September: Begin creation of the “club in a box”, find routes for recruiting members
October: recruit student leaders, get in contact with interested students November: Run leadership training day, provide students with materials December: Ensure that each club will be established in schools through contact with school administrators January: Establish clubs in additional schools, keep in contact with leaders, determine specific use of funds (if grant is approved) February: Suggest events for clucs (such as for National Eating Disorders Awareness Week in February), distribute funding (if grant is approved) March: Ensure that grant money is being used appropriately (if grant is approved), meet with club leaders to discuss progress, suggest activities for May Mental Health Month April: Have sustainability conversations with each club to ensure continuance and new club leadership (schedule another leadership training day), prepare Signature presentation May: Run additional leadership training for 2017-2018 school year, present Signature project In addition, I hope to coordinate with NAMI Northern California and Baltimore who both have recently independently established their own NAMI high school programs so that we may consolidate our resources (and I hope to have this done in the fall).
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Lindsay Slaughter
10/24/2016 12:20:58 pm
Katherine, I'll be your Signature Manager this year. I'm really looking forward to following your blog this year. You have a lot planned for your project!
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