Sunset Park counseling center opens up Bay Ridge satellite
On the heels of what many are calling a growing heroin problem in the five boroughs and Brooklyn especially, Donna Mae DePola, founder of the Sunset Park Resource Training and Counseling Center (TRTC), has just opened the drug and alcohol rehabilitation site’s first satellite in Bay Ridge.
“I love what I do, and I really feel that I was put on this earth to do it,” said DePola, who opened up the not-for-profit Sunset Park center, now based at 449 39th Street, 20 years ago this month, and its Bay Ridge sister site at 408 77th Street this past July. The Bay Ridge base, like the main branch, offers rehabilitation and counseling services to those suffering from addiction.
DePola, the current president and CEO of TRTC, suffered a childhood of sexual abuse from her father, cousin and neighbor. As a result, she became dependent on drugs and alcohol, until she sought treatment at age 35.
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