About 70 Ukrainian children are taking part in the camp.
STANWOOD, Wash. — Summer camp is a world away from Mia Utchenko’s war-torn home in Ukraine.
She and her mother Svitlana came to Snohomish County 20 months ago to escape the violence – leaving their entire family behind.
The 9-year-old remembers having to hide from the daily rocket assaults on her hometown.
“I had to hide behind walls away from the windows because they could break from the bombs,” Utchenko said. “You could hear them.”
Utchenko could not go to school in Ukraine. She could not even go outside and
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