PORTLAND — The 2012 National Alliance for Mental Illness Maine Walk-athon will be held on Saturday, May 12, at Back Cove Bay. The Rumford-based NAMI Support Group will participate under the name Team Adams.

NAMI Maine is the primary advocate for veterans, youth, the general public, all those who struggle with mental illness (and substance abuse) and their famalies, friends and allies.

For information on the organization, or how to volunteer or particate in the walk, to go: www.namimaine.org or www.nami.org/namiwalks/me. For information on the Rumford team, go to: http://www.nami.org/namiwalks12/MNE/teamadams, or contact team leader Dottie Adams at 364-2197 or  daha@roadrunner.com.