding us to your social networking communities: friend us on FaceBook or MySpace, add us as a Cause and challenge your friends to support us, Twitter us, Digg us, link us to your blog. However you do it, your help is important to the ongoing work of NAMI San Fernando Valley. We appreciate your help in spreading the word on how NAMI San Fernando Valley helps families and individuals living with mental illness. Contact us for more info.

SPANISH LANGUAGE TRANSLATION & OUTREACH
NAMI San Fernando Valley has a tradition of serving the Spanish speaking community of the San Fernando Valley and needs help to continue and expand that tradition. If you have spoken, written and/or public speaking abilities in Spanish, we need your help. Translate website pages and other materials from English to Spanish for us.
Contact NAMI San Fernando Valley for more information.

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECHNOLOGY VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR PUBLICITY - OUTREACH / COMMUNICATIONS & MORE
Do you want to help end stigma related to mental illness?
Help us reach out, spread the word, and make a difference in our community.
NAMI San Fernando Valley needs technology-proficient volunteers to help with a variety of projects related to data management, outreach and communications. We welcome you to help us with:

Data Entry
Database management
Website maintenance
Printing and Mailing
Health Fairs and Community Fairs - volunteer at our info tables
Fundraising - help us plan events and reach out to sponsors
Annual NAMI WALK
Advocacy and Policy Issues
Socail Media
Write for our newsletter
Write articles about us for your local newspaper
Write for our website or blog

Help us outreach to spread the word about our NAMI -SFV Programs and
services including FAMILY TO FAMILY classes, Expert Speaker Meetings,
Support Groups, Train to be a Teacher or Support Group Facilitator

COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE JOB DESCRIPTION:

The Communications Committee works to promote and keep up to date external communication with members and non-members. Many of the functions of the committee are accomplished independently.
The Communications Committee also responds to needs of other committees and projects.

Website / Social Media
Newsletter / E-news
Outreach Activities
Message center/Phones
Library
Tributes/memorials
Thank you’s
Resources
Robocalls/postcards
PR/Media

CONTACT DATA ENTRY VOLUNTEER JOB DESCRIPTION

Enter handwritten emails, names and other contact information to NAMI-SFV email mailing list and to contact database. This is an ongoing project that requires computer and typing skills to enter names gathered at NAMI – SFV speaker meetings and outreach events. This position reports to Donor Perfect project leader, Donor Perfect Manager Jovanne Santos.

OUTREACH / EVENTS VOLUNTEER JOB DESCRIPTION

Attend outreach events to provide information and answer questions on NAMI-SFV at community fairs, health fairs, special events. NAMI – SFV outreach efforts are on-going and there are opportunities at least once a month, sometimes more often, to help us get the word out to the community about NAMI SFV valuable programs and services. Contact Zee Dankworth Zee cptilylvz@hotmail.com for details and dates of upcoming events. Or Contact NAMI SFV mail@namisfv.org / volunteer@namisfv.org

PHONE MONITOR VOLUNTEER JOB DESCRIPTION

Provide crucial information and answer questions by monitoring NAMI-SFV answering machine and routing calls to appropriate board and committee members and other community resources.
NAMI SFV is an all-volunteer organization providing free education, information and resources to families and individuals living with severe mental illness. We do not have an office but work to respond to cries for help and queries for information on classes and special events by monitoring phone messages on our answering machine and ensuring callers get as prompt a response as possible. We accept and respond to messages in English and Spanish, but you need not speak Spanish to be effective in this important role. If you want to help, we want to know. Contact us mail@namisfv.org / volunteer@namisfv.org or call and leave a message 818-994-6747 a volunteer will return your call as soon as possible.

EDUCATION COMMITTEE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES: (full job descriptions coming soon)

Nami en Espanol, Contact for more info

NAMI Membership Coordinator
NAMI SFV Support Group and Facilitator Coordinator

NAMI SFV Peer to Peer Coodinator

NAMI SFV Speaker Meetings Coordinator

NAMI BASICS Coordinator

NAMI Communications Media Liaison
NAMI Communications Social Media Coordinator

NAMI Communications Web Content Management Support

NAMI Communications NEWSLETTER ASSISTANT EDITOR
NAMI Communications Newsletter LAYOUT ASSISTANT h

NAMI Communications Resource Manager

NAMI Volunteer Outreach Coordinator

and much much more. Contact us today to volunteer!

If you have a strong desire to make a difference and have a
passion for helping people living with mental illness...
If you have computer skills, organizational skills, or typing skills, we can
put them to good use.
If you like people and enjoy sharing information with others, we can use
your gift of gab to spread the word about NAMI-SFV.
If you like group projects, we can use your help to prepare Membership Information packets and other mailings and welcome your group to gather and make this happen.
If you like to work on your own, we even have virtual volunteer
opportunities that can be conducted at home.
If you wish to make a real difference and would like to make the commitment
to serve on a NAMI-SFV committee, we welcome you and invite you to attend an
upcoming meeting.
Contact us for more information.

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