Join the Dream | Supporters and Volunteers

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Famous Supporters
Faith Partners

Dream Academy Major Donors

$200,000 & above
The Atlantic Philanthropies
The Oprah Winfrey Foundation

$100,000 - $199,999
Anonymous
Steven & Sheila Hodgkin
The Reed Hollow Foundation
USA Funds

$50,000 - $99,999
Amway Global
Good Things Happen Foundation
Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America

$10,000 - $49,999
Adventist Health System, Benjamin Reaves
The Annie E. Casey Foundation
Coca Cola Bottling Company
IBOAI
Mr. George Johnson
Mrs. Joan Johnson
Kalorama Partners, LLC/ Mrs. Diane Ming
Maldonado Charitable Foundation
MarkerNET, Inc., Jody & Kathy Victor
Mr. James Nance
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
One America
The Robert R. and Kay M. Onstead Foundation
Pacers Basketball Corporation Foundation
Park N GO
Wachovia Bank

$5,000 - $9,999
Anonymous
Angel Network
BET on Jazz
Buffini & Co.
Anna Dowd
FairPoint Communications
Sara Fowler

In-Kind
Alcy Elementary School, Memphis, TN
Collington Square School, Baltimore, MD
Dionne Warwick Institute, East Orange, NJ
The Dual Immersion Academy, Salt Lake City, UT
Edwin Markham Middle School, Los Angeles, CA
Ferebee-Hope Elementary School, Washington, DC
Foster Elementary School, Houston, TX
G.W. Childs Elementary School, Philadelphia, PA
John Marshall Community School, Indianapolis, IN
Malcolm X Elementary School, Washington, DC
Memorial Middle School, Orlando, FL

Comcast Cable
Dutt Enterprises, Inc.
FutureSoft, Tim & Pam Farrell
NPower
Salesforce Foundation

Dream Academy Volunteers

National Office Volunteers
Anthony Broughton
Mika Chappell
Helen Frye (since 2002)
Sidra Hashmi
Nick Hutchinson
Delana McGeachy
Christal Pak
Brittany Person
Alejandra Rodriguez

2008 Mentors and Volunteers
Neal Almond
Karim Alston
David Anderson
Theresa Anderson
Georganne Arrington
Teresa Beard
Rachel Bennett
Jerry Bond
Carlene Bowen
Tamara Boxie
Robert Bradley
Lededa Brooks
Doris Brothers
Dorothea Brown
Jacquelyn Brown
Brent Bryant II
Vonric Buford
Thomas Bunnell
Curtis Bynum
Carolyn Caver
Jordan Cherrington
Robyn Chin
William Ciminera, Jr.
Leonard Clairborne
Ryan Coleman-Ferebee
Tarique Connelly
Leanora Cousins
James Cullis
Jessica Cuttic
Fannie Dodd
Harish Dommeti
James Donatto II
Sheila Dorsey
Blake Drury
Dwayne Edmonds
Jessica Edwards
Ted Edwards
Kara Endsley
Jacquelin Esposito
Hattie Fane
Fuquana Ferguson
Nicole Flynn
Rachel Foye
Benjamin Frandsen
Jessica George
Yvonne Goins
Shanice Gowans
Juanita Grimes
Risa Hall
Anna Harris
Pauline Harris
Rosemary Harris
Jeremiah Harrison
LaTanya Harry
Frances Harwell
Lindsay Helfman
S. Dyara Henderson
Venus Hernandez
Lynsey Hervey
Jada Hickman
Tiffany Hodges
Monique Holmes
Emily Homrock
Barry Huff
Pauline Huff
Joshua Hughes
Shawnika Hull
Roger Hurdle
Danielle Isles
William Iwuji
Andrea Jackson
Noel Jarquin
Samiya Johnson
Decola Jones
Kyle Jones
Janelle Juchau
Jessica Kelley
Rishi Khubani
Bobby LeDay
Robert Lee
Katrina Lee-Jones
Mirela Mackovic
Robert Maple
Charlotte Matri
Melissa McGraw
Theo Milford
Erica Miller
Ralph Mills, Jr.
Justin Milner
Anthony Mitchell
Kimberly Molyneux
Amber Moyer
Jacqueline Mutalib
Ivelisse Negron
Sandra Oatts
Felicitas Obiefule
Sara O'Boyle
Sarah Ogden
Eric Owens
Jasmine Perkins
John Perry III
Nakeshia Peters
Sabrina Pinnock
Keith Poelman
Courtney Powell
Julienne Reno
Nsilo Reynolds
Margaret Richardson
Deborah Roach
Jessica Roman
Corban Russell
Nathan Sallard
Naomi Samuels
Jennifer Sanchez
Zerline Shamblee
Wesley Shaw, Jr.
Darron Shivers
Kanwel Siddiqui
Charles Smith
Martha Springs
Amber Spry
Aryn Spry
Kezirah Starks
Kristin Stewart
Jordan Sved
Sheron Taylor
Mesha Thomas
Christine Townsend
Ashley Tyrrel
Tearryl Villarreal
Georgella Watson
Brooke Webster
Toni Whitlock
Jarvis Williford
Myranda Wilson
Wilhelmina Wilson
Barbara Woolf
Patricia Wooten

Famous Supporters:

Oprah Winfrey
Former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush
Secretary of State Hillary R. Clinton
Senator Orrin Hatch
Thomas A. Mesereau, Jr., Esq.
Performers Peabo Bryson, Jennifer Holliday, and BeBe Winans
Actors Chris Tucker, Cicely Tyson, Louis Gossett, Jr., and Taraji P. Henson
And many more

Faith Partners in The Dream

The Dream Academy is grateful to the following churches, pastors, and congregations for hosting a DreamFest Concert during 2008:

Brooklyn Tabernacle
Brooklyn, NY
Jim Cymbala, Senior Pastor

First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens
Somerset, NJ
Dr. DeForest B. Soaries, Jr., Senior Pastor

First Church of Nazarene            
Englewood, CO
Dr. Bob Huffaker, Interim Pastor

First United Methodist Church
Richardson, TX
Dr. Clayton Oliphint, Senior Pastor

Mitchell Road Presbyterian Church
Greenville, SC
Andy Lewis, Senior Pastor

Mobberly Baptist Church
Longview, TX
Dr. Glynn N. Stone, Jr., Senior Pastor

Mount Paran Church of God
Atlanta, GA
Dr. David Cooper, Senior Pastor

Red Bank Baptist Church
Chattanooga, TN
Dr. Adam B. Dooley, Senior Pastor

Sligo Seventh Day Adventist Church
Takoma Park, MD
Charles Tapp, Senior Pastor

St. Luke's United Methodist Church
Indianapolis, IN
Dr. M. Kent Millard, Senior Pastor

Tabernacle Presbyterian
Indianapolis, IN
L. John Gable, Senior Pastor

Travis Avenue Baptist Church
Fort Worth, TX
Michael D. Dean, Senior Pastor