Our Mission
Our mission is to give Hope to the hopeless, Food to the hungry, Clothes to the needy and Freedom in Christ Jesus to those who are bound by addiction and life controlling issues.
The Jersey Shore Dream Center is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization founded in 2012 by Pastor Isaac Friedel and Anthony Megaro, who still run this organization today. For more information on our non-profit status or for questions on our programming not on this website, please contact our office directly.
A Dream of Changing Lives.
The original Dream Center in Los Angeles was founded in 1994. The Dream Center network is a volunteer-driven organization that finds and fills the needs of over 80,000 individuals and families each month. We do this through mobile hunger relief and medical programs, residential rehabilitation programs adults, a shelter for victims of human trafficking, transitional housing for homeless families, foster care intervention programs, job skills training, life skills, counseling, basic education, Bible studies and more. We work to meet people where they are at, to bring them hope and a way off the streets.
We’re also equipping others to serve. The Dream Center’s record of success has attracted urban missionaries and Christian leaders from across the U.S. and the world. As they volunteer with us, they gain insight and skills that they can take back to their own communities.
In this way, more than 100 independent Dream Centers have been launched nationally, as well as internationally. Many more churches and ministries have become more effective as we teach those who give their time and talent to do what we do. Many who once needed our services also go on to help others.