The DREAM Project's 8th Annual Benefit will take place Thursday,
February 27th, at THE MEZZANINE, 55 Broadway on Wall Street, with an
opportunity to meet the DREAM Board, our VIPs and Dominican American
Community Leaders. This exclusive networking hour will be accompanied
by Executive Chef Ricardo Cardona, Taye Diggs from Rent, singer Pavel
Nuñes, and a Brugal 1888 pairing. At 7:30pm our main event will
begin, headlined by our awards and The DREAM Bachata Academy. All
proceeds go towards DREAM Early Childhood Education, At Risk Youth and
Workforce Development Programs. DREAM is dependent on financial
support to make a difference, so please buy your ticket and join US.
WHO WE ARE
DREAM (Dominican Republic Education and Mentoring Project), was
founded in 1995 by our Chairman, Michel Zaleski, who after seeing
schools without adequate sanitation, electricity, books and supplies,
decided to try to improve Latin America’s worst performing education
system. In 2002 DREAM was formalized as a USA and DR non-profit. The
DREAM Board of Directors is composed of dedicated Dominicans,
Americans and global citizens, including acclaimed author and Pulitzer
Prize winner Junot Diaz, Adriano Espaillat, the first Dominican born
US Congressman, and includes actors, business people, educators and
others leading the charge to bring high quality education to the
children of the Dominican Republic. DREAM serves more than 8,000
children and youth through 17 different quality educational programs.
These programs include new parent education, pre-schools, after-school
and at-risk youth programs, summer schools and camps, vocational
training for teens and young adults, libraries and computer labs. At
DREAM’s annual book fairs, students build their own libraries by
choosing among 25,000 age-appropriate, new, free books. DREAM
generates more than 800,000 hours of high-quality teaching in small
class groups, thus providing transformative educational experiences
for otherwise under-served children, so they can reach their full
potential. DREAM, alongside its hundreds of annual volunteers, now has
a remarkable paid staff of 100, ----with all but one living in the
Dominican Republic. Staff are originating and managing schools in 27
communities. The DREAM approach clearly has made an impact on the
well-being of its students and their communities. What distinguishes
the DREAM project is excellent results and accountability in
combatting the effects of poverty on children.
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