Billings Community Comes Out to Join Cellular One and the Family Support Foundation for Mental Illness in Supporting NAMI-Montana and the Meghann Eckerdt Family
Attendees bid on silent auction items
November 25, 2008, Missoula, MT – On November 16th, 2008 many of the local Billings community came out join Cellular One and the Family Support Foundation for Mental Illness (FSFMI) at Santa’s Workshop to raise thousands for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)- Montana, and the Meghann Eckerdt Family. The day’s events included a silent auction of over 150 items, holiday decoration and other vendor shopping, a live auction featuring an original painting by John Mendoza, and a special performance by the popular NBC hit “Nashville Star” season five finalist Dustin Wilkes.
Jonathan Foxman delivers address to attendees“Cellular One is committed to making a difference in our community. Mental illness and the terrible
suffering it causes, particularly for young people, is an issue that rarely gets the attention or the
support it deserves,” stated Jonathan Foxman, President and CEO of Cellular One and Executive
Director of The Family Support Foundation for Mental Illness. “We will help those suffering from
mental illness and their families feel a little less alone, a little less invisible, a little less like no one
understands and no one cares.”
From left: Meredith Eckerdt, Meghann Eckerdt, Jenny Eckerdt
About The Family Support Foundation for Mental Illness
The mission of the Family Support Foundation for Mental Illness is to increase
awareness and understanding of mental illness issues, to support legislation
benefitting those suffering from mental illness and their families, to
help cover unreimbursed mental health care expenses for Adam Karlin, CPT,
MS, MT ARNG (Montana Army National Guard) and Dustin Wilkes, Country Singer
Attendees bid on silent auction items
Jonathan Foxman delivers address to attendees
From left: Meredith Eckerdt, Meghann Eckerdt, Jenny
Eckerdt
qualifying families, and to support other non-profit organizations that have
been strong and effective leaders on issues consistent with the Foundation's
mission. For more information on the Family Support Foundation for Mental
Illness, visit us online at www.fsfmi.org. For companies
interested in helping the Family Support Foundation for Mental Illness make a
difference, please contact Jonathan Foxman at 610-535-6900.
About Cellular One
Adam Karlin, CPT, MS, MT ARNG (Montana Army National
Guard) and Dustin Wilkes, Country SingerCellular One provides nationwide wireless voice and data services to customers in Montana,
Wyoming, Oklahoma and Texas. Cellular One is recognized for the quality of its state-of-the-art GSM
network and for an exceptional team that is committed to the company's mission of
delivering 'knock-your-socks-off' service. For more information on Cellular One, call 1-877-424-
4666 or visit us online at www.cellonenation.com.
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