But through the years it became apparent that students were receiving services like ours from other organizations, family and friends. Our calls decreased to 10 to 15 a week. My time with Fone has been a growing experience of helping others and making new friends through volunteers and staff. Jurich has been associated with Fone since 1967, including serving as its adviser from 1976 to 1990 and on its advisory board since 1990. He said Fone provided a valuable service.
Every university is brick, mortar and people.
Our soul is a little bit poorer because the Fone Crisis Center is no longer available for people to call or to volunteer for. Jurich also said Fone's disbanding is a sign of the times. Now we're finding out they're seeking connections to people in more remote ways, such as with computers and the Internet. I'm not so sure that's a good thing. Newton, too, said it's regrettable that Fone had to close.