Wheel World News Issue 50 November | Page 6

Current Events

Check out what events are happening within the community this month!

5

Peer Mentors WANTED- Peer Mentoring Training

November 13th, 2019

We want to invite you to become a certified peer mentor with the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation's Peer & Family Support Program in conjunction with the Arizona Spinal Cord Injury Association. Our peer mentors help people living with paralysis and their family members/caregivers by offering them support, guidance and information.

The training will be conducted via videoconference so that participants can

attend from their homes or offices. In order to participate, you will need to

have the following equipment available:

•A computer with a broadband/high-speed internet connection

•A video camera (attached to the computer)

•A microphone and speakers or a phone to connect to the videoconference’s

audio

If interested, please contact Karen Halgren at [email protected] or Sharon

Malone at [email protected] or call 602.507.4209. The deadline for submission of applications is Tuesday, November 5th.

To learn more about the Peer & Family Support Program, please visit our

website at ChristopherReeve.org/Peer.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13th, 2019

TIME: 10:30 AM – 3:00 PM (MT)

Mentors can play such a vital part in someone’s recovery after SCI. Someone

they can talk to who “gets it”. Please consider becoming a mentor to someone in need.