Adventist Community Services and Disaster Response Training Seminars

February 23–26, 2023
Walla Walla University and College Place, WA

Purpose: To inspire and train volunteers to better serve your local communities.

Sponsors

NPUC Adventist Community Services

WWU Center For Humanitarian Engagement

SonBridge ACS

Seminars

About:

Emergencies happen every day! ARE YOU READY? CERT can help. Get certified as a Community Emergency Response Team member! You will learn the basics of:

  • Rescue
  • First Aid & CPR
  • Cribbing
  • Disaster Preparedness
  • Fire Control

When:

  • February 23, 24 and 26 at Walla Walla University campus — Celso Rangel and Larry Mays, Instructors
    • OR
  • Complete the first two days of training virtually ahead of time to come in person only on February 26.

Attend:

To register for Disaster Response CERT (Community Emergency Response Team), go to: https://getconnected.uwbluemt.org/event/detail/?event_id=88700

About:

Do you long for a place to serve your community where they are happy to see your face? Do you wish to bring hope and dignity to your neighbors and friends that seem tattered and torn by everyday life? Do you dream of inspiring your friends, family, and neighbors to give regularly to creating a more caring and equitable community?

Come and learn how to connect these dreams together by learning how to create an Adventist Thrift Ministry (ATM) store or outpost. You’ll have the opportunity to learn how to create a vision, assemble a team, assess your community’s needs and resources, and then create the right-sized outpost to serve your community. You’ll learn from some of the most experienced operators of thrift stores in the Pacific Northwest. And you’ll get to see and touch the nitty gritty of what it takes to process and sell hundreds to thousands of items per month.

When:

  • February 23, 24 and 26, 2023 at SonBridge ACS Center — Norman Thiel and Tim Zollbrecht, Instructors

Attend:

Register for the training seminar weekend: https://ACStrainingseminar23.eventbrite.com

About:

Crisis Intervention is NOT psychotherapy; rather, it is a specialized acute emergency mental health intervention which requires specialized training. As physical first aid is to surgery, crisis intervention is to psychotherapy. Thus, crisis intervention is sometimes called “emotional first aid”. This program is designed to teach participants the fundamentals of, and a specific protocol for, individual crisis intervention. This course is designed for anyone who desires to increase their knowledge of individual (one-on-one) crisis intervention techniques in the fields of Business & Industry, Crisis Intervention, Disaster Response, Education, Emergency Services, Employee Assistance, Healthcare, Homeland Security, Mental Health, Military, Spiritual Care, and Traumatic Stress.

Program Highlights:

  • Psychological crisis and psychological crisis intervention
  • Resistance, resiliency, recovery continuum
  • Critical incident stress management
  • Evidence-based practice
  • Basic crisis communication techniques
  • Common psychological and behavioral crisis reactions
  • Putative and empirically driven mechanisms
  • SAFER-Revised model
  • Suicide intervention
  • Risks of iatrogenic “harm”

When:

  • February 24–26 at SonBridge ACS Center — Derrick Lea and Bob Moore, Instructors

Attend:

Register for the training seminar weekend: https://ACStrainingseminar23.eventbrite.com

Who Can Attend

All those individuals involved with many areas of Community services, such as Thrift Stores, Food Banks, clothing banks, ACR-DR directors, Thrift Store managers, Pastors, teachers, Women’s & Men’s ministries leaders, Pathfinder leaders, layperson, anyone willing to serve their communities better.

Meals: Breakfast at hotels. Lunch and dinner at Walla Walla University Cafeteria on Thursday, Friday, and Sunday. Lunch on Sabbath at Walla Walla University Café.

For registration related questions, please contact Wendy Urbin at wendyu@nulluccsda.org or call 509-242-0628.

Accommodations

Hampton Inn

Hampton Inn
509-525-1398
Walla Walla University Rate
$129 + Tax

Courtyard by Marriott

Courtyard by Marriott
509-876-8100
Walla Walla University Rate
$92.00 + Tax

Best Western Plus Suites

Best Western Plus Suites
509-525-4700
Walla Walla University/Government Rate
$98.00 + Tax

Call hotels directly for reservations.