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BU DREAM Program

"DREAM is a youth-based Village Mentoring organization. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

What is DREAM? DREAM is a youth-based Village Mentoring organization.

We build communities of families and college students that empower children from affordable housing neighborhoods to recognize their options, make informed decisions, and achieve their dreams." What does DREAM stand for? Directing through Recreation Education Adventure and Mentoring

What do you do? Through one on one and group mentoring, we empower kids to look towards the future with a college s

tudent as their model. What is the time commitment? To plan for the following programming as well as check in on how we can improve more, we meet for a one-hour weekly meeting, usually Monday nights, from 9pm-10pm. Saturdays are the day we mentor. Generally programming goes from around 12 to 3 pm; however, about once or twice a month, a mentor will be on either pick up or drop off which requires about an hour and a half before or after. It is generally expected that you will commit to DREAM for more than one year. The kids who we work with deserve positive role models and the stability of having such an inspirational person in their lives for more than a year, since studies have shown that having a mentor in a child’s life for less than nine months can even have negative effects on him or her. We do ask that you commit for the rest of your college career if possible (excluding study abroad). What do you usually plan for programmings? We try to create a variety of activities for our mentees to experience throughout the semester through programming. Some examples of programming have been attending BU basketball games, different activities at FitRec, ice skating, learning krav maga, field days, pie-making days, and many others. We also use some programming days to fundraise for different trips which the kids would like to organize. We try to do at least one big weekend-long trip a year, and maybe one or two day trips. Examples of bigger trips were going to Maine and staying in a firehouse for the weekend, and going to Camp DREAM in Vermont. Some shorter day trips we have done in the past are Six Flags and the beach. We are always looking for new ways to program! Where do the kiddos live? Our mentees live within a mile or two of each other in an affordable housing community called Orchard Gardens, which is located about 25 minutes away from BU’s campus by MBTA bus. What is the demographic of your mentees? The children we work with are 100% African American or Latino. As a mentor do I have to pay for anything for my mentee? Nope! As a group we fundraise and have a budget for all of our expenses. We also receive donations for some of our programming options. How long will it take for me to get matched with a kid? Generally, the recruitment process and clearance to work with the mentees through the DREAM program takes around 1 semester. We try to take in consideration both mentors and mentees preferences when making matches.

11/15/2015

Thank you to Liquid Fun for coming out to play games with us! We had a great time yesterday.

11/02/2015

Happy Halloween from DREAM! Hope you had as much fun as our kids did at our Halloween Party.

09/29/2015

Stop by Insomnia on October 6th to help support DREAM! Tell your friends and anyone else who loves cookies :) !!!!

09/20/2015

Big shout out to our new recruits that came to our first programming at BU! We loved having you and had a great time! Our kids from Charlesview did a great job on the Scavenger Hunt, they found some cool new places at BU

09/15/2015

Thank you to all who came to our informational meeting tonight! It was great seeing all the people who were interested in DREAM. If you are interested in becoming a mentor, please email [email protected] so we can update you on all of our exciting programming coming up. Hope to see all prospective mentors on Saturday to meet our kids!

09/06/2015

Thank you to all who came out to meet us at SPLASH today! We are so excited that people are interested in DREAM. REMEMBER: our informational meeting will be on September 14th at 8pm in CAS 237. Come learn more about us. Like our page for updates! Message us if you'd like to be on our recruitment email list

05/02/2015

Last programming today with Orchard Gardens!

05/01/2015

Our seniors are leaving DREAM! We are all going to miss them very much

04/30/2015

We are having a Good Bye Community BBQ on Saturday in the Community Center Garden from 11:30am--2:30pm. All are in the Orchard Gardens Community are welcome. Hope to see you all there!

04/04/2015

Thank you Boston University Quidditch for kidditch today!

03/08/2015

Supporting our #10 superstar mentee Luis! He's playing for Madison Park High in a scrimmage against the Brookline Special Olympics team at BU today!

03/05/2015

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Boston, MA
02215

Website

http://www.dreamprogram.org/

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