Orangeburg is the newest site of The Courage Center. The nonprofit recovery community organization, located at 950 Holly Street, offers free services and resources to those with a personal or family history of substance abuse. The Courage Center Executive Director Randy Rush, left, speaks with Orangeburg City Councilwoman Annette Grevious, right, inside The Courage Center following the ribbon-cutting ceremony.
“A recovery community organization is a place that provides peer recovery services for those that are struggling with substance abuse,” TCC Community Psychologist Dr. Pamela Imm said. Imm helped develop the Orangeburg location as part of the expansion team.
Orangeburg is one of three TCC sites in South Carolina. “We’ve always had a goal to be here in Orangeburg,” TCC Executive Director Randy Rush said Thursday, June 27 at the center’s ribbon-cutting ceremony. “We would not be here if it were not for Rep.
Gilda Cobb-Hunter,” Rush said. Cobb-Hunter, D-Orangeburg, was instrumental in securing funding for the Orangeburg location. According to the S.
C. Department of Health and Environmental Control, Orangeburg County had 37 drug overdose deaths in 2021, a 94.7% increase from the previous year.
Recovery support was a “gap” that needed to be filled in Orangeburg, Imm said. TCC is designed to be a welcoming location. It has a living room space, multiple offices, a private room for individual therapy sessions, and a conference room.
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