‘To Dream High’ is the motto of I have a Dream foundation. The foundation was formed to enable children from low income and high violence areas to complete their education and aim high. It does so by providing them the support and encouragement needed for such kids to carry on studies. The assistance is in the form of financial support, equipping them with the skills, knowledge, and habits they need to gain entry to higher education and succeed in college.
It was found that children coming from a poor background in US generally fail to complete their education. There was a lack of drive, skills, knowledge, and habits they need to gain entry to higher education and succeed in college among such students. The foundation helps such students by adopting them and assisting them throughout their education till college in all ways. It boosts their morale and empowers them with the opportunity to pursue higher education and to fully capitalize on their talents, aspirations, and leadership to have fulfilling careers and create a better world.
The Foundation believes that by allowing these adopted students or Dreamers, as they are called, to gain access to college, it is putting them on a different academic and life trajectory, while having a broader impact on the students’ families and the generations that follow. Many have been forthcoming to support the foundation in its mission. Beginning in February of 2002, Deep South volunteer employees adopted 19 underprivileged children from the Foundation. In addition to providing a $5,000 grant to I Have a Dream, the CEO of Deep South, opened his 3,000-acre Cedar Bluff Ranch for a weekend to all 19 Dreamers.