Grantee Spotlight Blog Series: EMERGE Family Therapy Center and Teaching Clinic
Grantee Spotlight Blog Series: EMERGE Family Therapy Center and Teaching Clinic This week’s blog is written by Susan Lea, Development Director, EMERGE Family Therapy Center and Teaching Clinic The Meaning of Play: Michael’s Story Michael* (name and identifying details...
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Grantee Spotlight Blog Series: Pineview Hills Neighborhood Association
Grantee Spotlight Blog Series: Pineview Hills Neighborhood Association This week’s blog is written by Marshall Irby, Neighborhood Association Member, Pineview Hills Neighborhood Association Pineview Hills Neighborhood Association was awarded $70,100 in the 2019 Mary Black Foundation grant cycle in...
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Social Impact Partnerships to Pay for Results
Social Impact Partnerships to Pay for Results This week’s blog is written by Megan Carolan, Director of Policy Research, Institute for Child Success In late May, jurisdictions across the country submitted applications to support Pay for Success (PFS) projects...
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Girls on the Run of Spartanburg Expands Across the Upstate
Girls on the Run of Spartanburg Expands Across the Upstate This week’s blog is written by Mary Ann Cleland, Executive Director, Girls on the Run of Spartanburg Girls on the Run of Spartanburg has recently merged with Girls on...
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Connecting the Past with the Future
Connecting the Past with the Future This week’s blog is written by Kevin Stiens, Parks and Recreation Director, Spartanburg County Parks Department The Spartanburg County Parks Department recently completed renovations to historic Berry Field. While Berry Field is part...
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Community Supports for Young Parents
Community Supports for Young Parents (CSYP) In 2010, the Mary Black Foundation began funding supports for young parents in partnership with the Adolescent Family Life Program (AFL). AFL provides services to pregnant or parenting mothers currently enrolled in school. ...
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An Innovative Program to Tackle Nutritional Poverty
An Innovative Program to Tackle Nutritional Poverty This week’s blog is written by Tonja Ruth Smith , Founder/ Executive Director, Ruth’s Gleanings What is Ruth’s Gleanings? A local organization, Ruth’s Gleanings, has launched an innovative program to tackle nutritional...
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Girlology in Spartanburg
Girlology in Spartanburg This week’s blog is written by Dr. Melissa Holmes, Co-Founder, Girlology Children today are facing puberty at younger ages while they’re also being exposed to sexualized images and messages earlier due to media and the internet....
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The Finish Line is Just the Beginning!
The Finish Line is Just the Beginning! This week’s blog is written by Mary Ann Cleland, Council Director, Girls on the Run of Spartanburg The Race Please join the Girls on the Run of Spartanburg for the Celebration 5K...
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Reflections on a Health Equity Conversation
Reflections on the Together SC 2019 Nonprofit Summit This week’s blog is written by Emily Miller, Executive Director, Children’s Advocacy Center of Spartanburg, Cherokee, & Union The SC Nonprofit Summit is hosted by Together SC – the only organization focused...
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