CAMPUS NEWS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 22, 2007
CSI: College Town Service
Initiative Set for Saturday, Feb. 24
Students from Spartanburg’s colleges to
provide assistance to local service
organizations
UPDATE:
See pictures from CSI 2007
More than 300 students at Spartanburg’s six
colleges and universities will come together to
make Spartanburg a better place on Saturday,
Feb. 24, as they participate in fourth annual
“CSI: College Town Service Initiative,”
providing services to more than a dozen service
agencies around the community.
This year’s theme is “Service Is Good.”
CSI is a project of the College Town consortium,
a collaboration of the institutions of higher
education in Spartanburg County – Converse
College, Sherman College, Spartanburg Methodist
College, Spartanburg Community College, the
University of South Carolina Upstate and Wofford
College. It is the fourth service initiative
undertaken by students through College Town.
This year, students will participate in groups
of varying sizes to provide much-needed services
to a variety of Spartanburg service agencies.
The agencies involved include The Haven, Habitat
for Humanity, the Charles Lea Center, Miracle
Life Mission, the Bethlehem Center and the
Salvation Army Thrift Store. (A complete list is
provided below.)
“We hope that through this event, we can instill
in the hearts and minds of students at local
colleges and universities in Spartanburg the
value of serving others,” says Kim Day, director
of student activities and leadership development
at Spartanburg Methodist College and chair of
the CSI planning committee. “We hope that
students will be exposed to service
opportunities throughout the Spartanburg
community as well as interaction with students
from other colleges and universities.”
Students will be doing everything from minor
repair work and painting to preparing food and
serving food to creating activities for children
and more.
The day for CSI will begin with a light
breakfast and project signup at the First
Baptist Church Hangar at 9:30 a.m. Participating
students will receive T-shirts when they sign up
for their projects. Spartanburg Mayor Bill
Barnet, along with some of the presidents of the
colleges, will welcome and address the students,
who then will depart at about 10:30 a.m. to
their project sites.
The students will return to the Hangar for a 1
p.m. lunch and reflection on their work and
impact.
The agencies where students will work are:
• The Haven
• Ellen Hines Smith Girls Home
• Habitat for Humanity
• Safe Homes
• Interim Hospice
• Bethlehem Center
• Miracle Life Mission
• Charles Lea Center
• Children’s Shelter
• SPACE
• Spartanburg Humane Society
• The Salvation Army Thrift Store
• Magnolia Place
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