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In This Issue - September 2013
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Greetings!
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I'm Inspired! Our hotline counselors helped thousands in the past few months. While many people were on vacation our counselors were working to make this a better place to live. Plus, several volunteers, board members and staff have worked many hours planning and implementing our outreach and fundraising events. We have several new activities planned for 2-1-1 awareness month in February including a 5K run. Plus,this Fall we have many upcoming events including an ASIST (suicide intervention) training, a suicide prevention walk,and multiple information booths planned at community events. Watch for us and tell others!
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National Suicide Prevention Week
September 8-14
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Please join 2-1-1 Big Bend in supporting suicide prevention. Together we can reduce the number of lives shaken by a needless and tragic death.
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ASIST Suicide Prevention Workshop September 27 & 28!
Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) September 27th & 28th
Build a Suicide-Safer Community
2-1-1 Big Bend is proud to offer an Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) on suicide first aid. Created by LivingWorks, ASIST is a 2-day highly interactive, practical, and practice-oriented workshop for caregivers who want to feel more comfortable, confident and competent in helping to prevent the immediate risk of suicide.
To Register: 850-617-6320 or trainingcoord@211bigbend.org
Registration Deadline: September 13th
For more information visit: www.211bigbend.org
For info about ASIST: www.livingworks.net
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2nd
Annual Suicide Awareness Walk
September 21 
Let's walk together in remembrance of our loved ones! Hosted and sponsored by counselors from FAMU, 2-1-1 Big Bend, Pastor Elwood of New Mt. Zion, Bishop Deas of Deliverance Temple Ministries, City of Quincy and other prominent community members and organizations.
Donations will benefit 2-1-1 Big Bend Location:
"Great City of Quincy" at the fitness track
(corner of 9th Street & Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd) |
Board Member Spotlight
2-1-1 Big Bend Welcomes New Board Member
Andre J. Holmes, CPA
President
JEFFERSON HOLMES, LLC
A personal philosophy is that you can never be truly successful in life unless you use your God-given talents and skills to enrich the lives of others. I have the pleasure of earning my Bachelor of Accounting and Master of Taxation from the University of Miami. Subsequently, I earned my FL license as a certified public accountant. I feel a personal obligation to share the skills I acquired through my training and career experiences to help sustain and improve the lives of others. 2-1-1 Big Bend does more than just sustain and improve the lives of others - it saves lives. That's why I wanted to serve on this board: to offer my expertise to an organization that helps sustain, improve, and save lives.
- As a newer member of the board, what have "You" learned about 2-1-1 Big Bend that you did not know before. Before joining the board I was unaware of all the services that were available in our community. I have since learned that having 2-1-1 Big Bed as a central community information repository adds immeasurable value to the lives of all citizens, including those that do not place direct calls to our hotlines.
- What is one thing you would want people to know about 2-1-1 Big Bend? I want everyone in the community to be aware that we exist to improve this community by positively effecting the lives of citizens of varying needs and we desire to offer our services perpetually. We value all of our community partners and supporters. We invite the entire Big Bend area to get involved with 2-1-1 and support our agency whether as a donor, a volunteer, or another capacity.
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Christmas Assistance Program
For Leon, Wakulla & Gadsden County Residents
Applications for Christmas Assistance will be taken at
The Salvation Army's main office, located at:
5016 W. Tennessee St.
September 23 - September 27 & September 30 - October 4
From 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM & 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
You MUST bring the following documentation with you:
1. Picture ID for ALL adults in the home
2. Birth certificates for ALL children in the home
3. Social security cards for EVERYONE in the home
4. A lease agreement with your name and address on it
5. Proof of ALL income for the home (incl. cash assistance, food stamps, and child support)
6. Proof of ALL expenses (any bills that you pay: utilities, phone, insurance, daycare, etc.)
For more information, please call 2-1-1
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2-1-1 Big Bend Inaugural 5k Run / 1 mile Fun-walk
February 1, 2014
More Details to come.
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Community News
Brewfest! Tallahassee
"Brew Life, Cure What Ales You"
November 9, 2013
Sponsored by Tallahassee Sunrise Rotary Club
Proceeds support local charities!
http://www.brewfesttallahassee.com/
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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.
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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.
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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 2-1-1 Big Bend
P.O. Box 10950
Tallahassee, FL 32302
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