April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month In 2020, Mary Black Foundation granted $25,000 to SAFE Homes for the first year of an eighteen-month grant to fund a full-time therapist who will work with victims of domestic violence and sexual...
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Live Healthy Spartanburg Merges Community Health Initiatives
Live Healthy Spartanburg Merges Community Health Initiatives New organization ensures sustainability, builds upon synergy of two multi-year collaboratives The Mary Black Foundation and Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System announce the creation of Live Healthy Spartanburg, a new collaborative with the...
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Early Childhood Impact: SAM’s Early Development Instrument Project
Early Childhood Impact: SAM’s Early Development Instrument Project This week’s blog was written by Beth Thompson, Director of Collective Impact, Spartanburg Academic Movement This month, more than 200 kindergarten teachers across Spartanburg County are participating in Spartanburg Academic Movement’s...
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Addressing Spartanburg County’s Housing Needs
Addressing Spartanburg County’s Housing Needs This week’s blog was written by Hannah Jarrett, Director of Financial Stability Strategy, United Way of the Piedmont The Background United Way of the Piedmont launched the Financial Stability Taskforce in 2016 to reduce...
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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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