Reflections of the HealthyCommunity50 Challenge
Spartanburg County’s participation in the two-year national HealthyCommunity50 challenge is concluding. As a community, we have sought to improve health through a focus on physical activity. We celebrate the ways by which local municipalities led in these efforts. When...
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Hispanic Heritage Month
This week’s blog is written by Nora Curiel-Munoz, Spartanburg County PASOs Coordinator at Upstate Family Resource Center Each year, the US observes the Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 to October 15, by celebrating the histories, cultures and contributions...
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Foundation Awards $815,085 in Grants
The Mary Black Foundation announced that it awarded $815,085 in grants to 13 nonprofit organizations serving Spartanburg County. Big Brothers Big Sisters of The Upstate was awarded $20,000 to expand the capacity of their mentoring program for high school...
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Reflections: Road to Better Health Annual Meeting
Today’s blog was written by Lori Boyd, Coordinator, Joe R. Utley Heart Resource Center, Spartanburg Regional Health System If you know about Spartanburg’s Road to Better Health, you know that one of the taskforce focus areas is Health Equity. This...
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Teen Triple P: A Resource for Parents
This week’s blog is written by Angela Talley Robinson with the Hope Center for Children October is Let’s Talk Month, a reminder that the best educator for a teen is their parents or caregivers. Spartanburg has ongoing support for...
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The Palmetto Basics: Give Me Five
The Mary Black Foundation’s mission is “to invest in people and communities for improved health, wellness, and success in Spartanburg County.” The Foundation fulfills this mission through targeted, data-driven investments in programs, policies, and place-based work that supports Healthy...
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Way to Wellville Update
Spartanburg is taking on the challenge of improving health and well-being by working with local and national partners to create and support innovative and meaningful initiatives and programs. One of those partnerships is through the Way to Wellville. Spartanburg’s...
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Targeted Investments Are Made Up Stream: Part 1
Early childhood development is one of the two key focus areas of the Mary Black Foundation. But in an organization concerned with community health, why does early childhood matter so much? According to Keisha Gray, Mary Black Foundation’s program...
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The Healthy Schools Initiative
In fall of 2016, the Mary Black Foundation (MBF) began a new four-year initiative within the focus area of Healthy Eating | Active Living: the Spartanburg Healthy Schools Initiative (SHSI). MBF’s long-term goals for the work of Healthy Eating...
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