NAMI is the National Alliance on Mental Illness, one of the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness.

Since 2003, one of the ways the organization has raised awareness and funds is by hosting more than 150 NAMIWalks events around the country with more than 78,000 participants and 8,700 teams.

NAMIWalks Coachella Valley will take place Nov. 15 at Palm Desert Civic Center Park. Registration begins at 9 a.m.

"This is an incredible event," says Christine Thomtsad, president of NAMI Coachella Valley, "because it's not only a fundraiser, it's getting people to come out and discover what NAMI is, what NAMI does and the resources that are available."

To help make that happen, there will be

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