Helping young people achieve their goals and dreams.
About Us
Who We Are:
The Dream Center is a non-profit organization located in Foley, Alabama and serves all of Baldwin County. The Dream Center is a place where disadvantaged youth aged 12-18 can begin to rebuild and transform their lives with the help of caring mentors and educators.
What We Do:
The Dream Center program focuses on diversion techniques which redirect participants away from delinquent behavior and help them improve interactions with peers and authority figures, in school and at home. The Dream Center utilizes as many tools as possible to keep participants from giving up and quitting life. When Dream Center participants begin to experience success in academics, in a hobby, and in their relationships, they begin to imagine a brighter future.
How We Do It:
The Dream Center partners with Juvenile Justice and area schools to help break the cycle of abuse, victimization, and criminality by providing mentoring, conflict resolution training, drug and alcohol education and accountability, classroom tutoring and homework assistance, financial assistance for clothing needs and extra-curricular activities, a food pantry, work force readiness, and post-secondary education assistance. The Dream Center utilizes evidence-based programs such as Overcoming Obstacles and T.E.A.M. in both group and one-on-one sessions.
Dream Center Administrators
Joe Aldrete
Executive Director
Joe Aldrete was raised in San Jose, California and came to know the saving grace of Jesus Christ in 1989. Mr. Aldrete describes his conversion this way, “I was completely lost and living a life full of emptiness when my Savior called me, forgave me, changed me, and put me on the path of righteousness for His name’s sake. I knew that God had a plan for my life and that plan was to be in service to Him.”
Joe entered the ministry in 1994 at Calvary Chapel Mareno Valley in Mareno Valley, California where he was a pastoral intern for three years and became an ordained minister in 1997.
He was a Youth Pastor for seven years, spent three years as a College Pastor, two years as an Executive Pastor, and spent two years traveling to the U.K, Thailand, Cambodia, and Japan teaching and instructing local pastors. He also served as Chaplain for the Family Justice Court in Riverside, California and in 2003, he became the chaplain for the Riverside Sheriff Department.
Joe moved from California to Baldwin County with his wife, Lorraine, in 2005 and founded Calvary Chapel Foley (CCF.)
In 2010, he became the Senior Chaplain for the Baldwin County Sheriff Department and served the Community Hospice of Baldwin County as chaplain from 2011-2013.
In 2010, Joe also began working with a national organization called YAP (Youth Advocate Program,) a diversion program for at-risk teens. Working with YAP from 2010-2018, Pastor Aldrete served over 200 youth in Baldwin County.
In 2012, Joe received his CCISM degree (UMBC) and became the Lead Chaplain of the Baldwin County Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) Team and became a Senior Level Law Enforcement Instructor through the International Conference of Police Chaplains in 2014.
In 2018, Joe Aldrete founded the Dream Center of Baldwin County.
Dream Center Board of Directors
Steve Bailey
Board President
Steve Bailey has lived in Alabama his entire life and became a resident of Foley in 1968. He spent his childhood on a dairy farm in Marion, AL where he learned about southern agriculture and the systems and structures that support it. Steve attended Foley schools through graduation and began working on area farms at the age of 15.
In 1981, Steve went to work for Southern Farm Supply and in 1989 struck out on his own and founded Southern Ag Service Inc. where he has sold and serviced numerous irrigation systems for area farmers. In 1994, Steve partnered with Dean Hansen in Sun Coast Builders. When Dean retired, Steve became sole owner of Sun Coast Builders.
Steve has built hundreds of buildings in Baldwin County including many churches, the Cotton Creek Clubhouse at Craft Farms, Malouf Furniture, Gulf Bowl and Eastern Shore Bowling Centers, and numerous projects for Baldwin County and area municipalities. Owning and operating both of these businesses for over 30 years has given Steve a broad range of skills and an even broader circle of business associates and friends.
In Steve’s words, “I have always felt a great sense of responsibility to give back to this community that has given so much to me. I have participated in several area political campaigns over the years. I have overseen Landowner Relations for the Gulf Coast Hot Air Balloon Festival since the festival started and began cooking for the American Heart Association Rodeo (which later became the Jennifer Claire Moore Foundation Rodeo) in the early 90’s. In 2008, I started a committee for feasibility and fund raising for a Catholic High School for Baldwin County and after 8 years, celebrated the opening of St. Michael Catholic High School in Fairhope.
I met Pastor Joe Aldrete a few years ago at an event for Sherriff Mack. I was immediately drawn to Joe’s heart for people and specifically for our community. I was honored to recently complete Pastor Joe’s new church building and through working closely with him, became more aware of his vision for the Dream Center. The more I heard, the more I wanted to become involved. There is such a need for this center and I believe whole heartedly in the Dream Center’s mission to help underserved youth in our area. It is my goal to facilitate financial assistance to provide a new building for the Dream Center and ongoing support for those who work there.”
Jeremy Anderson
Board Member
Jeremy Anderson is the CEO of Overwatch Technology, a managed security service provider serving small businesses across the U.S. Jeremy's career in technology began in high school and continued with his service in the Marine Corps, where he specialized in data communications.
After his military service, Jeremy transitioned to the private sector, working for data centers, VoIP, and network management software companies as a network engineer and sales engineer. His extensive experience and dedication to the field have made him a respected leader in the technology and security industry.
As a board member of the Dream Center of Baldwin County, Jeremy brings his passion for technology and community service together, contributing his knowledge and leadership to support the organization's mission.
Trevor Daughtry
Board Member
Trevor Daughtry began his journey with the Dream Center as a dedicated case manager. He now serves as a valued board member and supporter. He is the founder of Our Restoration Church, where he has planted two thriving churches—Restoration Church Bay Minette in Baldwin County, AL, and Restoration Church Monroeville in Monroe County, AL. His ministry emphasizes restoration, empowerment, and service to the community. Trevor studied at the University of Mobile and has spent years devoted to the Christian faith, developing both spiritual leadership and practical compassion. He previously served as a Youth Pastor for five years and worked with the Boys & Girls Club at the Poarch Band of Creek Indians as Coordinator over the Teen Center, equipping young people and strengthening families. He also serves as Vice President of the North Baldwin Ministerial Association and is a proud member of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians. Above all, Trevor is the proud father of five and has been joyfully married to his beautiful wife, Magan,
for 18 years. His commitment to helping people overcome challenges and his passion for community impact make him a valued voice and servant-leader.
Ed Bushaw
Board Member
Ed Bushaw has spent the majority of his career in higher education as Dean of the Business School of State University of New York at Jefferson and as Campus Director for Faulkner State College in Gulf Shores. Ed retired from Faulkner in 2018, and accepted the position of Vice President of Workforce Development for the Gateway Initiative, a collaboration between the South Baldwin and Coastal Alabama Business Chamber. Ed held that position until December of 2023.
Ed recently accepted the position of Development Director for the Southern Region of the Salvation Army. Ed holds a Bachelor's Degree in business from SUNY Geneseo and a Master of Education from SUNY Oswego.
Ed states, “I have spent most of my career working with students in higher education and have always had a burden for the disadvantaged. This group of young people doesn’t always fit the mold society promotes: ‘Score high on the ACT, then go to college.’ The kids that come to the Dream Center face many issues, circumstances many of us can’t imagine, that have caused them to fall off track. The programming offered at the Dream Center offers these kids an opportunity to change their course and lead successful, fulfilling lives. I made the decision to join the Dream Center as a board member when I realized the great need for this program in our community. I am excited to help our kids receive the training and skills they need to build a successful career and future.”
Lynn Corbett grew up in Panama City Beach, Florida and has lived in Baldwin County for 21 years. After graduating from Auburn University in Medical Technology, she worked in the Tissue Typing Laboratory at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital. In 1995, after graduating from the UAB School of Nursing, Lynn worked in the Neonatal Intensive Care Units at UAB in Birmingham, Ochsner Hospital in New Orleans, and Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio.
She and her husband settled in Fairhope with their family in 2003, where she worked as a homemaker raising their three children. Now that her children are grown, Lynn dedicates her time to the community and joined the board for the Dream Center of Baldwin County in 2025.
Lynn realized the lack of programs offered to overlooked and underserved youth in Baldwin County and recognized that the Dream Center was helping to fill that void. Lynn states, “Now kids in Baldwin County have a place to go to get help that will enable them to live more successful lives. I am very proud to be a part of an organization that helps the youth of our community in this way.”