Volunteers sought for trauma assistance group in Southern Nevada

A section foundation that helps trauma victims is seeking volunteers aft a record-breaking August.

The Trauma Intervention Program of Southern Nevada, oregon TIP, responds to scenes astatine the petition of section occurrence and constabulary departments, the Clark County coroner’s bureau and respective hospitals to assistance radical who person experienced trauma.

In a connection Friday, TIP CEO Jill Roberts said the nonprofit had its busiest period ever successful August, with 203 calls.

“On average, TIP volunteers are responding to 6-7 tragic scenes, PER DAY,” Roberts wrote successful the statement.

Roberts said she estimates the enactment volition respond to 2,000 scenes by the extremity of the year, compared with 1,600 past year.

TIP is looking for volunteers who whitethorn beryllium funny successful helping the radical assistance astatine scenes.

Interested volunteers tin use astatine tipoflasvegas.org/volunteer oregon interaction TIP astatine 702-229-0426.

Contact Sabrina Schnur astatine sschnur@reviewjournal.com oregon 702-383-0278. Follow @sabrina_schnur connected Twitter.