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Nets Unite Poster Series: AAPI Heritage

Thrive Collective’s latest collaboration with the Brooklyn Nets celebrates AAPI Heritage Month for their NETS UNITE poster series. The Nets invited Thrive’s creative director — and our longest tenured artist — Kekoa and his wife Kristen to design this extraordinary poster, and distributed 5,000 prints to fans attending the Nets v. Chicago Bulls game at…

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Mets Fans So Amazin’: Video Recap

That time New York Mets fans collaborated with Thrive Collective to produce the “So Amazin!” mural at Citi Field when the New York Mets celebrated Hispanic Heritage Night and Roberto Clemente Day on September 15, 2023. Mets’ fans young and old participated in the interactive art piece during a Friday night game against the Cincinnati…

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So Amazin! – Thrive Collective Collaborates with the Mets on Hispanic Heritage Night

Thrive Collective’s “So Amazin!” mural was featured at Citi Field when the New York Mets celebrated Hispanic Heritage Night and Roberto Clemente Day on September 15, 2023. Mets’ fans young and old participated in the interactive art piece during a Friday night game against the Cincinnati Reds. Inconic artist Maria “Toofly” Castillo directed the project…

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Meet the Mets and Meet Thrive Collective on Hispanic Heritage Night

The New York Mets recently announced a mural collaboration with Thrive Collective. Here is the Mets official press release: Mets to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Night presented by Hijole! and Roberto Clemente Day at Citi Field FLUSHING, N.Y., September 13, 2023 – The New York Mets will celebrate Hispanic Heritage Night presented by Hijole! and Roberto Clemente…

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Thrive Mural Lights Up New York Liberty Game at Barclays Center

An interactive mural experience hosted by Thrive Collective helped basketball fans celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month when the New York Liberty played the Connecticut Sun on Saturday, May 27 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. “Light It Up,” a mural painted on the main concourse during the team’s second annual AAPI…

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Thrive x LES Sports Academy

Support the LES Sports Summer Camp Thrive Sports proudly supports the LES Sports Academy. 100% of any donations made on this page goes towards their bowling leagues, summer camps, flag football programs, and other sports activities for children in our home community. Download the flyer (pdf). Born and raised in the Lower East Side, Franky…

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A Brief History of Thrive Collective: Interactive Timeline

Check out our new interactive timeline! 2022 has been a record-breaking year. We completed our 300th mural, served our 25,000th student and 200th school, and our executive director Jeremy Del Rio marks his 40th year of ministry in New York’s Lower East Side and beyond. As we look back at the years of service in…

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Thrive Sports Park Slope Photo Diary

On 10/17/2020, Thrive Sports hosted our 3rd and final basketball tournament for the year! Despite all that 2020 took from us, it’s been incredible to give back with three tournaments, and two Skills and Drill clinics this fall.  After months of no basketball, the students needed the camaraderie and fun, even while maintaining social distancing…

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Thrive Sports Bed-Stuy Photo Diary

On Saturday, 10/03/2020, Thrive Sports hosted our second post-Covid basketball skills and drills clinic and under-14 tournament in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. We proudly collaborated with Titan Sport, who launched their fall flag football league and celebrated their cheer leading program at the same. 5 U-14 3-on-3 teams Under-11 Skills and Drills Clinic 60 youth participants…

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