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The Bates Student - September 19, 1997

 
 

SARL needs volunteers

By BETSY EDGECOMB
Staff Writer
 

Volunteers are needed to staff the Sexual Assault Crisis Center's 24 hour hotline. Survivors of sexual abuse and assault need support, someone to listen and understand. Advocates are trained too just that. While carrying a pager for the Sexual Assault Crisis Center, advocates give telephone support and accompany victims through medical, police, and court procedures. Hotline advocates also provide follow-up and referral services to victims and their families.

There are still openings in the Sexual Assault Crisis Center's volunteer advocate training, scheduled to begin in early September. The training is a thirty hour program, covering topics including rape trauma syndrome, child sexual abuse, medical and legal processes, and crisis intervention skills. Volunteer advocates must be caring, dependable and over the age of eighteen. No prior experience is necessary. To learn more about becoming an advocate, please call the Sexual Assault Crisis Center's administrative office at 784-5272.
 


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