NAMIWalks South Texas Rio Grande Valley

This year marks the 15th anniversary of the NAMIWalks program, which has grown steadily since its inception in 2002, collectively raising over $111 million dollars for NAMI organizations and affiliates across the country. Most importantly, it has changed the way we talk about mental illness. Our walks are often a person’s first introduction to NAMI—as a walker invited by a friend, a local business recruited as a sponsor or a family member asked to donate—and is often how we find our most passionate mental health advocates. The NAMIWalks program was created for everyone. You don’t need to be a fitness enthusiast or a well-versed advocate. You don’t need to pay a registration fee or be a star fundraiser. You don’t need to have a diagnosis or a personal connection to mental illness. And even if you do have a story, you don’t need to share it.