Women’s Center seeks hotline volunteers

Dear Editor,

The fall certification training schedule for the dual domestic violence and sexual assault hotline for prospective Women’s Center of Greater Danbury volunteers has been announced by Volunteer Coordinator Chrissy Deep.

This 45-hour training certifies volunteers to perform crisis intervention at the Center during business hours or from home when the Center is closed; it is also a prerequisite for court advocate, counselor advocate and support group facilitator positions.

Evening training classes begin Thursday, September 24 and meet through mid-November.

Last year, the Women’s Center responded to more than 1,400 sexual assault and domestic violence hotline calls, in addition to providing emergency shelter, counseling services, advocacy services, community education and prevention programs, and information and referral services.

Over 19,000 clients in the greater Danbury area were served by the Center’s programs in 2009.

Whether staffing our hotlines, running support groups, providing individual counseling or working in our shelter, YOU can help to “end the violence.”

Please call (203) 731-5200, ext. 202 for more information and to register for training. The Women’s Center of Greater Danbury provides free and confidential services to prevent or lessen the trauma associated with domestic violence, sexual assault and other major life transitions to thousands of women, children and men annually.

The programs of the Women’s Center are supported by state and local government, area United Way agencies and the people and businesses in the communities we serve, including Bethel, Bridgewater, Brookfield, Danbury, Kent, New Fairfield, New Milford, Newtown, Redding, Ridgefield, Roxbury, Sherman, Warren and Washington, CT.
Patricia Zachman
Executive Director
Women’s Center of
Greater Danbury