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SECTION A THE HERALD Wednesday May 193 Page Caught in crisis people call Contact Centre Herald Stat Writer Of the calls received a monih by the North Contact Centre about per cent ore from town callers We don accept coll cct calls but sometimes the operator will put through long distance at no charge Walter Ridley a volun with the Centre said He explained the long distance calls come be cause people in need find they can get through similar numbers in Bra mpton or Toronto However the majority of calls are from local callers in the Milton Georgetown and Aclon We think of ourselves as a mulll purpose centre Rev Ridley sold We consider our as both a distress and information and re ferral centre Calls lo the ten yearold Centre range from I he phone number of the to calls about loneliness I The calls that are the most satisfying or us arc those witha specific prob lem say from someone in a particularly stressful situation who needs some one to talk with Rev Ridley said After a conversation with a centre volunteer some kind of solution Is reached or the caller hangs up feeling better Such experiences make volunteers feel useful In that they were able to help someone throuph a crisis situation Rev Rid ley said Confidential the vice Is run by about volunteers and Is open hours a day to anyone in Of course the Centre also has regulars people who call every day or once They become the friends of the Centre and most of the volunteers Rev Ridley said He said not many youths call the Centre at least not as many as the organisation would like Maybe they feci we are establishment Rev Ridley said He pointed out leers who man the phones rangelnagefromJOloTO so the service isnt Just for older people There arc young volunteers as welt for callers to confide In and relate lo with their roubles You get people who almost feel ashamed to be calling Rev Ridley said They say I I got a big problem They think It a Just the number to call If you re contemplating suicide Volunteers reassure such callers that they don have to be at their ropes end before they call 1211 Callers are often refer red to various social agencies by volunteers Sometimes they specif phone for an a gen cy number Mr Ridley said The Centre has a tele phone list of dozens of agencies and he noted that in the lime the Centre has been open at least six new organizations have been started like the legal clinic Halton Wo men Place the Salvat ion Army and the Acton Information and Social Services Centre All of these ions now mean that Us less stressful for us now because before we would have no answer for say women who were being abused by their bands Rev Ridley said Centre also serves as the answering number organizations like Big Brothers Al Anon Alco holics Anonymous Teen MealsOnWheela Red Cross after hours and the own Self Help Group PURE GOLD IN CANTANTE JRAINBOW Georgetown Singers are putting the finishing touches the Connection their spring concert which will be held Friday Among the voices you heap when the group goes on stage at at the John Theatre are front row left to right Sheila Prouse Jennifer Lenity second row Cathy Kerr McCaahrw Johanna back Jane Tlmleck Diana and Archer Tickets Tor the concert are for adults and KM Tor students and senior cllluni For further Information contact or Herald photo TV cook out ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS DO YOU HAVE A DflMNHB PROBLEM a hope lor you COME TO ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS St John ted Gwoetown 10 301 Geotgeiovin Firs Ma i Weight No Longer To Scale Down To Size the no way to lose If the DM Center that Include Lowcost natural foods right from your store Private dilh by Weekly Lifetime maintenance your Low pikes with no contract o pi We hate the most comprehensive LOST 52 POUNDS IN12WKS I never felt better belore says Kirk after log 52 lbs at the Diet Center I got more energy and greater con in myself I recom mend If to anyone says Kirk CALL US TODAY Inlroductofr 70 MB St Old offlc Senior Citizens who are running into the problem of what to make 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