Pat Sandahl, patient advocate and administrator of the Prescription Assistance Program, will present the NAMI Four Seasons educational program on Feb. 19 at the Pardee Educational Center in the Blue Ridge Mall. The general meeting will be at 10:15 a.m., followed by refreshments. The educational program will be held from 11 a.m. – noon.

The Prescription Assistance Program provides prescriptive drugs at almost no cost to eligible patients through a grant from the Health and Wellness Trust Fund of North Carolina.

NAMI Four Seasons is a local affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illnesses and is comprised of consumers of mental illness and family members/loved ones of persons with severe and persistent mental illnesses. The general meetings and educational programs are open to all those who are affected by mental illness.