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The Enterprise — Michael Koff

To stop the stigma of mental illness: Dina Ziskin-Fortune, in front, leads a group along with the help of Jennifer Nickel, owner of Guilderland’s A Place Called Om, in making masks for two Off the Mask events: Feb. 15 at Glennpeter Jewelers and May 10 at the Hearst Media Center, both in Albany. Tina Yun Lee, the Community Education and Outreach Manager for the National Alliance on Mental Illness, second from right in the second row, said, “Mental illness left untreated can yield some serious and often fatal consequences.” For more information go to www.offthemask.org.