News

February 26, 2002
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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

Seven Counties’ Crisis and Information Center needs volunteers

Seven Counties Services’ Crisis and Information Center needs volunteer telephone counselors to provide crisis intervention and resource referral information to callers in the region.

Volunteer phone counselors receive intensive training in crisis intervention, suicide counseling, and knowledge of community resources. The Crisis and Information Center provides flexible training monthly, and will arrange volunteer work to fit various schedules. For more information, contact Geneva Robinson at 589-8615, ext. 1116 or grobinso@sevencounties.org.

The Crisis and Information Center is one of the busiest centers of its kind in the nation, responding to more than 80,000 calls annually. The center provides 24-hour, seven-day-a-week telephone crisis counseling and referral to residents of Bullitt, Hardin, Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer, and Trimble counties in Kentucky, and Clark, Floyd, and Harrison counties in Indiana. It is Kentucky's only certified suicide prevention hotline.

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.