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Mission and Goals
The Dare to Dream Experience is a career exploration, educational and motivational program designed to bring together high school and college students with professionals from the sports and entertainment industry for the purpose of introducing them to career opportunities in sports, television, music film and the performing arts.
Our goals are to reach as many students as possible throughout the United States and provide:
1) an opportunity for at-risk youth to stay in school and pursue a higher education
2) information and an opportunity to all young people in the high school and college market to the possibility of future careers in these very desirable industries;
3) create a future workforce and provide career opportunities and job placement
4) mentoring and internship opportunities to as many students as possible
5) motivational and life skill building programs to help each student achieve success
One of the country’s major economic concerns is to establish and maintain a stable and educated workforce, who will attract new businesses and retain established businesses in each community. Unfortunately, it is a well known fact that students in disadvantaged areas score below average on national tests. The drop out rate is unacceptably high and there seems to be no clear solution in sight. We also know that mentoring programs are proven to have an enormous and positive impact on young people. As a result, an effective mentoring program provides young people with:
- Ongoing relationships with caring and competent adults
- Positive activities and safe places to spend non-school hours
- A healthy start in life
- Realistic connections between learning and work
- Opportunities to serve others
- Young people who are engaged in mentoring programs stay in school longer and earn higher grades than their non‑participating peers and are less likely to become involved with illegal activities that have a profoundly negative impact on their ability to be successful. Dare to Dream has the potential to be a major resource for encouraging young people to participate in mentoring programs and participate in a program which will expose them to job opportunities within the industries they are attracted to ... sports and entertainment. The unique and collaborative nature of this project brings together some of the country’s finest talent to deliver a powerful message students of all ages and background.
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