Dreams for Kids

Dream leaders: program services for our youth service learning program included providing after school and in school programming for 150 middle school youth. We revised our student curriculum to include 16 weeks of social entreprenuership based training and service learning. We expanded our year round college internship program to include 20 interns from across the u.s and in several countries. Interns facilitated classroom and after school student programming, led community service initatives, organized local and global holiday for hope events and organized extreme recess events.

Holiday for hope: program services included hosting our 26th annual holiday for hope event for homeless children in Illinois and organizing groups to host events in 5 u.s. cities and 17 countries for over 6,000 children. The Illinois event hosted 1,200 children and their parents, caregivers and social workers and provided 4,000 gifts, crafts, music, face-painters and games.

Extreme recess: program services for our adaptive sports and social activities program for ver 400 youths with disabilities included the following events; our annual water sports event in twin lakes Wisconsin and one in pohick bay, Virginia, our annual adaptive snow ski event in alpine valley, adaptive yoga, diversey harbor fishing, adaptive tennis clinics in chicago and Washington d.c.,adaptive dance workshop, adaptive soccer clinic, adaptive horseback rideing clinic, and a white house tour.