Dear friends of Foster Dreamzzz,

This is the first of what will be a monthly letter — a chance for me to write to you the way I'd write to family, honestly and from the heart, about where this movement stands and where it's going. Thank you for being here for it.

This has been a turning point. For the very first time, our inaugural cohort of young people is stepping into something new — and it's happening on three continents at once. In Little River, Miami, two young people aging out of care are moving into their first stable homes this July, with a ten-unit master lease we're working to open in September. In Lesotho, Africa, we're helping two young entrepreneurs move into housing and launch the small business they've been building together. And in Kyiv, Ukraine, we're standing beside two young people reclaiming their lives and their families after war and separation. Every step is being filmed on location — never to expose, always to honor — for our documentary and the Global Dreamzzz platform. We're grateful for the partners on the ground with us: Citrus Family Care Network in Miami, Bee Loved Honey in Lesotho, Africa, and Save Ukraine in Kyiv.

There's more good news on the storytelling front, too: our revised promo is now in the hands of the major streaming platforms, and we'll share what comes of it the moment we can.

Our housing is growing beyond Miami as well. Thanks to a new partnership, a site in St. Marys, Georgia will soon become a home for ten more young people — and there's still another launch on the horizon that I'm not quite ready to name yet.

Soon, we'll be announcing our most ambitious mission yet: Space Dreamzzz. In partnership with Uplift Aerospace, we are preparing to send Zion Clark — a world-class athlete, author, fellow foster-care alum, and Foster Dreamzzz ambassador — to space aboard a Virgin Galactic flight. Born without legs, Zion has spent his life refusing the limits others assumed for him — and his journey will mark a first in the history of human spaceflight. It will anchor a national campaign for the 20,000 young people who age out of care every year, alongside a Florida pilot program that houses and employs a cohort of foster youth. Guiding it is an extraordinary advisory board now forming: Dr. Sian Proctor (SpaceX Inspiration4 astronaut), James Willoughby (VP of Customer Operations, Virgin Galactic), Josh Hanes (CEO, Uplift Aerospace), Ruben Salinas (spaceflight researcher), and Dr. Chris Dakin and Dr. Eadric Bressel of Utah State University — alongside our own team. The full announcement is coming soon, and we'll need your help to make it real.

None of this happens alone, and I want to thank the people carrying it with us. To Galina Russell — thank you for sponsoring the two young people moving into our Little River home through the ABC pre-apprenticeship program. To Mayan Metzler — thank you for offering up the land in the Catskills that will shelter four more youth. To Wes Watkins — thank you for welcoming Foster Dreamzzz into the We Are One Global Impact Tour in Miami on July 18 (the main event and its Fund Forward Investor Brunch). To Ranju Das — thank you for standing with Foster Dreamzzz through the first year and a half as we built toward this moment. And to Genevieve Leveille — thank you for bringing Wes to the team, for introducing us to Lesego Holzapfel of Bee Loved Honey, and for the tireless, unseen work you do every day to move this entire initiative forward.

If you've read this far, you're part of this now. The simplest ways to help are to share this letter, and — if you're able — to give. Every gift becomes a bed, a mentor, a first paycheck, a reason to believe.

With gratitude,

Allen J. West

Founder & CEO, Foster Dreamzzz

Built in service. Guided by faith.