Suicide prevention hotline training volunteers

Suicide Prevention Services is seeking hotline volunteers to help reduce and eliminate suicide and suicide attempts. Training of new volunteers is scheduled to begin Saturday at the organization's office in Batavia.

Holly Cherry, coordinator of training, explains the benefits of volunteering by saying, "Becoming a trained hotline paraprofessional increases listening and communication skills, jump starts a career in social work or simply provides satisfaction from helping others."

Training also takes a diverse look at crisis issues and teaches volunteers how to effectively deal with them. Call Holly at (630) 482-9699, ext. 227 to learn more about how you can volunteer to make a difference.

Suicide Prevention Services is a wide reaching organization that offers local and nationally networked hotlines, survivor support groups, free depression screenings and many other community relations activities throughout the year. Visit www.spsfv.org for information. Its vision and mission is "To open minds, save lives and restore hope through prevention, intervention and postvention using education, advocacy and collaboration".