News

February 11, 2002
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Carol Carrithers, Vice President
Marketing and Communications
502-589-8600(W) or 245-5782 (H)

Compeer Needs Volunteers
Program matches volunteers with youth participating in mental health services

Compeer, a national volunteer program sponsored locally by Seven Counties Services Inc., seeks volunteers to spend time with youth participating in counseling at Seven Counties. Compeer volunteers must be at least 18 years old and spend two hours weekly for one year with groups of children at Seven Counties counseling centers or in one-on-one mentoring matches. Seven Counties staff members interview and train Compeer volunteers.

For more information, contact Brad Leedy at 589-8787 or e-mail compeer@sevencounties.org.

Seven Counties Services, Inc. is a private, non-profit corporation that provides planning, prevention, treatment and support in the areas of mental health, alcohol and other drug abuse, and mental retardation and other developmental disabilities in Jefferson, Bullitt, Shelby, Spencer, Henry, Oldham, and Trimble counties. It is Kentucky’s largest comprehensive mental health center, and one of the nation’s largest. More than 1,400 clinical and administrative staff members provide services to approximately 30,000 persons each year.