Dreams to Action Breakfast: Celebrating 30+ Years
This April, nearly 400 alumni, partners, supporters, and new friends gathered for our 11th annual Dreams to Action Breakfast, to hear the stories and inspiration of three alumni who are part of the more than 225,000 students and their families impacted by Project Success over the past three decades.
Shana Moses, Project Success Board Chair, opened the morning with heartfelt remarks, expressing gratitude for the community’s ongoing support and reaffirming our mission to help young people discover and pursue their dreams. After her message, the breakfast featured an uplifting musical performance by middle school students from Andersen, Northeast, and Sanford—each of whom participated in their schools’ Project Success musicals this year—alongside Project Success alum and local artist John Jamison II. Together, they performed “My Days” from Phau Ntawv The Musical, highlighting the talent and confidence fostered in part by Project Success’s arts programming.
Tom qab qhov kev ua tau zoo, Project Success Founder thiab Tus Thawj Coj Thawj Coj, Adrienne Diercks, tau mus rau theem los qhia cov lus ntawm lub koom haum txoj kev taug, hais txog qhov tseem ceeb ntawm zej zog, kev sib koom tes, thiab kev tsim kho tshiab. Nws tau qhia txog lub zeem muag zoo siab rau yav tom ntej, suav nrog kev nqis peev ntau dua hauv Minneapolis, txuas ntxiv txuas ntxiv hauv Mankato, thiab txoj hauv kev ua haujlwm tshiab thiab cov phiaj xwm kev lag luam los pab cov tub ntxhais kawm ntau txoj hauv kev.
"Peb yuav txhawb nqa txoj haujlwm no thiab mloog peb cov tub ntxhais kawm kom pom lawv xav tau dab tsi hauv lub sijhawm no, thiab peb yuav nyob ntawd rau lawv. ua ke”
- Adrienne Diercks, Founder thiab Executive Director
Tom qab Adrienne cov lus, Project Success Alum thiab tam sim no lub koom haum Bike Tech Instructor, Darrow Jones tau xa ib lub ntsiab lus tseem ceeb. Nws tau hais txog nws qhov kev nyuaj siab hauv tsev kawm ntawv theem siab thiab kev cuam tshuam ntev ntawm nws tus kws pab tswv yim, Laura Garcia. Lawv qhov kev sib txuas dua xyoo tom qab tau coj mus rau kev tsim Bike Tech Certificate ntawm Project Success Institute. Txog niaj hnub no, ntau dua 107 tus tub ntxhais kawm tau koom nrog txoj haujlwm no, kawm kho thiab tswj cov tsheb kauj vab thiab tshawb nrhiav cov haujlwm hauv thaj chaw loj hlob no ntawm Project Success campus.
"Tam sim no kuv tau los ua tus neeg cuam tshuam hauv lub neej ntawm cov tub ntxhais kawm no, ib yam li Laura tau ua rau kuv."
- Darrow Jones
Marc Bromaghim-Oropeza, Senior Program Manager thiab Project Success alum, tau hais txog kev nthuav dav thiab kev ua tiav ntawm Project Success hauv Mankato, qhia txog qhov cuam tshuam ntev ntawm lub koom haum muaj rau cov tub ntxhais hluas thiab cov zej zog.
Tsis muaj qhov no yuav ua tau yog tias tsis muaj kev txhawb nqa ntawm peb cov neeg koom tes, cov neeg txhawb nqa, cov kws qhia ntawv, thiab cov neeg ua haujlwm pab dawb. Ua ke, peb tab tom tsim cov tsev kawm ntawv thiab cov zej zog muaj zog, thiab pab txhua tus tub ntxhais kawm txuas mus rau lawv lub hom phiaj thiab paub lawv txoj kev npau suav. Raws li peb saib ua ntej, Qhov Kev Ua Tau Zoo tseem tau cog lus tias "yog" rau cov cib fim tshiab, ua rau peb muaj kev cuam tshuam, thiab txhawb nqa cov neeg npau suav thiab cov thawj coj hauv tiam tom ntej.
Yog tias koj xav koom nrog, qhia koj zaj dab neeg, lossis txhawb peb lub luag haujlwm, lossis ncav cuag thiab koom nrog peb thaum peb pib mus rau tshooj tom ntej ntawm Kev Ua Haujlwm Zoo.
Ua tsaug tshwj xeeb rau peb cov neeg txhawb nqa uas ua rau qhov kev tshwm sim Dreams to Action ua tau:
