Peer Recovery Services will hold a National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI) fundraiser from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, July 29, at Beaverdam Park’s Whitcomb Lodge in Gloucester.

PRS will serve hot dogs, various side dishes and a small selection of drinks. The group will also have various activities for the whole family to include face-painting, rock-painting and a water balloon race. The event is free and open to the public; donations will be accepted. Those planning to attend are asked to RSVP to Pamela Mullins at 804-210-1619 by July 26 with how many people will be in your party so they know how much food to prepare.

Also planned are numerous cake walks during the day with cakes donated by the Peer Recovery Services personnel and other agencies in the county. There will be a one-time $10 entry fee per person for the cake walk; but this will also give you a one-year membership into NAMI.

The Peer Recovery Services had an excellent month in June with approximately 345 peers taking part in the activities, everything from game days to low-cost meal cooking classes to peers enjoying our Monday Movie Madness Day, a release said.

On Tuesday, June 20, PRS hosted a lasagna lunch at the reservoir’s Guest Shelter for 12 unhoused residents and their families with additional food taken to other clientele housed in local hotels and motels in the area. “These folks were very appreciative of the meal and some even said it was the best meal they have had for a very long time,” a Peer Recovery Services release stated.

For the month of July, Peer Recovery Services will hold its normal activities from Monday through Friday each week, in addition to the NAMI July 29 fundraiser.

For more information about mental illness and how you can help, go to www.NAMI.org or www.namivirginia.org. For more information about local services offered at the Peer Recovery Services, call Pamela Mullins or Amalia Morrissey at 804-210-1619.