Our Vision is to make a real tangible impact in the lives of children and families who may not have the resources or support to achieve their dreams and life purpose.
Our mission
is to provide the tools and resources necessary to encourage children and young people to make positive life and career choices; to seek higher learning or attend trade schools; to promote community and family involvement: to nurture positive and healthy lifestyles; and to teach children and families to read at age appropriate levels.
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DayDreamerz Foundation, INC, a non-profit 501c3 organization, seeks to give hope, information, and opportunities for children and young adults to:
1. Encourage their potential,
2. Foster positive self image
3. Pursue education, good physical and mental health; and,
4. Support community by providing positive outlets for self expression and by dissuading aggression.
5. Provide resources to help children learn to read
DayDreamerz Foundation, INC. Initiatives and Short Term Goals:
T- Taking Hope Into Neighborhood Kidz (T.H.I.N.K.) - Youth Literacy Initiative
H – Hip Hop Hope – Arts, Music and Dance Initiative
I - I Need Knowledge (I.N.K.) - Youth Careers & Life Goals Initiative
N – New Life - Nutrition and Health Initiative
K – Kidz in School Succeed (K.I.S.S.) - Truancy Reduction Initiative
Long Term Goals:
To provide a facility for the Programs and other community based initiatives.
Community health forums
• Small business resource center
• Youth entrepreneur and career resource center
• Gang prevention programs
• Neighborhood Safe Place for children
• After school resource and activities programs.
Youth Literacy Initiative
“Taking Hope Into Neighborhood Kid” - T.H.I.N.K.)
T.H.I.N.K. partners with business persons, educators, community leaders, city government, clergy, and parents, referred to as Team Professionals (TPros) to provide tutoring, books, phonics, and in home reading resources.
The initiative is designed to build a relationship with community and family while providing a valuable educational resource for the children and families participating in the program.
The program has a six (6) week rotation. The TPros meet with child and family for one (1) hour weekly during the six (6) week period.
1. Reading Assessments must be completed by program child and/or children –Mandatory
2. Reading Assessment are optional for adults in family
Youth Arts Initiative
“Hip Hop Hope”
This initiative provides opportunities for children and young adults to express emotions in a healthy manner through dance, singing, drama, and acting.
Following activities are included:
• Liturgical Dance
• Hip Hop Dance Team
• Drama Team
• Singspiration-
• Art and Photo-
• Sculpture
• Creative Writing
• Culture
Youth Careers and Life Goals Initiative
I Need Knowledge (I.N.K.)
This initiative provides opportunities for children and young adults to experience various career, business, and professional environments.
I.N.K. also provides opportunities for business professionals, artists, community leaders, and other career persons to interact and encourage open discussion with children and young adults.
Graduates in this program will complete:
• Career and Personality Assessments
• Business and Professional Tours
• Business and Professional Workshops
• Professional Dress Workshop
• Interview for Success Workshop
• Resume for Results Workshop
• Business Etiquette Workshop
• Community Cares Project
We also believe that successful young adults should have exposure to the academic disciple in the humanities such as history; literature, philosophy and ethics; foreign languages and cultures; linguistics; jurisprudence or philosophy of law; archaeology; comparative religion; the history, and theory. and those aspects of the social sciences (anthropology, sociology, psychology, political science, government, and economics)
Nutrition and Health Initiative
New Life
The initiative is designed to build a relationship with local healthcare providers, health department, community, church, family and community based health initiatives. Our current initiative seeks to provide health screenings, discussion forums, exercise classes, healthy living cooking and exercise.
Activities include:
• Boyz Basketball Team
• Girlz Walking Club
Truancy Reduction Initiative
Kidz In School Succeed (K.I.S.S)
This initiative was designed as rewards program to encourage children to attend school on a regularly daily basis.
Regular Attendance and Good Conduct records provided by child’s teacher earn “dollars” to be spent on “Big Dreamz” Dollar Dayz. On Dollar Dayz we take a trip to a “Dollar Store” and the children trade the “Big Dreamz” for real dollars.
DayDreamerz Board of Directors
Min. Tammy Payne
Founder/ President
Jordan Payne
Vice President
Jacqueline Barbour
Secretary
Jo Von Wells
Treasurer
Dr. Donald Wood
Karen Williams
Robin Quinn
Rhoda Overstreet
Tammy Brown
Jo Von Wells
Min. Kimberly Cecil
Ethyline Milliet
Donation Letter
Flyer - Cape Girardeau