by bradford | Feb 23, 2021 | About Us, Cornerstone of Recovery
In 1887, the first campaign that would eventually become the United Way organization raised $21,700 “for local charities, to coordinate relief services, to counsel and refer clients to cooperating agencies,” according to the United Way website. In 2020,...
by bradford | Mar 4, 2021 | About Us, Cornerstone staff, Cornerstone of Recovery
It’s serendipitous, the way that Susie Silcox spends her days on the phone as an Admissions Counselor for Cornerstone of Recovery, a drug and alcohol treatment center near Knoxville, Tennessee. Each day, she takes calls from potential patients facing what they...
by bradford | Apr 16, 2021 | About Us, Cornerstone staff, Cornerstone of Recovery
In 2001, Justin Poole had to get out of East Tennessee. Maybe he needed rehab, maybe he didn’t, but one thing the Reception Manager at Cornerstone of Recovery is certain of: If he had stayed in Sevier County, he was likely headed toward the same bitter ends it...
by bradford | May 13, 2021 | About Us, Cornerstone staff, Cornerstone of Recovery
It didn’t take Jamie Free long to figure out that Cornerstone of Recovery is a different kind of business. The East Tennessee girl, who grew up in Knoxville’s Halls community, was a few weeks into her job as Controller for the drug and alcohol treatment center — a...
by bradford | May 13, 2021 | About Us, Cornerstone of Recovery, Drug Addiction Treatment 101
Cornerstone of Recovery, East Tennessee’s premier drug and alcohol treatment center, is doing its part to provide COVID-19 vaccinations to a vulnerable population: its own patients. Health experts have warned since the pandemic began last year that addicts and...
by bradford | Jun 2, 2021 | About Us, Cornerstone staff, Cornerstone of Recovery
It seems like a lifetime ago that Jennifer Dacus, Director of Human Resources at Cornerstone of Recovery, started spending her Friday afternoons shredding paper. Back then, her last name was Amburgey. Cornerstone had only occupied a new 46-bed facility on Topside Road...