Nikki Kontz is the Clinical Director for Teen Lifeline where she oversees all programs as well as volunteer management, and conducts the training of the volunteer Peer Counselors.  She manages the daily operations of the hotline including direct supervision on the peer counselors. 

Nikki is a product of the Teen Lifeline volunteer program, starting as a teen peer counselor 26 years ago after losing a close friend to suicide. There she found her passion and has been working in the field for the past 20 years including work on a crisis mobile team and assessment for hospitalization.  Nikki also currently serves as the Board President of the Arizona Suicide Prevention Coalition.

Original air date October 15.

To learn more about Teen Lifeline, go to www.TeenLifeline.org

Nikki Kontz is the Clinical Director for Teen Lifeline where she oversees all programs as well as volunteer management, and conducts the training of the volunteer Peer Counselors.&nbsp; She manages the daily operations of the hotline including direct supervision on the peer counselors.&nbsp;
Nikki is a product of the Teen Lifeline volunteer program, starting as a teen peer counselor 26 years ago after losing a close friend to suicide. There she found her passion and has been working in the field for the past 20 years including work on a crisis mobile team and assessment for hospitalization.&nbsp; Nikki also currently serves as the Board President of the Arizona Suicide Prevention Coalition.
Original air date October 15.
To learn more about Teen Lifeline, go to <a href="http://www.teenlifeline.org/">www.TeenLifeline.org</a>

The Rescuers radio show provides an opportunity to spotlight people who are working behind the scenes to make this world a better place. These people serve as inspiration and idea starters to encourage others to find creative ways to impact their community, their city, and the world.

Host Art Brooks has spent his career in broadcasting, both as on-air talent and in representing the industry as president and CEO of the Arizona Broadcasters Association for nearly 30 years. He was the driving force behind an Emmy-winning series of documentaries on drug abuse that combined a phone bank of 100 seasoned counselors and history-making "roadblock," as every TV station in Arizona and many radio stations broadcast the groundbreaking show on the same day at the same time. He also was instrumental in starting AZ AMBER Alert (one of two states in the nation where broadcasters initiated the program), helped form the Native American Broadcast Institute at Northern Arizona University and consulted with broadcasters in Bulgaria to help build commercial radio as the country was coming out of communism.

Rescuers airs 5:30-6 p.m. AZ time Thursdays on KPXQ-AM Faith Talk 1360, beginning May 7, 2020. Based in Phoenix, it is available internationally online. We invite you to submit names of heroes you think would be good subjects for the show - just message us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/rescuersradioshow/

The Rescuers radio show provides an opportunity to spotlight people who are working behind the scenes to make this world a better place. These people serve as inspiration and idea starters to encourage others to find creative ways to impact their community, their city, and the world. Host Art Brooks has spent his career in broadcasting, both as on-air talent and in representing the industry as president and CEO of the Arizona Broadcasters Association for nearly 30 years. He was the driving force behind an Emmy-winning series of documentaries on drug abuse that combined a phone bank of 100 seasoned counselors and history-making "roadblock," as every TV station in Arizona and many radio stations broadcast the groundbreaking show on the same day at the same time. He also was instrumental in starting AZ AMBER Alert (one of two states in the nation where broadcasters initiated the program), helped form the Native American Broadcast Institute at Northern Arizona University and consulted with broadcasters in Bulgaria to help build commercial radio as the country was coming out of communism. Rescuers airs 5:30-6 p.m. AZ time Thursdays on KPXQ-AM Faith Talk 1360, beginning May 7, 2020. Based in Phoenix, it is available internationally online. We invite you to submit names of heroes you think would be good subjects for the show - just message us on Facebook at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/rescuersradioshow/">https://www.facebook.com/rescuersradioshow/</a>

Rescuers radio show

Great feel good program with insightful guests highlighting our unsung heroes helping in our communities.

Great feel good program with insightful guests highlighting our unsung heroes helping in our communities.

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