The Bloom Residence & Beyond

The Bloom Residence & Beyond

For over 11 years, Dream It Forward Foundation has been a safe place for children and youth to grow, dream, and belong. What started as a small grassroots effort to serve meals and mentor young people in Georgia has become a movement, one that has served over 163,000 meals, mentored and tutored more than 1,000 youth, and reached thousands more through wraparound support for families.

Now, we’re dreaming bigger than ever.

This Georgia Gives Day, we’re raising $50,000 to bring The Bloom Residence to life, a luxury-standard, trauma-informed home for foster and unhoused youth ages 11–18. This will be a safe, healing, and inspiring environment designed to help young people bloom after hardship, neglect, or displacement.

The Bloom Residence is more than housing; it’s a full ecosystem of care, mentorship, education, and wellness. Every youth will have access to individualized tutoring, mental health therapy, arts and enrichment programs, and mentorship through our existing Dream Mentoring and Dream Tutoring initiatives. We’ll also continue our Dream Food Program, providing nutritious meals to residents and to local families experiencing food insecurity.

The property will be designed to reflect dignity and hope, not survival. From beautifully designed bedrooms and shared living spaces to an on-site study lounge and wellness garden, the Bloom Residence will redefine what foster and youth housing can look like. Our model prioritizes sibling placement, positive reinforcement, and wraparound wellness services that help youth transition from crisis to stability, and from surviving to thriving.

Your donation will directly help us:

• Purchase the property that will become home for  our first 20 youth

• Furnish and prepare the residence with comfort, beauty, and care

• Fund daily operations, including licensed staff, therapy, and nutrition support

• Expand year-round mentoring, tutoring, and food programs that will serve not only residents, but also youth in the surrounding community

When you give to Dream It Forward, you’re investing in more than a building; you’re investing in a foundation that has proven impact and deep community roots. For over a decade, we’ve built trust through consistent, hands-on work in communities across Georgia. From meal deliveries during COVID lockdowns to youth mentoring, we’ve been there when families needed us most, and now, we’re ready to grow that work into something permanent and life-changing.

The Bloom Residence is the next evolution of that mission: a physical home that reflects everything Dream It Forward stands for: love, leadership, and lasting change.

Your support will ensure that children who have been uprooted can finally find stability, education, and care in an environment built intentionally for their healing and growth.

Even beyond its walls, your gift will ripple outward, strengthening our ability to mentor more youth, tutor more students, and feed more families year-round. This is how we Dream It Forward, together.

Every contribution brings us closer to opening the doors to hope. Whether you give $25 or $25,000, your donation helps make The Bloom Residence a reality and sustains the programs that have already changed so many lives.

Join us this GA Gives Day and help us raise $50,000 to purchase the Bloom Residence property and fund its first year of operations. Let’s show what’s possible when we invest in our youth, and give them not just a roof, but a reason to believe.

Together, we can build more than a home. We can build a future where every child has the chance to bloom. 🌸

🌍 The Bigger Picture

This investment doesn’t just build a home, it strengthens our entire ecosystem of youth support. It allows Dream It Forward Foundation to sustain programs that have already served 163,000+ meals, mentored and tutored over 1,000 youth, and impacted thousands more indirectly across Georgia.