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A Blueprint for Helping Lee County Kids
The South Carolina Office of Rural Health (SCORH) aims to improve the health of the state’s rural population through the Blueprint for Health program. During the 18-month program, SCORH works with...
Feeding Innovation
A mobile farmers market, a reclaimed foods store, a food box distribution program and farm-to-school produce. These are a few of the business ideas that have been a part of South Carolina Community...
BUILDing a Healthy Future
The BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina Foundation is excited to provide funding to two South Carolina communities to participate in the third cohort of the BUILD Health Challenge. In this learning...
BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina Awards Catalyst Grants to 5 South Carolina Organizations
The following organizations were selected to receive Catalyst Grants during the summer 2019 cycle. The Foundation is excited to learn ways we can spur innovation and challenge the status quo to...
Gathering of the Foundation's Spring 2019 Grantees
On July 26, 2019 the Foundation hosted its first get together for the Spring 2019 grantees for a time to meet each other and learn about each other’s projects and organizations. The aim for this...
Improving Health Through Smiles
In 2015, Little River Medical Center developed an emergency dental clinic to serve uninsured patients at the federally qualified health center’s two locations five days a week. Over the past several...
Announcing the Catalyst Grant
The Catalyst Grant is a new grant opportunity seeking to foster a culture of innovation through small-scale projects that can accelerate and advance strategies to improve health. The intent of these...
BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina Foundation Awards 14 Health Priority Grants to South Carolina Organizations
The BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina Foundation has awarded 14 grants in the spring of 2019 to organizations working to improve the health of South Carolina’s economically vulnerable citizens...
Reducing Food Insecurity in SC Children
Harvest Hope Food Bank began its Kids Café program in 2017 and has provided nearly 10,000 low-income children with hot meals and nutritious snacks after school and in the summer. From 2017 to 2018, 28...