NAMIWalks Massachusetts 2010
| Hours: | Registration - 9:00 am, Walk Start 11:00 am |
| Ages: | Infants, Toddlers, Kids, Teens, Adults |
| In/Outdoor: | Outdoor |
| Cost: | Free see below |
| Category: | Fundraisers |
Registration starts at 9:00am and the Start time is at 11:00am. There is no minimum amount required to participate (free registration) and all are welcome.
The purposes of the WALK are to raise public awareness about mental illness and the realities of individuals and families living with these disorders; fight stigma and the negative stereotypes associated with mental illness; reach out to new populations affected by mental illness; raise funds to provide resources, programs and activities for our state and local affiliates; and build a larger NAMI community.
Join the National Alliance on Mental Illness of Massachusetts in Changing Minds...One Step at a Time!
Go to www.nami.org/namiwalks/ma or www.namimass.org/namiwalks2010/tipstools.htm for more details including tips and tools. Or you can call us at 800-370-9085 for more information.
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FREE
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1234 Soldiers Field Rd, Brighton, MA, 02135 map
Phone: 800-370-9085
Public Transportation
Shuttle Vans will be available from Central Square T from 9 am-1:30 pm. Wait on Mass Ave in front of Cambridge Savings Bank.
Or From the Harvard Square T, take the #86 bus (towards Brookline).
Or From Central Square (Cambridge), take the #70 bus (outbound to Waltham).
Or From Cleveland Circle (Brookline), take the #86 bus (toward Cambridge).
Exit any of these buses at the corner of Western Avenue and Everett Street (382 Western Avenue). Then walk toward the
Days Hotel and through the Hotel parking lot to Soldiers Field Road. Artesani Park is across the street- over the foot bridge.
For T and bus schedules, call the MBTA at 617-222-3200.
Cars
For Cars - From I-93 North or South and Boston
• Follow signs for Storrow Drive West. The Charles River will be on your right the entire way.
• Travel along Storrow Drive West for just under 5 miles. Follow signs to 'Newton/Arlington.'
• Note: Strorrow Drive becomes Soldiers Field Road about 3 miles into the journey.
• You will come to a sign reading 'Arlington/Route 2 Fresh Pond Parkway and Newton.'
• Bear left at the flashing yellow light .
• 20 yards ahead, go through a traffic signal. Stay left.
• Harvard Stadium athletic fields will be on your left.
• Travel 1/2 mile further along Soldiers Field Road.
• Artesani Park will be on your right (follow signs for the Publick Theatre), directly across from WBZ and the Days Hotel.
For Cars - From the Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90 East or West)
• Take the 'Allston/Cambridge' exit; head in the 'Cambridge' direction.
• Go through the traffic light at the Doubletree Guest Suites.
• Just after the next traffic light 20 yards ahead, and before crossing the River Street Bridge (which spans the Charles
River) turn left onto the service road which parallels Storrow Drive (on the left) and the river (on the right).
• Follow the signs for 'Newton/Arlington'.
• Go through the Western Avenue traffic light 2/10 mile ahead.****
• Go under the yellow overhead sign reading 'Danger Low Clearance - Cars only' and onto Soldiers Field Road.
• Go 1 mile to the flashing yellow light.
• 20 yards ahead, go through a traffic signal. Stay left.
• Harvard Stadium athletic fields will be on your left.
• Travel Vz mile further along Soldiers Field Road.
• Artesani Park will be on your right (follow signs for the Publick Theatre), directly across from WBZ and the Days Hotel.
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