{"id":8901,"date":"2026-08-25T15:36:52","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T15:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/25\/midlands-couple-donates-new-and-gently-used-clothes-to-columbia-area-womens-shelters\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T15:36:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T15:36:52","slug":"midlands-couple-donates-new-and-gently-used-clothes-to-columbia-area-womens-shelters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/25\/midlands-couple-donates-new-and-gently-used-clothes-to-columbia-area-womens-shelters\/","title":{"rendered":"Midlands couple donates new and gently used clothes to Columbia-area women\u2019s shelters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Courtney and Austin Cable reach out through the Richland County Sheriff&rsquo;s Department<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>By W. Thomas Smith Jr.<\/i> <\/p>\n<p>Midlands-area women&rsquo;s shelters became the unexpected beneficiaries of eight large bags (and two boxes full) of brand-new and slightly used women&rsquo;s clothes, a gift from Courtney and Austin Cable to women-in-need facilitated through the Richland County Sheriff&rsquo;s Department&rsquo;s (RCSD) Victims Services Unit. The donations were made, Friday, Aug. 21, and according to Courtney Cable, there will be more.<\/p>\n<p>The initial donation was made as the Cables were setting-up a room in their home as a nursery for their new baby due in late September. &ldquo;I had the clothes and we needed the space,&rdquo; said Courtney, a professional fitness instructor and soon-to-be mom who promises additional donations. &ldquo;We plan to set up donation boxes going forward at the gym where I work and various other One Life Fitness Centers across central South Carolina.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>According to Courtney: RCSD is &ldquo;the perfect facilitating agency&rdquo; because the department is already connected in terms of how best to support women&rsquo;s shelters &ndash; most shelters with confidential addresses for safety reasons &ndash; and Victims Services deputies know which shelters have the greatest need.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Generous donations like this make all the difference in the world to women with limited resources and even fewer options,&rdquo; said Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott. &ldquo;We will get these clothes to the right places, and we urge others within the community to open their hearts as have the Cables.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Courtney adds: &ldquo;Our plan is to establish clothing drives, not only for women&rsquo;s clothing items, but also much-needed feminine supplies, hygiene items, baby items, and children&rsquo;s clothes.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A much in-demand fitness coach and staff member at One Life Fitness-Sandhills, Courtney is a former NCAA Division 1 softball player &ndash; centerfielder and field utility player (multiple positions) &ndash; for the Stetson University Hatters.<\/p>\n<p>Husband Austin Cable, who delivered the clothes with Courtney is a formerly deployed U.S. Marine Corps sergeant and veteran of the Iraq War who served as a USMC air-defense NCO and a member of two separate Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Forces.<\/p>\n<p>When he&rsquo;s not assisting Courtney and preparing for newfound fatherhood, Austin is a program manager for Constellis.<\/p>\n<p><i>Pictured (L-R) &ndash; Austin Cable, Courtney Cable, Ms. Bunnie Harris and Investigator Gabriel Ramos.<\/i> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtney and Austin Cable reach out through the Richland County Sheriff&rsquo;s Department By W. 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