2019 Thrive Award Nominations Are Open
Thrive Allen County presents awards each year in November to organizations and individuals doing exceptional work in our community. We do this because good work deserves to be recognized, and because it’s important to celebrate success! Four awards are given for...
Thrive Board of Directors Announces Lisse Regehr as President and CEO of Thrive Allen County
The Board of Directors of Thrive Allen County would like to announce our new President and CEO: Lisse Regehr. Regehr becomes the second President and CEO of Thrive Allen County, taking the reins from David Toland who led Thrive for 11 years. Toland resigned in...
Double Your Donation and Help Revitalize La Harpe!
Through a grant from the Kansas Health Foundation, Thrive has been working intensely with residents of La Harpe, Kansas, a community of 500 which has long been defined by generational poverty and decline. Through this grant we have partnered with ioby (in our back...
A look back at David Toland’s Thrive Tenure
David Toland, a seventh-generation Allen Countian, began as Thrive Allen County’s executive director in January 2008, after having worked for 8 years in Washington, DC. During his tenure, Thrive has grown from an all-volunteer coalition based primarily in Iola to an...