Mary Black Foundation Grantee Spotlight: United Way of the Piedmont
Mary Black Foundation Grantee Spotlight: United Way of the Piedmont This week’s blog is written by Hannah Jarrett, Director of Financial Stability Strategy, United Way of the Piedmont In June 2020, United Way of the Piedmont received a $55,500...
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Celebrating the Work of Spartanburg County First Steps Quality Counts Program
Celebrating the Work of Spartanburg County First Steps Quality Counts Program This week’s blog is written by Keisha Gray, Program Director, Early Childhood Development, Mary Black Foundation Congratulations to Quality Counts! On Tuesday, October 6, a small group of...
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Ruth’s Gleanings Tackles Food Insecurity During COVID-19
Ruth’s Gleanings Tackles Food Insecurity During COVID-19 This week’s blog is written by Tonja Ruth Smith, Founder/Director, Ruth’s Gleanings In 2020, Mary Black Foundation awarded Ruth’s Gleanings over $200,000 to support their work in increasing healthy food access by rescuing...
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Support for Young Parents in Spartanburg County
Support for Young Parents in Spartanburg County This week’s blog is written by Tina Gaudiano, Program Director, Middle Tyger Community Center Spartanburg County is rich with resources for pregnant and parenting adolescents due to the collaboration of several local...
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Plan Spartanburg… for Your Future
Plan Spartanburg… for Your Future On Sunday, September 20, 2020, Mary Black Foundation Board of Trustees member Karen Calhoun published an opinion article to the Spartanburg Herald Journal about the City of Spartanburg’s updates to its comprehensive plan. You...
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Real Talk: Latinx Immigrant Communities and the COVID-19 Pandemic
Real Talk: Latinx Immigrant Communities and the COVID-19 Pandemic We invite you to join us on Monday, July 27 from 3-4:30 p.m. for another installment of the Real Talk conversations that have taken place during the COVID-19 pandemic. Real...
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We Have the Capacity to Meet this Challenge.
We Have the Capacity to Meet this Challenge. Today’s blog is written by Molly Talbot-Metz, President/CEO, Mary Black Foundation The last several weeks have been a challenging time for our country and our community. COVID-19 has shined a spotlight...
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Facing Race Together: Reflections from Together SC Nonprofit Summit
This week’s blog is written by Laura Ringo, Executive Director, Partners for Active Living Facing Race Together: Reflections from Together SC Nonprofit Summit Annual TogetherSC Nonprofit Summit Together SC, a statewide organization that supports the needs of South Carolina...
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Recommendations from the Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health Study
Recommendations from the Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health Study This week’s blog is written by Tom Barnet, Chair, Spartanburg County Behavioral Health Taskforce Spartanburg County Behavioral Health Task Force In 2012, the Joint Funders, consisting of Mary Black Foundation,...
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Ruth’s Gleanings Celebrates One Year Anniversary of FoodShare
Ruth’s Gleanings Celebrates One Year Anniversary of FoodShare This week’s blog is written by Tonja Ruth Smith, Founder/Executive Director, Ruth’s Gleanings Increasing Access to Fresh, Healthy Food Ruth’s Gleanings empowers people in nutritional poverty by increasing access to healthy,...
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