HISTORY & PROFILE Our Mission:  CONTACT Beaver Valley provides confidential 24-hour telephone response to all callers.  We offer training and support to our phone workers and the community.  Caring volunteers are available 365 days a year. For 27 years CONTACT Beaver Valley has provided Beaver County and surrounding communities with a helpline staffed by volunteers who provide empathy and support.  The Center began taking calls in June 1980 and has provided continuous 24-hour phone coverage since January 1983.  Over 155,000 calls have been answered on the helpline. CONTACT USA and the American Association of Suicidology accredit CONTACT Beaver Valley. CONTACT has been recognized by the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) of Beaver County with their 2006 Community Impact Award.  This annual award is given to one of RSVP’s 65 Beaver County affiliates for "outstanding service to Beaver County, based on excellence and the agency’s overall impact on the community."  In addition, in 2005, Contact was given the Beaver County’s Human Service Forum’s Spirit of Caring Award.  The award is a traveling plaque presented annually to "an agency for innovative programming and excellence in it’s mission."  Did you know - every 17 minutes another life is lost to suicide?