Peer Support Facilitators

Facilitators work with children and their families one night or afternoon a week (depending on the program).  All facilitators go through an intense 35-hour training before being placed in a support group.  Facilitators are currently needed for our Tender Living Care Program (for families affected by serious illness), Bereavement Peer Support in both Portland and Sanford Maine, and our Multicultural Peer Support Program.

Volunteer Facilitators are asked to make a commitment of one-year.  To ensure the safety of our families and volunteers, background checks are done. All potential volunteers interested in joining a facilitator training session must attend an orientation first. The orientation dates can be found on the right and are time for you to learn more about the training, our programs, ask questions, and determine whether or not you would like to volunteer at the Center.

"Massively rewarding - it adds light to the more quotidian aspects of the workday week. Watching people lighten their load and helping provide a place where that can happen, has to be one of the most fulfilling things I have personally been party to. It's a great thing to be a part of - all this love, patience, understanding, and respect. It is very unusual to have all of those things in one place."

 "For me, coming to the Center on Thursday night is like walking into a sanctuary of safety, a place of non-judgment and full acceptance, for both the families and facilitators alike. The stories that are shared here have opened my heart beyond measure and have helped re-establish a perspective in what is really important in life. From our families I have learned precious lessons in strength, vulnerability, trust, intimacy, and love against a full range of honest emotions."