The mission of the ESF Dream Camp Foundation is to transform the lives of underserved youth through innovative year-long programs that nurture the individual, educate the mind, and inspire the spirit. In partnership with families and schools, Dream Camp develops young leaders who embrace challenges, seize opportunities and overcome obstacles, and are inspired to live their dreams. Dream Camp provides underserved children in Philadelphia with after school and summer programming completely free of charge. Dream Camp includes both summer camps and after school programs. During the summer, over 300 kids from all over Philadelphia join us for an unforgettable 24 days filled with reading, writing, sports, science, art, music and everything in between. After school, our exceptional mentors provide homework help and character building activities for our students. We have great success in our program with retention rates for our students, as they progress through schooling and many challenging years. While the average high school graduation rate in Philadelphia is 64%, the graduation rate for Dream Camp students is 100%. We send many of these graduates off to both two and four colleges. Dream Camp students enter our program with curiosity and often resistance or trauma. Our students complete our program with supportive relationships,...