Hello
everyone! Hope you’re having a lovely and carefree day/week/month/year, and
thanks for being a part of this wonderful organization called The Dream
Factory. I wanted to take this opportunity to give an update on things I’ve
been working on at our National Headquarters in Louisville and what we have
planned in the coming weeks/months. The year 2013 will be here before we know
it.
Following
this year’s mAAgic Flight and our National Convention in Orlando – both of
those were huge successes I want to add – I’ve been strategically planning ways
to make dreams more cost efficient and developing my own system in planning
dreams in an attempt to make my time at Nationals more efficient. I am also
working on developing relationships with both companies and individuals that we
can incorporate into these dreams. It’s been a fun experience. I will say that
we had a busy month of October – mainly with Give Kids The World and Disney
trips – but things are starting to slow down a bit. Besides a few more “Mickey
Mouse” dreams, I’m also working on celebrity dreams like Taylor Swift, Tyler Perry, Brad Paisly and the Dallas Cowboys
Cheerleaders.
One thing I
want to mention, and give thanks to, is Atlantis Resort. Nationals has recently
worked out a deal where Atlantis sends us six complimentary trips each year for
us to disperse out to our chapters as needed. I’ve already sent two families to
Atlantis – free of charge! – and I’m working on two others at the moment.
Atlantis has been awesome to us and I’m so excited to make more dreams come
true through this partnership.
Also, as for
an update on our website (we all know we need a new one!), the IT Committee is
still looking at different options. After a conference call a few weeks back,
we’re forming a list of things we need and want with this new site and then
will determine which developer best fits those needs/wants. I have my fingers
crossed that we’ll have our new website, ready to launch, in early 2013. I can’t
wait!
Be sure to
follow us, and encourage others, on Facebook and Twitter, and on this blog. We
need to continue to get our word out! That’s www.facebookcom/dreamfactoryhq
and www.twitter.comhqdreamfactory.
I will be adding a YouTube Channel within the next month, where we can have a
central place for all our videos.
One more
thing I want to mention is our Dream Factory Marathon Team. Runners can choose
any marathon or half-marathon this spring and raise money toward The Dream
Factory. There are lots of benefits to doing this, on top of raising money for
a great cause. If you’re interested, just send me an email at Tommie.kendall@dreamfactoryinc.org.
Well, I
guess that’s it for now. From all of us at The Dream Factory, thank you for all
you do!
-Tommie
Kendall, Director of Program Services
