Anew Day’s twice-annual workshop for training volunteer counselors begins Thursday. Executive Director Lori Nunick-Taylor says the worshop features 12 weekly night sessions at their headquarters in Nevada City…

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There’s free counselling available at Anew Day for people dealing with various addictions, suicidal thoughts, eating disorders, and physical and emotional abuse. Taylor says their counselors are not professionals, they are “lay people”…

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Anew Day says the workshops instruct on connecting with people, ethics, and principles of Christianity. Taylor says there is always a waiting list for those in need of their services, which is why they always need volunteer help. There is a 50 dollar cost for the workshop. Sessions are from 6:30 to 8:45pm on Thursdays through May 12th at 117 New Mohawk Road. Taylor says if you miss a session you can make it up anytime. The other workshop begins in August.