For special-needs students, ‘It’s like night and day’
Project Search graduate Jordyn Jarrell Brown, instructor Donna Cameron, graduate D’Nia Christine Sonay Price, Project Search assistant Carolyn Forte, advanced intern Emma Tyce and graduate Jorell Noah Scott. PHOTO BY BOBBY BRYANT
Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center in Hartsville on May 17 hosted its annual Project Search Graduation.
The transition-to-work program is a one-year employment preparation program for special-needs youths. This year’s graduates are Jordyn Jarrell Brown, a Hartsville High graduate who interned in the hospital’s cafeteria and currently works for IGA; D’Nia Christine Sonay Price, a Darlington High graduate who interned in central billing, radiology and the mailroom; and Jorell Noah Scott, a Hartsville High graduate who interned in materials management. One advanced intern, Emma Katherine Tyce, will return for the 2022-23 school year. “I guess the most rewarding thing is just to see the growth and independence that they gain while in the program,” said Project Search instructor Donna Cameron. “(After interning), they’re more outgoing, more eye contact.”
One Carolina Pines employee who worked with the interns said: “It’s like night and day.”
— BOBBY BRYANT
