For almost 20 years, Spartanburg Regional has been the presenting sponsor of the Criterium. The professional cycling event is a closed-circuit, multi-lap race that draws thousands of attendees every year, who tailgate and cheer on the athletes. 

All proceeds from this event benefit PAL (Play. Advocate. Live Well.), a Spartanburg nonprofit with a mission to transform Spartanburg County into a vibrant, healthy and connected community.

Gibbs Cancer Center sponsors one of the main entrances to Cancer Survivors Park in the heart of Greenville, welcoming visitors into a place of reflection and renewal.

The park, which sees more than 1 million visitors each year, includes a central pavilion, gardens, sculptures and educational elements. Programming offered in the park is designed to help people learn to live with cancer or other life-altering illnesses. 

A spike in adolescent anxiety and depression during the pandemic revealed a need to ensure young patients experiencing acute mental health crises receive the appropriate level of support. A FOCUS Initiative through the Spartanburg Area Mental Health Center, the Child and Adolescent Family Engagement Center (CAFÉ) is located outside the Spartanburg Medical Center Emergency Center. The CAFÉ has become the first point of contact for youths with non-life-threatening mental health concerns. Once assessed, those still in need of emergency services are escorted to the hospital Emergency Center for treatment. The change led to a better continuum of care based on specific adolescent needs.

Spartanburg Regional is a proud partner of three county health coalitions that work to improve the health and well-being of our communities – Live Healthy Spartanburg, Live Healthy Union and Live Healthy Cherokee. Through these partnerships, Community Health Needs Assessments (CHNA) and Community Health Improvement Plans (CHIP) are completed every three years for each county. These groups develop data-based strategies to address community health needs, including access to care, behavioral health, chronic health conditions, and resilient children and families.

Spartanburg Regional and the Spartanburg Regional Foundation are two of the founding partners of the Spartanburg Racial Equity Collaborative, which is addressing racial inequities in Spartanburg County. The organization’s strategic imperatives include advancing awareness, education, and training; fostering a culture that allows for authentic and transparent dialogue; advocating for equitable policy and systems change; and enhancing equity-stratified data.

Strategic Spartanburg is a nonprofit research organization that is improving the quality of life in Spartanburg County through research that informs policy and practice. The effort is a collaboration between the City of Spartanburg, Mary Black Foundation, OneSpartanburg, Inc., Spartanburg Academic Movement, Spartanburg County, Spartanburg County Foundation, Spartanburg Regional Foundation, United Way of the Piedmont and the University of South Carolina Upstate.

The Spartanburg Regional Foundation is one of six organizations that make up the Spartanburg Joint Funders. The group is committed to intentional collaboration, developing strategies to address community needs and co-funding solutions when appropriate. Other Joint Funders include the Chapman Cultural Center, Mary Black Foundation, Spartanburg Academic Movement, Spartanburg County Foundation and the United Way of the Piedmont.

Spartanburg Regional is establishing stronger connections between healthcare and community partners to actively address the social determinants impacting patients. The healthcare system implemented Unite Us, a software platform used to collaborate across the community and connect patients to local organizations that provide resources such as transportation, food, housing and finances. Unite Us serves as a coordinated care network with cross-sector partners from health care, government and nonprofits connecting through shared software.