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Verizon's DREAM
Our Contemporary Music Program had the experience of a lifetime this past month in Punta Cana, thanks to Verizon and their dedicated employees. Six of our young musicians had the once in a lifetime experience of playing on stage in front of more than 800 people with band members from Journey, Steffanwolf, Santana and Boston. Verizon contributed many instruments and school supplies, which was our organization's largest in kind donation ever! Verizon team members prepared more than 600 backpacks with their own hands, filled with our top supply donation needs. We are so thankful for this opportunity, the incredible supplies and will never forget our amazing performance.
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New Camp Inspires a Love of Music in the Community
Our first ever music camp was a big hit, open to young musicians and completely FREE. More than 45 students participated in six days of workshops, music clinics, concerts, and instrumental practice. The week culminated in the overwhelmingly popular Master Class, hosted by Instrumentos Fernando Giraldez and featuring artists Antonio Gonz?lez, Alfio Lora, David Vazquez, Jarrenton de Leon, Javier Vargas, Alex Jacquemin, Anthony Jefferson, Jairo Milanes, Daniel Alvares, Rafael Diaz and Robert Ottis. Thanks to our sponsors Yamaha, D'Addario, Ampeg, Meinl, and Mojito Bar, we were able to fill the DREAM Center with learning, music and summer fun.
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Time for the Butterflies!
Every July, DREAM gets an excited little feeling in our tummy... The Butterfly Effect is coming! Thanks to local hero Michelle Bourdeau of Anadri Spa and all the amazing women in our community, this annual tradition of celebrating women and water sports is ready to give back. On July 11th, there will be an opening party, the event itself, then a final dinner and auction, with proceeds going towards high quality DREAM education programs! Time to fly, butterflies...
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DREAM Summer Schools and Camps Are Back For Our 11th Year!
Summer 2015 is off to an incredible start. This month we said goodbye to The Clinton School/Education First and Wilmington Friends School, who finished unforgettable mini camps in Los Brazos and Sabaneta! Now we are preparing for six camps, including new sites in Cangrejo and Las Terrenas. A big thanks to Aquiles Damiron-Alcantara, a former DREAMer who led an engaging volunteer management workshop to help prepare our team for the work ahead!
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Coco Loves Books
Coco has done it again, providing inspiration for our DREAM Public Library system, DREAM Con Libros Mobile Libraries and now... the Coco Book Challenge! Coco has been reading as many books as she can and having you all match her with books donated to kids in the DR. Pretty cool, huh?
Donate here!
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Welcome to our New Graduating Class!
Thanks to a dedicated staff, involved parents and a pro-active community, DREAM has graduated 80 young life-long learners from our five Montessori Preschools! We are so proud... this is how change happens.
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A Special Visit from Leslie Grace
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Get Ready...
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DREAMer of the Month
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Amarilis Mena Gonzalez
Amarilis has worked with The DREAM Project as a Montessori Teacher in 2009 in the public school in Abreu. Last year, Amarilis performed outstanding service as the Montessori Coordinator, providing leadership, guidance and support to all teachers and schools in the program. Amarilis is a collaborative, caring, and effective leader who has a passion for early childhood education. Although we will miss her in this position next year, we are excited to announce that she has been selected by the Ministry of Education for a full-time teaching position.
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Donors of the Month
A special thank you to all who gave this month, including:
Verizon Michel Zaleski The RC22 Foundation
The Thomas Rosato Foundation Education First
Donna Waters Bret Rodriguez Ken Brown
Dominican Joe Foundation Phil Williams
Greg Proctor Margaret Montgomery
Wilmington Friends School Steven Miller
Sherrie Mackenzie Alex Allman
Robert Sendewicz Karen Parsons Denise Bevers
Jocelyn Zhuno Judith Young Anne Williams
Stephen Thurer Gordon Segal Cheryl Rogers
Marla Reyes Scott Morgan Jay Manahan
Andrzej Malachowicz Shirley Barker
And all who gave through the Yris Quijano Fundraiser
and the
Tatiana Gutierrez Fundraiser
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Events
The Butterfly Effect
July 11th, 2015
Cabarete, DR
DREAM Team Networking Night
July 18th, 6 - 8 p.m.
ICL Headquarters
125 Broad Street
New York, NY 10004
Sue?os 2015
November 12th, 2015
7-10 p.m.
The 40/40 Club
6 West 25th Street
New York, NY
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| Address for check donations in the US: The DREAM Project 916 Williams Rd, Unit 2 Colchester, VT 05446 |
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