Become a Crisis Center Volunteer!

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The Crisis Center could not operate without its 80-100 volunteers. Volunteers come from all walks of life. Four times a year, the Crisis Center provides over 45 hours of intensive training to enable our volunteers to provide confidential, individualized service.

Training is a great opportunity to help others in need, meet wonderful caring people, and develop incredibly useful skills. Crisis Center volunteers make an impact in our community. Consider joining our dedicated team!

Each volunteer must:

	be at least 18 years of age
	be a good listener
	be able to attend *every* training session
	be able to successfully complete the volunteer training
	be able to work 39 four-hour shifts over a one-year period of time (less than one shift a week).

We especially need volunteers who can work shifts

during business hours and overnight.

For more information, check out the Volunteer Job Description.

If you are interested in becoming a volunteer,

you can choose from the options below to begin:

	Call (765) 742-0247 (business line) and we will send you an application and set up a time for a screening interview, or:
	E-mail us and request an application be emailed, mailed or faxed to you.

Once you submit your application, we'll contact you about a screening interview.

You can apply at any time.

The next training starts June 5, 2012.

Training Dates (all times are 6-10 pm):

Tuesday, June 5^th

Thursday, June 7^th

Tuesday, June 12^th

Thursday, June 14^th

Tuesday, June 19^th

Thursday, June 21^st

Tuesday, June 26^th

Thursday, June 28^th

You must be able to attend every session.

There is a $25.00 training fee (scholarships available).

Thank you for your interest in being part of the Crisis Center!

For more information, contact the Crisis Center:

phone: (765) 742-0247

email:beth@lafayettecrisiscenter.org