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BAM AND FOSTER YOUR DREAM HOST BACK TO SCHOOL EVENT WITH ACS BROOKLYN! HUGE TURNOUT AND SUCCESS!

Thanks to long time collaborators Tim Dugger, Foster Your Dream and Dewonnie Frederick, Bam hosted Brooklyn Foster Families and their support community to an amazing BACK TO SCHOOL event!

FDNY REPRESENTED AND CHATTED WITH YOUNGSTERS ABOUT JUNIOR FIREFIGHTERS AND JUNIOR EMT PROGRAMS. ART WAS CREATED. VOLUNTEERS AND WORKERS DONNED BRIGHT GREEN JOYFUL AND CREATIVELY DECORATED T-SHIRTS. FUN WAS HAD BY ALL!

TIM DUGGER OF ACS (Administration of Children’s Services) WHO’S VISION THIS WAS TO DO THIS AT BAM, SAYS A THANK YOU TO DEWONNIE FREDERICK, BAM AND FOSTER YOUR DREAM WHILE HE SHOWS US HOW AMAZING THIS EVENT WAS!

FROM A GAGGLE OF STROLLERS, A COOL DJ AND A LONG DAY OF BACK-TO-SCHOOL FUN, ONE LITTLE GAL WITH A PINK POWER-BOW AND A BRAND NEW ROYAL PURPLE BACKPACK, PREPARES TO GO HOME AND FOSTER HER DREAM OF A BRIGHT FUTURE!!

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!

SANDRA
KLOTZ & GOULD
ELIJAH BLOM
KARISHMA MALHOTRA and FRIENDS!

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 Joins Halloween Party at BAM-BOO event!

We love it when our families get to go to an amazing and fun Halloween block party. Our Foster Fams with kids 4-12 got to kick off the spookiest night of the year at this free, family-friendly Carnival! They enjoyed games and arts & crafts and movies, too!

What a fun Street Party it was. We don’t have permission to use faces. Our silly face-blocking technique is in the spirit of the holiday! BOO and thank YOU!

Many thanks to Dewonnie Frederick for making sure our kids are always invited!

FOSTER YOUR DREAM GETS HAND MADE HATS!

Our Angel Candy Martinez and her group of amazing creators crochet and knit hats! So in the throes of winter our children are delighted by the warmth and colors of these vibrant hats and a scarf or two!

It’s so special because they are HOME MADE. It is interesting to watch as the kids understand and cherish that someone cared enough to MAKE SOMETHING BY HAND and GIVE IT TO THEM. Perhaps it’s because each one looks unique (like they are) and feels like love and a soft hug!

We can’t show their faces because their parents would have to consent and the children are not living with their parents….hence their journey thru foster care! But all agreed to this fun picture. I think you can see their joy thru the yarn! 🙂

Thank you so much to all the kind folks who make these and donate them to our fantastic children. You’re amazing!