Advice from MBF Senior Program Director
Advice from Mary Black Foundation Senior Program Director Natalia Valenzuela Swanson was recently promoted to Senior Program Director. Natalia joined the Foundation team in 2015 and previously served as the Health Eating and Active Living Program Director. Natalia earned her...
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Happy New Year 2024
Happy New Year! A note from Mary Black Foundation President & CEO, Molly Talbot-Metz. The Mary Black Foundation would like to wish you a happy and healthy 2024! As we begin the new year, we want to take a...
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Movement 2030
Contributor: Lynne Shackleford, Spartanburg Academic Movement Director of Communications Over the last decade, Spartanburg stakeholders have led innovative, cross-sector strategies that have translated into real results for our residents, including increased economic growth, dramatically reducing teen births, and improved...
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Molly Talbot-Metz Receives the Order of the Palmetto Award
Molly Talbot-Metz Receives Order of the Palmetto Molly Talbot-Metz, president and CEO of the Mary Black Foundation, has been honored with receiving the Order of the Palmetto Award. Talbot-Metz was honored with the award, recognized as the highest civilian...
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2023 Grantee Celebration
2023 Grantee Celebration Last Thursday, the Mary Black Foundation held their annual Grantee Celebration to recognize the organizations that received grants from the Foundation this year. In 2023, the Foundation invested over 2 million dollars in grants and special...
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Brew Good for Giving 2023
Brew Good for Giving Tuesday Tuesday, November 285:30-8:00 PMFR8yard Join Spartanburg Gives and 25+ local nonprofits TONIGHT as we Brew Good for Giving Tuesday at FR8Yard with music by the Ray Jones Collective! This event is FREE to the...
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Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program
About the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program EFNEP is federally funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture. The program is free to all qualifying adults who are low-income parents and...
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Family Connects Accreditation
Family Connects Accreditation About Family Connects Family Connects launched in spring 2022 to serve new mothers and babies living in the city of Spartanburg. The program, which operates under Spartanburg Regional Hospital System, provides a home visit from a...
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