Do you enjoy helping others? If so, would you like to learn how you can use your lived experience to better support others who are going through similar challenges? Join us for our Peer CONNECTors Volunteer Training on Thursday, June 24 from 12 to 4 pm and Friday, June 25 from 9 am to 1 pm. 

During this virtual event, you will receive training in how to navigate the local mental health system. You will learn how to offer support in a way that empowers others to understand their choices and make informed decisions. This eight-hour training provides a basic overview of what it means to become a Peer CONNECTions Volunteer, including the values and principles of recovery, communication and listening skills, boundaries, ethics, confidentiality, mandatory reporting, crisis intervention skills and a basic overview of the mental health system. This is a basic overview and will be of value to anyone who would like to informally offer support in their daily interactions with friends, family, those in the community and/or work. 

At the completion of this program, you can apply to be a Peer CONNECTor. Our Peer CONNECTors are community members with lived experience of mental health challenges – either their own or family members. Peer CONNECTors can relate when times get tough. They are people who have been through challenging situations and received support in their time of need. Now they want to give back to their community. Peer CONNECTors are not clinical professionals nor are they crisis workers.

We’re supporting those who are honoring their loved ones lost to suicide, and we need volunteers. This event is with the Tayler Hagen Memorial Foundation, who believes that no one should feel alone with their struggles or suffering.

Instructions: Please RSVP to volunteer at the rally. Under step 2, fill in your contact information under “Purchaser.” Further down below under “Attendees,” select “Connect” from the drop down where it says, “which organization are you volunteering with?”

10 AM – 12 PM