To Thrive
A Marlborough, MA nonprofit caring for and teaching skills to people with developmental and intellectual disabilities couldn’t fill positions for years. But after they learned that Haitian migrants at a shelter in a nearby Econo Lodge had received work authorization, the leadership at Thrive Support and Advocacy sought to hire them, allowing them to expand their programs. Many of the people hired stayed close, attending social events and living in the same apartment buildings.
Boston Globe story written by Katie Johnston, photographed by Andrew Burke-Stevenson.
Sindy Micourt hugged resident Kristen Camacho at the Thrive Support and Advocacy center in Marlborough. Camacho was stressed about her irritated eye.
Lovely Alexandre helps her daughter Lovemica walk over to Lovely's husband Jean Ronald Pinthievre in their Marlborough apartment. Lovely and her family arrived in the United States in 2023.
Jean Ronald Pinthievre sat with his daughter, Lovemica, in their Marlborough apartment. Pinthievre's wife, Lovely, works at the Meadowbrook location of Thrive in Shrewsbury.
Sindy Micourt made a bed while cleaning a resident’s room at the Thrive Support and Advocacy center in Marlborough.
Thrive resident Sharon Myrick high-fived Sindy Micourt at the Thrive Support and Advocacy center in Marlborough.
Sindy Micourt puts her hand on resident John Firman’s shoulder before helping him fix a snack at the Thrive Support and Advocacy center in Marlborough.
Sindy Micourt (right) and Ramene Herard paused while working at the Thrive Support and Advocacy center in Marlborough.
Vudithe Amazan Moise hugged Roskenlove Dorcelus, 3, at a combined birthday and gender reveal party in Worcester.
Alex Louis, 17, hugged Darlene Noriston after a gender reveal celebration indicated Noriston's next child will be a girl during a party in Worcester.
Confetti fell as Rosmy Dorcelus (center in white shirt) and Darlene Noriston (obscured in back) learned their next child is a girl during a gender reveal in Worcester.