Please click the link below to read our 2024 Annual Report. We cover what has happened in the last year and what we are excited about for the future of ELI Thrive. You’ll read a letter from our CEO, Pam Bates, along with several program highlights, client stories and an overview of the 2024 budget!
Read MoreFormer ELI intern Julianna Argentine, wins Samford University’s 2025 James M. Sizemore award.
Read MoreELI Thrive celebrated a significant milestone today with the ribbon cutting for its New Housing Initiative in the East Lake neighborhood. This transformative project includes 15 new homes designed to provide safe, affordable housing for families in the Birmingham community.
The Alabama Cooperative Extension System has a long history of forming community partnerships. That is why ELI Thrive, a nonprofit organization in Birmingham, Alabama, did not have to look far to find a partner with a desire to serve people.
Read MoreKeisha Taylor's Book Signing Event at The Gathering Place: A Celebration of Faith and Community
Read MoreCandid Platinum Seal of Transparency
Read MoreRead Shelly Ann’s story: a recipe for success.
Read MoreWelcome Home: Regions Foundation, ELI Break Ground on Major Initiative
Read More15 NEW homes coming to East Lake thanks to $400K grant
Read MoreFrom Groundbreaking to Ground Up! Exciting news from East Lake as construction begins on the first of 15 homes.
Read MoreHelp Support ELI Thrive Families by donating new everyday household items. We saw a need for our moms and also heard our donors and volunteers express their desire to donate some tangible items to our families. So we have created a Hospitality Closet!
Read MoreTake a look at what we’ve been up to in 2022! You’ll hear from clients, see an at-a-glance by the numbers and hear about what we have planned for the future!
Read MoreELI has taught me to be consistent and to identify what went wrong in my spendings and fix it for the next month
Read MoreThe City of Birmingham has awarded more than $850,000 to eight area organizations to fund innovative ways to help improve Birmingham’s economic landscape. The BOLD program, which stands for Building Opportunities for Lasting Development, provides financial support to organizations and agencies that are taking creative, evidence-based approaches to solving various community issues.
Read MoreToday is the first day of Fall!
To celebrate we are giving you our Program Coordinator, Morgan Edward's, favorite game day recipe.
Add these ingredients to your weekend shopping list for a yummy snack watching football!
This is the second cohort of the Birmingham Community Incubator in collaboration with the Salvation Army and Community Resource Development from AL Extension. Twelve local predominantly women-owned start-up businesses will be chosen to participate in the 6-week business boot camp.
Read MoreCan we brag about one of our very own? Charisse Parker, one of our participants, is the Program Director for the Alabama Warm Line.
If you have never heard of the Alabama Warm Line, it is a program of Wings Across Alabama, that works to head off crises before they occur by providing an outlet for all people to speak to a certified peer specialist about any issues they may be facing.
Read MoreHow does your garden grow? Pretty well actually! We are so excited to see all our veggies coming in this summer and now it’s time to eat them up.
Here are a few of our favorite recipes that can take your veggies straight from the garden to the table.
Read MoreAccording to National Today, February 24th is National Chili Day. Since we are all about giving back to the community we thought it only appropriate to share a secret family recipe with our ELI Thrive family!
Macy Murray, our Coaching Coordinator, has been so kind to share her family’s Southwest Chili recipe. So guard this with your life and let us know how it turned out!
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