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Thrive Support & Advocacy, a nonprofit empowering youth and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), today announced that seven young adults have graduated from its Leadership Experience And Development (LEAD) initiative, and that the program will expand to Worcester in September. Click here to read and… Read More

Working with a local nonprofit organization for their IQP this term, three WPI students are helping to develop a more holistic approach to fighting food insecurity as they devise plans for a planned food pantry in Worcester. Click here to read and learn more… Read More

Alexis Sokoloff in her uniform working at a WooSox game. Meet the newest member of the WooSox Stadium Crew, Alexis Sokoloff. A Thrive participant for more than five years, Alexis just landed her dream job as an usher for the Worcester Red Sox, the professional minor league… Read More

In the ten years since Marilyn Barrish moved into a Thrive Support & Advocacy community residence, she often spoke lovingly about her parents. Growing up as an only child, Marilyn and her parents had an extremely close relationship. Marilyn spent many years knowing that her parents had… Read More

Flashback to March 2020, when the world shut down just days before Thrive’s Alpine Ski Team was set to hit the slopes for the 2020 Championship Competition. After a year to think about what they had missed, Thrive skiers were eager to head to the mountain in 2021 to prove… Read More

Thrive Support & Advocacy today announced that Worcester’s Stacey Forrest has been appointed as the human services agency’s first chief operating officer. As COO, Forrest will provide overall planning, direction and supervision of Thrive operations and community-based programs.  She brings more than 15 years of human services experience to Thrive. … Read More

The Marlborough-based Thrive Support & Advocacy just partnered with the FITCLUB Foundation out of Worcester to develop a fitness and wellness education curriculum for Thrive’s clientele. Click here to read and learn more. Read More

A coalition of community groups (including Thrive), local health care providers and for-profit companies has formed to oppose the planned $2 billion expansion by Mass General Brigham, saying it would threaten the viability of local hospitals and health systems and raise health care spending. Click here to… Read More

by Sean Rose, President & CEO As we celebrate Black History Month, I reflect on what that means to Thrive Support & Advocacy, our community, and the entire nation. The racial injustices of the past year have caused us to pause and examine how far we have come, while realizing… Read More