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BIG Dream Gathering Experience – Cedar Falls/Waterloo – Iowa

September 21, 2011 in BDG - Cedar Falls/Waterloo IA - 2011, BDG Blog with 1 Comment

Thanks to the AMAZING support of the RJ McElroy Trust… we were able to hold a VERY special BIG Dream

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Gathering Experience for The Boys and Girls Club and Teammates in Cedar Falls, Iowa this past weekend!

And we were able hold it on the beautiful University of Northern Iowa campus!

Let the kiddos dream!

We had awesome kids from Cedar Falls and Waterloo… along with their “Bigs” and their mentors come to dream big with us!

There were some great stories of kids and adults dreaming BIG… and writing down some of their goals and dreams for the first time!

Plus we had some all-star connections, ideas and encouragement for the dreams posted!

We also had a new BIG DREAM RECORD HOLDER!

In my talk that sets up the experience… I happened to mention that someone had once written down 27

BIG DReam Gathering

A NEW record holder... 32 BIG dreams posted at one gathering!

dreams at a BIG Dream Gathering… and I jokingly said that if anyone beat that… I’d give ‘em a t-shirt!

Well… I didn’t know that Ian was in the group!

The minute I got done talking… Ian went to work!

He not only set his sights on hitting 28 dreams… but he “wanted to be the biggest BIG dreamer ever… and keep the title for a while!”

So… he decided on 32.

And guess what?

He made it!

Personally… I have to tell you that I LOVED that Ian was all about dreaming big!  That was inspiring

Ian and his "BIG" that supported him all the way!

for EVERYONE.

But what was equally inspiring was that his BIG Brother… stayed with him to the very end to see him get it done!

It was awesome to see… and the picture of what BIG Brothers and BIG Sisters… as well as Teammates are all about!

So it was an honor to get to partner with all of them to make this very special BIG Dream Gathering Experience happen!

Video

Would you like the see more?  Here’s some video from KWWL from the event:

THANK YOU!

THANK YOU to all that came to dream big and encourage each other!

THANK YOU to the amazing volunteers and supporters from BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS… and TEAMMATES!

And THANK YOU to the team at the R.J. McElroy Trust for sponsoring the event and for being fantastic to work with!

Keep dreaming BIG and helping others to do the same,

Mitch Matthews