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NAMI gifted $500 in books after ice storm destroyed library
Eugene Altrusa club members meet in Tsunami Books to award NAMI with their donation TATUM STUART / CHRONICLE PHOTOS
Nine months after an ice storm froze the Pacific Northwest until tree branches snapped, community organizations are still recovering from the damages. One of those organizations was National Alliance on Mental Illness of Lane County, which suffered from its roof collapsing and causing nearly $20,000 of damage coming out of their own pockets.
NAMI is a local nonprofit dedicated to making mental health services more accessible by offering free support groups and resources that do not require a medical diagnosis. Jennifer MacLean, executive director of NAMI, said that the roof collapse damaged over 750 books. These mental health books were in NAMI’s community library and available for the public to read before the ice storm.
After a denied insurance claim, MacLean explained that she was looking everywhere for help in her community.
“Our community really stepped up,” MacLean said. Not too long after she went looking for support, Maclean was found by Sherill Kirchhoff, a member of Eugene’s Altrusa Club, a nonprofit that promotes literacy.
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