Announcements
DOES YOUR ORGANIZATION NEED A NEW COPY MACHINE???
The Glenshire Resident's Association wants to give you one! They need to know ASAP if you'd like to claim it and they'll even have it delievered!!!
Copier details:
Canon Image Runner 3300
43H x 44W x 28D
Many Features: Collates, hole punches, staples, etc.
It was new in 2004 and handled 20,000 copies per year, no problem - a great machine.
The seller of our new copier will service when needed.
If interested, contact:
Lori Kelley
Glenshire / Devonshire Residents Association
15726 Glenshire Drive
Truckee, CA 96161 www.glenshiredevonshire.com glenshire1@sbcglobal.net
530-587-6202
530-587-7045 fax
Free Tire Recycling offered for area residents by Keep Truckee Green. Click here for details.
FREE PEER COUNSELORS IN TRUCKEE
CONTACT: Sierra Agape Center, Kimball Pier, M.S. LMFT, 530-414-1885,
kcpier@sierraagape.org
TRAINED TRUCKEE-TAHOE PEER COUNSELORS AVAILABLE AT NO COST
Calling anyone who is aching, angry, fearful, frustrated, stressed
out, sad, suffering or alone
What: Peer Counseling
Where: 10111 E Street in Truckee (Project MANA office)
When: Noon to 4 p.m. every Monday and noon to 3 p.m. Thursday as well
as by appointment
Cost: None.
Info: (530) 414-5832, peercounseling@sierraagape.org or
www.sierraagape.org
Sierra Agape Center is pleased to announce that trained peer
counselors are available for Tahoe-Truckee residents during the
holiday season and throughout the New Year at no cost. Walk in hours
are noon to 4 p.m. every Monday and noon to 3 p.m. Thursday at 10111 E
Street in Truckee (Project MANA office). Seniors, adults and teens are
also invited to call (530) 414-1885 to schedule an appointment with a
peer counselor. There is no charge.
Peer Counselors listen. They advocate. They are volunteers who
accompany people to court or doctor appointments, serve as role models
and mentors, connect to Tahoe-Truckee's many social service providers
and, ultimately, seek to help people in need help themselves.
"We're here to let you know you are not alone. We know what it's like
to go through hard times," explains one peer counselor. The Peer
Counseling Program's strength-based approach emphasizes self-advocacy,
empowerment strategies, physical health management, mutual support and
life-skills education. The core goals of the program are to listen,
reduce suffering and increase resiliency by focusing on strengths and
opportunities.
Eleven compassionate community members have completed a 30-hour
training session that emphasizes deep listening, problem solving and
crisis intervention. Active Tahoe-Truckee Peer Counselors include
Sylvia Doignon, a bi-lingual peer counselor who works primarily with
North Tahoe Family Resource Center in Kings Beach and Dianna Hall,
Skyla Hauptman, Karin Johnson, Pati Johnson, Kristin Mcnamara, Judi
Roberts, Mimi Vadasz and Jon L. Weedn. All of the counselors know how
challenging life can be and want to do their part.
"The Peer Counseling Program serves people across socio-economic
levels including youth in transition and adults surprised to find
themselves in very different economic circumstances than they were in
five years ago," explains clinical supervisor Kimball C. Pier, a
marriage and family therapist licensed in California and Nevada who
founded Sierra Agape Center in May of 2010 and adopted the peer
counseling program last December. "Sierra Agape Center was conceived
out of a passion to offer people a place to feel welcome and cared for
when problems feel overwhelming. We serve all who seek someone to
listen to them and offer a safe place to talk through the problems of
life regardless of income."
Generous donations from Placer County, Tahoe Truckee Community
Foundation and community members make the free Peer Counseling program
possible. For more information, call (530) 414-1885 or visit
www.sierraagape.org.
ABOUT SIERRA AGAPE CENTER and KIMBALL C. PIER, M.S. LMFT
Sierra Agape Center is a donation-based nonprofit organization that
offers a variety of counseling and well-being services to the
Tahoe-Truckee community. People pay what they can. Services include
the free Peer Counseling Program, low cost teen yoga, massage therapy
and wellness counseling and therapy for individuals, couples and
families. "Agape" (pronounced ah-gah-pay) is rooted in ancient Greece
and refers to an all-encompassing love of community and family.
Founder Kimball C. Pier is a licensed marriage and family therapist
who has provided therapy, addiction recovery treatment, family
reconciliation services and divorce mediation in private practice and
community mental health settings. For more information, call Kimball
Pier at (530) 414-1885 or visit www.sierraagape.org.