Rockettes-and-Family-Bonding-Time

Posted on August 8, 2016 by admin in Blog, Events

The Rockettes Spring Spectacular does more than razzle dazzle! July 2016

Thanks to Donald Yonker (one of our patrons) … we were able to send the fab four female contingency of one of our foster families to see the most awesome Rockettes! Apparently we made the dream come true of not only our little child client, but her entire family! This is one of the reasons we are so devoted to making theatre events happen. Our outings provide a super fun, special, safe place for a family to relax and have an enriching time together that they can TALK about later. It’s a safe haven for an amazing bonding experience that also provides a memory that might not be in the budget of our hard working and AMAZING foster families.

This is why we love doing it:

Oh. This was the favorite thing of the group….THE FASHION SHOW!

Foster Kids Hang With Old Hats

Posted on August 8, 2016 by admin in Blog, Events

What better way to warm up on a cold day but to go to the Signature Theatre (Thanks Colleen Hughes!) and catch a performance of Old Hats and then hang out with the Cast! As usual, we can not show the faces of our young friends so pardon our privacy boxes! 2/2015

SPECIAL THANKS TO EVERYONE IN THE CAST WHO PAID SPECIAL ATTENTION TO OUR GUESTS!!!

Christmas At BAM

Posted on August 8, 2016 by admin in Blog, Events

Hard Nut hosts holiday for one lucky family! December, 2015.

A cascade of wit and wintry beauty featuring Morris’ lyrical modern dance choreography, this lavish, love letter to a classic story from the straight-laced 1890s to the swinging 70s, with raucous parties, dancing G.I. Joes, whimsical costumes, and a Waltz of the Snowflakes like no other.

Tchaikovsky’s complete original score, performed live by the 53-piece MMDG Music Ensemble drives this colorful retelling, which playfully preserves the warm spirit of an essential holiday tradition.

Thanks to our most wonderful and generous benefactor Dewonnie Frederick, we were ably to send one lucky family to this enriching experience! Once again we can’t show you our lucky child … but here is that happy smile beneath our hand hewn hide-a-face box!

Signature Theatre Sponsors Dream Kid

Posted on August 2, 2016 by admin in Blog, Events

Foster Your Dream has made a theatre dream come true. December 2015-2016

Colleen Hughes

FYD went to bat for one of our Dream Kids.

Thanks to our longtime friend, Colleen Hughes who is the Arts Administrator at our favorite Signature Theatre, we received a full gratis subscription for our teen client who is in college for theatre! Thanks for always helping us, Colleen!

We first met our client Nancy when she showed up at “Ann On Broadway” and met Holland Taylor in June of 2013.

That’s Nancy in the glasses and Jean jacket!

After losing track of her for nearly 2 years … (that happens a LOT with our clients due to “The System” ) … she showed up at our Dames At Sea Theatre Project Event and I pounced on her with such enthusiasm that she nearly took my temperature! 🙂 You see, Colleen had many tickets over the 2 years that were inappropriate for young patrons but totally appropriate for a young teen. It was breaking my heart that we couldn’t find Nancy due to such stringent privacy concerns (for good reasons) … so wow was I glad that she heard about our “Dames At Sea” event and showed up so I could pounce. 🙂

Shy client! Can you find her?

She stayed for the talk-back at the end and we got to talking. You can see her here in this very bad photo listening to a cast member answer her very smart question about how he gets in to each ‘character’ while playing two different characters. It was exciting that she was still in school studying acting and the arts. She said she would love a subscription to the theatre and we immediately called Colleen Hughes who pitched it to her superiors and made it all happen!

10th Avenue and 42nd Street!

Not only is the Signature Theatre doing amazing vibrant work, but they are a haven for visitors who just want to take a break, have a snack, be in a beautiful setting and enjoy free wifi!

Happy Young Theatre Patrons!

Nancy is able to take a friend to every performance so she can chat about the experience and feel as special as we KNOW she is!

Barrow Theatre hosts FYD to SWAMP JUICE puppet show

Posted on December 29, 2014 by admin in Blog, Events

SWAMP JUICE…what’s that?

Our Dream Kids got invited to a very fun and unique puppet show at the Barrow Street Theatre in Greenwich Village, New York! It was silly and funny and colorful and creative and it had an eye-popping 3-D grand finale!

Using Indonesian shadow puppets made from found objects, Jeff Achtem created a magical journey that inspired our kids to use their imagination and say ‘ooooo’ a lot!

We had some challenges getting the families to the theatre during bad weather and the Thanksgiving Holiday, but the Barrow Theatre staff helped us by being patient and understanding. Foster Your Dream continues to create opportunities thanks to people like Victoria and Amy who understood that the families who DID show up had the BEST TIME EVER!

We even had fun BEFORE the show began when two young and excited FYD theatre patrons enthusiastically handed out SWAMP JUICE flyers so everyone would feel as excited and welcome as they did! Who do you think had more fun?

The Givers?

Or the Receivers?

From the reactions of the other patrons, I believe it was “even-steven!”

The pure joy that we had thanks to Barrow Street Theatre’s kind help, is forever.

This is why we bust our cookies to get theatre experiences for Foster Your Dream. You can take away everything from a child, but you can not take away FUN MEMORIES.

BIG FISH THE MUSICAL HOSTS FOSTER YOUR DREAM

Posted on November 23, 2013 by admin in Blog, Events

Big Fish invites Foster Your Dream

As the sign says, Foster Your Dream was invited to see BIG FISH, the MUSICAL and it was BEAUTIFUL and GLORIOUS! 90 happy and lucky children got to take in the Broadway Show on a Saturday Night!

The singing and dancing and story were the favorite parts for the children. One little girl announced her favorite was the Mermaid. For the adults the amazing performances (some will probably garner a Tony Award) the sets and the poignant story brought us to tears!

As usual, we can not show you the faces of the children until we get permission, but while we were waiting outside it began to snow and I snapped a few stealthy photos while the children were enchanted by the first falling flakes of the season.

Waiting for Big Fish watching snowflakes

Happy But Shy!

Darrell Williams and Deidra Sutton lead the way for ACS while Sue Wolf and Sarahbeth Grossman and Donald Yonker volunteered to greet and organize the groups as they arrived. We will update this post with more information but the Bronx and Queens were handsomely represented in this magical outing!

The Greeting Committee

Darrell Williams, Sue Wolf, Deidra Sutton

Many thanks to all who donated money, tickets, time and energy. Katie Pope and Heidi Neven you were angels to make this happen. As was Sean (house manager) and the box office staff! To the Producers and the Cast and Crew and Orchestra we say “the show was AMAZING and we all had the BEST TIME! THANK YOU!”~ Sue Wolf Founder

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Rockettes-and-Family-Bonding-Time

Foster Kids Hang With Old Hats

Christmas At BAM

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Barrow Theatre hosts FYD to SWAMP JUICE puppet show

BIG FISH THE MUSICAL HOSTS FOSTER YOUR DREAM