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Our Dream
Established
in January 2002, the Dream Center is a non-profit organization
with a single focus: to help at-risk and high-risk
community members fulfill their dreams.
Strategically located on the West side of Salt Lake City, an area where
currently over 90 languages are spoken, The Center is surrounded
by a community of poverty, addictions, and gangs. The
Center is here to meet the needs of those who need help,
whether it is in the form of food, clothing, educational,
emotional, or medical assistance. The Center’s
vision is to allow those in their community to think
outside the poverty mentality and to teach
them how to assimilate into a productive
life. Since opening its doors, the Dream
Center has helped literally thousands
of families and individuals eliminate
obstacles to fulfill
their dreams.
I'm just here to help people."
- Utah Dream Center Founder and President Alfred Murillo
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About Us
The
Utah Dream Center was founded in 2000 by Alfred
and Anna Murillo. Though the physical doors to
the Dream Center weren’t opened until 2002, the foundation
was laid much earlier. Modeling much of the Utah Dream Center’s
operations and strategies off of the LA Dream Center, www.dreamcenter.org,
Alfred and Anna first operated a sidewalk children’s ministry
by buying and renovating a large truck with a fold-down
platform. Alfred is also a ten
year board member of the Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Metro
Gang Project.
For many, dreams start small with basic survival needs. It might
be strange to associate food and medical care with dreams,
but it can be the first step for many. Some that call the West side
home, for example, live in substandard housing, while others are
refugees or new immigrants. The social and economic obstacles to
living a safe and healthy life are obvious.
 The Dream Center makes a difference
Provisions: |
The first and most basic need the Dream Center meets is
food. |
Medicine: |
In 2007 the Dream Center partnered with Utah Partners for Health in providing a
31-foot Mobile Medical Unit. |
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Action: |
Providing the children with a promising future
is one the Dream Center’s key goals. |
Life Necessities: |
The Dream Center collects and distributes donated essentials to families in their community. |
Adopt-A-Block: |
Through Adopt-A-Block, the Center literally “cleans up
the neighborhood” by picking up trash, cleaning graffiti, and
serving in similar ways. |
Metro
Kidzz: |
Metro Kidzz teaches honest communication, morals
and social skills, personal responsibility, the skills
to make right decisions and helps to give and receive
unconditional love. |
Metro Gang Project: |
The Dream Center assisted in designing and implementing a gang intervention program designed for “at-risk” youth. |
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