Contact We Care will be having their gala event on 10/29. Right now we’re in the process of organizing and getting auction donations and ads for our print journal. If anyone is interested in learning more, please let me know. Our organization is a phone helpline for depression and suicide. We won the volunteer organization for the year last year.

Related article posted July 6, 2009, on NJ.com.

WESTFIELD — CONTACT We Care, the 24-hour caring and crisis hotline, will celebrate 34 years of providing hope and saving lives at its gala fundraising event on Thursday, Oct. 29 at the Primavera Regency in Stirling.  Honorees include Secretary of State Nina Mitchell Wells; NFL Star George Martin; Celgene CEO Dr. Sol Barer and Mrs. Meri Barer, and Dr. Katherine Feingold of Bartky Healthcare.

CONTACT We Care was also featured in this article in The Alternative Press.

CONTACT We Care, the award-winning volunteer-staffed 24-hour caring and crisis hotline based in Westfield reminds everyone that suicide is preventable.  The organization is marking National Suicide Prevention Week, September 6 through September 12, with an invitation to join the organization in soothing souls and saving lives by becoming a CONTACT Listener. The next Volunteer Training Class begins September 23.

 (Posted on behalf of Karen Yutsus.)

If you need to talk, call CONTACT We Care at 908/232-2880 or through the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-TALK. A trained volunteer is available to help. For information about volunteering for CONTACT We Care, call 908/301-1899 or visit the organization’s website at www.contactwecare.org.