2024 NAMI-UW Spring Gala Celebration

4/22/2024

Our members are the heart of our student organization and we are honored to have such amazing UW-Madison student be a part of our community! Therefore, we hosted our second annual NAMI-UW Spring Gala to celebrate the wonderful things we’ve done together this year (2023-24) and recognize our members for their commitment, dedication, and passion for NAMI-UW’s mission: to advocate, educate, and support!

The 2024 NAMI-UW Spring Gala Celebration took place on May 1st, 2024, 7:00-8:30 pm at Memorial Union, Tripp Commons. At the event, attendees socialized, played games, entered raffles, took photos, and dined! Everyone had so much fun celebrating everything we've done this year and our community.

Beginning the Award Ceremony, once all were seated, Katherine Zimmerman, 2022-24 NAMI-UW President gave a speech to welcome our guests and give thanks to our dedicated members and our talented executive board leaders: Vice President, Lauren Roskopf; Bandana Project Director, Noelle Kotrly; Events Coordinator, Kat Schneider; Marketing Director, Abbey Skramstad; Workshop Coordinator, Ava Heyrman; Volunteer Coordinator, Anna Rehfeld; Fundraising Coordinator, Brooke Kirkendall-Jones; DEI Co-Chairs, Alyssa Kanethavong & Lacey Coyne; Treasurer, Will Schmitz; Chief Communications Officer, Emma Smith; and Secretary, Alyssa Shack. Kat Schneider and Lauren Roskopf also gave an heartfelt speeches recapping all the past few years on the team and thanked our members for being a part of our community! Then, we took a trip down memory lane by watching a video showcasing the exciting and fun events we hosted this year and finally announced our 2024 NAMI-UW Spring Gala Award Winners along with our raffle winners!