Youth Dreamers Basketball Tournament Fundraiser
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Help send up to twenty middle school students to this terrific summer program.   It costs just $27 per day per student! Click to learn more.

 Did You Know? Out of the nine middle school Youth Dreamers founders,

• 6 have gone onto college
• 3 are currently attending graduate school
• 2 have served as the Adult President of the Board of Directors
• 1 is a Baltimore City schoolteacher at Southwest Baltimore Charter School 
• ALL of them, in addition to hundreds of other Youth Dreamers who have gone through our programs, graduated from high school.....

We need $100,000 to fully fund fiscal year 2013, allowing us to run our summer and school year programs through May of 2013.

NEWS AND SHOUT-OUTS

THANKS to your generosity, we raised over $10,000 during our Cookies and Cocktails event and end of the year campaign. We also want to thank those of you who donated through the Maryland Charity Campaign, which garnered the Youth Dreamers an additional l $1000!

THANKS to our team of Loyola MBA graduate students, we now have a brand new strategic plan to help guide us over the next five years. Learn about the plan here.

We are excited to welcome our new VISTA Community Outreach Coordinator Elizabeth Weber, who starts in February and will be focused on building our volunteer base, establishing partnerships, and fundraising.

Summer Arts Program
With many grants in the works and continued support from our friends, we hope to re-open for our eighth annual summer arts program in partnership with MICA.

This year in addition to community art taught by MICA graduate students, our very own Youth Dreamers will lead "Dreamers In Training," a comprehensive program that will teach up to 20 middle school students how to write grants, fundraise, plan community events, tutor, and more.  

Our goals: Through the Dream House, Youth Dreamers, Inc.:

Provides a supportive environment for youth to:

• Express themselves creatively
• Define and accomplish their goals
• Be themselves, embracing individuality

Provides youth with leadership and management skills by:

• Employing youth to mentor peers and run programs
• Engaging youth to serve in their communities
• Ensuring youth serve on the board of directors and help build the organization

Changes the perception of youth by:

• Fostering positive connections between youth and adults
• Providing an outlet to build youth voice
• Proving multiple opportunities for youth.