Loukoumi's Dream Day
The Loukoumi Make A Difference Foundation also makes kids career dreams come true. Based on our book, Growing Up With Loukoumi, our Dream Day contest gives kids the opportunity to spend a day in their dream day careers.
ENTER THE LOUKOUMI DREAM DAY CONTEST
Send us your cell phone videos, 30 seconds or less, recorded horizontally telling us what you want to be when you grow up and why. Email to us at Loukoumi@aol.com. Believe in yourself and your dreams can come true!
PAST DREAM DAY WINNERS
Melina and Jon Bon Jovi
Melina
Melina wants to open a restaurant for people that cannot afford to go to a restaurant and so she got to visit Jon Bon Jovi's JBJ Soul Kitchen and hang out with the rock star himself!
More from Melina's Dream Day.
YIANNI
Yianni lived his Dream Day of being a medical inventor at the Regeneron headquarters in Tarrytown, NY. He started with a tour, conducted some cool experiments with several Postdocs and had lunch with President and Chief Scientific Officer Dr. George Yancopoulos. More from Yianni’s Dream Day.
Sam and Eddie Reese
Sam
Sam wants to be an Olympic swimmer and he lived his dream day with the coach of the United States Men's Olympic Swim team, Eddie Reese.
Taylor and Annie meet their idol Misty Copeland
TAYLOR AND ANNIE
Taylor Beazer and Annie Rasetina visited the American Ballet Theater and met their idol Misty Copeland, who was so gracious! The girls watched a rehearsal, attended a class, had a tour of ABT and an overall amazing day. A special thank you to Misty Copeland, Dennis Walters (for the great tour, attention to detail and wonderful keepsakes), Nora Orphanides and Mary Jo Ziesel. As Loukoumi says, "Believe in yourself and dreams come true!"
Nicole spends her Dream Day with Alexis Christoforous
NicOLE
Nicole wants to be a journalist and she got an up close and personal look at life as television journalist when she spent a day at the Yahoo Finance studio in New York City with anchor Alexis Christoforous.
More from Nicole's Dream Day.
Panagioti and FOX-5’s meteorologist Nick Gregory
Panagioti
Panagioti wants to be a storm chaser and a meteorologist and he spent the day in the FOX-5 weather center with meteorologist Nick Gregory
More from Panagioti's Dream Day.
Jordan, Eli Manning and Nick Katsoris
Jordan
Jordan wants to be a football player and he lived his Loukoumi Dream Day by visiting NY Giants training camp. Jordan met with and received football advice from MVP quarterback Eli Manning (whose great Lace Cookie recipe appears in our Loukoumi Celebrity Cookbook), Odell Beckham Jr., Devin Unga, Weston Richberg, Perry Williams, Odell Beckham Sr., and many others!
More from Jordan's Dream Day.
Constantine Maroulis and Sophia Lotto
SOPHIA
Sophia wants to be a Broadway star and she got to meet Tony nominated actor Constantine Maroulis in Times Square, tour the Helen Hayes Theatre and then sing "Don't Stop Believin'" with Constantine from the Rock of Ages stage.
Evan Akes and Lieutenant Peter Hatzoglou
evan
Evan Akes wants to be an NYPD police officer. Evan's dream was to spend the day with the K-9 unit, which he did along with riding in a patrol car and a police boat!
Special thanks to Lieutenant Peter Hatzoglou and the NYPD for this very special day!
Grace and Cat Cora
GRACE
Grace wants to be a chef and she got to cook her favorite recipes with Celebrity Chef Cat Cora from Cat's Restaurant on the BoardWalk in Walt Disney World.
Nika and Tony Tanillo
NIKA
Nika wants to be a TV chef and she got to cook on CBS News with Tony Tantillo and meet Rachael Ray on the set of her hit show
Sylvia and Nathalia Ramos
SYLVIA
Sylvia wants to be an actress and she got to meet her favorite actress, Nathalia Ramos, at Lincoln Center where they discussed acting tips.
Lionel and the Red Bulls
lionel
Lionel wants to be a soccer star and he got to play soccer with New York's professional soccer team, the Red Bulls!
Sophie and Nick Katsoris at NASA
SOPHIE
Sophie wants to be a Mars Rover Engineer and she got to sit inside NASA's mission control and watch the Phoenix spaceship land on Mars!!
Ava outside St. Jude Children's Hospital
ava
Ava wants to be a pediatric oncologist and she lived her Dream Day at St. Jude Children's Hospital. Ava is also the top fundraiser for our Loukoumi Foundation Treatment Room at the Hospital.
LUCY, SIENA & TAYLOR
These three aspiring actors spent the day with stage and film star Elena Kampouris. The trio received an acting lesson, rehearsed lines and had lunch with Elena making it a very special Dream Day!
eliana, stella & vivienne
Three girls aspiring to play in the MLB and the NBA got the opportunity to spend the day with Kelsie Whitmore of the Staten Island FerryHawks baseball team. Kelsie is the first woman to play in the MLB.