“We had a family friend, someone we met through our church, and she’s the one who first introduced me to Thrive Lonsdale. We were refugees in Uganda for 6 years, so when we came to the United States 5 years ago, it was a big adjustment, and she wanted to help us find our place […]
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Walter’s Story
“My name is Walter and I’m eleven. I’m about to be a Boy Scout, and I’ve been doing scouts for three years. I really like doing the camps and activities. We just learned how to use BB guns and slingshots. The camp we were at had a shooting range and they put up aluminum pans […]
Dana and Brianna’s Story
“It teaches you about responsibilities and stuff that you’ll need to learn later on in life that you may not learn in other situations. It’s fun, and you make new friends, and you have so many activities that you typically wouldn’t get to do. Like when we sell cookies, 75 cents from each box goes […]
Wattina’s Story
“I’m Wattina, but people call me Tina and I’m 18. I’ve been coming here for 6 or 7 times I think. I help out with different things and I help clean everywhere, but I mainly help out with the vegetables and fruits and stuff. I clean them off for the kids, and I wipe down […]
Rosamaria and Ariya’s Story
“I had been making excuses for a long time why I shouldn’t do it. Work is a lot of hours, I didn’t have the time, it just wasn’t worth it. But they had a program at Ariya’s school, only seven minutes from my office – so I decided to give it a shot. That was […]