2017 Mary Black Foundation Annual Report
In 2017, the Foundation invested over $2.9 million in grants and initiatives to improve health and wellness in Spartanburg County. We also completed year one of our 3-year strategic plan to: Impact: Demonstrate & communicate the positive impact of...
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HealthMatters Curriculum Incorporated at Charles Lea Center
Today’s blog is written by Cynthia C. Beacham, President for the Charles Lea Center Foundation. In December 2016, the Charles Lea Center Foundation received an $11,000 grant to implement a healthy eating/active living curriculum specifically developed for special needs...
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Breastfeeding Friendly Spartanburg
Today’s blog is written by Mary Ann Cleland, on behalf of Breastfeeding Friendly Spartanburg Breastfeeding Friendly Spartanburg, an effort that began under the Road to Better Health’s Birth Outcomes Taskforce, has been successful since its launch last fall. Several businesses and...
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Child Abuse Prevention and Sexual Assault Awareness Month
April is Child Abuse Prevention and Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Spartanburg’s Partners in Prevention have collaborated to provide a variety of opportunities for increased community awareness and information sharing. Below is more information on the opportunities to engage on...
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Spartanburg Families Welcome the Children’s Museum of The Upstate in Spartanburg
Today’s blog is written by Nancy Halverson, President & CEO, The Children’s Museum of The Upstate The Children’s Museum of The Upstate (TCMU) is the nation’s 7th largest children’s museum and 10th largest in the world, with the mission...
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Reach Out and Read Launches Innovative Internship
Today’s blog is written by Callee Boulware, Executive Director of Reach Out and Read Carolinas In early February, Reach Out and Read Carolinas, in partnership with Converse College, launched an innovative internship—our Social Systems Leadership Internship (SSLI), thanks to...
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My Brother’s Keeper
Expanding the community’s capacity and broadening the teen pregnancy prevention approach to include promotion of positive youth development and co-occurrences of health disparities, Connect collaborated with My Brother’s Keeper to launch a new after school program for African American...
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Healthy Families Initiative Six-Month Update
Dec. 31, 2017 marked the end of the first six-months of Triple P (Positive Parenting Program) broad expansion across Spartanburg County through the Healthy Families Initiative (HFI). HFI is a multi-level, multi-stakeholder, multiple-year focused effort, aimed at normalizing parenting...
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Spartanburg’s Focus on Economic Mobility
Today’s blog is written by Troy Hanna, Executive Director of The Spartanburg County Foundation. Investing in youth has and continues to be a high priority for Spartanburg County. The Spartanburg County Foundation is excited to embark on a two-year...
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FocusFirst Program Helps Young Children to Focus First
Today’s blog is written by Sarah J. Umsted, SC State Director, Impact America Imagine trying to learn your letters without your most valuable sense: sight. For some children, that sense is already failing them—and no one has noticed. FocusFirst...
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