Dream Big!

The Mission of Dream Big! is to help girls from low-income situations achieve their dreams by providing them with the basic items and fees needed to enable them to participate in sports and physical activities helping to lay the foundation for healthy, active lifestyles and quality learning experiences.

Dream Big! partners with organizations, schools and community health centers to identify and fulfill the equipment, athletic footwear, uniforms, sports attire, training opportunities and program fee needs of girls, and the programs that serve them, from economically disadvantaged communities, in elementary, junior high and high school in order to help them engage in sports and physical activities that help them develop the self-confidence and skills needed to be more successful in school and life.

Over the past four years Dream Big! equipment donations, program scholarships, sports clinics and the Dream Big! Leadership Conferences have directly impacted over 15,000 girls in need.

Unfortunately, poverty can severely limit a young girl’s involvement in sports. Dream Big! is working to breakdown the financial barrier that currently prevents girls from participating. Here are a few examples of the impact Dream Big! donations had this past year: A donated volleyball net system and equipment helped to support a high school program and allowed them to have their first home volleyball game in over two decades; a donation of equipment and uniforms prevented a high school softball team from cancelling their season; Dream Big! Program Scholarships sent girls to summer basketball camp and other girls took dance lessons throughout the year; 200 girls have attended their first ever Celtics, Red Sox and Bruins games; hundreds of girls attended Dream Big! Sports Clinics in partnership with local college sports teams and the Dream Big! Leadership Conference brought together over 220 girls from economically disadvantaged communities with former collegiate and Olympic female athletes, now community and corporate leaders, to hear about the impact sports had on their lives and about the college and career opportunities available to them.