Ever wonder what PAL does throughout the year to work towards our mission to make Spartanburg a more healthy and active community? Well, in our annual report we highlighted 16 successes we made towards improving health in 2016.

Walking & Bicycling

• 3,196 BCycle trips
• 1,600+ Turkey Day 8K walkers & runners
• 205 Hub Cycle bicycle rentals
• 17 Tuesday night runs (Hot Tuesday in the spring & RJ Rockers Run Club in the fall)

Healthy Children

• 93 administrators, partners & teachers attended the 2016 Healthy Schools Forum
• 5 childcare centers focused on improving outdoor play space for more active children
• 14 school partners in the Healthy Schools Initiative (5 in spring, 9 in fall, thanks to funding from MBF)
• 29 community partners working together through Childhood Obesity Taskforce to collectively improve healthy eating and physical activity among children

Trails & Park Development

• $1.6 million secured for new trails with community partners
• $657,820 committed to the park on the MBF Rail Trail
• 18 investors supporting the MBF Rail Trail
• 60 property owners contacted to develop new trail routes

Organizational Growth & Building

• 1,545 volunteer hours
• 512 terrific PAL donors, sponsors & investors
• 5 new strategic goals to guide PAL's staff and board from July 2016 - June 2019
• 3 dynamite staff members & 1 board member joined our team (excited to have Lindsey Graham & Christy Barrett in new PAL positions, Liz Perry transition from AmeriCorp VISTA to full time, and Jalitha Moore to the Board of Directors)