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Business involvement

Asking companies and their employees to support programs near their workplaces and customers, from Montgomery Ward, where the tutoring program began, to the businesses on T/MC’s maps.

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  • 1994-05-16 Chicagoland wrote an article 'Mentors join forces to reach city's youth' on Monday, May 16,1994, which talked of the conference organized by Cabrini Connections to set a network of independent program organizers to pool knowledge ans share resources to identify areas where more help is required and help establish mentoring programs in those areas with volunteers, donors and corporate sponsors.
  • 1994-11-27 Article in Chicago Sun Times, Sunday, 11/27/1994 titled 'Corporations make caring their business'. This story has a picture and interview with Dan Bassill,and talks about the involvement of Businesses in Community Development can help reduce crime. Efforts made by the Tutor/Mentor Program are also covered.
  • 1994-12-30 Chicago Tribune featured an article on Friday, Dec 30, 1994, titled 'For charities, public relations picks up where goodwill leaves off'. It talked about various publicity efforts of Tutor/Mentor Connection through newsletters, direct mail and phone calls to reach the corporate world and attract more volunteers.
  • 1995-05-15 Article in the Chicago Tribune, on Monday, May 15, 1995, titled 'There is a master plan for saving our kids'. This story talked about taking responsibility for children and their education. It also features Dan Bassill and his efforts in developing the Tutor/Mentor Connection and his belief in recruiting companies, churches and individual volunteers to provide kids access to a personal tutor/mentor.
  • 2000-09-15 Received email from Luz Rivas <Luz@npo.net>, which is a product of the Information Technology Resource Center in Chicago. She wrote: Thanks for the conference information.I'm interested in the survey findings and I hope to attend the workshop. We would be interested in exhibiting. I'm interested in learning more about your mapping and other services. I mainly work with organizations on database development projects and many times I need to refer clients for those services. Also, our business development director was telling me about some business partners that he is currently talking to. I think your organization can fit into those projects. C) Outcomes could be support of T/MC technology, intro to funders and, over time, a distribution strategy of tech firms/tech support to T/M programs
  • 2000-09-18 Received email from April Foley, Mt Prospect, Il. Mentor program which said: I talked with our Village Clerk about having a proclamation done for Tutor/Mentor Week. She is wondering if you have a copy of last year's, or if when you get a copy of Chicago's for this year, if we could see it - that way, we're not starting from scratch.
  • 2000-10-07 iS3C CEO contacted Dan to set up follow up meeting
  • 2000-10-11 Email conversation started with Craig Anthony Thomas, ExDir of the Kalamazoo Chapter of World Organization of Web Masters. By Friday, his message was:"Please re-send as I will bring up your proposal to two groups here -- the Kalamazoo Area Service-Learning Alliance as well as the Kalamazoo chapter of the World Organization of Webmasters. Both meetings take place Tuesday at 1 p.m. and 6 p.m., respectively. It is my impression from frequent visits to your site that Kalamazoo folks could go piggyback with your efforts in a viable parnership. I'll also check out your upcoming November conference as a in-service training session that our group leaders can attend. The information you share helps me make a compelling case for a partnership.
  • 2000-10-17 Bob Erlenbaugh agreed to put up a Cabrini Connections Golf Benefit web site, hosted from his company's web site: http://www.edynamicweb.com
  • 2000-10-19 Talked with Caroline Kim, iMentor, for about 90 minutes. They are based in New York City. She told me that many of the ideas for the development of their program came from visiting the T/MC web site over the past year. I had contacted iMentor during August via a referral from Michale Margolis.
  • 2000-10-25 Called by Stephanie Krieger, Therapist at and Elgin, Il. Residential center. She wanted mentors. I told of the need for at T/MC structure in Elgin. She told of friend at Northwestern's Kellogg Business Schools. I told her of conference.
  • 2000-11-09 President of iS3C and two staff members attended technology briefing and T/MC Conference Dinner. Made Gold Level sponsor contribution
  • 2000-11-13 Bob Erlenbach launched the Cabrini Connections Golf Benefit web site at www.edynamicweb.com/CabriniConnectionsGolf
  • 2000-11-27 Karen Pearlman of Manufacturers Bank called to tell me she has the printed brochures which show tutor/mentor programs within a five mile radius of 5 Chicago locations. She'll plan a press release and internal employee release.
  • 2000-12-07 Dan B participated in Technology Networking event at Union League Club. Networked with people like Melissa Giovagnoli of Networlding (whom I'd already had previous contact) and met people like Larry Mohl, Director, Center for Learning and Knowledge Managment at Motorola. Another speaker was Eric Lannert, of www.nminds.com. He's a tutor at Cabrini-Green Tutoring Program, a leader of icStars and his company hosts executive level communities. Ended meeting with suggestion that the participants become an on-going "community".
  • 2000-12-20 Met with Tom Holub,from Edgewood College in MAdison, WI, to review collaborative strategies for next six months. Cabrini Connections has been working with Edgewood for three years.
  • 2000-12-21 Contacted via email by Dan Burke, Deputy Director for Education, CNA Corporation, Alexandria, VA. He wrote, "I saw your reply about CTC funding and thought you might be able to give me some advice. After reading what you are doing, it seems to fit very well what I would like to try. What tools (GIS) are you using? Would it take a lot of time and/or money investment for me to use them?"
  • 2000-12-22 Bob Glaves of Chicago Bar Foundation reports "they have hired Elizabeth Scott to become the new Associate Director, whose duties will include overseeing the Lend a Hand program.. Elizabeth is an attorney who has practiced in litigation while in California, has a lot of marketing experience in the business world, has taught at the University of Chicago and in California, and has been involved in a number of bar and volunteer activities in the past few years.
  • 2000-12-29 Interviewed by Chicago Tribune and Daily Southtown regarding the impact on Cabrini Connections from the announcement that Wards would be going out of business.
  • 2000-12-30 Cabrini Connections mentioned in Article about Wards, written by Barney Simpson, Business Writer, in 12/30
  • 2001-01-03 Tim Pareti joined Cabrini Connections today. Tim will do marketing and fund raising, working with the newsletter, and with the various programs we have which enlist businesses and their people as partners of T/MC.
  • 2001-01-09 Phone interview with Cynthia Cousins of EUR Web, a news/entertainment web site reaching African American market. They are considering sponsoring T/MC in one of their new web pages. We were introduced by a friend of Paul Collins.
  • 2001-01-09 Ruphina Pettis of Sunlight African Community Center, Chicago, called for help with fund raising. We discussed collaborative ideas, T/MC neighborhood strategies and we sent her sample of Manufacture's Bank brochure with offer to share revenue from businesses in her area which subscribe to this program.
  • 2001-01-09 Debra Carlson, Summer Business Institute, called to get name of YMCA contact she met at last conference. She told me h ow she'd been networking with others, like Gary Goldman, as a result of the conference. As we talked I told her how she could get a free web site at Chicago Tribune. I also encouraged her to document her contacts via OHATS
  • 2001-01-11 Contacted Onward Neighborhood House as part of our outreach efforts. Learned that they are collaborating with East Village and that 7-8 of their students to East Village for tutoring. Onward is also part of a collaboration with Erie and Association Houses and other agencies for Youth Options Unlimited. In addition, learned that Onward recived a grant from Kraft to start a career-related mentoring program. I provided some ideas of how to implement this. I also suggested to try to incorporate it into what they are already doing, as opposed to creating something new and separate. I also suggested they contact some of their current collaboration partners for ideas, including Erie Neighborhood House who had been offering a career mentoring program in the past, I believe. In addition, I sent some how to start a program information.
  • 2001-01-12 Attended Midwest Facilitators Conference along with Pat Dowdle. This is organized by Paul Collins and continues to be an outstanding source of ideas and networking. New contacts/ideas were: Dana Clark, Ideation International, concept of structured innovation (TRIZ); Bernard Kliska, Co Chair of Family Business Center at Loyola Chicago; Carl Aylen, Neurometric International Limited (www.neurometric.com); Ranya Version, Training Specialist; and Dan Heck, who's network extends to Motorola, MFN, and Willow Creek Church
  • 2001-01-18 Dan, Gita and Pat Dowdle attended the January 2002 Midwest Facilitators Network workshops on Friday, January 18. Workshops by PowerSuasion(www.powersuasion.com), Chris Barlow (Stuart School of Business of IIT), and Michael Wilkinson (www.leadstrat.com) provided valuable knowledge for T/MC growth. All participants will be added to T/MC email distribution.
  • 2001-01-19 John Morrison, a professor at Aurora University, called for information to help start a tutor/mentor program at the Third Unitarian Church in the Austin area of Chicago. We talked of how the "business plan and research" for such a program could be student work/graduate studies of business and social work students at Auora.
  • 2001-01-22 Met with Dr. Carl A. Aylen and his wife. He reviewed a sophisticated facilitation software his company is developing called "Brainstorm Mentor". As opposed to TRIZ, which facilitates innovation in engineering type areas, the Brainstorm Mentor aids facilitation in soft areas, using knowledge libraries similar to T/MC as information resources.
  • 2001-01-31 Contacted Saint Pres Youth Center as part of our outreach efforts. Learned about their program, which is primarily an after-school program for grammar school kids. They have a need for volunteers plus more structure for their volunteer program. There are not a lot of businesses around the neighborhood, which makes volunteer recruitment challenging. I referred him to the Carol Robertson Center which is in the same zip code to ask how they recruit volunteers. I also sent info on volunteer recruitment and retainment.
  • 2001-02-01 Andy Carvin, Senior Associate, Benton Foundation, http://edweb.gsn.org/andy, http://www.DigitalDivideNetwork.org, created a survey to get a sense of what type of people are on the Digital Divide list and why they use it. This was in response to a suggestion I made to the list a few days ago.
  • 2001-02-02 I met with John Brothers, Director, Communities & States, for America's Promise. John was give a complete overview of the T/MC strategy, our use of maps, public awareness, the web site, etc. We discussed how T/MC could help with his goal of getting an America's Promise movement going in Chicago and other major cities and how America's Promise could help T/MC. Kenney King of New Concepts did the original contact work last August to connect John and T/MC.
  • 2001-02-03 River North News ran five-paragraph story telling about Manufactures Bank developing the T/MC brochure and putting it in their lobby. The story was developed by PCI.
  • 2001-02-07 Paul Collins from Jordan-Webb posted a T/MC volunteer opportunities listing in the Facilitator Opportunities Section of the http://www.midwest-facilitators.net web site. The direct link is: http://www.midwest-facilitators.net/opportunities
  • 2001-03-03 Paul Pejsa, GE Elfun Chapter of Milwaukee, sent email which said: "I'll pass your request along to the Chair of our Milwaukee Elfun chapter for the Chapter Executive Committee's consideration."
  • 2001-03-15 Marché Restaurant, which has hosted the annual Oscar's Party in Chicago, included a front page story,listing Cabrini Connections as its charity, on its March 2001 newsletter. Also included on its web site. BJ Murray initiated this event five years ago after seeing a story in the Chicago SunTimes about the CC Video Festival.
  • 2001-03-18 Received message from Bob Franklin, Telecommunications Consulting, Inc., in UK in response to message I posted on GKD list: He wrote, "1. Thank you for your excellent message. I have raised similar concerns with GKD about using ICT for those in most need. 2. I will offer "some time" to help any project or idea. I can bring a lot of experience and contacts in the telecoms industry. If you can think of anything in your Chicago project which needs help which I might give here in UK just ask and I'll try and do that if I can. I will also start up a file of resumes/CV of people who would just be willing to help in ICT type development., focussed on doing things for those in most need." I wrote back with a list of suggestions.
  • 2001-03-26 Katja Hemmerich, a member of a German research team that interviewed T/MC in early March, sent email to say a) thanks; b) our entire German research team found the interview to be very informative; c) Siemens is hosting a national conference and they want to display some of the materials we provided. This interview was set up by Bob Schout of Power Skills. Bob has been a presenter at many T/MC conferences.
  • 2001-03-29 Sent Bob Schout of PowerSkills photos to use in presentation on volunteerism that he's doing for German Business leader
  • 2001-04-04 Sent Tim Herwig at TCF Bank a package of info on the Bank Brochure program (where we map a bank and show tutor/mentor programs within one mile).
  • 2001-04-11 Kim Fox, Service Learning Coordinator at Loyola Chicago University emailed to report that she had met with the Business School at Loyala and presented T/MC info. She wrote, "The business school meeting went well and I hope we can get you connected with someone there shortly.
  • 2001-04-13 Dan joined a training and development egroup (TRDEV (http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/trdev/) and posted intro message telling about T/MC and Midwest Facilitators net. This list has 1770 members.
  • 2001-04-18 Phone conversation with Blake Levenson, board member for Cabrini-Green Youth and Family Services. Exchanged goal info and mutual opportunities. Blake runs a small advertising company. We first met at the March 2001 IYP Video Festival.
  • 2001-05-01 Somer Baylark, Illinois Department of Human Services, reports that the Futures For Kids - Illinois' Promise web site page is moving forward. Their goal is to have the site in place to help recruiting in fall. This site was proposed by T/MC to Mrs. Ryan's office in the fall of 2000. Somer also reports that she's been encouraged to collaborate with T/MC on statewide mapping. We need to follow up on this.
  • 2001-05-31 Met with Michael Herman (www.openspace.michaelherman.com) to talk of ways he might support T/MC. Open Space is a form of facilitation that he leads and very much describes the way Cabrini Connections works. See www.globalchicago.net/evolution/18evolution.html for an explanation. I met Michael at a MFN meeting.
  • 2001-06-29 Mark Brandt, President of the Chicago area chapter of the GE Elfun group, attended the T/MC Recruitment meeting. This groupd is the volunteer body for all GE employees in the Chicago region. Mark will join the planning committee and at minimum will send email to all GE employees to support the campaign.
  • 2001-07-02 Met with Julie Forbes, CocaCola Director of Sales for the Chicago Region to discuss T/MC and ways her company can get involved. She offered that they might support the recruitment campaign with "hand tags" on liter bottles of Coke that are sold at grocery stores and mini-marts.
  • 2001-07-02 Met with Julie Forbes, CocaCola Director of Sales for the Chicago Region to discuss T/MC and ways her company can get involved. She offered that they might support the recruitment campaign with "hand tags" on liter bottles of Coke that are sold at grocery stores and mini-marts.
  • 2001-07-19 The annual Golf Benefit was held today and attended by 85 golfers, CC staff/students and friends. New contacts were made at Accenture, ITRC, the trade association for exposition planning, Grainger, Household, Abbott and a few other companies.
  • 2001-07-24 IBM approved a 2001 grant of $5,000
  • 2001-07-28 Susan Parma called from Dallas to provide contact information for two people transferring from Dallas to Chicago. One will be with Sprint Broadband. During this discussion I outlined a goal of building "fund raising forms" on the internet which would help agencies apply for government grants. Since Susan started a company called Forms on a Disk about 8 years ago, she intuitively understands the "value" potential of this idea.
  • 2001-08-16 Karina Ayala, of the Chicago Bar Foundation, emailed to say thanks for helping her connect a Law Firm that wanted to connect 30 mentors to a 3rd grade class with Working In the Schools, which is a program that connects business people with public schools.
  • 2001-08-27 Planning meeting held with Chicago Bar Foundation's Lend A Hand Committee. Goal for Nov. 3rd Benefit is to raise $190,000 vis $140,000 in 2000. Half this money goes to tutor/mentor programs. 10% to T/MC.
  • 2001-09-21 Ira Bey, who leads a small email marketing company and David Kelbauch, who leads a small advertising company, report that they are meeting and will have "templates" of T/MC ads read for review very soon.
  • 2001-09-24 Spent about 15 minutes on phone giving information on volunteer recruitment to Vicky Rompala at Chicago Urban League. I emphasized a program design that drew business volunteers from every sector and converted them to leaders who would generate a flow of volunteers to an organization.
  • 2001-09-25 David Klebaugh and Ira Bey met and built a strategy to do email marketing for T/MC. David will have some templates ready in a few weeks. His company will do the creatife. Ira will do the distribution and will host an email list data base.
  • 2001-09-25 Michael Herman emailed to report "I've posted your message to the bulletin board on-line and the wall at our crossroads gathering on 9/14. We are convening an on-going community conversation to continue what we've started at crossroads." He offered to send something to the crossroads elists and to the fastcompany local group lists. I provided a follow up message for him to send.
  • 2001-12-05 Tony LeRo, President of Youth Mentoring Connection, wrote: I have visited your site and found it to be one of the richest resources out there. Thank you for the great work that you are doing. If there is anything that we can do in the future to collaborate and draw more corporate support to more mentoring I would be all for it. Worksite mentoring is such a powerful model.
  • 2002-01-17 Attended Publicity Club of Chicago lunch. Speakers were media writers for Tribune, SunTimes, i-Street and E-Praire. People at my table were PR professionals from a variety of companies. At the end of the meeting I introduced myself to the only African American in the audience and it turned out to be Andre F. Garner, formerly with Peoples Gas, now the Midwest Public Relations Director for EDS
  • 2002-01-29 I received the following email today: "My name is Sarah Frank and I am the Director of Milwaukee Mentors. We are a group of eleven nonprofit agencies that operate mentoring programs for children and teens. I would like to receive information about the conference AND about the tutormentor connection. Our group has been in existence for 6 years but feel we would have much to learn from your group! Could I be added to your newsletter? I look forward to hearing from you."
  • 2002-02-28 Met with Karolus Smejda President, PowerSuasion Incorporated, following first contact at the last Midwest Facilitator's Meeting. PowerSuasion develops scripts which actors perform as training for corporate people. When I saw this I felt it would be very effective for training volunteers because of the way actors can improvise performances based on the questions volunteers raise. Mr. Smejda has been a tutor for innercity youth and understood well what the potential for his services would be. The challenge will be to find funding to develop a pilot and present this as a training option for programs (during T/MC conferences)
  • 2002-03-01 Met with Priya M. Bhatia, Asian Community Liaison and U.S. Senate Aide to Richard J. Durbin. Presented a variety of "leadership points" that the Senator could incorporate into his actions and his communications.
  • 2002-03-06 Met with Stacy Jackson, Director of Tutoring and Scholarship, Sarah Tribuzio, Education Programs Manager, and David Miller, Volunteer, from Fourth Presbyterian Church Tutoring Program in Chicago. The meeting enables us to update ourselvels on each other's program. They struggle with many issues that other programs face, but have not yet tapped into the vast resources of their volunteer corps (over 400), their Church membership, or the 35 years they have been in existence, to build a better operating system that works for them, and for any other tutor/mentor program.
  • 2002-03-07 Julie sent T/MC maps showing MBF Bank locations. Karen Perlman, vp of Marketing at the bank sent T/MC their logo. T/MC will create brochure templates that the Bank will print and handout at 31 branch locations.
  • 2002-03-07 The West Coast Alumni Newsletter of Columbia College Chicago has the following article in the Vol. 1, #9 issue (2002): MAKE A DIFFERENCE Not many people will make an impact on a child's life the way a tutor/mentor can. Thanks to thousands of volunteers, a growing number of underprivileged students are getting help to succeed in school and go on to find rewarding careers. Chicago's Cabrini Connections is a leader in this movement. For many years Columbia College students and faculty have helped this organization mobilize volunteers, business partners, and philanthropists to support tutor/mentor programs in every poverty area of Chicago. Through the Internet it shares this strategy with the world.
  • 2002-03-14 More than 2,000 email ads featuring the Innervisions Youth Production Video Festival were sent out on Friday, March 14.
  • 2002-03-14 Meeting with Anglea Zirles, Director of Mentoring for Boys and Girls Clubs of Chicago
  • 2002-03-22 I sent 20 email letters to people who had opened the IYP email more than a few times since 3/15/02. I selected people who had the potential to help grow Cabrini Connections. Included were Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Bears, IT companies, Hotel Companies. etc. This is a form of prospecting and follow up made possible by this system.
  • 2002-03-22 In a conversation with an America's Promise person I was told that AP does not support individual organizations and that AP was doign major work with Northwest Community Hospital and HOPE worldwide in the Northwest Suburbs and Chicago. This is a rejection after ta year of work with John Brothers to build a closer relationship with AP.
  • 2002-04-05 MBFinancial Bank sent followng email: "I am meeting with our managers on Tuesday and will confirm these locations. The probable sites we can use for volunteer fairs are: Morton Grove (Dempster Street location), North Riverside (the Mall location has more foot traffic), Elmhurst ((Grand Ave & Elmhurst Rd.), West Loop (Halsted and Madison, no Saturdays) Ashland (1200 N.), South Holland, Tinley Park. I would like to get another city site, so I will discuss that Tuesday."
  • 2002-04-11 The first email ad for the May conference was sent today to about 2800 people. This ad was created by David Kelbaugh and volunteers from a small advertising company named GroundWork and distributed by a small email marketing company named Emailconnex. The text was edited from a remote location by Dan Bassill.
  • 2002-04-15 Introduced T/MC to 25 students in a strategic planning class at DePaul University. One or two teams of three will choose T/MC for a 10 week strategic planning assignment. I've asked them to develop plans to engage organizations (such as DePaul) as strategic partners of T/MC. One of the other presenting organizations was the Humboldt Park Economic Development Corporation (HPEC)‚. This is a potential partner for T/MC in that part of Chicago.
  • 2002-04-30 MBFinancial confirmed they will print 15,000 of the Lend A Hand Brochure. They will distribute 7,000 in the banks that support the recruitment campaign and will give T/MC 8,000 to distribute at other locations. T/MC designed the brochures.
  • 2002-05-01 An employee in the graphics department of BlueCross/Blue Shield of Ill is converting some T/MC charts for a LCD presentation to be made by Dan Bassill to their employees.
  • 2002-05-01 Two teams of DePaul students are doing strategic planning projects for T/MC. Team 1 met with T/MC on 4/28. Members work at various businesses and universities. They will develop a strategic plan aimed at involving a healthcare organization in the T/MC. One member volunteered to convert the School-To-Work Chart to Powerpoint.
  • 2002-05-30 Meeting with MB Financial Bank finalizing the fair sites and marketing plans for the 2002 campaign.
  • 2002-05-30 Dennis Woods of a company called Consulting Professionals called for information on mentoring programs. He was referred by Cynthia Greenleaf at CPS. I gave him information which he seemed enthused to receive. He asked to be on our mail list.
  • 2002-06-27 Dan made a mentoring presentation to the workplace mentoring team at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois' headquarters. About 30 people were present. Some expressed an interest in working with the T/MC. BCBS helped T/MC create power point presentations and PDAF's of T/MC charts that are now on the T/MC web site.
  • 2002-07-10 Meeting at Chicago Bar Association today to discuss next steps for Lend A Hand Program. CBA has expressed strong support for move of Lend A Hand structure from CBF to becoming a separate entity supported by CBA. A business plan was requested showing goals for next 3 y ears. An impact study was approved.
  • 2002-07-12 Spoke with Zac Burson, International Telementor Program (ITM), about ways to collaborate. He contacted me following receipt of the T/MC email newsletter.
  • 2002-07-17 Jill Davis at the Chicago Microsoft office wrote, "I'll definitely add your links to our internal employee webpage. I'll be updating our local external community website and will see if I can work your link in somehow."
  • 2002-08-01 Added 15 Cabrini Connections IT volunteers to the Marketing/Database eGroup, which will serve as a temporary meeting place for a workgroup focused on building an Internet IT platform for Cabrini Connections. These volunteers represent a variety of IT backgrounds and companies. Together they have the talent to meet our goals, as well as the connections in industry to get the dollars/software and hardware needed to do the work.
  • 2002-08-02 Received this email today: "Greetings from Learning Leaders (formerly the New York City School Volunteer Program) (www.learningleaders.org). I'm writing on behalf of an organization that helps NYC public school children by recruiting and training volunteers to provide them with educational instructional support. As a non-profit organization, our budget for promoting our work is greatly limited. But you can help us reach thousands of people through the Internet. Would you be willing to list Learning Leaders on your links/resources page? " We said "yes" and invited them to work with us to create a T/MC structure in New York, while creating competition for good among business/phanthropy leaders in both cities.
  • 2002-08-19 Phone meeting with Paula Wolf, Sr. Executive, at Chicago Metropolis 2020. Discussed ways T/MC could help expand visibility and understanding of her organization's goals, while the business leaders in her group could become owners and leaders in the T/MC mobilization of volunteers, dollars, etc. Referred by Betsy Clarke of Illinois Juvenile Jistice Initiative.
  • 2002-08-22 Provided "start a program" information to a Morgan Stanley company volunteer helping start new tutor/mentor program in Washington, DC
  • 2002-09-27 We were notified today that The Chicago Community Trust approved a $25,000 one-year grant to fund Cabrini Connections.
  • 2002-11-04 I attended a networking event hosted by UCWBG - The University of Chicago Women's Business Group. This introduced nearly 200 professional business women to nearly 60 charities. The goal was to help the charities recruit board members. I developed several leads from this. One was to Linda Stone, the VP of Technology for this group. I emailed a follow up with suggestions for their web site based on T/MC concepts and goals.
  • 2002-11-04 Attended Board Leader recruitment fair hosted by the University of Chicago's Women's Business Group. Cabrini Connections was invited by Sandy Blau, CEO of the Pullman Foundation. More than a dozen prospective board members and volunteers expressed interest in Cabrini Connections, while the organization met many others who could provide leadership.
  • 2002-11-06 Presented information on Chicago Rush Arena Football partnership with T/MC to three programs. Announced it via new page on web site. Any tutor/mentor program in Chicago can sell tickets to 2003 Rush home games and get 1/2 the face price of the ticket as a donation. In addition, the Feb. 2 game will be designated "Tutor/Mentor Game" and will feature the Tutor/Mentor Connection and all programs that sell tickets. This game will be regionally telacast on NBC
  • 2002-11-06 The Cabrini Connections Kids' Connection was recognized as a Promising Practice at the First Youth Council Forum for the Chicago Metropolitan Region precented by the YOuth Councils of the Workforce Boards of Metropolitan Chicago. Kourtney Cockrell represented CC at the event. Dan followed up on Wednesday and emailed to the 8 Workforce Boards an introduction to the T/MC and and invitation to work together.
  • 2002-11-15 More than 100 volunteers from various tutor/mentor programs in the Chicago area will march in the Target Jingle-Elf Parade on Thanksgiving Day. These volunteers were recruited by the Tutor/Mentor Connection as part of a growing public awareness building partnership. Visit http://www.chicagofestivals.org/site/epage/7625_211.htm to see the T/MC logo and link to the T/MC web site. More than 2 million people will watch this parade on TV or in person.
  • 2002-12-09 Ed Gordon, a Cabrini Connections Advisory Council member, has collaborted on a brochure titled "Tips on..Tutoring Services" that will be distributed via Better Business Bureaus around the country in 2003. He has a reference to www.tutormentorconnection.org in the resource section.
  • 2002-12-27 Chicago Education Alliance Fall 2002 newsletter features Tutor/Mentor Connection on page 2 of 8 page newsletter.
  • 2003-04-08 Dan met with three representatives from The Institute for Cultural Affairs (www.lca-usa.org). We discussed concepts of Cabrini Connections and the Tutor/Mentor Connection and way we might collaborate.
  • 2003-04-21 Discussion with a Starbuck's Regional Manager about collaborating with the 2003 campaign on recruitment sites
  • 2003-04-30 Today I received email newsletters of the Illinois Service Learning network and the Illinois AmeriCorps E-Bulletin. Both had descriptions of the June Tutor/Mentor Leadership Conference. Totally they reach more than 1,000 people throughout the state.
  • 2003-05-24 Seli Lulkin of the Edgewater Chamber of Commerce sent email telling me that a community calendar notice for the conference was posted on their web site and that they were sending 1800 email releases to business and community people in that part of Chicago.
  • 2003-05-27 Kitty Brokaw of Center for Excellence in Education, Based in DC and Chicago visited and we shared stratiegies and vision
  • 2003-05-27 Meeting with Rev. Leonard DeVille at Alpha Temple to discuss Southside recruitment through churches and businesses.
  • 2003-05-30 Meeting with MB Financial Bank to discuss continuing partnerships.
  • 2003-08-13 Led 3 hour Volunteer Recruitment Training session today. Attended by one person, Mary Jon Girard of the McGaw YMCA in Evanston, Il. I could have cancelled since only one person was registered. Instead I presenteded the workshop, knowing that every person I speak to is a potential partner of the T/MC. It tu rns out that Mary Jon has extensive program development experience in Memphis and is very likely to become a partner in the goals of the T/MC.
  • 2003-08-23 The Business Technology Sectin of the 8/23 Chicago Tribune had a feature story titled "Programs target tech gap." Cabrini Connections had two paragraphs in the story. Our message of "lack of funding" came through clearly.
  • 2003-09-16 The T/MC is now listed as a NATIONAL PARTNER on the web site of the National Mentoring Partnership. While we were a partner in 1997 and 1998 we did not have this type of links for the past few years. This represents a more formal means of collaboration between T/MC, Chicago and other mentoring networks.
  • 2003-12-05 Abraham Lincoln Marovitz Lend A Hand meeting held at offices of the Chicago Bar Association. Participants were Executive Board members of the LAH. The group reviewed the new LAH web site prototype at www.corboydemetrio.com/cba. The group also reviewed proposed recognition events for 2004.
  • 2004-01-05 Nathan Harris sent email that read, "Good news. Met with my boss before Christmas and he agreed that we will partner with TMC. He would like for the meeting on 1/16 to be the next step. Maybe we can discuss our full commitment, sign contract, draft a plan of action, schedule training? "
  • 2004-01-13 Dan B. participated from 1/12 to 1/14 in an on-line conference hosted by www.icohere.com. Networked with several people. Learned more about econference capacity.
  • 2004-01-27 Dan Bassill provided overview of T/MC strategies to youth program representatives of the Chicago Park District, Brookfield Zoo, Lincoln Park Zoo, Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, Chicago Department of Environment, Museum of Science and Industry, BOLD Chicago, Schedd Aquarium, and the YouthNet. This was part of a Teen Forum meeting hosted by the Park District, with the purpose of building a network among these various institutions.
  • 2004-03-12 Met with Hillary Duff, Director of Marketing for the Tsunami Foundation. This is a new organization in Chicago that seeks to recruit business professionals to be mentors who help youth move to careers in specific fields. I reviewed strategies the organization might uses to help comprehensive tutor/mentor programs grow in all poverty neighborhoods. Also illustrated resources available via T/MC web sites and invited Hillary and her group to take a role in key events such as the annual recruitment campaign.
  • 2004-03-31 Charles Brooks, District Governor for Chicagoland 30 Toastmasters, sent this message to more than 3,000 Chicago area Toastmasters: "Sandra Beaford and I will be presenting workshops at the TutorMentor Leadership Conference being held at Richard J. Daley College located at 7500 S. Pulaski on May 17 & 18, 2004. This organization was the brain child of its Director, Dan Bassill. I have known Dan for many years and have worked with him at this function in the past. If you have a sincere interest in the development of children you will want to come out and support Dan in his effort to provide a better life and environment for our children. The information about the conference is attached to this email. Please take a little time and check out what this great man is doing for the youth of the Chicago Metropolitian Area. We will have a booth there and will be looking for volunteers. Dan has asked me to ask you to come out and volunteer just a little bit of your time. The TutorMentor Connection is a non for profit organization that depends on the kindness of those interested in the development of children. I am hoping we have a few of those individuals within our group. I look forward to seeing many of you there. Until the next time we meet I am
  • 2004-04-21 Received email from Mason Scholl that said: "I'm attaching a PDF file of a newsletter article describing 9 Northern IL United Methodist churches that received grants for their afterschool programs. Yesterday, I called the Rev. Oscar Carrasco, Director of Connectional Ministries, for the Northern IL Conference (NIC) and the Rev. Harry Nicol, Executive Dir., Northern IL Conference United Methodist Foundation suggesting that they meet with you to discuss what kind of collaboration might take place between TutorMentorConnection and the NIC efforts toward expanding afterschool program services to the communities being served by these local congregations
  • 2004-05-06 T/MC contacted by the Center for Educational REsources and Outreach in Newton, MA. They requested permission to include a T/MC GIS map that they found at www.tutormentorconnection.org in a "series of academic cources for secondary students that provide opportunities to learn in real-world contexts". This map will be used in a module titled Wealth of Nations. Permission was granted.
  • 2004-06-03 First Annual "My Hero" Awards and Volunteer Luncheon hosted by Chicago Bar Association/Foundation and Abraham Lincoln Marovitz Lend-A-Hand Program at the Chicago Bar Association HQ in Chicago. More than 100 people (capacity) attended. Awards were given to recognize outstanding contributions by volunteers serving as tutor/mentor, director, organizer, fund raiser in various tutor/mentor programs throughout Chicago. Among the attendees was The Honorable Timothy C. Evans, Chief Judge, State of Illinois, Circuit Court of Cook County, Dorothy Brown, The Clerk of the Circuit Court, partners of major law firms and officers of the Chicago Bar Association.
  • 2004-06-22 Met with Margie Gonwa of LEED Council and agreet to host a July 2004 LEED Council training event at the offices of the T/MC (using T/MC computers) in exchange for LEED Council membership and support of T/MC volunteer and business mobilization strategies. Since the LEED Council is a Local Economic and Employment Development Council, this can be a great partnership, leading to more business involvement in tutor/mentor programs.
  • 2004-06-30 Met with Jackie Rouse of Sinai Hospital in Chicago to discuss leadership strategies that health care executives could take that would draw attention to tutor/mentor programs as the Back-to-School Recruitment Campaign is taking place.
  • 2004-07-01 Met with Gary Wilson, the Director of the Center for Business and Economics at Elmhurst College, and with George Thoma and Joan Vilim, other professors from the Center. Discussed roles the university could take in creating a Knowledge Library that would support the efforts of businness, service-learning, and faith based tutor/mentor initiatives at the college and throughout the country
  • 2004-08-11 Karina Ayala, Executive Director of the Lend A Hand Program at the Chicago Bar Association, emailed me this message to show what the LAH was doing to mobilize volunteers during August and September 2004: "Most of the PR will be in the September. LAH will have a piece in the September CBA Journal and one in mid September in the Daily Law Bulletin."
  • 2004-08-23 Lindsey Dotson, a member of the Cushman & Wakfield Community Committee, forwared this email which she sent today to all Chicago area employees. "Going forward, C&W will showcase local charities and organizations, and encourage our branch employees to get involved. A different charitable organization will be highlighted each month; some requesting short-term commitments, some with long-term commitments and some in need of a financial donation or simply a donation of time. Our goal is to provide multiple opportunities to give back to the community in a way that is truly meaningful. We will highlight a variety of organizations to pique diverse interests, such as shelters for battered women and children, groups that assist with the winterization of homes for the elderly, animal shelters, and tutoring/mentoring local students, which happens to be the first community opportunity: Cabrini Connections "Back to School" Tutor/Mentor Program Over the next four weeks, Cabrini Connections and other tutor/mentor programs around the city will be recruiting volunteers for our various programs. We strongly urge you to click on the link below to view the numerous programs throughout the city. You can make a difference. http://www.tutormentorexchange.net/Partner/CC/ChiPrograms/ChicagoPrograms.asp. Should you choose to volunteer as a tutor or mentor, send me an e-mail stating your commitment so we can recognize your efforts in our Chicago Briefing. Community service will not only make you feel good about yourself and expand your contact network, it will make a lasting difference in someone's life. If this opportunity is not right for you, just wait and see what next month holds....
  • 2004-09-13 John Blackmore, a Winston Churchill scholar from the UK, visited to learn more about the T/MC
  • 2004-09-23 The Young Lawyers Section of the Chicago Bar Foundation is hosting a Pro Bono and Community Service Volunteer Recruitment Fair on 9/30 at the law firm of Jennery & Block. The law firm is hosting and doing a great job of professionalizing the event. Today they posted a web site with a list of programs that are recruiting volunteers . it is http://www.jenner.com/news/news_item.asp?id=12735524
  • 2004-09-23 Julie Hamilton, Scot Hamilton and Shon Doseck, a GIS Analyst with Pangaea Information Technologies, Ltd, in Chicago, met to disucss T/MC GIS strategies. Shon has volunteered to take a lead role in the project and has recruited his company to host the T/MC map gallery and provide other in-kind support needed for the project.
  • 2004-10-14 The America's Promise email newsletter included a paragraph about the November Tutor/Mentor Leadership Conference.
  • 2004-10-26 Dan Bassill of T/MC was guest of Diane Latiker, Kids of the Block, on the Channel 21 Public Access TV call in show. Diane and Dan talked about tutoring/mentoring programs, the conferences, and ways business and faith groups could support the growth of programs.
  • 2004-10-26 Shon got a basic GIS map site up and running on a site hosted by his company, Pangaea Technology. We can work on customizing it when he gets a little more time. If they allow me remote access, I can even work on it. Here's the site: http://arcims.pangaeatech.com/website/TutorMentorConnection/viewer.htm
  • 2004-10-27 Received email from Jurandir in SaoPaolo Brazil that reads: "Hi, I have talking to a dicrector and principals at our Christian school in sao Paulo about a possibility to have a mentor program for a region here in Sao Paulo. Well, we would likwe a conference to encourage and chalenge parents, students, teacher etc, etc. So, I think about you to kick this project. Our school has a all condition to support an event like this. and your present will be crucial and important. Let's think and talk about that for the next year. "
  • 2004-12-10 I met with Michael A. Barr, PhD, Director, Center for Sustainable Solutions, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology to discuss possible collaboration on capacity building activities. I met Michael as a result of one of his grad students doing a workshop at the Nov. 2004 T/MC conference. It turns out he has been friends with Claudia Crilly Bellucci, a long term CC volunteer, for more than 8 years.
  • 2005-01-04 Met with Dave Terrazino and Amy Barth of Youth In Crisis, of Berwyn, Il. to discuss ways their organization can take a lead role in T/MC activities in their part of the Chicago Region. Amy attended the Nov. 04 T/MC Conference.
  • 2005-01-27 Quarterly meeting of the Lend A Hand Executive Board was held on 1/27/05. The LAH Leadership Board seeks to secure 25 law firms to commit to $10,000 per year, multiple year pleges, to support the LAH's grant making efforts. Corboy & Demetrio and Butler Rubin Saltarelli & Boyd have made such commitments since the last LAH Board meeting.
  • 2005-02-10 Met with Ellen Haran and Rich Vargas who are members of a church with six locations in Chicago and a branch in Lake View. They have been researching steps to start a tutor/mentor program. I illustated the potential of leading a strategy from the church that supports tutor/mentor programs all over the city. Rich and the T/MC connected over the past two years and Rich has been receiving the T/MC email newsletter. Prior to meeting Rich and Ellen had browsed many parts of the T/MC web site.
  • 2005-03-03 Jurandir and his wife Herika have been visiting from Sao Paulo,Brazil for the past two weeks, learning about Cabrini Connections and the Tutor/Mentor Connection. They are leaving Chicago on Saturday, but Jurandir reports that he intends to translate much of the information on the T/MC web sites into Portuguese and teach the concepts as he build support for tutor/mentor programs in Brazil
  • 2005-03-04 Andrew Pincone confirms that he and the Webheads will host a series of Tutor/Mentor eConference workshops from Friday, May 6 to Tuesday, May 10 of 2005
  • 2005-03-08 Following an email introduction, I met at T/MC office in Chicago with Sarah Pearson, American Youth Policy Forum,1836 Jefferson Place, NW, Washington, DC 20036. Shared info about T/MC and AYP and discussed a new AYPF study titled: Restoring the Balance between Academics and Civic Engagement in Public Schools, a guide to producing students who are both academically proficient and civically engaged. This report highlights core values of the T/MC and while it focuses on schools as the place where kids learn these values, it shares a T/MC goal of engaging parents, CBOs and the business community as responsible partners. Sarah will send copies for the May Confernece and is considering ways to participate in T/MC forums, such as the eConference.
  • 2005-03-09 Karina Ayala, ED of the Lend A Hand Program at the Chicago Bar Association sent an email saying "We are at 267 tickets sold (for the March 12th BARRISTER'S BIG BAND BENEFIT BALL).
  • 2005-03-28 Sara Caldwell, a founder of Cabrini Connections and the Tutor/Mentor Connection, sent a copy of her new book, "Jumpstart Your Awesome Film Production Company". In the forward she wrote, "I also want to acknowledge Daniel Bassill, President and CEO of the Cabrini Connections tutor/mentor program in Chicago, who opened my eyes in so many important ways. Thanks to Dan, I have enjoyed one of the most important friendships of my life with my former tutee, the talented and remarkable Isaiah Brooms. As a veteran of mentoring programs and a man who knows no bounds when it comes to selfless giving, Dan is a true role model and hero, no matter what your profession." Sara is donating 15% of royalties from this book to Cabrini Connections.
  • 2005-03-30 Met with Crystal R. Brown-Black, Volunteer/Program Coordinator for the Windows of Opportunity Program, which is the Chicago Housing Authority Non Profit. She has been receiving T/MC email and wants to collaborate with T/MC to help Cabrini Connections type tutor/mentor programs be available in all CHA housing neighborhoods of Chicago. T/MC agreed to provide training to help CHA create a Tutor/Mentor Connection strategy. We will meet again on April 5.
  • 2005-05-04 Sherard Jones of Sinai Mentoring Institute sent this email: Two weeks ago, I presented to the CEOs of the system. They liked what they saw, and I've been given the go ahead to move forward. Next week I'll be meeting with the VP under whose auspices the proposed program would fall. Thank you for encouraging me to move forward with this concept. It looks like we're making progress. Should you have any other guidance to share (once your hands aren't so full), I'll be ready to listen. By the way, the Harriet Barlowe piece really struck pay dirt because our CEO is actually from NY and was very familiar with her work.
  • 2005-06-02 The June email newsletter of Business Strengthening America, include a paragraph about the Tutor/Mentor Connection, along with our web site address. This is distributed to more than 700 businesses around the country who have made a commitment to increase employee volunteerism.
  • 2005-06-16 Met with Rebecca Estrada of Erie Neighborhood House to discuss ways her organization can take a lead role in the annual Volunteer Recruitment Campaign. Rebecca is also the incoming Chair of the Latino Prevention Coalition's education committee and can possibly introduce the T/MC campaign to the coalition's members.
  • 2005-08-05 Attended National Conference on Volunteerism and Service held in Washington, in my role as a Commissioner for the Illinois Commision on Volunteerism and Community Service. I met more than a dozen business and non profit leaders, including the CEOs of the Corporation for National Service and the Points of Light Foundation. In each case I shared information about the Tutor/Mentor Connection and strategies we belived can build the strength of volunteer-based organizations in any service sector, and in any location.
  • 2005-08-22 Spent an hour on the phone showing the various components of the Tutor/Mentor Connection strategy to Amber Reiss, the new full time coordinator at the Michigan Community Service Commission dedicated to Mentor Michigan. From 2001-2003 Amber was working with an organization that ran a mentoring program. She attended one or two of the T/MC conferences in Chicago.
  • 2005-11-30 In the past two weeks my follow ups to the conference have included email to people a universities, such as DePaul University, to people in churches and faith based organizations, and to volunteers who attend business grad schools such as Northwestern, University of Chicago, Oxford, etc.
  • 2006-01-23 The 25th Tutor/Mentor Leadership and Networking Conference held since May 1994 will be held at Northwestern University Law School, 375 E. Chicago Ave, Chicago, Il 60610 in partnership with the Children & Family Justice Center at the Northwestern University Law School (CFJC).
  • 2006-02-08 Animation Mentor Programme, located in Heathcote Campus, 58-60 Duncraig Road, Applecross, Australia, will be holding a planning meeting on Feb. 9, 2006 as part of their effort to launch a corporate sponsored mentoring program. The final item on the agenda is: Where to from here? Overview of the Lend a hand Mentoring Programme (a proposed model) which points to the Chicago Bar Association Lend A Hand Program, at http://www.lend-a-hand.net
  • 2006-02-18 Met with Rob Donahue of the Northwestern University Center for Talent Development and Civic Leadership Institute to discuss ways to enage NU students in service projects related to the Tutor/Mentor Connection's mission. T/MC agreed to set up Service Learning discussion in T/MC portal where Rob and NU students could brainstorm ways to get involved.
  • 2006-03-04 The Lend A Hand Program and the Chicago Bar Association co-hosted a Fifth Annual Barristers Big Band Benefit Ball with Children's Memorial Hospital. It was held in Winter Garden Room, Harold Washington Library. The event grossed over $119,000 with more than $39,000 in net profit going to the Lend A Hand and the Hospital.
  • 2006-03-08 Lt. Governor Pat Quinn of Illinois has formally agreed to serve as honorary chair for the May and November Tutor/Mentor Leadershipo and Networking Conferences. His letter is posted at http://www.tutormentorconference.bigstep.com
  • Undated The Executive Board of the Abraham Lincoln Marovitz Lend A Hand Program, sponsored by the Chicago Bar Association, met on 10/23/03. Among the key developments reported were; a) Tom Demetrio, Chair of the Leadership Board, and partner at the Chicago Law Firm of Corboy and Demetrio, has agreed to spearhead a million dollar campaign for Lend A Hand; b) 77 students from colleges near the CBA have agreed to be volunteer tutors/mentors; c) a Volunteer Recognition Luncheon will be held in March 2004 to build visibility for tutor/mentor programs within the legal and corporate community; d) the Lend A Hand will receive 20% of proceeds from the Second Annual Barrister's Big Band Ball, which is hosted by the CBA to benefit LAH and Children's Memorial Hospital.
  • Undated T/MC conference announcements were sent through email lists such as ACC, CTCnet, YouthLearn, MentorExchnage, MentorNet, k-12 Service Learning, Safe Youth, America Connects, and the Corporation for National Service, reaching thousands of people around the world. Responses from Texas and Georgia led to new sign ups for the eConference.
  • Undated During the week of April 18, 2005, Tech Soup (www.techsoup.org) will host an on-line forum on Online Event on Online Learning Communities and Collaboration Spaces. The T/MC will be one of the co-hosts. The announcement went live on the Tech Soup web site today.
  • Undated In early November 2004 just prior to contacting Congressman's Davis's office, I sought and received advice from Father Michael Pfleger, Pastor of St. Sabina Catholic Church. I know and have worked with Father through the sharing program at my Glenview parish (St. Sabina's is one of our sharing parishes), and Father had been a priest assigned to the Glenview parish prior to being reassigned to St. Sabina. Father suggested to me that I should call him for assistance if I found the congressman's unresponsive, and I did so in late January 2004.
  • Undated Held phone meeting with Teryl ann Rosch, Ph.D, Executive Director, Chicago Education Alliance - Roosevelt University. Discussed implications of new Dept of Education legislation and proposed Citizen Service Act. Both have implications for future tutor demand and supply. Rosch invited T/MC to submit position paper outlining concerns and opportunities. I firs met Dr. Rosch nearly five years ago.
  • Undated Follow up email sent by T/MC to Paul Pejsa, GE Medical Systems, in Milwaukee. Paul leads the Elfun Society (GE volunteers) in Milwaukee. T/MC has been outreaching to them for more than a year. Paul responded with "I'll ask members of the Chicago Elfuns to make the decision on involvement this year, and then to lead the effort." He forwarded the info to local people
  • Undated Magdalena Montagne works at the National Service Resource Center. The center serves as training and technical assistance to programs funded by the Corporation for National and Community Service. She emailed to ask for copyright permission to post a T/MC power point essay titled , "Starting a career development tutoring/mentoring program in 10 steps" as part of a database of over 400 best practices to help those in service. I agreed.
  • Undated I have been involved in the North Shore Senior Center in various ways in the past and felt it might be a fertile source of effective volunteers, particularly for business-oriented functions. After making contact with the volunteer coordinator, I learned that Dan Bassill has an old friend and former business colleague who is very active at the center. This friend of Dan's offered us the opportunity to make a brief pitch to recruit vounteers at the start of one of the Center's weekly programs.
  • Undated At a City Hall Ceremony, Chicago's Mayor Richard Daley handed out $45,000 in Lend A Hand Program Grants to 17 different chicago area volunteer-based tutor/mentor programs. Lawyers from the Chicago Bar Association and several major law firms attended. The Thomas A. Demetrio Award ($8,000), which recognizes an outstanding tutor/mentor program, went to the Midtown Education Foundation. The Much Shelist Founder's Award ($7,000), which recognizes the efforts of emerging programs (5 years or less), went to Inspired Youth, led by Beth Palmer. Children from Inspired Youth, Hermosa Community Organization and Sunlight African Community Center sang and told of how mentors made a difference in their lives.
  • Undated T/MC created small ads for the volunteer recruitment campaign with a goal that these would be used in a variety of media to draw vistors to the T/MC web site locations where they learn to be volunteers. EXTRA NEWS, which serves Latino Chicago agreed to not only print the ad, but to launch a campaign to enlist other advertisers to pay to have the ads run weekly. The ad format will be the same, with the logo of the company paying for the ad being shown in each different ad.

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Ordered by how often the subject comes up. “Read from page” opens the document at the first page that mentions it.

  • Articles from the T/MC Site · 45 of 107 pages
  • 1993 Montgomery Ward Newslink: pages about the tutoring program and T/MC, 1993–2000 · 19 of 25 pages
  • News Articles from tutormentorconnection.org · 25 of 45 pages
  • 1993 The T/MC Report: newsletter pages, 1993–2002 · 18 of 28 pages
  • 1990 Proposal to establish the Cabrini-Green Tutoring Program as a nonprofit · 12 of 12 pages
  • 1996 The Business Brief (1996, updated to 2000) · 19 of 23 pages
  • 1999 T/MC case statement, February 1999 update · 12 of 13 pages
  • 2003 Annual Report 2002–2003 · 12 of 33 slides
  • 1999 CHAMPS Award · 7 of 8 pages
  • 2004 T/MC Newsletter, Issue 30 (Spring 2004) · 11 of 13 pages
  • 1994 T/MC case statement, January 1994 (updated to 1996) · 15 of 32 pages
  • 1995 Agency analysis of Cabrini Connections and T/MC (MaryAnn Manfredini) · 9 of 27 pages
  • 2002 Technology vision of the Tutor/Mentor Connection · 12 of 17 pages
  • The Tutor/Mentor Connection: A Business Model · 14 of 28 slides
  • 1994 The case for Cabrini Connections and T/MC: slide-show script · 6 of 8 pages
  • eCollaboration, eLearning and Vertical Organizations · 15 of 28 slides
  • 2004 T/MC Newsletter, Issue 25 · 8 of 13 pages
  • 1999 The case for investment in T/MC · 4 of 4 pages
  • 1999 Proposal for an internet-based tutor/mentor learning network (S. Roussos) · 11 of 18 pages
  • 1994 Cabrini Connections career-prep steps · 3 of 3 pages
  • About T/MC (from the website) · 11 of 15 pages
  • 2002 Case for Investment in T/MC · 11 of 16 slides
  • Tutor/Mentor News, Recognition & Awards (web page) · 5 of 10 pages
  • 2008 Prevention conference presentation · 6 of 18 pages
  • 2004 T/MC Newsletter, Issue 26 (draft B) · 8 of 13 pages
  • 1995 The founding slide show: Cabrini Connections and T/MC (35mm slides) · 13 of 99 slides
  • 1995 Goals and progress, November 1994 to August 1995 · 4 of 4 pages
  • 2004 T/MC Newsletter, Issue 26 (draft A) · 7 of 10 pages
  • Volunteer Recruitment Workshop · 9 of 35 slides
  • 2004 Recruiting Volunteers Workshop (2004) · 9 of 35 slides
  • 2008 eChicago conference presentation · 4 of 9 pages
  • 2003 Strategies for Lend-A-Hand from T/MC · 5 of 9 pages
  • Role of Leaders in a Tutor/Mentor Connection · 8 of 16 slides
  • 1996 Actions 1993–1995 and goals for 1996 · 6 of 8 pages
  • 2002 Annual Report 2001/2002 · 6 of 22 slides
  • 1997 Proposal to Chicago Public Schools to support T/MC · 5 of 8 pages
  • 2001 HUD Best Practice Award · 6 of 11 pages
  • 2002 Cabrini Connections & T/MC Annual Report 2001–2002 (overview) · 8 of 13 slides
  • 2009 Starting a Tutor/Mentor Program: What You Don't See · 4 of 5 pages
  • 1996 Total Quality Mentoring · 7 of 13 pages
  • 2003 2003 Recruitment Campaign: Final Report · 8 of 24 slides
  • 1994 T/MC public awareness goals · 7 of 14 pages
  • 1997 Get Intense: sports-celebrity strategy · 2 of 3 pages
  • 1998 Giraffe News #37: Dan Bassill selected · 2 of 2 pages
  • 1982 Dan Bassill’s talk to the National Conference on Volunteerism (draft) · 4 of 9 pages
  • 2005 Help Spread the Word: 2005 Recruitment Campaign · 7 of 18 slides
  • 2000 ERICA Award · 4 of 4 pages
  • General Colin Powell on Leadership · 7 of 20 slides
  • 1997 Giraffe Award letter · 2 of 3 pages
  • Chicagoland Tutor/Mentor Volunteer Recruitment Campaign · 5 of 30 slides
  • The T/MC Model · 6 of 20 slides
  • 1998 Goal of T/MC: a city of good programs · 2 of 2 pages
  • Operating Principles for a Tutor/Mentor Program · 6 of 24 slides
  • 2004 Grant Application: Humana Chicago Benefits 2004 · 5 of 5 pages
  • 2005 Chicago Innovation Award nomination · 4 of 7 pages
  • 2005 Chicago Council on Urban Affairs Neighborhood Awards · 5 of 5 pages
  • 1997 Serve Illinois, fall 1997: Presidents’ Summit follow-up · 3 of 4 pages
  • Steps to Start a Program · 6 of 28 slides
  • Tipping Points · 7 of 14 slides
  • 1996 Why invest in youth mentoring and education · 6 of 7 pages
  • 1993 PCI public-relations plan: first use of the “Tutor/Mentor Connection” name · 3 of 8 pages
  • 2005 Skoll Foundation application · 5 of 10 pages
  • Structured Networking (Jordan-Webb) · 4 of 58 slides
  • 2005 Tutor/Mentor Learning Network: vision of T/MC · 5 of 9 pages
  • 1994 T/MC work done in 1994 · 3 of 6 pages
  • 1994 YouthNet Center, Grand Boulevard · 5 of 14 pages
  • 2004 Help Spread the Word: 2004 Recruitment Campaign · 6 of 19 slides
  • 1996 Cabrini Connections presentation · 5 of 10 pages
  • Connecting Those Who Need Help: The Role of Intermediary · 4 of 21 slides
  • Neighborhood Analysis: Doolittle and Phillips Schools · 3 of 10 slides
  • 2002 Introduction to Total Quality Mentoring · 6 of 25 slides
  • 2001 Kids Connection (Cabrini Connections) · 3 of 12 pages
  • 1993 Cabrini Connections / T/MC network-building goal · 1 of 1 pages
  • 2001 Appointment to the Serve Illinois Commission · 3 of 8 pages
  • 2000 T/MC growth, 1994–2000 · 3 of 9 pages
  • 2014 Jefferson Award interview with Dan Bassill · 2 of 4 pages
  • Kids' Connection: Tutor/Mentor Program · 4 of 27 slides
  • No General Would Go to War Without a Map · 5 of 28 slides
  • 2004 Use of GIS for Capacity Building · 5 of 24 slides
  • 1996 Target Group award · 1 of 1 pages
  • University Connection · 5 of 57 slides
  • 2001 Letter to CPS chief Arne Duncan · 2 of 2 pages
  • 1993 Junior Achievement – T/MC partnership · 3 of 6 pages
  • 1994 Lawyers’ Lend-A-Hand to Youth case statement (draft) · 3 of 5 pages
  • 1996 Profile of Dan Bassill (M. Contos) · 2 of 7 pages
  • 2001 Tutor/Mentor Learning Network · 4 of 9 pages
  • Universities and T/MC · 4 of 60 slides
  • The Role of Intermediary (Wired.org) · 4 of 25 slides
  • 2011 Athletes “Adopt a Neighborhood” strategy · 2 of 5 pages
  • Mapping a Path to a Career · 3 of 24 slides
  • 1993 Cabrini Connections / T/MC structure · 1 of 1 pages
  • 1996 Vendors for the CPS 10,000 Tutors program (CC/T/MC included) · 2 of 5 pages
  • 2000 The role of faith communities · 3 of 11 pages
  • 1995 Hospitals and health care: a T/MC strategy · 3 of 4 pages
  • 1996 Mercedes Mentor Award · 2 of 4 pages
  • 1999 Letter to State Senator Barack Obama · 1 of 1 pages
  • 1999 Email to State Senator Barack Obama · 1 of 1 pages
  • Annual Planning Calendar · 3 of 17 slides
  • T/MC Theory of Change (Leadership Pyramid) · 3 of 34 slides
  • Theory of Change · 3 of 34 slides
  • Tutor/Mentor Learning Network · 2 of 18 slides

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  • 1982 Montgomery Ward FORWARD MWTP
  • 1990 TMC.Recruitment.Bank.Booster.1990s
  • 21 Aug 1994 Chicago Tribune: cc vol
  • 27 Nov 1994 Chicago Sun-Times: Story
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  • 1994 Chicago Bar Association: Record LAH Program
  • 1994 Chicago Sun-Times: CC volunteer profile
  • 1995 MW Forward CC story Winter
  • 1995 Lawyers Mentor Youth
  • 1995 Chicago Tribune: Tib1995Master Plan
  • 8 Jun 1995 Chicago Tribune: Story
  • 9 Jun 1995 Daily Southtown
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  • 1996 Chicago Bar Association: Report Fall TM Week
  • 1996 Crain's Chicago Business: CC story
  • 3 Jun 1996 Chicago Tribune: Story
  • 24 Jul 1996 Chicago Defender: Prime Mover Award
  • 3 Sep 1996 Chicago Sun-Times: Story
  • 14 Nov 1996 Chicago Sun-Times: Story
  • 24 Nov 1996 Chicago Tribune: Story
  • 4 Dec 1996 Educator
  • 4 Dec 1996 Chicago Parent: Parent
  • 1997 Giraffe Project: Giraffe1997
  • 1997 Giraffe Project: Giraffe Foundation Honor1997
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  • 29 Apr 1997 Chicago Sun-Times: Story
  • 29 Apr 1997 Daily Herald: Story
  • 2 Jun 1997 Chicago Tribune: Story
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  • 25 Aug 1997 Chicago Defender: Our Children Need Your Help
  • 30 Aug 1997 Chicago Sun-Times: Story
  • 3 Sep 1997 Chicago Tribune: letter
  • 21 Dec 1997 Chicago Sun-Times: letter
  • 17 Feb 1998 Chicago Tribune: CC Video Fest
  • Oct 1998 School to Work Reporter: School To Work Reporter
  • 1998 Adolescent Literacy What Works and Why1998
  • 1998 STW Reporter
  • 12 Jan 1998 Crain's Chicago Business: Story
  • 1999 Performink IYP story
  • Mar 1999 Target Marketing News
  • 30 Mar 1999 Chicago Tribune: Evanston conf
  • 9 Apr 1999 Digital City Evanston TMC Conf
  • 12 Apr 1999 Chicago Sun-Times: DBLetter
  • 4 Jun 1999 DM News: DM News.com
  • 7 Jun 1999 DM News: DMNews
  • 9 Jun 1999 DM News: DMNews
  • 11 Jun 1999 Interactive PR Marketing News
  • 23 Jun 1999 Connect for Kids.org
  • 5 Jul 1999 Economic Opportunity Report
  • 18 Oct 1999 Chicago Tribune: Internet TMC Conf
  • Dec 1999 Helping The Kids URISA News Dec
  • 2000 Illinois Wesleyan University: IWU Magazine Spring DB award
  • 2000 Mentoring Coalition Dade Cty
  • 20 Jan 2000 American News Service TMC Mapping
  • 22 Apr 2000 Chicago Tribune: Story
  • 30 Dec 2000 Chicago Tribune: Story
  • 2001 Ecumenical Child Care Network2001
  • Feb 2001 Booster Lerner Paper Feb
  • 3 Feb 2001 River North News
  • 5 Sep 2001 Illinois Wesleyan University: IWU Presidents Convocation DB Ph D honor
  • 18 Oct 2001 Park Ridge Herald: Park Ridge Herald DB Ph D
  • 2002 Directions Mag.com mapping
  • 2002 ESRI News: ESRINews TMCMaps
  • 2002 INVEST Evanston Fall TMC recruitment
  • 7 Mar 2002 Ill Retail Merchants Association
  • 16 Oct 2002 GIS for Everyone TMC use of GIS
  • 24 May 2003 Edgewater Community Calendar TMC Conf
  • Jun 2003 Education Alliance June conf
  • 3 Jun 2003 Youth Service America briefing TMC conf
  • 2004 Illinois Wesleyan University: IWU Magazine Summer ACI Award
  • 2004 ACI Award IWU Magazine
  • 31 Jan 2004 Chicago Defender: Story
  • 3 Feb 2004 UIC Flame
  • 2005 Academic Development Institute: ADIFamilies&Schools Fall2005
  • 2006 Academic Development Institute: Academic Development Institute Fall TMC article
  • 10 Aug 2006 EXTRA News Ad
  • 7 Feb 2007 Power of One w Debra Berg
  • 23 Mar 2007 Third Sector News New Ways to Collaborate
  • May 2008 Indiana Mentor Advisory Council May2008 TMC conf
  • 7 Mar 2009 Chicago Sun-Times: Story
  • 2 Aug 2010 Out of the Box Thinking TMC Conf
  • 2012 Streetwise: Story
  • 2012 Streetwise: Story
  • 12 Aug 2013 Crain's Chicago Business: Story
  • 6 Apr 2014 Chicago Tribune: Plan
  • 15 Oct 2015 Chicago Tribune: Interactive Maps

Maps

49

Open them in the map gallery.

  • 2019 Program Locator banks · Business
  • 2012 NCVS · Business
  • 2010 T/MC Thanks Whole Foods · Business
  • 2010 Thanks Starbucks · Business
  • 2010 Thanks Whole Foods · Business
  • 2009 Banks MB Financial · Business
  • 2009 Grocery All · Business
  • 2009 Hyde Park Hair Salon · Business
  • 2009 Hyde Park Hair Salon · Business
  • 2009 Hyde Park Hair Salon · Business
  • 2009 Hyde Park Hair Salon · Business
  • 2009 Jewel Dominicks · Business
  • 2009 Sexton Woodlawn Revisited · Business
  • 2009 Webster Wine Bar · Business
  • 2008 Banks Banco Popular · Business
  • 2008 Banks Bank Of America · Business
  • 2008 Banks Charter One · Business
  • 2008 Banks Chase · Business
  • 2008 Banks Citibank · Business
  • 2008 Banks MB Financial · Business
  • 2008 Banks Northern Trust · Business
  • 2008 Banks Park National · Business
  • 2008 Business Retail CVS · Business
  • 2008 Business Retail CVS Schools · Business
  • Austin Chase · Business
  • Bank of America · Business
  • Business Insurance Allstate · Business
  • Business Insurance American Family · Business
  • Business Insurance Farmers · Business
  • Business Insurance State Farm · Business
  • Chase · Business
  • Grocery Dominicks s · Business
  • Multiple Store Support · Business
  • NICOR · Business
  • Phillips High School business · Business
  • Rotary Map · Business
  • Wal Mart · Business
  • Walgreens · Business
  • Webster Wine Bar · Business
  • Illinois Rep. District 5 Dunkin Business Banks · Political districts
  • Illinois Rep. District 5 Dunkin Business Insurance · Political districts
  • Illinois Rep. District 5 Dunkin Business Pharmacy · Political districts
  • Illinois Rep. District 9 Turner Business Banks · Political districts
  • Illinois Rep. District 9 Turner Business Insurance · Political districts
  • Illinois Rep. District 9 Turner Business Pharmacy · Political districts
  • T/MC Chicago Ward1 business · Political districts
  • 2023 Southside STEM Asset Map business · Maps by other organizations
  • Business Locator SB Csite · Maps by other organizations
  • Segregated Cities Business Insider · Maps by other organizations

Conference workshops

2

Ratings and comments are on the Workshops page.

  • Strategies for Corporate and Community Partnerships — Beth, Brandon · Fall conference
  • Collaborating with Local Businesses: How to Create a Mentor Card Program — Amber, Reiss · Fall conference

Library links

82

Links T/MC collected for program leaders; many outside sites have since moved or closed.

Planning files

115

Files in T/MC’s planning folders whose titles mention this subject.

Website pages

70

Pages of T/MC’s website, tutormentorexchange.net, 2008–2026.