Training covers the essentials of our new Text Line as well as the core of Family’s hotline and walk-in services. Modules include domestic violence, child abuse, mental health and substance abuse, adolescent issues, suicide and homelessness. You will learn active, compassionate listening skills and ways to connect with people in need.
Family offers a way to overcome the feeling of powerlessness we feel when we read the news. It is as simple as answering a phone call or text message at the moment someone reaches out. It is as direct as offering a cup of coffee and a bag of food to someone who is hungry. It takes skill and the amazing depth of resources Family has gathered over its 45-year history.
Call (845) 679-2485 to find out more and schedule an interview. Bring a friend. I’ve been doing this for 35 years and it’s still a treasured part of my life.
Susan Goldman, Woodstock
Important reminder
If you’re an Independence or Republican party member who supports Bernie Sanders for president, you must register as a Democrat in New York by Oct. 9, this year, in order to vote for Sanders in the Democratic primary next spring. Do it before it’s too late.
Glenn Kreisberg, Woodstock
Ms. Pearson, you should ask those businesses if they actually support CMRR… There is good to believe that it was little more than a list of businesses plopped under a headline in the centerfold.
…good reason to believe…