Marzelle C. Hill Transition Center (formerly Dallas County Emergency Shelter)
Dare to Dream visits this facility four times a month. Boys between the ages of ten and seventeen are served. Most of them come from low-income families and perform at below average school grade levels in reading, spelling and writing. Dare to Dream provides speakers and seminars and provides a one-on-one reading-tutoring program. Youth participate in small groups and get a chance to visit with a caring adult. We provide Bibles and other materials to the youth for encouragement and support.

Texas Youth Commission-Cottrell House
TYC Cottrell House is located in east Dallas and houses delinquent youth from State schools between the ages of 15 and 20. 35% are African-American, 35% Hispanic, and 25% are Caucasian. Many of these teens are fatherless, and come from families with very poor decision making skills. Volunteers conduct career development classes and whenever possible assist in taking them to church. Many have accepted Christ into their lives and have been Water Baptized. Our goal is to prepare them to return to the community with skills to help them become productive citizens.

YMCA Casa Shelter
In l987, Dare to Dream began providing its first programs to this youth shelter. This facility houses males and females between the ages of seven and eighteen. Many of them are runaways, or have been removed from their home because of abuse and neglect. Twice a month we provide a team of committed volunteers who share their Christian faith, life skills, crafts and encouragement. Whenever possible these youth are invited to off-site events.

Other Ministry Opportunities
Dare to Dream sponsors orphans overseas and is planning on helping graduating orphans who have the potential and desire to attend Bible School.

Foster Care
In 2007 Dare to Dream Founder - Jan Tennyson who grew up in the New York foster care system, participated on a panel on the McCuistian Show aired on Channel 13 entitled Is the Foster Care System Broken? Alarming statistics about youth exiting the foster care system becoming homeless caused Jan to focus on helping inspire these youth through speaking at foster care conferences and graduations. Special events are being created to help these youth become productive members of our society.

Reconciliation Outreach
For two years Dare to Dream provided programs for Reconciliation Outreach, an East Dallas group of teenagers from a neighborhood infested with homelessness and drugs. The youth are 90% African American between the ages of 12 and 18. An average of 15 youth from the community attended our programs each month and all from low-income families. Since 1996, Dare to Dream has donated items of clothing, furniture, vehicles, and other items to this ministry.

Buckner Children's Home
Since 1996 Dare to Dream has provided programs to youth living at Buckner Children's Home. hey come from a wide variety of ethnic backgrounds and range in age from ten to eighteen. Dare to Dream volunteers provide encouragement and love. We have provided activities that give them a chance to re-discover their lost childhood. They have been removed from their homes mostly because of abuse and neglect. .

Churches, Schools and Colleges and Orphanages
Jan Tennyson, Founder of Dare to Dream, offers keynote speeches for audiences throughout the United States alerting the public of the urgency to direct at-risk youth to a positive future. Youth need someone and something to believe in. Dare to Dream is providing both.