Training for volunteers to offer support to survivors of sexual assault in Dodge, Olmsted and Fillmore counties is being offered starting in about four weeks.
The training, a 40-hour course, offered by the Sexual Assault Program of Victim Services, teaches prospective volunteers the skills necessary to become crisis line advocates.
The next session will be held Tuesday nights starting April 12. The sessions run from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. and continue weekly through May 17. The training also includes two Saturday sessions, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on April 23 and May 7
The training will be held in Rochester and is free to those wanting to become volunteers.
For more information, call Kris Barry at 328-7276. Interested applicants must apply by April 5.
