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Contact of Mercer County, NJ, Inc.
ADDRESS
1985 Pennington Rd.
Ewing, NJ 08618
PHONE
609-883-2880 - Office phone and voice mail
FAX
609-883-2024
contactofmercercounty@verizon.net
INTERNET ADDRESS
ADMINISTRATOR
Eleanor K. Letcher, Executive Director
CONTACT NAME
Patricia Fordyce, Director of Reassurance
DESCRIPTION
A non-profit agency staffed by professionally trained volunteers
which provides free telephone listening, information and referral
and crisis intervention services to the general public. Additional
services include Reassurance Contact, RSVP, Intergenerational
Breakfast Program, and Healthy Bones.
PROGRAMS
24-Hour HELPLINE: A free program which provides trained
volunteers who offer active listening, help with information and
referral, telephone crisis intervention and suicide prevention.
Call 609-896-2120 or 609-585-2244. For more information
about the helpline, call the main office (not the helpline) at 609-
883-2880.
SUICIDE HOTLINE: A free HOTLINE 1-800 SUICIDE (1-800-
784-2433), which provides trained volunteers who offer suicide
prevention and intervention to people of all ages. For more
information about the suicide hotline, please call the main office
(not the suicide hotline) at 609-883-2880.
Reassurance Contact: A free telephone outreach service,
staffed by trained volunteers, which provides persons
in Mercer County, age 60 and older, who live alone and may be
homebound, a call each day at the same time to check
on the person's well-being and offer a few minutes of friendly
conversation. If the person fails to answer, relatives, neighbors or friends
are alerted. In extreme cases, the police may be asked to check
if no one else is available.
RSVP: The Retired Senior Volunteer Program encourages
people who are 55 and older to volunteer in all segments of
society by offering special incentives including supplemental
insurance while volunteering, up to $15 a month for
transportation expenses to and from the volunteer location,
and a free annual recognition brunch.
FOUNDED
1975
SUBJECTS
Emergency Services
Counseling
Children and Youth
Senior Citizens
Social Service Organizations
LAST UPDATED
2/08