Student Volunteer Services
Former religion professor, counselor, and chaplain Dr. Jack Pressau organized SVS in the mid- 1960's. He saw it as a way for the college to truly embrace volunteerism as a mission. In the first SVS project a group of students from Pressau's Christian Education class mentored mill-area children at Todd Memorial Presbyterian Church in Laurens.
More than forty years later SVS is regarded as one of the signature ministries of the college. The student-led organization includes more than two dozen programs, with PC students helping many in need in the community . As many as half the student body typically volunteers in at least one program during an academic year.
Contact
Lucy C. Strong, Director of Campus Ministry and Service
lc_strong@presby.edu
864-833-7000
