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Have you heard about FoodShare Spartanburg?
Example contents of a FoodShare box Interested in getting a box full of beautiful fresh food every other week for a bargain price? Check it out here! FoodShare Spartanburg is an arm of FoodShare South Carolina and an expansion of Ruth's Gleanings and Spartanburg...
Spartanburg County Community Health Needs Assessment Completed
https://www.rtbhspartanburg.org/ In 2019, the Spartanburg Road to Better Health Advisory Board, with assistance from the Metropolitan Studies Institute at USC Upstate, completed the Spartanburg County Community Health Needs Assessment. This Community Health...
Spartanburg Regional Foundation and Partners Selected for Healthy People, Healthy Carolinas Initiative
Organization will receive $450,000 to help improve health in Spartanburg County over three years Spartanburg, S.C. — Spartanburg Regional Foundation (SRF) and PAL: Play. Advocate. Live Well. have received a grant from The Duke Endowment to help improve health...
Anton Gunn to give keynote at Leadership Summit
The Leadership Summit for Healthy Communities’ Planning Committee is pleased to announce nationally-recognized leadership development expert Anton Gunn will provide the keynote address on October 29 at the Florence Center. Gunn is a former senior advisor to President...
Good Advice – encouraging kids to eat their veggies
Haile Thomas is a young world changer. Inspired to learn more about how nutrition can prevent disease by her father's diabetes diagnosis, Haile founded a nonprofit organization at the age of 12, to encourage healthier eating for children. Learn more about the...
Trail Counters in Spartanburg
Did you know that Partners for Active Living is working with the Spartanburg Area Conservancy and the Spartanburg Area Transportation Study to employ trail counters? The counters let us know how many walkers, runners and bikers use our local trail system by counting...
National Healthy Schools Awards for Spartanburg County
In 2017, three Spartanburg County schools received prestigious National Healthy Schools awards. Boiling Springs Intermediate, Jesse Boyd Elementary and Oakland Elementary are being recognized for the high level of school wellness policies and programs. It takes a...
Dr. Collin Webster and the PACES program
At the recent Spartanburg Healthy Schools Forum, Dr. Collin Webster, Associate Professor of PE at USC, discussed the Partnerships for Active Children in Elementary Schools (PACES) program. Dr. Webster and his team are working with classroom teachers to prove that...
Dr. Glenn Weaver Presents Keynote at Spartanburg Healthy Schools Forum
During the 2017 Spartanburg Healthy Schools Forum presented by Partners for Active Living, Dr. Glenn Weaver of the Arnold School of Public Health at USC presented a hopeful message to educators. As shown in this graphic, children in grades K – 5 actually tend to get...
Weigh Less, Spend Less, Eat Better
Great article in US News and World Report! One tip is to shop the perimeter of the grocery store. For in depth information about shopping for best health, check out the Navigational Grocery Store Tours led by Spartanburg Regional Heart Center dietitian, Kerri Stewart.