Day for Dillon is an eye opening trip to one of the poorest counties in the United States. Dillon, SC, made infamous by the documentary The Corridor of Shame and highlighted by the TV program 60 Minutes, is a rural county in the northeastern part of South Carolina. On one special Saturday in the spring semester Community Service Programs takes a group of students to help create change, where the change is needed most. On February 23, 2008, 50 USC volunteers were greeted warmly by teachers, staff and the Superintendent. Volunteers cleaned and painted a local elementary school and created a book room at a local high school.

For the past three years, Community Service Programs has sponsored a spring service day in Dillon, SC. We plan to continue this tradition and expand to a neighboring school district in the spring of 2009. More information about this service day will be available in August.