STORY AND PHOTO BY KAREN BOSSICK
The Wood River Valley chapter of NAMI will hold its annual Spring Fundraiser from 5 to 8 p.m. tonight—Saturday, May 21—at Friesen+Lantz Gallery, 320 North 1st Avenue in Ketchum.
This event is themed “Art as Therapy.”
Art therapist Jordan Dooley will offer a peek inside NAMI-WRV’s programs and Melissa Graves Brown will provide live art. Other speakers will include youth involved in NAMI’s Bluebird groups.
Warfield and Party Animal Vodka have donate cocktails and appetizers and proceeds from the $60 tickets and silent auction will go toward programs supporting mental health in the valley.
“We have so many exciting things to share regarding the exciting work that our students and staff have been doing,” said Brittany Shipley, NAMI’s executive director.
The cocktail hour will start at 5 p.m. and the presentations will start at 6:30 p.m. Learn more at www.namiwrv.org.