A Boy and His Dream Meal Packing Event

220 East 15th Street,Chicago Heights IL 60411

09 April, 2022

Description

Help us pack 50,000 meals to bring to the underserved children in the village of Ekpoma, Nigeria. On Saturday, April 9th, A Boy and His Dream will be packing 50,000 meals to bring to the underserved children in the village of Ekpoma, Nigeria. We need your help - please sign up if you would like to be part of the meal-packing party! Bring your families, friends, co-workers, anyone who would like to volunteer their time to help underserved children. What sets our Foundation apart is the fact that President, Sunny Akhigbe, is someone who has lived, walked, and experienced the devastation of opposition, adversity and a troubled beginning. Through his life experience, Sunny is now able to identify with others firsthand and bring solutions to their problems.  Children today are struggling with all forms of adversity. The adverse experiences that a child faces while growing up, makes them more likely to suffer physical and mental health issues later in life. Trauma like emotional neglect, abuse, a locked-up parent, an alcoholic mother or depressed father, are events in an adolescent's life that causes anxiety, addiction, depression, dropping out of school, gang life, gun violence and incarceration. But there is hope! Co-founders, Diana Bridges and Sunny, have created programs that will generate change in the youth who are our leaders of tomorrow. The mission is to provide them positive options and to speak to them through live presentations, without sugar-coating life's challenges; to show by example, when thrown a difficult situation; and  how to overcome and make the best decision for a great outcome. Additionally, the foundation's Learn-to-Dream Scholarship Program keeps at-risk students pursuing higher education by providing funding towards college tuition and books.