“My whole life since Vietnam has been by serendipity,” says Jeff Rogers, a crisis line volunteer at Lines for Life. “Volunteering came about that way, too.” Jeff came to Lines for Life a year ago. He heard about us through his 13-year role counseling … [Read more...]
Support in central Oregon
This September, Lines for Life joined others in the Out of the Darkness Walk in Central Oregon. We appreciate the Buehlers and all of our supporters from Central Oregon. Proceeds from the walk go to support the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. … [Read more...]
Hood to Coast Relay
We are proud and excited to share that this year 3 teams ran and raised money for Lines for Life by participating in the largest relay in the world. They ran 199 miles, all the way from Timberline Lodge on Mount Hood to the sandy beaches of the Pacific … [Read more...]
FLASH! Texting on all lines
June 2016 marks the launch of an exciting new era for Lines for Life. This is the month we made texting universal across all of our lines. Greg Borders, Crisis Lines Director, said, “Everyone [who will be texting] here is already a trained crisis … [Read more...]
Angels, their sons and daughters
Angela Jiminez’s aunt Priscilla killed herself when she was 24. She’d gotten pregnant in her junior of high school, and her family sent her to a convent, essentially to seclude her, hide her. They gave her child up for adoption. No one explained this in … [Read more...]
Lines for Life is Busy
Lines for Life has been on the move this spring—Bend, Seaside, Meford, Eugene, Prineville, Madras, Astoria, Atlanta, Washington D.C., Chicago—traveling around Oregon and around the nation to spread the word on our innovative substance- abuse and … [Read more...]
Accepting the new normal
I was asked to write something, the more personal the better, about what I believe to be helpful in talking with or working with veterans. To be honest, I don’t have a clue. I speak regularly in the Portland Public School system about my military service … [Read more...]
I just send and send into the world
If you feel ignored, or that your work is futile, Jennifer Garam is worth listening to. Worth listening to about running out of money, dealing with (what she sees as) obscurity. Hoping for acceptance. Not finding it. And how to cope with that. She … [Read more...]
Someone to watch over you
For most of the past month, Greg Borders has been quietly working with students and staff at Umpqua Community College, the Roseburg, Ore. school where a gunman killed nine and wounded nine others Oct. 1. Borders, Crisis Line Director for Lines for Life, … [Read more...]
Volunteer appreciation day
These are just a few of the beautiful faces from Volunteer Appreciation Day at Lines for Life, Jan. 7. These are some of the volunteers and staff who handled 54,127 calls to the crisis lines in 2015. (Photographer: Caitlin Muret and others.) … [Read more...]