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...ba href=/bipolar disorder/a/b.Bilingual parent support volunteers are needed to make phone calls to Hispanic or Portuguese new parents to offer support and resource information.

Calls are made weekdays at a Danbury agency that promotes positive parenting. A database support volunteer is needed to maintain and update an Access database which is used to generate reports for a Danbury organization providing comfortable housing for low income families.A receptionist is needed on Tuesday afternoons at a program in New Fairfield serving seniors.

The volunteer would greet people, answer the phone and be the central point of contact.

They can also use substitutes to call as needed.Infants and young toddlers are waiting to be held and played with by adult volunteers any Monday to Friday during the hours of 9 a.m.

to 3 p.m.

This early learning center in Danbury has four teachers in their "baby" room who can use help.

This program follows the school calendar.A monthly recycling volunteer is needed to come to a Danbury agency and pick up their materials and take to the recycling center.

The volunteer can set the weekday and time.Registered voters in Danbury who are interested in city government may consider serving on a board or commission dealing with youth, aging, building, conservation, environment, library, youth, parks, etc.

A visually impaired senior woman living in Danbury is looking for a woman who will provide her with some friendly companionship.

Training is provided on assisting someone w...

...ba href=/bipolar disorder/a/b and was in the habit of taking long walks when she was upset.The Rev.

Nick TeBordo of the United Church of Cohoes remembered White as a little girl who came to Sunday school every week, often bringing her younger brother and sister with her.

TeBordo, who will preside over White's funeral at 6:30 p.m.

Thursday at the 123 Mohawk St.

church, hadn't seen her since her family moved from Cohoes 12 years ago, though.'I didn't know the woman she'd become, or was becoming, I should say,' TeBordo said.

'I remember a little girl who obviously loved her brother and sister and who loved Jesus.'He has spoken often with the White family since Sunday, when a forensic dentist matched the remains with White's records and identified the bones as hers.'I know they are coming together,' TeBordo said.

'I know they'd been praying since she disappeared.'Undersheriff Woodcock said a task force of about 20 detectives from the county and state police is still working on the case.'We're concentrating on the town of Milton right now, all the places she hung out,' Woodcock said.

'We're talking to all the ex-boyfriends, friends and family members.'He said they are looking for anyone who may have seen White to call them at 885-2475 or 885-6761.

She was a small, slightly built woman and favored dark, goth-style clothing.

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...ba href=/bipolar disorder/a/b to drug addiction.The Mental Health Players is a group of actors who do outreach programs to educate the public about various types of mental illness."We replicate experiences that a lot of people have when they have mental illnesses," said Comfort.The Mental Health Players prepare for performances by studying specific illnesses and then role-playing, as if someone with the affliction were interacting with a family member or co-worker."I've played someone with schizophrenia, ba href=/bipolar disorder/a/b and depression," said Gail Tolley, a Mental Health Player who found out about group while working with the state Department of Correctional Services, where the players would perform for officers.Tolley said she enjoyed knowing that her acting will help a vulnerable population."I like that you can make the position of someone now looked on with disfavor more clear," said Tolley, 63.

"If they do make mistakes with a mentally ill person because of a lack of knowledge, you can open their eyes and things will go better."The majority of the Mental Health Players do not suffer from mental illness, although there are some who are afflicted with ba href=/bipolar disorder/a/b."I don't have them play themselves," said Comfort.

"I'll have them play their family members."Most of the Mental Health Players are actors who are also involved in other community theater projects.

There are about 20 to 30 people involved at any one time, and about 60 people have performed with the group in the past year, ...