|
|
|
|
__________________________________________
Helpline 2-1-1 Stats 
July Service Snapshot Report Helpline 2-1-1 counselors assisted 2,213 callers and offered 3,165 referrals during July Click here to review the July Snapshot _____________________________________________________ |
|
November 3, 2012
Proceeds support local charities!
www.brewfesttallahassee.com
|
|
Help support our future needs!
2-1-1 Big Bend has an endowment fund at
the Community Foundation of North Florida.
Please contact us to learn how you can make
an immediate or deferred contribution to our
endowment fund. Additional information is
available from the Community Foundation
at 222-2899 ext. 104 or jwatkins@cfnf.org. |
|
The 2-1-1 Big Bend app provides an immediate connection to 1,200 programs in the Tallahassee, Florida area including, Franklin, Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Taylor, and Wakulla Counties. Users can find information about housing asistance, mental health issues, substance abuse, domestic violence, parenting skills, employment, foodbanks, disaster services and more. | |
_____________________________________________
Support 2-1-1 Now
|
|
_____________________________________
About Us
2-1-1 Big Bend provides Helpline 2-1-1, a 24/7
free, community hotline service offering confidential counseling and human service information. Other specialized hotlines are also operated by the agency.
A United Way Agency |
|
Formidable Footprint
National Community / Neighborhood Exercise Series
The series of Formidable Footprint exercises for neighborhood, community and faith based organizations continues.
September 29 - Solar Storm / October 27 - Flood
Exercises have also been scheduled for the followingscenarios:
Earthquake - Influenza Pandemic - Tornado - Wildfire
The Formidable Footprint exercise series has been developed in accordance with Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) protocols. The objective of the exercise series is for CERTs, Neighborhood Watch Programs, Neighborhood Associations, Community / Faith Based Organizations, Citizen Corps, Fire Corps and others to work as a team to become better prepared for the next disaster their community may face.
There is NO CHARGE for participation in any of the Formidable Footprint exercises.
For additional information or to register for up-coming exercises please access the following web site today:
www.FormidableFootprint.org |
|
|
|
2-1-1 Big Bend News |
September 2012 |
|
Greetings! ,
 | | Randy Nicklaus, President |
In September our hotlines have remained busy with callers asking for help with a variety of issues. We continue to see steady call rates on all of our hotlines including the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline that we answer for North Florida.
We celebrated Suicide Prevention Awareness Week in early September by conducting a two-day ASIST training for staff and community members. Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) is an internationaly known training curriculum that we offer twice a year. Then, on September 22 we assisted with a suicide prevention awareness walk at FAMU. Proceeds from that walk will benefit our hotline services.
Our fall training class for hotline volunteers began in early September. Thirty two trainees were selected for the class. The next class will begin in January. Pass the word to anyone who may be interested in applying to work as a volunteer hotline counselor. The training is excellent!
2-1-1 Big Bend will be contributing volunteers to help with the Tallahassee Sunrise Rotary Club's Brewfest on November 3. Last year Sunrise Rotary made a significant contribution to our agency from the 2012 Brewfest proceeds. We appreciate Sunrise and Brewfest! If you have a chance to attend Brewfest, please do!
|
|
|
2-1-1 Big Bend
Board of Directors Spotlight
Al Pasini
Chairman of the Board
Executive Director
Tallahassee Downtown Improvement Authority
1. How long have you been a board member? I have served on the board of directors since 2009. I served as Treasurer in 2010, and Vice Chair in 2011.
2. What is the most rewarding aspect of serving as a board member for 2-1-1 Big Bend?
The most rewarding aspect of serving on the board is to see the hard work and accomplishments of such a dedicated staff. I love attending the staff appreciation dinners to see how motivated and excited they are about their jobs and what they are accomplishing for the community. Unfortunately, I had to miss last year's event due to a conflict but I missed the staff's enthusiasm. It has been a hard year for Randy and staff this year due to the loss of a state grant through no fault of the organization. The loss of funds because of budget and policy directives from the state was hard on everyone's morale from staff to board members. Randy Nicklaus took the brunt of the responsibility and I know, having been in positions like his in the past, reducing staff is never easy. It is one of the few work concerns that you take home at night and dwell on. No one wants anyone to suffer. For the need to reduce staff, for any reason is very very difficult. 211 Big Bend will move on - leaner ... and harder working. To the staff - take a deep breath ... and enjoy your life and work.
3. What is one thing you would want people to know about 2-1-1 Big Bend?
I would like everyone to know how important 211 Big Bend is to the greater community we live in. As a board member and familiar with the mission of 211 BB, I cannot imagine a community without such an important function. With all of the stress of economics, military service, health and parenting needs, single parents, and abusive situations, 211 Big Bend fills an important community need the impacts virtually everyone in today's world. I would also want people to know that more needs to be done in a world of ever shrinking resources. As a board member, I feel I am never doing enought to assist this great organization in identifying potential donors and resoruces for this much needed organization. Please join me in reaching out to everyone and explain the mission and the overwhelming importance of keeping 211 Big Bend viable for our community in the long term.
|
|
Be Ready Sunday
Plan / Pledge / Practice
!
The mission behind Be Ready Sunday is to engage faith based organization from across the United States to take the time to develop and test a Fire Evacuation Plan for their house of worship during the 2012 National Preparedness Month.
Be Ready Sunday is sponsored by the Be Ready Alliance Coordinating for Emergencies and Volunteer Florida.
The Be Ready Sunday initiative consists of a simple to follow three step process of developing a Fire Evacuation PLAN for your house of worship, PLEDGING to assess the plan by conducting a Fire Drill and a step by step process to PRACTICE the plan by conducting a Fire Drill on the last weekend of September 2012.
For additional information and to access the fire drill planning documents visit:
www.BeReadySunday.org
|
|
|
|
|
