ABOUT DREAM CONNECTION
Dream Connection, a non-profit organization, is dedicated to granting wishes of children ages 3-18 in the Knoxville area who face life threatening or chronically debilitating illnesses. Typically, these families will come for treatment / doctor visits at East Tennessee Children’s Hospital, which is right next to our campus. They send children on their dream trips, in an effort to bring back the innocence that disease and illness take from them.
Dream Connection is run by volunteers, and all donations go directly to the support of these families. Chi Omega is incredibly lucky to partner with such a giving organization. We are able to be hands-on with the children whose dreams we are sponsoring, which is a lot of our members favorite part.
Over the past few years, as a chapter, we have sent children to Disney, Italy, skiing in Canada, seeing Flamingos, and even to meet JoJo Siwa!
Our Events
Dash for Dreams
Dash for Dreams is the grand finale of our biggest fundraising event of the year—Dream Week! This 5K race is open to all UT students, families, and friends, and it’s an exciting way to wrap up a week full of purpose. Dash for Dreams brings our community together and helps get more people involved in supporting Dream Connection. It’s always a fun and meaningful day for everyone involved!
Philanthropy Dinners
At least once a semester, we host a philanthropy dinner to raise money for our kid’s dreams. Our members invite their friends and family to come to our house to enjoy a delicious meal by Chef Amber for an amazing cause. This past semester, we had an incredible turnout at our “Drive Through For Dreams” spaghetti night! This is also a great opportunity for our dream kids to hang out at our house, eat a meal together, and just have fun! We invite you to attend our next philanthropy dinner to see for yourself what an amazing experience this is for our dream kids.
