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Dial-a-Something connects a nation with instant help
A thirty year look at dial-a-something services shows how Americans now reach for instant guidance from poison information to bird sightings. Cities offer dial-a-prayer, dial-a-child, and live crisis help, with examples from Philadelphia, Chicago, Seattle, Boston, Denver, New York, Los Angeles, Harrisburg, Pittsburgh, and beyond.
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Numbah Pleanz
Massachusetts
Fife
Malibu
Atlantic City
Dutta
United States
Philadelphia
Poison Information Center
Seattlite
Seattle
Boston
Massachusetts Audubon Society
Newburyport
Hingham
Los Angeles
Society of Clinical Psychologists
Harrisburg
Raymond Shafer
Citizens Council of
Greater
New Orleans
American Cancer Society
Alcoholics and Gamblers Anonymous
Diala-unity
Chicago
Forestville
Houston
Baker Business Bureau
New York City
Boston Chamber of Commerce