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Than just go to the annual fundraisers, maybe we could do a little bit more than that for the kids. >> my husband and i have chosen to support dream yards by creating a four year scholarship. we are honored and excited to present the first two charles pete lloyd dream yards. we would like to invite up sonja and leanne. >> i am apart of dream yard for four years now. it has changed me. sadly -- due to economic restrictions, i found myself unable to cover the gap that colleges were asking for and today i can probably say th that -- in the fall, i will be attending union college so from the botto...

Theater, poetry and fine arts into public schools in the bronx, new york, the poorest congressional district in the country. more than two decades ago two 20-something-year-old guys tim lord and jason dutchon had a dream, believed arts programs could keep kids in school, keep them from dropping out, get better grades and maybe go to college. >> we wrote a play called "dreamyard" a place kids could go to and parents had forgotten how to get there. it was us creating art with young people. what was powerful the way it changed their connections to learning to education. >> i'm a spontaneous photo...

Was removed from the public education system. >> meaning no music? mo dance, no theater, no photography, no fine arts, no painting, nothing. >> nothing. >> reporter: and the question i've often wondered is what if a child doesn't have a way to discover her passion? what if that hidle talent is never tapped? this is my moldy oldie photo album. my mother was a drama teacher so i was always around school plays. my first role i was a munchkin in "the wizard of oz." i couldn't really act or sing, so i never was the star, but even just being a bird in the background i loved it. it makes me sad to th...

Instrumentals you heard was music created by dreamyard students, teenagers frankie perez jr., emmanuel cuevas and iannis and thanks to my producer on this piece, matt rainard. >> people think about the arts, visual and performing arts as extracurriculars. it is sometimes the main avenue toward growth. it's so important. >> totally. they're the first things cut when there's budget cuts and they are the highlights of my school experience. >> i'm going to demand to see tapes of your performances. >> i'm. pi to provide them. cnn and hln anchors will bring you the causes closest to their hearts all...

>> thanks to dreamyard, sony keith and leighanne torres blossomed as art is but worried what would come next. >> i feel like i've always known that college was my next step. when i started getting accepted into colleges, i couldn't pay for them. there was a lot of money out-of-pocket i couldn't afford and my mom couldn't dream of affording. >>. i relied growing up able to go to a school where there was a lot of arts and theater, and music through a scholarship, and i'm so grateful that i got to have that experience and i always thought even when i was 11, someday if i can i'm going to pay that...