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Motivate local teens to lead a civic action project through The HYPE Project®
Are you interested in hosting a Healthy Young People Empowerment (HYPE) team to increase access to healthy choices in your community?
HEAL Mini-Grant maximum ask increased
Make your community healthier with a HEAL Mini-Grant! We’ve increased the maximum request and added new information to our website.
Action Alert: Support Senate Budget Proviso 1.68 to address student hunger
The State Senate placed a proviso in their budget that would allow public school students access to free school meals. Proviso 1.68 would require schools to provide free meals to all students who are eligible under the Community Eligibility Program; this would have a...
Historical Greenwood neighborhood seeks a renewed promise of a healthy, thriving community
Greenwood County is home to one of our nation’s most influential civil rights leaders -- Benjamin Mays, one of Martin Luther King Jr.’s mentors. If you look deep into the historical records of this rural county, you will find other interesting facts that have shaped...
Action Alert: Let’s get Healthy Bucks & SNAP System Requests in the SC Senate Budget
You answered our call for help with securing funding in the SC House budget for the SC Department of Social Service’s (DSS) Healthy Bucks program. Now, we need your help with ensuring Healthy Bucks and an upgrade to the SNAP processing system are included in the SC...
The HYPE Project® Evaluation leads to a new curriculum, a new look
At Wholespire, we know the importance of evaluating projects and initiatives to determine an impact or to make improvements to future endeavors. After 10 years of implementation and collecting feedback from adult and youth participants, The HYPE Project® underwent a...
Action Alert: Let’s get the Healthy Bucks proviso passed!
Tell the SC House Ways and Means Healthcare Subcommittee by tomorrow, January 25, to support Healthy Bucks.
Students at SC School for the Deaf and Blind get safe, open space to be active
An old, unsafe tennis court on the school campus has been repaved and turned into a free-play zone.
CareSouth organizes community gardens to fight food insecurity in Society Hill
Driving 30-45 minutes to buy groceries is a burden for Society Hill residents. CareSouth and community volunteers are changing that with a HEAL Mini-Grant.
City of Clinton, YMCA and others partner to feed the community
Residents in Clinton and its surrounding areas have limited opportunities to get nutritious food. Local leaders are changing that with the help of a HEAL Mini-Grant.
The City of West Columbia will fulfill residents’ requests for bike racks
With a HEAL Mini-Grant, the addition of bicycle racks will complement the connectivity of West Columbia’s parks, trails, and bike lanes and provide cyclists with a safe way to temporarily store their bikes.