BAM Hosts 33 FOSTER YOUR DREAM families to modern HAMLET!

Thanks BAM for inviting so many Brooklyn Families to see a very special performance of HAMLET!

It’s the British version starring Hiran Abeysekera (Life of Pi) with no costumes or sets due to the shipping route changes! How exciting for our families to see an unplugged version in such a gorgeous theatre!

It’s not hard to imagine what their experience was when we see how rehearsals looked.

Thanks to Tim Dugger for gathering the families and getting names and organizing the lucky theatergoers. Thanks to Dewonnie Frederick for always thinking of Foster Your Dream!

FOSTER YOUR DREAM 11th TOY DRIVE HUGE SUCCESS!

WE STARTED OUT HUMBLY … WITH THE BOX DECORATED BY SANDRA GARNI!

AND RECEIVED 474 TOYS, 96 BOOKS AND 24 SETS OF HAND MADE HATS AND SCARVES.

GATHERED IN 4 LOCATIONS … DELIVERED TO SEVERAL LOCATIONS INCLUDING ACS’S SANTA’S WORKSHOP!

MANY THANKS TO OUR ANGELS SANDRA, KARISHMA, SHAY, JERMAINE PILGRIM, ELIJAH, JACOB, MARK(s), JAMES, SONIA GALARZA. CANDY MARTINEZ AND HER CROCHET/KNITTING GROUP!

We couldn’t do this without so many people. These toys will go to foster children during 2026. When they get pulled out of their houses they are often scared and sad. These toys will be given to them so your donations literally give SMILES to children, through no fault of their own, are put in a system where the Government is in charge of raising them until they are adopted or reunited with the family who’s neglect or abuse landed them in Foster Care. You are all angels. Thank you.

donate if you can. any amount is amazing! thanks. 🙂

FOSTER YOUR DREAM 10TH ANNUAL TOY DRIVE BIGGEST EVER!

THANKS to all you amazing people we collected 485 toys for foster children and their families to be given out all year ’round as needed! We use the holiday time to entice the ‘giving spirit’ to donate our way and this year we did better than ever. We had so many toys that we couldn’t display them this year. But here are some shots of your amazing GIFTS.

Sandra and I delivered them to Sonia Galarza from ACS downtown on Williams Street! She will distribute them to group homes, Families on the bubble of losing their children and little ones who arrive having been taken from their homes. Please know your contributions are priceless and we are so incredibly grateful for your donations. THANK YOU! ♥️

From one lone mailed in donation to 19 (2 more than the video below!) clear plastic bags filled with 285 precious toys, Sandra Garni, Mark Carson Selman and all the wonderful folks at the Bar Building and in my building, we had the wildest success ever. Enjoy the photos below. We are so grateful.

FOSTER YOUR DREAM 9TH ANNUAL TOY DRIVE!

We don’t have our box out at the address yet BUT …. WE WILL RECEIVE BY MAIL FOR ANOTHER WEEK OR TWO!~

We gather toys during the holiday season but we give the kids your toys when they get pulled out of their homes and go in to the foster system. It gives them some smiles during a scary time.

Won’t you give as much as you can by sending toys (unwrapped) to:

FOSTER YOUR DREAM
36 West 44th Street
Suite 1412
New York NY 10036

It’s kind of fun to shop online especially on Black Friday Deals?!?!?!

We will tell you when the box is in the Lobby and this year there might be other places to drop off.
Stay tuned. Stay involved. Stay happy and healthy!

MANY THANKS to all who have done this for years.
And WELCOME to new generous souls.

We are so grateful for you!

FOSTER YOUR DREAM 8TH ANNUAL TOY DRIVE HUGE SUCCESS

STAY TUNED FOR DROP OFF LOCATIONS FOR OUR 9TH ANNUAL 2023 TOY DRIVE!!!

Once again we rallied the toy-magical-givers and filled our toy boxes!

Thanks to Sandra Garni and Tim Dugger we were able to collect, inventory for ACS and deliver our bounty to kids who could use a smile ALL YEAR LONG.

We always collect during the Thanksgiving, Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanzaa and New Year’s holiday time because that’s when folks enjoy giving. But our mission is to provide a smile and a happy moment when a child gets pulled out of his or her or their homes and folded in to child protective services!

It’s often scary and sad for them. We let them chose something to have when they get moved to a foster home. So THANK YOU.

Won’t you give next year!

THANKS to all who help. Including the staff at 36 West 44th street, Klotz and Gould, Mark Carson Selman, Brikener Jean Gilles, Gwendolyn Carroll, Tim Dugger, Sandra Garni.

FOSTER YOUR DREAM TOY DRIVE

Our 8th Annual Toy drive!

We started late due to so many snafus…but our foster youth are counting on you to H E L P! 🙂

We gather toys during the holiday season but we give the kids your toys when they get pulled out of their homes and in to the foster system. It gives them some smiles during a scary time.