Shelter from the Storm

SHELTER FROM THE STORM SEEKS VOLUNTEERS

PALM DESERT: January 5, 2011 –Shelter From The Storm is seeking volunteers to assist in providing program services to the many abused women and children it serves in the Coachella Valley.

Services range from handling shelter crisis line calls and assisting staff at its in-house medical clinic, to serving as tutors/teachers for shelter resident children, and as community outreach counselors.

The 40-hour volunteer training is scheduled for March 2, 3, 4, 9, 10 and ll at the agency’s administrative office, 73-555 Alessandro Drive, Palm Desert.

To request an application or for additional information, call 760-674-0400.

Shelter From The Storm serves some 2,000 women and children annually through its five valley program locations.  Key operations include a 72-bed emergency shelter with two onsite schools, substance abuse and life skills programs and a medical clinic, long-term transitional housing, a community counseling center, outreach crisis intervention centers, teen dating violence prevention and education in schools, and ongoing community awareness, education and training  programs.