NAMI Pasco, an affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness hosted its 11th Annual Education and Awards Banquet on October 5. Awards are given to those in the community who go “above and beyond” to help with the NAMI Pasco mission of support, education, advocacy, and elimination of stigma for those with mental illness and their families.
Left to right: NAMI Pasco Vice President Gloria Strother; New Port Richey Chief of Police Kim Bogart accepting for “CIT Officer of the Year Award” winner, Lt. Lauren Letona; Clinical Social worker and VA community liaison “Provider of the Year Award” Ken Hale; “Media Award 2017” Daylina Miller reporter for WUSF Public Media; “Humanitarian HOPE Award” Pasco ASAP coordinator, Monica Rousseau; “Public Servant of the Year Award” Greg Giordano of Pasco County Tax Collectors Office; NAMI Pasco member “Advocate of the Year Award” Joe Prizzi, retired CPA; President of NAMI Pasco Doug Webster.