Some were brave enough to serve as honorary flight attendants. The students personally met with hundreds of college and career counselors. Since the beginning of the Campbell administration, Mayor Bill Campbell and First Lady, Sharon T. Campbell, Chair of Dream Jamboree, have partnered with corporations to sponsor this popular event. Students traveled from around the Southeast to attend the affair. Four buses, chartered by the 100 Black Men of Macon, arrived to give Macon students the opportunity to meet with college representatives from across the country.
Parents form Chicago planned a southeastern bus tour of colleges for their students.
They purposely incorporated the Atlanta Dream Jamboree Parents Public Night into the tour. It has taken our college tour to a new level. We will be sure to plan our next trip around the event in 1998. The company created animated character Bill E Kool to reach children with a message of non-violence. Watch for Bill E Kool in your community this summer.