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Making a Difference One Child at a Time

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We are joining in this fight to help others during COVID

Stay up to date on what we are doing in Collin County and surrounding areas to help our children and their families 

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During this Pandemic we are partnering with others to give to our babies and their families

During this Pandemic we are partnering with others to give to our babies and their families

During this Pandemic we are partnering with others to give to our babies and their families

We are moo-ving the love!!!!

Bags of food drive give away and our Taco Tuesdays

During this Pandemic we are partnering with others to give to our babies and their families

During this Pandemic we are partnering with others to give to our babies and their families

We are excited about blessing others with bags of fresh nutritional meals for the week as well as spreading love with a good homemade taco lunch on Tuesdays. We are blessing our front line workers, our churches and others with these meals on a weekly basis. As well as providing other sources of activities during the week to keep families motivated and working together.

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About us

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Our Mission

Above All Things Dream Foundation is a 501 (c) (3) Nonprofit Corporation.  


We endeavor to build social, emotional and learning skills with an emphasis using educational, basketball and different sports techniques as a fun way to inspire youth to stay active with a focus on eliminating child obesity and food insecurities which can cripple our youth. We train, mentor, teach and coach our youth to be pro-active about their health; promoting fitness, whole and healthy lifestyles as well prioritizing the importance of education. Our organization target students who are under-served, diverse and low-moderate income areas; but never leaving any child neglected and feeling left out. 

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Our Goals

Our goals are to build  within each child strong social, emotional, educational and coping skills.  We endeavor to inspire youth to stay active using different basketball and other sports techniques by making staying fit and active fun. Our efforts are to build strong and healthy children who will be empowered to become positive  and self-sufficient contributors  to their communities. 



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Our Purpose

Our purpose is to provide programs and resources that support the development of our youth. Our purpose is to build strong and healthy children.  We are not only teaching the importance of exercise, we are strengthening cognitive, motor, and social skills through our sports and agility skills camps,  mentoring, educational and tutorial programs. Our organization fosters building stronger communities by embracing diversity, inclusion, and equality towards the children that we serve creating a positive change that strengthens the communities by modeling fairness, equality and justice for all. 



Our Values

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Child Food Insecurities

 

It’s a simple fact: A child’s chance for a bright tomorrow starts with getting enough food to eat today. But in America, 1 in 6 children may not know where they will get their next meal. For the 11 million kids in the U.S. facing hunger, getting the energy they need to learn and grow can be a daily challenge.  Due to COVID this number has increased to 1 in 7 children food insecure.

According to USDA, hunger is a personal sensation of discomfort that an individual may have; but food insecurity refers to the lack of available financial resources for food at the household level. (lack of consistent access to enough food for an active, healthy lifestyle) 

Childhood Obesity


 Childhood obesity is a serious problem in the United States putting children and adolescents at risk for poor health.  43 million preschool children are overweight or obese.  Every 5th child in the world is overweight or obese; main reason is the type of food that is consumed.  Illness resulting from child obesity is hypertension, type 2 diabetes, spine and joint diseases, heart diseases, psychological distress just to name a few. Children now spend more than 7 1/2 hours a day in front of a screen with little to no activity during the day. 

What we are doing to help Since Covid 19

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Since April 2020 we have our Weekly Drive-Thru feedings

We have increased our numbers per week and serving over 500 -700 families within the Collin and Grayson Texas areas.  We are distributing and serving over an average of 35,000 pounds of food per week to families.

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Mentoring-Fostering Diversity, Equality and Inclusion

With our weekly  virtual mentoring sessions we have been able to help over 200 students understand the importance of fostering diversity, equity and inclusion within our communities.  We have been able to do this by creating a culture for students to be respected, empowered, be heard as well as educated via financial literacy, health awareness, and hard topics regarding specific barriers they face.

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Daily Virtual Tutoring classes

Offering students extra help and support during this unprecedented time has not only helped students the latter part of last school year, it has equipped them to be proactively ready for the challenges that they face this school year both academically, socially and emotionally and it has better prepared them to handle the online learning as well as the other challenges of not being amongst their peers as often as they would like.  We have helped them create a sense of community right from the confinements of their home.

Here are some of the Results due to the lack of necessary Education and the lack of proper nutritious Food; coupled with little to no exercise

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Stuck at home for the summer? Looking to get more involved with the Above All Things community? Here is your go-to resource with tips ranging from sharpening your multiplication skills to tie dying at home!  

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