Realize The Dream
100 for 100
The Realize the Dream Award was launched as a campaign to celebrate and continue the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In collaboration with Legacy+ and the Drum Major Institute, Realize the Dream aims to earn 100 million hours of service within 5 years in honor of Dr. King’s 100th birthday.
As one of the participating service cohorts, Pomona USD will award anyone who follows Dr.King’s legacy in serving their community. This award is open to all students, staff/faculty, and community members. Each school is responsible for reporting their participants’ hours each month on the provided timesheet. At the end of each school year (until 2029), hours will be tallied and awards will be distributed.
See below for hour requirements.
The hours served for the Realize the Dream Award may count towards other service learning awards (Points of Light Award, PVSA, Seal of Service, and Congressional Award).
Participants can choose their service campaigns to work on and promote. Participants are encouraged to participate in other cohort campaigns. Schools may start their own “Dr. King” club and work on the campaigns within the club.
For more information, please contact the PUSD Service Learning Coordinator and RTD Campaign Coordinator, Joseph Shim (joseph.shim@pusd.org).
Levels of Commitment
Levels of commitment would depend on the level of the school and the commitment of staff, parents, and students.
Bronze/Basic Level
The school is committed to promoting and sharing information with students and parents about Dr. King’s campaign. Staff members are given links to resources to use in their classrooms. Opportunities to volunteer are shared around the school.
Silver Level
The school is committed to actively promoting service. Classroom opportunities are given to volunteer around the school and community.
There is a voluntary staff member who will collect data as to active volunteers, whether a student, parent, or staff member.
The staff member needs to remind the students that they take their hours with them to the next school. That is where they will start the following year.
For middle or high schools at this level, the staff member will add incoming students to their database.
Gold Level
The school is committing itself to a minimum number of annual volunteer hours based on hours set by the school. A staff member will actively promote opportunities to students, parents, and staff members.
There is a Dr. King’s Realizing the Dream club established on campus with an advisor who tracks data.
This is a student-led club to give them more sense of agency.
For middle or high schools at this level, the staff member will add incoming students to their database.
PUSD Commitment
District commits to:
all schools become bronze level as they commit all elementary, middle, and high schools to promote and disseminate the resources and market the campaign
paying for the banners for each school, everyone would start as a bronze but my thinking is that at the end of the year if they qualify for a higher level a sticker can be affixed on top of the bronze medal to elevate their status
paying for certificate paper for sites to print out certificates to recognize their staff/students that participate
If a school wants to be silver or gold they will have a staff member that will log all the hours of volunteering. The school is in charge of knowing who did how many hours but I submit only the aggregate hours to the national database without any associated names (privacy concerns addressed).
Legacy+ Commitment
Legacy+ commits to:
providing additional marketing and resources for schools, staff, and students to use
providing digital awards and designs that can be used to print out for district use
providing grant opportunities for the district, schools, teachers, and students (the district doesn't know about this one, but as you discussed)
providing a relationship with LA Rams
opportunities to participate in volunteering with Rams players
possible interactions with players as a reward
Schools Currently Committed
Alcott
Allison
Armstrong
Arroyo
Decker
Diamond Ranch
Emerson
Ganesha
Golden Springs
Harrison
Kellogg
Lorbeer
Marshall
Pantera
Pomona
Ranch Hills
San Jose
Simons
Vejar
Village Academy