Spruce Run extends training start date

By Ginger Hutchins
Volunteer Program Coordinator

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County hotline training start date has been extended until the second week of May. Please consider this great opportunity to serve your community. We need you to help answer our 24-hour hotline. We provide the training that will prepare you to be part of this important work at no cost to you. During the work week, you can answer the hotline from the Dover-Foxcroft office mornings or from the Bangor office afternoons. Nights, weekends and holidays you can answer the hotline from your home phone.

    This is a comprehensive 40-hour training for paid and unpaid staff. The training prepares one to be an advocate for those with issues around abuse. Advocates provide information to callers on the hotline about the dynamics of domestic abuse, the effects of family violence on children, relevant legal and social issues, safety planning and crisis intervention. Advocates support and validate a caller’s feelings, identify and explore options, make referrals for other needed services and do safety planning. The training is presented in 12 three-hour sessions.
    Please call Ginger at 564-8166 or email her at for more information.