ELI Technology Hub is now open to all ELI families. Thanks to the BOLD Grant from the Mayor’s office, our families can now access laptops for Workforce Development.
Help Support ELI Thrive Families by donating new everyday household items.
One Sunday a month, Thrive Together families have access to the food market and utility bill payments. The goal is to allow time for working families to utilize the resources available through our program.
We are excited to announce our official ribbon-cutting and open house for our second location, ELI Thrive-Bessemer, in partnership with Serving You Ministries @ The Grace Place.
We’re thrilled to announce our 2026 Financial Literacy in Progress (FLIP) Classes, hosted in partnership with the Alabama Cooperative Extension System at Alabama A&M University!
We are excited to launch a new opportunity at ELI Thrive this year! We are seeking two volunteers per session to assist our community facilitators as they lead children ages 4–11 through age appropriate curriculum about finance while their parents attend an adult financial literacy course. This new offering allows the entire family to learn and grow together, and we can’t wait to share it with our families.
Join us and have a direct impact on the families we serve by gardening, planting seeds, preparing our garden for harvest, clearing out the greenhouse, and more!
ELI and Serving You partner to help families transition from crisis to thriving. This school supply drive helps families prepare for the upcoming school year while staying in their budget. This drive is supporting over 250 school-aged children. Our Back to School Drive will be held on Sunday, July 26, 2026. Thank you for being a partner and supporting our families!
We will be closing the garden, doing pressure washing, painting, cleaning our warehouse, and more!
Join us as we give out Thanksgiving boxes to our participants and enjoy a breakfast together!
For years, our Christmas Shop has been a favorite tradition — filled with toys, wrapping paper, and festive cheer.
This year, we’re shifting the focus to empowering moms to save and plan for their own holiday shopping, while still adding a little sparkle with a Christmas Cookie Kit + board game for every family.
We will be closing the garden, doing pressure washing, painting, cleaning our warehouse, and more!
For the past several summers we have partnered with In His Wakes to offer a lake day for our ELI families.
ELI and Serving You partner to help families transition from crisis to thriving. This school supply drive helps families prepare for the upcoming school year while staying in their budget. This drive is supporting over 250 school-aged children. Our Back to School Drive will be held on Sunday, July 27, 2025. Thank you for being a partner and supporting our families!
We want to give each of our Seniors an Amazon gift card, a new bible, and a tumbler cup.
Join us and have a direct impact on the families we serve by gardening, planting seeds, preparing our garden for harvest, clearing out the greenhouse, and more!
Birmingham Community Incubator, a collaboration between the Salvation Army, AL Extension at Alabama A&M, ELI will start its 9th cohort beginning this January
Please see below a flyer for our upcoming classes, all of which will be held at the Salvation Army Center of HOPE (unless otherwise noted).
One Sunday a month, Thrive Together families have access to the food market and utility bill payments. The goal is to allow time for working families to utilize the resources available through our program. Volunteer here to help families shop in the food market during this time!
We are excited to announce the ribbon cutting for our New Housing Initiative, where we are building 15 beautiful new homes in the East Lake area!
One Sunday a month, Thrive Together families have access to the food market and utility bill payments. The goal is to allow time for working families to utilize the resources available through our program. Volunteer here to help families shop in the food market during this time!
Check out details if you would like to volunteer to wrap gifts, check-out or shop with families on December 6th through the 8th.
One Sunday a month, Thrive Together families have access to the food market and utility bill payments. The goal is to allow time for working families to utilize the resources available through our program. Volunteer here to help families shop in the food market during this time!
One Sunday a month, Thrive Together families have access to the food market and utility bill payments. The goal is to allow time for working families to utilize the resources available through our program. Volunteer here to help families shop in the food market during this time!
Birmingham Community Incubator, a collaboration between the Salvation Army, AL Extension at Alabama A&M, ELI will start its 8th cohort beginning this August
Tutoring At Barrett Elementary. The Barrett Elementary Tutoring Program pairs tutors with children at Barrett Elementary for weekly sessions.
One Sunday a month, Thrive Together families have access to the food market and utility bill payments. The goal is to allow time for working families to utilize the resources available through our program. Volunteer here to help families shop in the food market during this time!
We are excited to introduce the STRIVE program for our participants! STRIVE Birmingham is dedicated to helping individuals overcome societal barriers to employment through professional training, intensive personal support, and self-empowerment.
One Sunday a month, Thrive Together families have access to the food market and utility bill payments. The goal is to allow time for working families to utilize the resources available through our program. Volunteer here to help families shop in the food market during this time!
One Sunday a month, Thrive Together families have access to the food market and utility bill payments. The goal is to allow time for working families to utilize the resources available through our program. Volunteer here to help families shop in the food market during this time!
ELI and Serving You partner to help families transition from crisis to thriving. This school supply drive helps families prepare for the upcoming school year while staying in their budget. This drive is supporting over 250 school-aged children.
One Sunday a month, Thrive Together families have access to the food market and utility bill payments. The goal is to allow time for working families to utilize the resources available through our program. Volunteer here to help families shop in the food market during this time!
Come play Bingo at Cahaba Brewing Company with us on Wednesday, April 24th from 6-8 pm.
One Sunday a month, Thrive Together families have access to the food market and utility bill payments. The goal is to allow time for working families to utilize the resources available through our program. Volunteer here to help families shop in the food market during this time!
One Sunday a month, Thrive Together families have access to the food market and utility bill payments. The goal is to allow time for working families to utilize the resources available through our program. Volunteer here to help families shop in the food market during this time!
We have started a new Lunch & Learn series for our mothers where we will bring in different speakers to talk about different subjects that our mothers have asked for.
