The annual WeTHRIVE!℠ recognition event was held on December 8, 2025. On this special afternoon, we honored our child care providers, communities, and school districts for the amazing work they have done over the past year creating sustainable changes within Hamilton County.
As I looked back on 2025, there were a few common themes that I saw across the WeTHRIVE! teams:
Communities and schools continued to ensure that everyone had the opportunity to be active within their community. Teams completed quick-build demonstrations, worked on Safe Routes to School, and looked at opportunities to connect trails and other active transportation infrastructure.
Many teams recognized the need to bring healthy food options into their communities. Teams hosted produce pop-up events, installed Little Free Pantries, set up donation spots for food pantries, partnered with Ohio State University Extension-Hamilton County to offer nutrition education and cooking classes, created gardens, and enacted Farm to Early Care and Education strategies.
Check out pictures from our 12/8 event!
Teams continued to create new and exciting opportunities for residents to engage with each other through walking clubs, exercise classes, health and wellness fairs, environmental clean-up events, and mental health speaker series.
In the same spirit, teams have created new connections with WeTHRIVE! partners and each other, with some teams meeting jointly or planning to do so next year.
To everyone involved with WeTHRIVE!: You are making a difference! We are truly thankful for the excitement, energy, passion, and dedication you bring every day to your WeTHRIVE! team.
Mary Ellen Knaebel, MPH, MCHES
Director
Health Promotion and Education
Hamilton County Public Health
Enjoy this look back at 2025!
Congratulations to the following child care providers, communities, and school districts for meeting WeTHRIVE! recognition requirements for 2025!*
WeTHRIVE! communities
- Addyston – 7th year
- Amberley Village – 11th year
- Anderson Township – 11th year
- Arlington Heights – 8th year
- Cheviot – 9th year
- Cleves – 2nd year
- Delhi Township – 7th year
- Elmwood Place – 5th year
- Forest Park – 11th year
- Golf Manor – 6th year
- Green Township – 6th year
- Lincoln Heights – 11th year
- Lockland – 11th year
- Miami Township – 6th year
- Montgomery – 11th year
- Mt. Healthy – 11th year
- North Bend – 11th year
- North College Hill – 8th year
- St. Bernard – 7h year
- Woodlawn – 11th year
- Wyoming – 4th year
WeTHRIVE! school districts
- Lockland City Schools – 9th year
- Mt. Healthy City Schools – 9th year
- North College Hill City Schools – 8th year
- Reading Community City Schools – 7th year
- St. Bernard/Elmwood Place City Schools – 6th year
- Three Rivers Local Schools – 8th year
- Winton Woods City Schools – 8th year
WeTHRIVE! child care providers
- Hamilton County ESC Early Head Start – 2nd year
- Kia’s Kids – joined in 2025
- Learning Clubhouse – 2nd year
- Little Dreamers Big Believers – joined in 2025
- Play N’ Learn Child Care – 2nd year
- St. Dominic Preschool – 1st year
- T Daddy’s Daycare – joined in 2025
- Tee Tee’s Daycare – 2nd year
- Tendercare Child Development Center – 2nd year
*While the WeTHRIVE! initiative started in 2009, annual recognition requirements were added in 2014. The numbers above represent how many years a child care provider, community, or school district has met these requirements. Some communities have been involved with WeTHRIVE! since the beginning!