I did this in Boston back in the 1980s.  At that time there was a shortage, but nevertheless they screened us and trained us and provided support services to us.  No mobile phones; I would go there two evenings a week (we were all volunteers).<p>I did this first at my school, MIT (which didn&#x27;t thank goodness, get suicide calls when I was there though there were suicides and we did get calls about the consequences) and later for the Boston area, where we did get actual suicide calls.  I recently learned that MIT had shut down the service -- I don&#x27;t know why.<p>If you&#x27;re interested just look on the web for suicide prevention hotline and you&#x27;ll find the name of an organization in your area.  I don&#x27;t if they still use volunteers or what these days.  My experience is 30 years old.