Seven institutions, City present 9th annual CSI on Saturday, April 14
SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Hundreds of students from Spartanburg’s seven colleges and universities will come together to make Spartanburg a better place on Saturday, April 14, as they participate in the ninth annual “CSI: College Town Service Initiative,” providing services to about a dozen service agencies around the community.
“The goal of CSI is for students to work with community organizations and students from other colleges with whom they may not normally have contact, and that they will come away more invested in the Spartanburg community,” Rogers Brandt, College Town coordinator says. “What begins with a few Saturday hours of hard work for agencies that need the help often becomes a lifelong commitment to serving the community.”
This year, students will be doing work for these agencies:
- Christmas In Action – Making lunches for volunteers and helping at specific home sites for the agency
- The Shepherd’s Door – Gathering food donations at The Fresh Market and Sam’s Club
- Clifton Cemetery (located on Cherry Hill Road/State Road 817 off East Main Street past Zion Hill Road) – Maintenance and litter pick up
- Camp Mary Elizabeth – Landscaping and maintenance
- Hollywild Animal Park
- Children’s ReStore Center
- Spartanburg Humane Society --- Making dog toys and caring for animals
- Palmetto Hearts 5k Run (Duncan Park)
- SPACE (Spartanburg Area Conservancy)
- Northwest Recreation Center (710 Saxon Ave.) -- Painting
The day for students participating in CSI will begin at 8:30 a.m. in the Andrews Field House at Wofford College, with a light breakfast. Students who registered by April 5 will receive their T-shirts; others will receive shirts on a first-come basis.
Chris Steed, CEO and president of the United Way of the Piedmont, will give the opening remarks beginning at 9 a.m. Then, students will go out in groups to work on their projects from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. They will return to the Andrews Field House at Wofford for reflection on their work and impact, followed by lunch in the Burwell Dining Hall.
CSI is a project of the College Town consortium, a collaboration of the City of Spartanburg and the institutions of higher education in Spartanburg County – Converse College, Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM), Sherman College of Chiropractic, Spartanburg Methodist College, Spartanburg Community College, the University of South Carolina Upstate, and Wofford College.
Contacts:
College Town: Rogers Brandt, [email protected], 864-497-0451
City of Spartanburg: Will Rothschild, [email protected], 864-596-2020
Converse College: Jason Loscuito, [email protected], 864-596-9078
Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine: Lindsey Ridgeway, [email protected], 854-327-9804
Spartanburg Community College: Leslie Cagle, [email protected], 864-592-4792
Sherman College of Chiropractic: LaShanda Harris, [email protected], 864-578-8770, ext. 224
Spartanburg Methodist College: Kim Day, [email protected], 864-587-4006
USC Upstate: Kara Ferguson, [email protected], 864-503-5122
Wofford College: Jessalyn Wynn Story, [email protected], 864-597-4403
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Laura H. Corbin
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