Southern Arizona Dream Center

Shop at Fry’s & Support the Southern Arizona Dream Center

mgbernier1 — Sun, 23 Sep 2018 21:44:20 +0000

Did you know you can support the Southern Arizona Dream Center just by shopping at Fry’s Food Stores?

With every purchase, Fry’s Community Rewards will donate a portion back to the Dream Center. All you have to do is shop!

To get started, you just need to enroll in Fry’s Community Rewards! Sign in with your Fry’s Card account, and select the Southern Arizona Dream Center from the list. Once you’re enrolled, you’ll earn rewards for the Southern Arizona Dream Center every time you shop and use your Fry’s V.I.P Card! If you are not yet a Fry’s V.I.P member, enroll for free, then visit the link above to enroll in Fry’s Community Rewards.

Giving More Back to the Community!

Fry’s is committed to helping our communities grow and prosper. Enroll now for the Fry’s Community Rewards Program. After enrolling, set up a reminder on your phone or calendar to re-enroll next year! All participants must re-enroll each year to continue earning rewards for their chosen organization.

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Message From The Founder

mgbernier1 — Sun, 29 Jul 2018 06:03:05 +0000

Our family never thought we would be talking about heroin addiction at this stage in our lives. It wasn’t something we’d ever expect to deal with and yet it took us by storm. Heroin knows no boundaries. When introduced to our oldest son, it quickly became an addiction and did everything it could to steal his life from him; many times almost succeeding. In search of help, we kept ending up in dead ends. Insurance didn’t cover rehabilitation, detox clinics were few and far between, and programs that were free were almost impossible to find or not effective. This 8+ year journey has made me realize we need a real solution in Tucson, Sahuarita, and the rest of Southern Arizona for those hurting and devastated from the effects of drug abuse. An addiction that hurts not just the user, but the entire family.

Join our family as we do our part to provide real hope and healing for those addicted.

-Terry Bernier
Director of the Southern Arizona Dream Center

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Birth of The Dream Center

mgbernier1 — Sun, 29 Jul 2018 05:49:29 +0000

Our History

A Turning Point for Two Pastors and a Church
Pastor Tommy Barnett has a large and growing church in Phoenix, AZ. Many years ago, as he was growing his church, he felt a calling to reach out to the hurting in Los Angeles.In his effort to be faithful, Pastor Tommy worked hard to interest other pastors in joining him to care for Los Angeles. Each time, he would take his prospective partners to the area, only to have them change their mind. The mission fields of Watts, South Central, Compton, Imperial Courts, Nickerson Gardens and Downtown Los Angeles were clearly too dangerous and a new church would be unlikely to succeed.

Years Later, God showed Pastor Tommy that his youngest son, Pastor Matthew is the one to send to Los Angeles. Despite Pastor Tommy’s concerns for his safety, Pastor Matthew assumed the position of Pastor at a small church, Bethel Temple, in 1994. He was just 20 years old. With little activity in the church and the congregation attendance going down due to his age, Pastor Matthew began setting up his office outside on the sidewalk, asking people who passed by how he could help them.

As his outreach grew and the church came back to life, Pastor Matthew noticed the old, vacant Queen of Angels Hospital in Echo Park. He saw his father’s dream could become reality in that historic building – a place to offer God’s love to the homeless and addicted, to victims of sex trafficking and domestic violence, to emancipated foster youth and to those who hunger for food and hope.

The Dream Center Was Born
Today, thousands of individuals, businesses and churches in Los Angeles and around the world have caught the vision of The Dream Center, volunteering and giving as God leads. More than 100 independent Dream Centers so far have taken root throughout the States!

The Southern Arizona Dream Center was founded as an independent Dream Center with a goal of extending the reach and vision of the original Dream Center to an area of need here in Tucson and Southern Arizona.

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