Historical volunteer notice, October 1981. Phone numbers, training and service descriptions refer to the period, not current emergency or relay-service guidance.
CONTACT-St. Louis is seeking new volunteers for its two telephone ministries – the helpline and the telecommunications service for the hearing impaired. CONTACT’s helpline is for people who have a need to discuss a problem or situation that is causing them distress. Volunteers receive 50 hours of training in active listening techniques, attend lectures by community professionals on major life issues and learn to suggest appropriate referrals. CONTACT’s telecommunications service for the deaf is a means for deaf and hearing people to communicate with each other on the telephone.
The CONTACT volunteer receives the message of a deaf person on a teletype, reads the message to the hearing person and then types back a reply to the deaf person.
It provides a hearing impaired [sentence incomplete in printed source].
CONTACT’s telecommunications service for the deaf is the only service of its kind in the state of Missouri or Southern Illinois. Telecommunications service volunteers receive 10 hours of individualized training.
For more information and an application, call CONTACT at 314.725-5719, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Originally published in The Paper, October 1981.
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Archival transcription note: The source stops mid-sentence at “It provides a hearing impaired” before restarting with the next paragraph. Missing wording is marked; no completion inferred.
Original source: SD_Times1981_10.pdf, printed page(s) 5; PDF page(s) 5.
