Historical April 1985 report or notice. Original dates, prices and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
CONTACT-St. Louis is seeking new volunteers for its Helpline. Training classes begin April 16. Deadline for filing an application is April 9. CONTACT’s Helpline is for people who need someone to listen to their pain and help them deal with troubling problems and feelings. Volunteers are trained in reflective, non-judgmental listening and problem-solving techniques in an intensive 50-hour training program. Volunteers come from all walks of life.
A counseling background is not required, but the work does require emotional maturity, strong sense of personal responsibility, openness and a willingness to commit time and personal energy to CONTACT’s Helpline.
Following training, volunteers are required to serve 8 hours a month for a minimum of one year. CONTACT-St. Louis is in its 12th year of service and is part of an international network of telephone ministries.
The new est center outside the United States is in Beirut, Lebanon.
The executive director of CONTACT-St. Louis, Joan Smith, trained the first volunteers for Beirut last summer.
For more information and an application, please call CONTACT’s business number-725-5719—Monday-Friday, 9-5, or write to CONTACT-St. Louis, P.O. Box 9249, St. Louis, MO 63117.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, April 1985.
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