Thrive in the News

  • Thrive International teams with Spokane Public Library to create affordable housing

    Mar. 20, 2024 Lauren Rendahl | The Spokesman-Review

  • Thrive International Center awarded $740,000 to help refugees

    Feb. 27, 2024 Shannon Moudy | Krem2 Local News

  • Tenuous status for Ukrainians who fled to U.S. as war enters third year: ‘You feel like you’re sitting with a bomb’

    Feb. 25, 2024 Emry Dinman | The Spokesman-Review

  • $3 million for hotel rooms could take pressure off Tukwila church's refugee camp

    Dec. 7, 2023 Joel Moreno | KOMO News

  • Women of the Year: Pingala Dhital helps refugees like her find belonging in Spokane – ‘It takes a whole community’

    Nov. 29, 2023 Emma Epperly | The Spokesman-Review

  • ‘Our despair is gone’: As conflicts overseas rage, Thrive International adapts to help more refugees find a new life in Spokane

    Oct. 25, 2023 Tod Stephens | The Spokesman-Review

  • Ukrainians refugees share firsthand accounts of turmoil and resiliency

    Sep. 11, 2023 Amanda Smith | KHQ NonStop Local

  • Thrive International hosts women's-only pool party as an inclusive event for international residents

    Aug. 24, 2023 Summer Sandstrom | The Inlander

  • Spokane’s refugee communities treated to annual back-to-school block party

    Aug. 23, 2023 Amanda Sullender | The Spokesman-Review

  • ‘The international language of soccer’: Camp teaches young refugees to communicate through beloved sport

    Jun. 29, 2023 Ignacio Cowles | The Spokesman-Review

  • Thrive International soccer camp for refugee youth kicked off Monday

    Jun. 28, 2023 Brontë Sorotsky | KXLY.com

  • Before fleeing Afghanistan, she was an army commando. Now living in Spokane, she just wants to learn to drive

    Apr. 21, 2023 Emma Epperly | The Spokesman-Review

  • Gov. Jay Inslee meets with Ukrainian refugees at Spokane’s Thrive Center

    Apr. 5, 2023 Emry Dinman | The Spokesman-Review

  • Gov. Inslee visits Spokane to sit down with Ukrainian refugees, tour newest sports venue

    Apr. 5, 2023 Kyle Simchuk | Krem2 Local News

  • Thrive Center continues to serve Ukrainian refugees in Spokane a year into war

    Feb. 22, 2023 Guy Tannenbaum | KHQ Local News

  • Difference Makers: Once in the same situation, Anna Bondarenko aids Ukrainian refugees seeking new life in Spokane

    Dec. 26, 2022 Emma Epperly | The Spokesman-Review

  • With ‘joy in their eyes,’ Ukrainian refugee children get a surprise visit from Santa

    Dec. 23, 2022 Emma Epperly | The Spokesman-Review

  • Santa visits Ukrainian refugee children living in Spokane

    Dec. 22, 2022 Cody Proctor | Krem2 Local News

  • ‘We weren’t rich, but we had everything’: As a Ukrainian family adjusts to life in a Spokane hotel, a longing persists for the one left behind

    Nov. 27, 2022 | Emma Epperly The Spokesman-Review

  • Northwest Profiles: Lidia's Journey

    Nov 23, 2022 KSPS PBS Public TV

  • Ukrainians continue to pour into Spokane where large Slavic community welcomes them

    Nov. 22, 2022 Emma Epperly | The Spokesman-Review

  • Thrive and strive: Soccer camp for refugee youth invites national women’s team for friendly game

    July 1, 2022 Quinn Welsch | The Spokesman-Review

  • Thrive International providing housing, community to Ukrainian refugees in Spokane

    Jun 17, 2022 Guy Tannenbaum | KHQ Local News

  • Ukrainian refugee from 1992 welcomes current Ukrainian refugees to Spokane at the Thrive Center

    Jun 15, 2022 Ava Wainhouse | KHQ Local News

  • ‘A safe place to stay’: Ukrainian refugees move into hotel run by local nonprofit, Slavic community

    June 12, 2022 Emma Epperly | The Spokesman-Review

  • New refugee support organization, Thrive International, launches in Spokane

    Jun. 7, 2022 Rebecca White | Spokane Public Radio

  • Spokane County allocates $1M in funding for Ukraine refugees

    May 25, 2022 Mariah Valles | KHQ Local News

  • Faith and Values: What the Good Samaritan parable tells us about being good neighbors in wartime

    May 9, 2022 Walter Hesford | The Spokesman-Review