LaHarpe PRIDE, with help from Thrive Allen County and Nelson Quarries, welcomed students from Kansas State University and Allen Community College to help with the community’s fall cleanup. They removed brush, trash and construction material…

LAHARPE — Volunteers seeking to do some good Saturday are invited to join LaHarpe PRIDE members and a handful of Kansas State University students for the community’s annual cleanup day. The group will meet at…

Thrive Allen County is hosting several volunteer work days at the Lehigh Portland Trails, starting Saturday, Sept. 24. Volunteers will work to clear areas of timber debris and weeds. Volunteers should meet at the east…

At the heart of some of Allen County’s most noteworthy projects are volunteers. They’ve played a vital role with everything from running community festivals, helping develop and maintain local trails, aiding neighbors in need, or…

While volunteers will no longer go to businesses across the county to retrieve cardboard boxes, those interested in recycling can still take their recyclables to Iola, organizers said. Dan Davis, president of Iola Recycling, told…

Iolans Caiden Cloud and Dillon Slaven received a hearty thanks in the form of certificates from the Community Involvement Task Force-PRIDE Committee for their volunteer work around Iola’s courthouse square. Cloud and Slaven assisted CITF-PRIDE…

If there’s an upside to doing grueling manual labor in the sweltering heat Thursday, it’s that the four Southern Star employees volunteering their efforts did so on Thursday, and not next week, James Gentry said.…

In addition to the health and happiness advantages, volunteering gives people a sense of reason. The satisfying feeling of giving back and donating to society is unequalled. Giving back is also an excellent way to…

LaHarpe’s Thanksgiving Eve meal effort brought a small crowd to City Hall Wednesday, where guests were treated to turkey and noodles, potatoes and other goodies. The effort was spearheaded by LaHarpe Wellness Coordinator Courtney Frame…

In the beginning, Thrive’s annual banquet was intended to solely shine the spotlight on locals who make this corner of the world a better place to live. After 14 years, however, it’s become evident Thrive…