TCN Behavioral Health has named their newest recovery house in Bellefontaine the Vivian Koontz Recovery Home.

TCN had opened nominations for the name of the house to the community and received a total of 31 nominations for different women, some of whom had lived at the recovery house in the past, and all of whom have inspiring journeys of recovery. After much deliberation over these nominees, Ms. Koontz’ name was chosen.

Vivian Koontz was born in West Virginia in 1927, and was called “Miss Viv” by many who knew her. She was known to the Bellefontaine-area recovery community as one of the first women sponsors in the area, and she sponsored women from Marysville to Sidney. She dedicated her life to helping others, and when she passed away in 2009 she had been sober for 31 years, and had been helping other people in recovery for almost as long.

The Vivian Koontz Recovery Home was officially named in an event held at the TCN West Liberty office with CEO Lori Strobl, members of Senior Administrative staff, SUD directors and managers, TCN board member Stacy Cox, MHDAS president Tammy Nicholl, Jon Brown of Residential Administrators, and Kathy Zeller of Recovery Zone.

TCN thanks all who made a nomination for the Vivian Koontz Recovery Home, and we hope to continue supporting the recovery journeys of women like all of those who were nominated.

If you would like to donate to the Vivian Koontz Recovery Home, please click on the donate button and specify that your donation is to be used for the home.

Since 1990, TCN Behavioral Health Services, Inc. is a comprehensive behavioral health agency dedicated to improving lives by providing clinically excellent and accessible behavioral health services. TCN provides mental health, substance use and psychiatric services for adults and youth in Logan, Champaign, Greene, Montgomery and Miami counties. For more information or to donate to TCN call (937)376-8700 or visit www.tcn.org.