Discovering, Reaching, Embracing, Aspirations for the Millennium (D.R.E.A.M.) is an organization comprised of a cross section of many disciplines, both public and private, who have come together on behalf of the youth in crisis of San Luis Obispo County. The participating members of the D.R.E.A.M. Consortium are: San Luis Obispo County Mental Health, Department of Social Services, Probation department, CASA and the Children's Services Network. Also in support of the project have been many of our top law enforcement officials and members of the Board of Supervisors and County Office of Education.
Sandy Oneal-Hedges, President
"Being the Chairperson for the D.R.E.A.M. for Kids Foundation is a great honor. Helping build a campus for our foster children has become a passion for me and I know that with the team we have assembled we'll accomplish our goal and then some. No child should be without a place to call home or a "family" to care for them. My ultimate goal is to change the entire foster care system from the top down. I would like to go back to Washington D.C. and meet with our President regarding our kids and help be part of the solution for foster children all across the nation. I am married with two kids. They help keep me grounded and I can better appreciate what kids think and feel by having them continually express their wants and desires. I won't stop until I feel that our goals at DREAM have been met and we have accomplished what we set out to do - to create an environment for our kids that encourages dreams".
dreamforkids@hotmail.com
My name is Kandy Vanderveer. I am the present owner and director of Great Beginnings Preschool in Paso
Robles. I have worked with children for the last fifteen years. Before my family and I relocated to Paso Robles we lived
in Long Beach and I was a teacher at Bethany Elementary School. Working with children has been a rewarding and wonderful experience that I hope will continue as I accept a position on the Board of Directors for DREAM.
Rich Ferguson is a full time award winning magician. Rich combines
several subtle, interactive type styles of mentalism, improv, comedy,
sleight of hand, hypnosis and more to create original mind blowing
experiences. Working A-List parties everywhere, Rich is also the host
of the best selling Poker Chip and Card Handling DVDs, poker player and
poker columnist! Rich also loves hiking, inventing, movies,
electronics and is a Big Brothers and Sisters mentor. Rich has shared both his talents and story with DREAM for the last few years - something everyone is excited about continuing into the future.
Hi, my name is Garret and I am a 11 year resident of the Central Coast and a 2 year resident of Grover Beach. I am a SoCal transplant, moving from Huntington Beach to San Luis Obispo County in 1994. I'm a local businessman with a technology consulting Company - Arclight Media. We do operational management consulting with a focus on web site design and Internet/Intranet integration into daily business. I enjoy teaching (I was a teacher for Santa Barbara Business College in Santa Maria) and enjoy working with kids. I coached and taught swimming to kids (and adults) for several years in Huntington Beach, Newport Beach and Irvine. I first got involved with DREAM through some web site design work and have been hooked ever since! I look forward to helping build success with DREAM for years to come.
"Being the Chairperson for the D.R.E.A.M. for Kids Foundation is a great honor. Helping build a campus for our foster children has become a passion for me and I know that with the team we have assembled we'll accomplish our goal and then some. No child should be without a place to call home or a "family" to care for them. My ultimate goal is to change the entire foster care system from the top down. I would like to go back to Washington D.C. and meet with our President regarding our kids and help be part of the solution for foster children all across the nation. I am married with two kids. They help keep me grounded and I can better appreciate what kids think and feel by having them continually express their wants and desires. I won't stop until I feel that our goals at DREAM have been met and we have accomplished what we set out to do - to create an environment for our kids that encourages dreams".
My name is Kandy Vanderveer. I am the present owner and director of Great Beginnings Preschool in Paso
Robles. I have worked with children for the last fifteen years. Before my family and I relocated to Paso Robles we lived
in Long Beach and I was a teacher at Bethany Elementary School. Working with children has been a rewarding and wonderful experience that I hope will continue as I accept a position on the Board of Directors for DREAM.
Rich Ferguson is a full time award winning magician. Rich combines
several subtle, interactive type styles of mentalism, improv, comedy,
sleight of hand, hypnosis and more to create original mind blowing
experiences. Working A-List parties everywhere, Rich is also the host
of the best selling Poker Chip and Card Handling DVDs, poker player and
poker columnist! Rich also loves hiking, inventing, movies,
electronics and is a Big Brothers and Sisters mentor. Rich has shared both his talents and story with DREAM for the last few years - something everyone is excited about continuing into the future.
Hi, my name is Garret and I am a 11 year resident of the Central Coast and a 2 year resident of Grover Beach. I am a SoCal transplant, moving from Huntington Beach to San Luis Obispo County in 1994. I'm a local businessman with a technology consulting Company - Arclight Media. We do operational management consulting with a focus on web site design and Internet/Intranet integration into daily business. I enjoy teaching (I was a teacher for Santa Barbara Business College in Santa Maria) and enjoy working with kids. I coached and taught swimming to kids (and adults) for several years in Huntington Beach, Newport Beach and Irvine. I first got involved with DREAM through some web site design work and have been hooked ever since! I look forward to helping build success with DREAM for years to come.