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The Local History Index provides only a citation to the article or item. Please visit the Elkhart Public Library’s downtown location at 300 S. Second St. to access the Elkhart Truth newspapers and other collections referenced in this index.

Showing of 247 results for Tolson Center.

ID	103881
Title of Article	Safety first at annual bicycle rodeo
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Markelle Lill, 12, helps Josh Robeson with Pumpkinvine Trail Coalition make adjustments his bicycle Saturday during the annual Bike Safety Rodeo at the Tolson Center; ABOVE: Wesley Kuric with the Elkhart County Health Department helps youngsters get fitted with free bicycle helmets Saturday during the annual Bike Safety Rodeo at the Tolson Center in Elhart. RIGHT: Markelle Lill, 12, clocks his speed at a course set up by Elkhart Police Department officers during the annual Bike Safety Rodeo at the Tolson Center. Officers also gave out free hot dogs and drinks during the event; Markelle Lill, 12, takes a turn at the obstacle course Saturday during the annual Bike Safety Rodeo at the Tolson Center for Excellence in Elkhart
Date	Jun 09, 2026
Page	A1, A6
Subjects	Bicycles, Bicyclists, Safety

ID	103844
Title of Article	Families receive care at baby shower
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Aubrey Parks (left), clinic director and community health nurse at RETA Pregnancy Clinic and Family Resources, talks with a community member about the services RETA offers during a community baby shower at the Tolson Center on Saturday; Tara Morris (right), executive director of the Minority Health Coalition Elkhart County, speaks to families during a community baby shower
Date	Jun 02, 2026
Page	A1, A6
Subjects	Minority Health Coalition of Elkhart County, Tolson Center for Community Excellence

ID	103324
Title of Article	Tolson Center to kick off season
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	Apr 11, 2026
Page	C2
Subjects	Tolson Center for Community Excellence, Soccer

ID	103130
Title of Article	Epic Dance Studios expands to Tolson Center
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Epic Dance
Date	Mar 04, 2026
Page	A3
Subjects	Epic Dance Studio, Tolson Center for Community Excellence

ID	103118
Title of Article	New developments bring more housing to city
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	The investments support a $51 million mixed-use development by developers Garrison Frazier and Milhaus that will include 210 new housing units and commercial space designed to extend downtown development momentum beyond the railroad tracks, the city said; The two projects will connect to downtown and the Tolson Center, Development Services Director Mike Huber said (map from downtown Elkhart to Tolson Center and Love Plaza project)
Date	Feb 28, 2026
Page	A1, A3
Subjects	Housing, Development, Residential, Business and Economic Development

ID	102813
Title of Article	‘Faith, love and peace’
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Children grab candy; vendors serve food; Paula Sours, Delia Grajeda, María Rojas
Date	Dec 23, 2025
Page	A1, A6
Subjects	Tolson Center for Community Excellence, Las Posadas

ID	102598
Title of Article	Beacon hosts health care Youth Summit
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Beacon Health System’s annual Youth Summit featured more than 30 interactive learning stations with doctors, nurses and other medical professionals at the Tolson Center.
Date	Oct 31, 2025
Page	A3
Subjects	Beacon Health System

ID	102053
Title of Article	Fellowship program celebrates impact
Notes	Tolson Center for Community Excellence; Taste of Africa; Lead Hazard Reduction Capacity Building Grant;Greater Elkhart Chamber of Commerce
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Ryan Eilts, Levon Johnson; South Bend-Elkhart Regional Partnership; Andrew Wiand
Date	Jul 18, 2025
Page	A1, A6
Subjects	Benham Neighborhood Initiative, enFocus, Hotel Elkhart, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary

ID	102008
Title of Article	On-the-job training
Notes	CareerWise Elkhart County
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Ty Zartman receiving award; Jayvion Peoples speaking with Jeffrie Hunter; Journey worker awards rest on a table before being given out to CareerWise graduates
Date	Jun 28, 2025
Page	A1, A6
Subjects	United States Department of Labor, Tolson Center for Community Excellence, Horizon Education Alliance

ID	101971
Title of Article	Improving infant mortality rates
Notes	Elkhart County Minority Health Coalition; Elkhart County Health Department; Tolson Center for Community Excellence
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Liliana Quintero speaking
Date	Jun 18, 2025
Subjects	Infant Mortality, Elkhart Aquatic Center, Northern Indiana Hispanic Health Coalition, Hispanic/Latino Community

ID	101930
Title of Article	Tolson Center receives $3,000 grant from Dollar General Literacy Foundation
Notes	Tolson Center; Dollar General Literacy Foundation (DGLF); Tolson Summer Quest
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	Jun 05, 2025
Page	A3
Subjects	Dollar General Inc., Tolson Center for Community Excellence

ID	101803
Title of Article	City acts to keep AmeriCorps workers after cuts
Notes	Americorps; Serve Indiana
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Eli Linton, Ollie Freshour, Lucy Kramer, Jordan Gibbs Benji Wall
Date	Apr 30, 2025
Page	A1, A3
Subjects	Goshen Common Council, Shanklin Park, Michiana Area Council of Governments (MACOG), Tolson Center for Community Excellence

ID	100229
Title of Article	A day of service, celebration
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	crowd at Community Missionary Baptist Church; Tolson Center for Community Excellence
Date	Jan 14, 2025
Page	A1, A3
Subjects	Elkhart Black Expo, Tolson Center for Community Excellence, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary

ID	100130
Title of Article	Tolson Center celebrates one year since reopening
Notes	1320 Benham Ave., Elkhart; Program Innovation Award
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	The Tolson Center for Community Excellence; Brenna Allen; LaTonya King, Rod Roberson, Brenna Allen, Dwight Fish, Brent Curry posing with Program Innovation Award
Date	Dec 26, 2024
Page	A1, A4
Subjects	Tolson Center for Community Excellence, Accelerate Indiana Municipalities (AIM), City of Elkhart

ID	100115
Title of Article	$7.5M grant to support early childhood program
Notes	Building Strong Brains; Community Leadership Implementation Grants; Giving Indiana Funds for Tomorrow (GIFT VIII)
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Pete McCown
Date	Dec 21, 2024
Page	A1, A3
Subjects	Elkhart County Community Foundation, Lilly Endowment Inc., Tolson Center for Community Excellence, Grants

ID	99260
Title of Article	Free health services offered
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Eve Sanchez, Tara Morris; Angel Orozco, Dr. Tavel; Darren Jellison, Dr. Tavel
Date	Nov 15, 2024
Page	A1, A3
Subjects	Tolson Center, Minority Health Coalition of Elkhart County

ID	99094
Title of Article	Tolson Center teams with REAL Services to help seniors
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Breanna Allen
Date	Oct 25, 2024
Page	A1, A3
Subjects	Tolson Center for Community Excellence, REAL Services (Resources for Enriching Adult Life), Indiana Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA)

ID	98880
Title of Article	INOVA Federal, Tolson Center name scholarship recipients
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Gregory Williams and Raniaha Newson
Date	Oct 02, 2024
Page	A3
Subjects	INOVA Federal Credit Union, Tolson Center for Community Excellence, Scholarships, South Central Elkhart

ID	98876
Title of Article	Positive impact
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	student drinks milk; Breanna Allen
Date	Oct 01, 2024
Page	A1
Subjects	Tolson Center for Community Excellence, Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), Elkhart Community Schools, Indiana Department of Education

ID	98489
Title of Article	INOVA, Tolson Center name scholarship recipients
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Raniaha Newson, Gregory Williams, Breanna Allen, Samuel Kamwenji
Date	Aug 31, 2024
Page	D1
Subjects	INOVA Federal Credit Union, Tolson Center for Community Excellence, Scholarships

ID	96077
Title of Article	Lilly Endowment awards matching grant to Community Foundation
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	Mar 22, 2024
Page	A3
Subjects	Elkhart County Community Foundation, Lilly Endowment Inc., Tolson Center for Community Excellence

ID	94757
Title of Article	2023 Year in Review
Notes	Top stories of 2023
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Mayor Gina Leichty; Jeremy Stutsman; future Elkhart Amphitheater; Tolson Center
Date	Dec 27, 2023
Page	A1, A6
Subjects	Elkhart County, Tolson Center for Community Excellence, Homicides, Leichty, Gina (Goshen Mayor)

ID	94213
Title of Article	Newly built and reimagined
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Ribbon cutting ceremony; New Tolson Center building; Lois Mason and guests
Date	Dec 01, 2023
Page	A1, A3
Subjects	Tolson Center for Community Excellence

ID	95055
Title of Article	New Tolson Center to celebrate grand opening
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Breanna Allen
Date	Nov 28, 2023
Page	A3
Subjects	Tolson Center, Renovation

ID	93743
Title of Article	Name on a place
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Tolson Center
Date	Nov 03, 2023
Page	A1
Subjects	Tolson Center

ID	87797
Title of Article	Steel frame rises on new Tolson Center
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Two photos of crews installing steel
Date	Mar 22, 2023
Page	A1
Subjects	Tolson Center, Construction, Benham Avenue

ID	86956
Title of Article	Tolson Center beginning to take shape
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Crews install steel for the new Tolson Center for Community Excellence facility during construction on Thursday. The community center at 1320 Benham Ave. is expected to be complete in November
Date	Feb 10, 2023
Page	A1
Subjects	Tolson Center, Construction

ID	84766
Title of Article	1st Source donates $100,000 to support Tolson revitalization
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	Nov 03, 2022
Page	A3
Subjects	Tolson Center, 1st Source Bank, Donations

ID	84123
Title of Article	Cost of Tolson Center higher than expected
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	A rendering of the new Tolson Center for Community Excellence. The community center is expected to be fully operational by the fall of 2023. ALLEN
Date	Oct 05, 2022
Page	A1, A2
Subjects	Tolson Center, Construction, Fund Raising

ID	81698
Title of Article	Demolition to make way for new Tolson Center begins
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	An excavator tears at the exterior of the Tolson Center at 1320 Benham Ave.
Date	Jul 15, 2022
Page	A1, A5
Subjects	Tolson Center, Construction

ID	80394
Title of Article	Community celebrates Tolson reboot
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Tolson Center’s board of directors at Tolson groundbreaking; City, business and community leaders at Tolson groundbreaking
Date	May 25, 2022
Page	A1, A2
Subjects	Tolson Center, Construction

ID	80156
Title of Article	Tolson Center receives 10K grant
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Peggy Lindberg, Cyneatha Millsaps, Kim Miller, Candy Yoder, Breanna Allen and Carrie Berghoff
Date	May 14, 2022
Page	A4
Subjects	Tolson Center, 100 Women Who Care, Grants

ID	78891
Title of Article	Tolson Center embarks on new beginning
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Mayor Rod Roberson and Breanna Allen; Rendering of the new Tolson Center for Community Excellence; Attendees at the center's transfer ceremony
Date	Apr 08, 2022
Page	A1, A2
Subjects	Tolson Center

ID	78861
Title of Article	No shortage of summer activities
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Camp Connection participants
Date	Apr 07, 2022
Page	A1, A8
Subjects	Tolson Center

ID	78782
Title of Article	Spring Break fun at Tolson
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Levi Gathungu
Date	Apr 05, 2022
Page	A1
Subjects	Tolson Center, Elkhart County Parks and Recreation Department

ID	78433
Title of Article	Allen named Tolson Center executive director
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Breanna Allen
Date	Mar 22, 2022
Page	A1, A7
Subjects	Tolson Center

ID	76646
Title of Article	Funding measures move forward for Tolson Center
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	Dec 04, 2021
Page	A3
Subjects	Tolson Center, Elkhart Redevelopment Commission, Funding

ID	75912
Title of Article	Nonprofits combine efforts
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Elkhart High School Jr. ROTC members; Melquidese Ortega Laredo; KJ Schiele; Daniel Lerma
Date	Nov 09, 2021
Page	A1, A7
Subjects	Elkhart High School JROTC, Tolson Center, Elkhart Education Foundation, Donations

ID	73717
Title of Article	Council transfers Tolson, provides funding
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	Aug 04, 2021
Page	A1, A5
Subjects	Tolson Center, Funding, Nonprofit Organizations, Renovation

ID	73597
Title of Article	Transfer of Tolson moves closer
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Tolson Center building
Date	Jul 28, 2021
Page	A3
Subjects	Tolson Center, Elkhart City Council

ID	73572
Title of Article	Tolson in transition
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Mike Bostic; Keshia Bates and Phyllis Tolbert; Dancers of Diva Dynasty
Date	Jul 27, 2021
Page	A1, A6
Subjects	Tolson Center

ID	72683
Title of Article	Tolson nonprofit wants title
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Kids, Tolson Center
Date	Jun 24, 2021
Page	A1, A3
Subjects	Tolson Center, Elkhart City Council

ID	72150
Title of Article	Vaccine push falls well short of goal
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Tolson Center
Date	Apr 29, 2021
Page	A1, A6
Subjects	Coronavirus (COVID-19), Vaccinations

ID	69626
Title of Article	Tolson Center revamp gets $2M from Lilly
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Tolson Center drawings
Date	Dec 08, 2020
Page	A1
Subjects	Tolson Center, Construction, Lilly Endowment Inc., Elkhart County Community Foundation

ID	70555
Title of Article	Community Foundation receives Lilly Endowment grant
Notes	Tolson Center and Park
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	Oct 06, 2020
Page	A2

ID	72158
Title of Article	Board for Tolson non-profit formed
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Tolson Center
Date	Aug 11, 2020
Page	A1, A8
Subjects	Tolson Center, Renovation, Volunteer Work

ID	67039
Title of Article	Tolson Center improvements get $5M
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	March 4, 2020
Page	A1, A7
Subjects	Elkhart City Council, Tolson Center, Community Foundation of Elkhart County

ID	67009
Title of Article	Tolson splits City Council: 'You're out of order!'
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	February 28, 2020
Page	A1, A9
Subjects	Elkhart City Council, Tolson Center, Elkhart County Community Foundation, Renovation

ID	67005
Title of Article	Public strongly supports Tolson expansion
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	February 27, 2020
Page	A1, A5
Subjects	Tolson Center, Renovation, City Hall

ID	66959
Title of Article	Funding for Tolson expansion on the table
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Elkhart City Hall
Date	February 19, 2020
Page	A1
Subjects	Elkhart City Council, Tolson Center, Renovation