Kev noj qab haus huv thiab kev puas siab puas ntsws

You do not have to be suicidal to call 988. If you are overwhelmed, panicking, cannot stop shaking, or cannot think straight after what happened, that is exactly what this line is for.

• Call or text 988 from any phone
• Chat online at 988lifeline.org
• Press 1 for the Veterans Crisis Line
• Spanish-language support available

Free and confidential.

In addition to the national 988 line, both counties run their own 24/7 crisis line staffed by local counselors:

• Winnebago County Crisis Line: 920-233-7707
• Outagamie County Crisis Line: 920-832-4646

Both are free and available around the clock for anyone in emotional distress after the storm.

Useful when you cannot find privacy to talk — in a shelter, in a car, with children nearby — or when speaking feels impossible.

Text HOME to 741741. Free, confidential, 24/7.

This is the crisis line built specifically for people living through exactly this — a tornado, a flood, a fire. The counselors are trained in disaster response, not general crisis work.

• Call or text 1-800-985-5990
• Multilingual support available
• Free, confidential, 24/7

What people commonly feel in the first weeks: trouble sleeping, replaying it, jumping at wind or sirens, numbness, irritability, guilt about having less damage than a neighbor. All of that is a normal response to an abnormal event. Talking to someone early genuinely shortens it.

Children often show it differently — clinging, regression, stomach aches, or refusing to be in a room alone. Keeping routines and letting them tell the story in their own words helps a great deal.

Catholic Charities provides mental health counseling and peer support, and says it directly: no person is turned away for inability to pay.

920-272-8234 · CatholicCharitiesGB.org

In person at the LEAVEN Community Resource Center, 1475 Opportunity Way, Menasha — the same building many people have already been to for financial help — or by video call if getting there is the problem.

Worth knowing

You do not have to be Catholic, and you will not be asked to be. Peer support means talking to someone who has been through something similar, which some people find easier to start with than a counsellor.

If you have been putting this off because you assumed you could not afford it, that assumption is the thing this entry exists to remove.

In immediate danger? Use 988 or the Winnebago County Crisis Line on 920-233-7707, both 24/7. This entry is for the weeks after, not the worst hour.

The Fox Valley Lions MJ Tassoul Loan Locker lends medical equipment — wheelchairs, walkers, crutches and similar items — free of charge. Message them through Facebook to ask about availability and pickup.

Lub Boys & Girls Club hauv Menasha, 600 Racine Street tau los ua qhov chaw muaj txhij tshaj hauv lub nroog. Yog koj mus tau ib qhov chaw xwb, qhov no muaj ntau yam tshaj.

Qhib hnub ua haujlwm, 7:00 a.m. txog 7:00 p.m.

Chaw da dej thiab chaw pluas — muaj ib lub tsheb da dej nyob ntawm chaw nres tsheb sab qaum teb. Tsis tas sau npe.

Muaj pluas su thiab pluas hmo txhua hnub.

Khoom siv coj mus tsev:

• Dej
• Zaub mov khaws tau ntev
• Khoom noj qab haus huv thiab khoom ntxuav cev
• Khaub ncaws menyuam thiab neeg laus, thiab khau

Lwm qhov chaw muaj kev da dej dawb

Koj tsis tas ua tswv cuab ntawm cov chaw no:

• YMCA of the Fox Cities — Apple Creek, Appleton, Fox West, Heart of the Valley, Neenah-Menasha, Ogden, thiab Valley Tennis Center. Neenah-Menasha YMCA (110 W North Water St) qhib 5:00 a.m. txog 9:00 p.m.
• Fire Fitness cov chaw
• Planet Fitness — 697 S Green Bay Rd, Neenah, thiab 2700 W College Ave, Appleton

Lwm qhov chaw txais khoom siv

• Calvary Bible Church — 1450 Oakridge Rd, Neenah. Mus rau qhov rooj 15. 8:00 a.m. txog 9:00 p.m., kaw Hnub Kaj. Zaub mov khaws tau ntev, dej, khaub ncaws thiab khoom ntxuav cev, ntawv qhwv menyuam thiab phuam so, khoom ntxuav tsev.
• Elks Lodge / St. Patrick's Church — 328 Nicolet Blvd, Menasha. Txhua hnub 10:00 a.m. txog 7:00 p.m.
• Mill City Church — 120 N Lake St, Neenah, sab qaum teb ntawm Main. Thawv khoom ntxuav sab nraud thiab thawv khoom ntxuav cev.
• Community Clothes Closet — 1465 Opportunity Way #B, Menasha.