Evan Brown

TIFTON – OASIS Recovery Community Organization, LLC has announced that Evan Brown has been named as the new executive director.

Brown will oversee the day-to-day operations of OASIS, along with oversight, event planning, and peer to peer counseling with individuals who come to OASIS to use its services.

“I’m extremely excited for this opportunity,” Brown said. “I have a genuine passion to help those who are battling substance abuse and this gives me a tremendous opportunity to combine something I love with an opportunity to help my community. I am a person in recovery and I know what those that use our services are battling.”

OASIS, while not a rehabilitation facility, offers a variety of services to anyone with a substance use disorder by helping them locate a suitable rehab if needed, providing peer to peer counseling, offering a variety of community meetings, assisting in job searches, providing recreational opportunities in a safe environment, as well as offering free transportation to counseling, doctor’s appointments, work, etc.

“We try to make the transition back into the community as easy as possible for each individual in order to give them a better chance of success and help each one to be a responsible, productive member of our community,” Brown stated.

OASIS is located at 902 S. Main St. in Tifton. The phone number is 229-396-5900 and the email address is OASIStifton@gmail.com. It can be located online at www.oasistifton.com and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/oasisrco.