Bon Secours celebrates 2026 Project SEARCH graduates
May 21, 2026
Program Helps Students with Disabilities Prepare for Employment After School
Bon Secours honored the Class of 2026 with a special ceremony held at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena on Monday. The event recognized ten Project SEARCH interns who have successfully completed the program.
Each year, Bon Secours St. Francis Downtown partners with Greenville County Schools and South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation to host students with disabilities, offering hands-on work experience through various hospital internship rotations. In addition to job training, interns receive daily instruction in the areas of daily living skills, functional literacy, functional math, job search skills, self-advocacy, soft-skills, communication, and technology. The program is designed to help students build real-world skills and prepare for meaningful employment after high school.
Interns train in the Joseph J. Pazdan Project SEARCH Center – a modern, interactive facility featuring classroom spaces and training rooms that simulate hospital care settings, allowing interns to sharpen their skills in preparation for their internships in the hospital setting.
For more information about the Project SEARCH program, visit bonsecours.com or keep up with the latest happenings by following the group’s Facebook page.
About Bon Secours
Bon Secours St. Francis is part of Bon Secours Mercy Health (BSMH), one of the 20 largest health systems in the United States and the fifth-largest Catholic health system in the country. The ministry’s quality, compassionate care is provided by nearly 60,000 associates serving communities in Florida, Kentucky, Maryland, Ohio, South Carolina, and Virginia, as well as in Ireland and the Philippines. Bon Secours Mercy Health provides care for patients nearly 14 million times annually through its network of more than 1,200 care sites, which includes 47 hospitals. In 2025, BSMH provided more than $500 million in community investments across six states, ensuring cost is not a barrier to health care for our patients in need. Locally, Bon Secours St. Francis provides compassionate medical care to thousands of area residents through Bon Secours St. Francis Downtown and Bon Secours St. Francis Eastside, as well as a network of primary and specialty care practices, and ambulatory care sites across the Greenville region. The mission of Bon Secours St. Francis is to extend the compassionate ministry of Jesus by improving the health and well-being of our communities and bring good help to those in need, especially people who are poor, dying and underserved. For more information, visit BonSecours.com.
