Public awareness

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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.
• 1994-07-21 The North Loop News featured a picture and write up on Thursday, July 21,1994, titled 'Cabrini Connections gets grant'. A check for $15,000 was presented by members of American Express to Arthur Stephans, director of program development.
• 1994-08-02 The Chicago Sun Times talked about the Tu a story titled Mentors Getting Their Act Together. This talked about the Tutor Mentor Connection and the Directory we first published in 1994.
• 1994-08-21 Article in the Chicago Tribune, Sunday, August 21, 1994 titled "The Real World: Volunteers Show Cabrini Teens the path to Success". This story profiles volunteers in the Kids' Connection program of Cabrini Connections who were visiting Ogilvy & Mather on a field trip.
• 1994-11-04 Mayor Richard M. Daley issued proclamation making November 6-12, 1994 Tutor/Mentor Week in Chicago. in this he said, Whereas, the Lend A Hand Program sponsored by the Chicago Bar Foundation, seeks to recruit volunteers to provide tutoring and mentoring to children throughout the city and to coordinate a fund-raising program which will generate critical funds needed to support these efforts citywide; and whereas, Tutor/Mentor Connection was formed by Cabrini Connections in 1993 to serve as a catalyst for expanding and improving tutor/mentor opportunities in Chicago; and whereas, the Chicago Bar Foundation and Cabrini Connections have joined together to promote Tutor/Mentor Week, November 6th through November 12, 1994, in order to raise awareness and support programs providing tutoring and mentoring throughout the city of Chicago; Now therefore, I Richard M. Daley, Mayor, City of Chicago, do hereby proclaim November 6th to 12th, 1994 to be Tutor/Mentor Week in Chicago.
• 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.
• 1994-11-28 An article in Chicago SunTimes, Monday, 11/28/1994, talked of Daniel Bassill's first involvement in Cabrini Connections in 1972 and eventually becoming the President and CEO and founding Tutor/Mentor Connection.
• 1994-11-28 Article in Chicago SunTimes titled "He Traded Wards Job for Tutoring". 11" in size. Written by Frederick Lowe
• 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.
• 1995-02-14 Chicago Bar Foundation partnership agreement with T/MC signed for 1995.
• 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.
• 1995-05-16 An article in Chicago Defender on Tuesday, May 16, 1995, titled 'Tutor/Mentor confab trains 200 groups', talked about T/MC's hosting the Tutor/Mentor Connection Leadership Conference on Sat. May 19 and 20.
• 1995-06-01 An article in Chicago Tribune in June 1995, titled 'Poor kids struggle - and succeed', talked about success of the College Opportunity Program made possible by the volunteers and their commitment to the program.
• 1995-06-08 The Tempo section of the Chicago Tribune, on June 8,1995, carried an article titled 'Life in the big city'. The story talked about the Urban Studies Program of the Associated Colleges of the Midwest, where students spent an off-campus semester in Chicago learning from real life experiences. One student chose an internship at Cabrini Connections.
• 1995-09-06 The Daily Southtown carried an article titled, ' Role models', on Sep 06, 1995. It spoke of the growth in the number of tutor mentor programs in the chicago area from 41 to 120 from 1990 to 1994. It also covered a feature and picture of Dan Bassil and his efforts in starting Cabrini Connections and the Tutor/Mentor Exchange and their fund raising activities.
• 1995-10-01 The St. Peter's Episcopal Church invited Dan Bassill to speak on Oct.01, at the 10.00 a.m. Service to talk about the tutor/mentor program he founded. Cabrini Connections was to also receive a major outreach grant through the Outreach Committee's Margaret Connection Project named after Dan's mother.
• 1995-10-29 Dan Bassill wrote an article, titled 'Tutoring Works' under Voice of the People, in The Chicago Tribune, Sunday, Oct 29, 1995, in response to an editorial, and talked about tutoring and mentoring programs in the Chicago area and efforts of Tutor/Mentor Connection to bridge the gap between volunteers and children in need of mentoring.
• 1995-11-19 Colleen Maia, the Coordinator for Cluster Tutoring Program in the Austin community on Chicago's West Side, wrote in a letter to the Editor of the Chicago Tribune, dated Sunday, Nov 19, 1995, titled 'Tutor success story'. She spoke of the success stories her tutor mentor program had been able to bring about, but there is a dire need for more such programs with more support from the community by volunteering and raising money.
• 1995-12-07 Dan Bassill wrote in the Chicago Tribune on Thursday, Dec.07,1995, in the Voice of the People section, titled 'While there's time' about a young man who was shot in the city. He was attending our tutoring sessions off and on, but somehow did not being able to commit. Dan wrote that though we may not have been able to save him, there are many other who could helped by more public involvement with more tutor/mentor programs.
• 1995-12-08 The Argus, a Student Newspaper of Illinois Wesleyan University, featured an article on Dec 08, 1995, titled 'Cabrini Connections puts students in touch',and talked about students and faculty from IWU visiting Cabrini Connections to learn how the program works and meet with some of the volunteers and kids. Some students also intern at Cabrini Connections as part of the Urban Studies Semester.
• 1996-12-16 A photo story on the front Page of the Daily Law Bulletin in Chicago was titled "Young professionals make gift to tutor-mentor fund". Pictured were Dan Bassill of the T/MC, Betsy Densmore of the Chicago Bar Foundation, Don Hubert, President of the Chicago Bar Association and Tim Green, a management consultant at Deloitte & Touche. Tim's Group worked with the T/MC and the Lend A Hand to create an event that raised funds for tutor/mentor programs.
• 2000-08-17 Rebecca A. from the Jewish United Fund's TOV Literacy project e-mailed us on our website for more information on our organization. In response to this e-mail, I contacted her and shared information bout our conference and volunteer recruitment campaing. I also learned about their program, which is focused on literacy tutoring in schools.
• 2000-09-12 Provided "consulting" service to Adriene C. from the Westside Holistic Center on starting a tutoring/mentoring program. They planned to start an after school program that enhances academic skills and social skills beginning in October 2000.
• 2000-09-14 Represented the T/MC in the LAN 65 resource fair at Truman College
• 2000-10-03 Article in Daily Southtown, written by John Dobberstein. Talks about Marlon Millhouse's involvement with Cabrini Connection's IYP program. Also on the Daily Southtown web site.
• 2000-10-09 Video produced by Jimmy Biggs, titled "The Real Cabrini" is live on http://hometowncinema.z.com/homepage.html
• 2000-10-10 Christine Feldman contacted us to request a directory. She works for DCFS. I asked her if she wanted to order multiple copies for others in her office. She began asking questions about the T/MC. I gave her a brief overview and offered to come meet with her to discuss our services plus learn more about what she does. Also I want to discuss how the T/MC and DCFS can find a way to work together in a more systematic fashion.
• 2000-10-10 Email from Steven McLaine, researcher at Georgetown University responded to an email introduction I'd sent. He said:I have followed some of your previous posts on the listserv, and your organization seems to be making some significant progress. My initial reply to joining the group was an enthusiastic "yes!," but i'm not sure what type of commitment you would require. I would love to contribute, but I havemany academic responsibilities slated for the upcoming year. I am definitely interested, however.
• 2000-10-10 Received email from Deborah Knight-Kerr at Johns Hopkins Hospital. It read, "The following individuals will be attending both days: Harriet Bernstein, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Phila. Cassandra Williams, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis Elena Quitcon, Beth Israel Medical Center, NY Andrea Perry, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles Deborah Knight-Kerr, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore Johnette Wilson, The Washington Hospital Center, DC William Rochford, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville
• 2000-10-10 Asta Ardickas, ED of Illinois Commission on Community Service called to follow up on our August meeting. She offered that her agency would like to provide small grants to Illinois communities to help the volunteer centers in those communities set up Tutor/Mentor Connections. "Would I help?", she asked. This led to a deeper conversation of funding, web pages, and the Tutor/Mentor Training Center concept, a February event, all of which I'll mail her.
• 2000-10-10 Asta Ardickas, ED of Illinois Commission on Community Service called to follow up on our August meeting. She offered that her agency would like to provide small grants to Illinois communities to help the volunteer centers in those communities set up Tutor/Mentor Connections. "Would I help?", she asked. This led to a deeper conversation of funding, web pages, and the Tutor/Mentor Training Center concept, a February event, all of which I'll mail her.
• 2000-10-10 Bob Glaves of Chicago Bar Foundation sent an email to the Lend a Hand group to update everyone on the Nov. 4th Benefit. They already have over $105,000 committed before selling individual tickets (half goes to Lend a Hand)
• 2000-10-10 Assistant Principle of Jones Commercial High School called and asked if T/MC would help him start a mentoring program at the school. I responded with "let us help you set up a student-led T/MC at your school". We'll meet on 10/17
• 2000-10-10 Tutor/Mentor Connection receives 1/3 page coverage in the Serve Illinois Newletter, published by the Illinois Department of Human Services
• 2000-10-11 I contacted The Great Books Foundation for a raffle donation for the 14th T/MC Conference scheduled for November 9 & 10, 2000. The initial conversation for a donation led into a more in-depth conversation in which we shared information about our organizations. There is a lot of potential for t/m programs to partner with TGBF.
• 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.
• 2000-10-12 Exchanged emails with Susan Tenby, Content Developer, Tech Soup.org, which is sponsored by CompuMentor in SanFrancisco
• 2000-10-12 Dan Bassill quoted in New York Times article titled EMail Mentoring, written by Catherine Greenman
• 2000-10-13 Call received from PR person at Mentoring USA. We've invited their chairperson, Mrs.Andrew Cuomo, to be speaker at T/MC Conference. Gave her more info and she'll visit the web site.
• 2000-10-13 Senator Richard Durban of Illinois contacted Reid Schultz, leader of the T/MC Recruitment campaign. He wanted to find a program which he could do an appearance at on Saturday, 10/14. Reid set him up with the HighSight program.
• 2000-10-16 Talked with Martha Irvine, Associated Press Technology Reporter, who called looking for a place where she could volunteer as a mentor. Invited her to do a story and gave many reasons.
• 2000-10-17 Tom Russo, my fund raising GURU from South Carolina, put up a new web site to elicit Conference sponsors. the ULR is http://www.tutormentorconference.bigstep.com/
• 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
• 2000-10-18 CPS confirmed purchase order for 1000 T/MC Directories at $4 each
• 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.
• 2000-10-19 Received call from Whole Foods, 30 W. Huron. They were responding to letter from Jimmy. Offered to do January in-store promotion, which includes cash register fund raising. A great offer!
• 2000-10-19 Attended Community Media Workshop lunch/training. Speakers included John McCarron, formerly of Tribune Editorial Board, and Flynn Roberts, formerly of the Tribune's Urban Affairs Task Force. John is now VP for strategic planning at Metropolitan Planning Council and Flynn writes for Newsweek
• 2000-10-23 Dan gave 10 minute intro and invitation to Midwest Facilitators Conference attendees
• 2000-10-31 Craig Thomas emailed from Kalamazoo, MI. Wants to connect with T/MC and get T/MC adopted as resource for city of Kalamzaoo.
• 2000-11-03 Talked with Steven Romalewski of NYPIRG's CMAP project (www.cmap.nypirg.org) an on-line GIS mapping project. Described our goals/needs, possibilities of them serving as partner/project leader on T/MC GIS.
• 2000-11-03 Dan emailed about 25 organizations which have been profiled on the daily America's Promise fax sheet to tell them of T/MC Conference. Called the Sears Alliance number and ended up faxing infor to the PR agency working on this, Burson Marsteller, in Chicago
• 2000-11-09 T/MC hosted 14th Tutor/Mentor Leadership Conference. More than 220 total attended. Average was about 150 per day. These numbers are not the final audit, but are close.
• 2000-11-09 T/MC hosted first annual Tutor/Mentor Recognition Dinner. Estimated 80 people attended. iS3C was Gold Level Sponsor.
• 2000-11-10 Representatives of Hospital Youth Mentoring Partnership presented at T/MC conference. Panel represented major hospitals from around the US
• 2000-11-10 Wray Howard of the Rockford (IL) Mentoring Network, attended conference and met with Dan. Interested in working together.
• 2000-11-13 iS3C invited Dan Bassill of T/MC to be part of 30 minute infomercial being taped for CNN. Goal is to show how iS3C is supporting charitable efforts to build on-line support system
• 2000-11-13 Bob Erlenbach launched the Cabrini Connections Golf Benefit web site at www.edynamicweb.com/CabriniConnectionsGolf
• 2000-11-23 Laurel Sandor and Karen Scheuerer, Community Connector Team, School of Information, University of Michigan posted a report on findings from CTC conference. Dan Bassill responded to show how their findings for CTC were similar to the info T/MC drew from in 1993 to form T/MC. Dan provided summary of actions T/MC has taken based on recommendations.
• 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.
• 2000-11-29 Fall 2000 T/MC Report and Newslink newsletters put in mail to more than 13,000 people around the country.
• 2000-12-01 Jo Mercurio, Juvenile Services Specialist Mentoring Programs, Madison, WI, emailed to ask for information about "steps in developing what you've done in the greater Chicago area with tutormentor connection?" Referred by Adam Aberman from www.icouldbe.org out of New York City.
• 2000-12-06 Hospital Youth Mentoring Partnership invited Dan Bassill to do a workshop at the March 2001 Conference in Baltimore.
• 2000-12-06 Dan B participated in Junior League of Chicago Advisory Council meeting. Follow up conversation with Christina Ohr, General Manager of WLUP, a Bonniville Radio Station
• 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".
• 2000-12-14 Reid met with Robert Bryant, General Manager of Barbara's Bookstores (Mayuba Bookstores, Inc.) and John Hastie, Marketing and Events Manager to discuss T/MC Recruitment Campaign and Public Awareness strategies. They committed
• 2000-12-15 Spoke with Lillian E. from Presentation Church - A.S.A.P. t/m program as part of my outreach efforts. Learned more about their program which serves 67 youth M-F afterschool. Needs include more volunteers, computers and money for summer field trips.
• 2000-12-15 Received email from Greg Skibinski updating me on work being done in Peoria. He writes, "good things are happening down here in Peoria. I will be the new Co-Chair for Peoria's Promise along with Sue Kingery. My department, Block by Block, will be working together with the United Way to increase our Peoria's Promise effort. We are also applying for two americorp promise fellows to help us with the development of a comprehensive list of providers and services for not only Peoria but our Tri-County Area (Tazewell, Woodford, and Peoria Counties) we will be developing a map for each of these counties as well. Also at this meeting I had a chance to meet our new President of the United Way Michael Stephen and he seemed to be very interested in what Sue and I had to say. We also showed him your CD of your efforts and he was impressed."
• 2000-12-15 Followed up article in community paper to start conversation with Ann Jenich, leader of The Chicago Association of Social Entrepreneurs. The group sees its primary responsibility as one of educating the foundation community in Chicago and raising awareness around the issues and challenges of nonprofit enterprise development."
• 2000-12-18 Contacted STEP, Inc. Youth Service Program as part of our outreach efforts. Learned more about their program and their needs. One of their biggest needs is finding volunteers to teach their students computer graphic design. In general, they mainly utilize parent volunteers. The staff works with the students. They serve about 85 annually, and average about 25 youth a day.
• 2000-12-18 Contacted the Arab American Action Network Youth Program as part of our Outreach efforts. Learned about their program, which currently is using high school students to tutor younger kids. Needs include trying to recruit adult/college students as tutors. The program manager, Hatem A., has tried recruiting with not a lot of success. Challenges could be the time of the program, which is 4:30. We discussed the value in using high school students, but the need exists to better train them and to educate the parents on the value of using high school students.
• 2000-12-18 Contacted Cetnro Communitario Juan Diego as part of our outreach effort. Learned about their program which includes tutoring for kids and teaching computers to kids. There are currently about 35 kid enrolled, and 6 more on the waiting list. There's a need for adult volunteers, especially those that can work with kids with special needs. We discussed some recruitment ideas and the importance of training as part of the retention plan.
• 2000-12-19 Wendy Francis at URISA reports in an email: "The Chicagoland Chapter of URISA is going to be revitalized soon. That may be a great match for local work. Also, our 2002 annual conference will again take place in Chicago. Another way to showcase your program.
• 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.
• 2000-12-20 Added name of volunteer coordinator from St. Vincent dePaul Center in Chicago to on-line "call to action" letter which is at T/MC web site.
• 2000-12-20 Paul Collins, head of Midwest Facilitators Network and Jordan-Webb, invited me to submit "call to action text" inviting MFN members to help facilitate T/MC actions. We presented this info verbally and as a handout at the Fall 2000 MFN conference in Chicago. Paul will post this on both organization's web sites.
• 2000-12-20 Levada Summers, from Chicago Public Schools, called to order 225 more T/MC Directories. They've run out of the 1000 that they purchased.
• 2000-12-22 PCI has worked with Manufacturers Bank and developed a press release for the brochure T/MC developed.
• 2000-12-22 Contacted by Aisha Sabur-Jarvis, of Big Sisters of Central Indiana. They wrote we "Would welcome the opportunity to replicate your program in the Indianapolis area." She wrote after receiving the T/MC Report. She wrote "I am intrigued by the importance of a program like this one and the benefit it brings to students."
• 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.
• 2000-12-28 Contacted Sunlight African Community Center as part of our outreach work. Learned more about the program and some of their challenges. Two of the top challenges are need for more funds and need for volunteers. We talked about using the high school students as volunteers because they need community service hours. Lack of parent involvement is another challenge. The program's founder has done a lot of networking with local organizations, especially other organizations that target immigrants.
• 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.
• 2000-12-29 Email from Big Sisters contact in Indianapolis area. She wrote (in response to my last message to her), "Thank you for the task. I believe I am beginning to understand how Big Sisters can participate in the T/MC model. I meet with my Executive Director on Wednesday Jan. 3, 2000. I plan to discuss with her the e-mails we have exchanged and the information you have shared with me. I will connect with you again,shortly after meeting with her, I will know whether or not I may proceed with the task you outlined in your E-mail. I believe she will like this concept as much as I do. Wish me luck."
• 2000-12-29 Jayne Cravens, leader of the Virtual Volunteering Project, located in Texas, included this endorsement in a message she posted on the MentorNet list, "There are a lot of other quality mentoring support programs out there as well. I strongly agree with Dan Bassill: "The more choices an organization or community have to draw from the better decisions they will make as to their own vision and direction." Definitely look at Tutor/Mentor Connection and other mentoring program web sites as well."
• 2000-12-30 Front page story in the Chicago Tribune and on their Web site about Cabrini Connections and Wards
• 2000-12-30 Cabrini Connections mentioned in Article about Wards, written by Barney Simpson, Business Writer, in 12/30
• 2000-12-31 Receive this email from Mason Scholl: I saw the front page article in today's Trib about Cabrini Connections. I don't know whether words of congratulations or consolation or both are appropriate. What is the short-term and long-term implications of Wards exit on your work? I also want to let you know that the one of the priorities of the Northern Illinois Conference of the United Methodist Church as it relates to children is after-school programs. A significant proposal has been sent to the denominations Board of Global Ministries requesting funds for this purpose. This has been pushed by the Aurora District Superintendent, Rev. Deborah Fisher. Right after New Years, I plan to call her and find out what she knows about your work and suggest that she contact you. This may be another way some networking can begin.
• 2000-12-31 Summary of calls received at T/MC for year 2000. Volunters: 100; Parents: 169; Schools/DCFS: 105; new programs: 17; Current programs: 28; misc calls for information 106. (this represents calls entered on contact logs. Not all calls are recorded.)
• 2001-01-02 Debbie Hampton, Executive Director of Ecumenical Child Care Network (ECCN) asked me to write a story for the front page of their next newsletter.
• 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.
• 2001-01-04 Bob Spatz of a Chicago area mentor network called and said he's developing a directory and wanted to list Cabrini Connections
• 2001-01-04 Interviewed by Rebeca Bright at PAX TV. Her question was "What is most important issue in Chicago?" I told of need for people to be more informed in order to be more involved, and described the T/MC.
• 2001-01-04 James Brown, a former Cabrini Connections volunteer, called from Houston asking for help starting a mentor program. He works with Compaq. I told of our need for a server and our request to Compaq and emailed him the proposal. Maybe this will be an intro to Compaq.
• 2001-01-04 Contacted Starfish Learning Center as part of our outreach efforts. Starfish was not in our directory. We learned about the program through another outreach call to the Sunlight African Community Center. Starfish operates an after-school tutoring and mentoring in the Rogers Park area. It provides homework help and skill building activities, plus uses the arts and takes kids on trips to places like Florida as rewards for good grades. Starfish has a Christian focus and also teaches bible study to kids. The organization plans to start a cable show with its students.
• 2001-01-05 Contacted Ron A. with the ACE mentoring program in the Fox Valley (IL) area. Learned about this program that exposes high school to careers in Architecture, Construction and Engineering (i.e. ACE), through a Chicago Tribune article. The program is in its first year and is going well. The program idea is modeled after a similar program in NYC.
• 2001-01-08 The US Postal Service Mentoring Stamp goes on sale in early January.
• 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
• 2001-01-09 Received Year 2000 Media Report from Public Communications, Inc. This documents all of the media they generated for T/MC through the year. We have such a report for each year since 1993. I'd like to be able to enter eachlisting on all of these reports as a first step in the retrospective. While these represent media PCI generated, by no means is this all that was generated by CC during this or past years.
• 2001-01-09 Contacted Association House as part of our outreach efforts. Learned more about their after-school programs which consists of one for kids ages 6-12 and other for teens, ages 12-18.
• 2001-01-10 Met with ED of FireWorks for Kids Foundation (Chicago Fire) to review goals.
• 2001-01-10 Called by Joan Miller, National Museum of Women in the Arts. They just finished a major project and are looking for their next challenge. Maybe it is us. She visited with Kids' Connectiona. Will visit our web site.
• 2001-01-10 Contacted Rockwell-Grant Youth Project as part of our outreach efforts. Rockwell-Grant is listed in our directory. Learned that they are looking at some changes to the program, primarily focusing its services more on youth as opposed to the entire family, as before. This will allow them to serve more youth. Also, because of violence in Rockwell Gardens, it makes outreach into the community difficult and dangerous. The program is primarily in-school and there's a need for day time mentors & tutors.
• 2001-01-11 Contacted the Donnelly Chicago Youth Center about their CHESS program which is listed in our directory. Learned that the CHESS program is no longer operating because the kids who were in it graduated from high school (CHESS was like an I Have A Dream Program with a specific group of kids). CYC has limited peer mentoring and some tutoring. Wants to expand these services at some point. Needs more tutors, especially adult volunteers.
• 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
• 2001-01-16 Sara Caldwell launched a message in the Art Festival eCircle, starting planning for a 2001 art festival.
• 2001-01-17 Meeting of Chicago Bar Foundation Lend A Hand Advisory Council was held this morning. Attended by about 8 people. Guidelines for grant making were further refined, focusing on programs with at least 50% of students in one-on-one matches, extending the funding area to all of Cook County, and developing proposal instructions which should result in programs doing a better job of describing what they do.
• 2001-01-17 Received notice from ThinkDetroit (GM's on-line program) that they have launched an eGiving web site (www.webhands.org) and we're listed. Sent email inviting them to get Chicago GM dealers involved with T/MC
• 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.
• 2001-01-19 Talked with Asta Ardickas, Director of Illinois Commission on Community Service. She reports 1) Illinois Promise web site is in construction, with links to T/MC; and 2) they continue to brainstorm ways to seed community T/MC structures in downstate cities. She thinks they will try to do it through the Project Success program. I also gave suggestions for planning an annual schedule of activities, using the T/MC schedule as a start
• 2001-01-20 Met with Lucious Smith to discuss faith marketing and other strategies to build resources for his program and other tutor/mentor programs in Chicago
• 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.
• 2001-01-22 Charity America sent email notice of new PhilanthropyInteractive service (www.charityamerica.com/pi.cfm). I responded to their email with an invitation for them to host T/MC funding thread at their web site.
• 2001-01-22 Received email from Frances Roehm, SkokieNet Librarian. She wrote: "I've linked to you from the ChicagoJobs page. It's not a perfect slot for you, but as I have time to rework the page, we'll do a better job of it. I haven't forgotten you. In fact, am really glad you're doing your thing for our kids. We hope to do a program about the Digital Divide for our librarian colleagues in Atlanta in June 2002. If you know of someone in that region who is doing something similar, I'd appreciate knowing about him/her. We have a representative from the feds, who assists librarians with grants for projects to end the divide (or take a stab at it at least), and we'll need to find someone else to address the issue -- a panel of three. I'd ask you, but I can't afford to fly you down to Atlanta!
• 2001-01-22 Mark Skibinski from Peoria sent email update: Everything is moving along here. I've been meeting with Sue about planning recruitment events as well as a recognition event for those who have volunteered or mentored. But I was wondering if you have heard of either Mankind Project or Mentors Action Network in Chicago. My agency has been in contact with a represenative and he wants to come down and give a presentation to our CEO, myself, and Farrell Davies about his program and I was wondering if you have heard of these groups? I am also looking to secure some funding to attend your workshop in May. I also wanted to let you know we did receive the Americorps help and will be utiling them with our Peoria's Promise effort.
• 2001-01-27 Received email from Mason Scholl introducing me to people from the faith network, such as Eccumenical Child Care Network. He had sent an email to a person who works with NIC local church after-school programs. He wrote, "I am sending you is one from Dan Bassill, Ex. Director, Cabrini Connection, a wonderful, creative after-school tutoring and mentoring program in Chicago's Cabrini neighborhood near St. Matthews UMC. I urge you to look at his web site. He would like to connect with our NIC effort at after-school programs and has much information to exchange with us. I would like at the appropriate time to introduce him to the leadership of the NIC after-school movement. One way to know more about his organization is to check out his website listed in his message."
• 2001-01-30 Contacted by Dedric Richardson, from Oprah's Angel Network. Asked me to send him information on Cabrini Connections, which I did.
• 2001-01-31 Provided information and volunteer recruitment ideas to Kimberly Pruitt of the Salvation Army - Brained Corps program in Chicago. Also gave information on faith-marketing initiative, and asked that she and her peers try to write sample sermons which we could post on the T/MC web site. She agreed to consider this.
• 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 Contacted Ann L. from Good News Partners - Reading Coaches as part of our outreach efforts. The program works with first grade students from Gale School. They assess all the students and work with the ones who need the most help, except those students who speak little English. They used a structured curriculum.
• 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.
• 2001-02-02 Spoke with Claudia S. of Family Matters as part of our outreach efforts. Learned more about their program which includes tutoring at Gale School after school and an evening program at the Family Matters site. Learned that they need more minority tutors. Also learned that they have a tutor website that is used to communicate with each other.
• 2001-02-02 Contact the Chinese American Service League. Learned that their program is expected to start in mid-February 2001. I gave her our website address and told her about the conference, which she seemed interested in. She said she would callus back in the future once the program has been operating for a while and she has a better idea of how she could utilize our services.
• 2001-02-02 Contacted Connie L. to see how her program was progressing. We met almost two years ago when they were first starting a program. Connie has attended several of our conferences. We just touched base. The program is in it's second year and its attendance has grown from about 15 kids to about 25. Volunteers increased to about 8-9. The challenge is keeping kids involved because they have many other committments.
• 2001-02-02 The "Booster" a Lerner Community Newspaper, ran the story about Manufacturs Bank teaming up with the Tutor/Mentor Connection. PCI did the placement.
• 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.
• 2001-02-03 River North News, circulation 12,500, did story about Manufacturers Bank working with T/MC. This is third story on this subject generated via PCI and T/MC. Total estimated circulation was 33,247
• 2001-02-04 Father Bill Gubbins at Old St. Patrick's Church in Chicago gave a sermon on the duty of service. He mentioned Cabrini Connections as an example, along with St. Agatha's Tutoring Program which is sponsored by Old St. Pat's.
• 2001-02-07 Dedrick from Ophra's Angle Network called to schedule a 2/14/01 site visit.
• 2001-02-07 Provided info to Community Media Workshop in Chicago to update a resource list that CMW sends to out-of-town journalists looking for basic information and sources in Chicago.
• 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
• 2001-02-07 We were contacted by Saul A. from the Chicago Youth Centers Lower North Center for help/information on starting a mentoring program. I sent her the "How To Start a Program" handout from the conference and the National Mentoring Partnership checklist. I also told her about the website and said she should call us back for more specific help.
• 2001-02-08 Met with the Rev. Dr. Walter B. Johnson, Jr., Pastor of the Wayman African methodist Episcopal Church to discuss his after-school program which is part of the Alliance for Community Peace. Learned that Wayman Church along with other churches on the near north side, have formed the Near North Ministry Alliance, which in turn started the Alliance for Community Peace in 1997. Work of the ACP includes in-school and after-school tutoring and mentoring an enrichment activities.
• 2001-02-08 Spoke with Leslie S. from the Jr. League Eckert Park tutoring program as part of our outreach efforts. Larned that the program meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays evenings during the school year. They have youth work with Jr. League members as tutors. It may not be the same person each week. They also bring in guest speakers and have special projects. The group recently started a point program where youth can buy merchandise from the "store" monthly. The program has 3-4 Jr. Leaguers as coordinators.
• 2001-02-09 Spoke with Philip J. from the Blackstar Project as part of our outreach efforts. Learned about the program, which according to Philip J., is the "largest classroom mentoring program" operating. Blackstar focuses on youth in grades 6-8 who attend either a public school, private school or Catholic school. The program "mentors" nine thousand youth in 70 school. Philip J. said that Blackstar uses a curriculum, but did not want to share the specifics. He did say that the curriculum reinforces academics and career counseling. The program also has 120 mentors.
• 2001-02-12 Met with Elizabeth Scott, Asst. Director, Chicago Bar Foundation, to review strategy and tactics for 2001 aimed at increasing influence of CBF and T/MC on the growth and development of one-on-one tutor/mentor programs
• 2001-02-12 We were contacted by the Independent Feature Project/Midwest because they are thinking about starting a mentoring program that matches film/video professionals with youth. I shared with them about IYP and also suggested that they serve as a resource for programs that already exist as opposed to starting something new. They seemed to like that idea because they didn't want to recreate what was already out there and they have a very small staff and know it would be challenging to support such a program. I also said that other organizations may appreciate them as a resource for potential mentors, setting up internships and other contacts they may have. I suggested they bring program leaders together and ask them what kind of support they would like. In addition, I sent them several contacts that they did not know about.
• 2001-02-13 Attended the Prevent Violence! Chicago committee meeting for Dan. Discussion at the meeting included plans for a mentor training put on by Susan McGee at Big Brothers for faith-based groups. I sent them two contact names of people from two churches that contacted us for help. The committee also decided to put the public awareness campaign about mentoring on hold. The meeting last only about 35 minutes. In a related note, I forwarded Katherine K.'s name (she's with the Chicago Department of Public Health) to Rebekah C. at the Independent Features Project as a contact about youth video programs. Katherine is working with a group that has a cable show.
• 2001-02-15 Called by Susan Moakley, Mentor Coordinator for VSAC Outreach programs in Vermont. She was part of a team of 15 programs doing research which could lead to the development of a T/MC type support group in that area. She asked quite a few questions on the T/MC, how it got started, etc.
• 2001-02-16 Mason Scholl, a T/MC friend, forwarded email he sent to Rick George of ChildServ in Chicago. His email said, "I suggest that Ed Vega and you contact Dan Bassill at Cabrini Connection to look at ways you could be helpful to each other. . Before your contact Dan, look at his web site: . You will find announcements and descriptions of great training events for staff and volunteers. There are also suggestions on ways After School programs can develop collaborative relationships with each other in recruiting volunteer tutors and mentors for all the After School programs in the city.
• 2001-02-19 Dan was interviewed by Deanna Finley for the LaSalle Foundation's annual report (we rent space from LaSalle Foundation). In the course of the interview it was revealed that Deanna is a volunteer and holds a full-time position in Marketing for Arthur Andersen. The interview turned out to be an opportunity for T/MC to invite Arthur Andersen to be a T/MC partner.
• 2001-02-20 Talked with Mark Brant, Chair, Chicago Elfun Society. He'll present T/MC proposal at Wednesday, 2/21 board meeting. He hopes people from downtown Chicago offices might form a team to work with T/MC.
• 2001-02-20 Met with Kenny King, CEO of New Concepts Tutor/Mentor Connection from 9am to 11am. Reviewed New Concepts mission, goals and brainstormed strategy and ways T/MC and New Concepts can work together. New Concepts derived much of its misison and strategy from T/MC conversations which began a couple of years ago.
• 2001-02-21 Sara Fiedelholtz, a Chicago SunTimes reporter, called to interview T/MC on story she's working on about volunteer opportunities for young professionals. I left message and gave her T/MC web site to look at.
• 2001-02-21 Met with 4 City Year Chicago volunteers, headed by Katrina Dula, who attended the Nov. 2000 T/MC conference. T/MC offered suggestions of how this group could network with other 73 City Year volunteers in Chicago and lead effort where they help build impact of T/MC events. T/MC also suggested that CY volunteers could help develop student-led T/Mc teams in high schools and turn these into a continuity program where new CY volunteers provide leadership from year to year.
• 2001-02-21 Met with BJ Murray, Kim Davis (wife of owner of Marché), and three other volunteers to start planning for the 2001 Oscars Party. The Silent Auction proceeds fund Cabrini Connections.
• 2001-02-22 Seguin Services, Inc., of Cicero, Ill. purchased 20 T/MC Directories
• 2001-02-22 T/MC visited by Caren Yanis, Foundation Manager, and Dedric Richardson, Research Coordinator, of Oprah's Angel Network Foundation
• 2001-02-23 Met with Damien J. of the High Jump program at Latin School as part of our outreach efforts. Got a better understanding of the program, which targets motivated youths from disadvantaged communities. It is a 2 1/2 year program, with students starting the summer after 6th grade. The participants attend the program at Latin School and are prepared to enter college prep high schools. A lot of the focus is teaching the youth how to learn, what questions to ask and helping them feel comfortable in a college prep environment. About 80 kids are in the program. There was a mentoring piece run by Junior League. Damien J. wants to expand on this and create a more comprehensive mentoring program.
• 2001-02-26 I contacted Norma L. with the Latino Organization of the Southwest as part of our outreach efforts. She currently organizes ESL classes for prents of children in the Headstart Midway program. Her organization works in collaboration with Headstart Midway and the Chicago Lawn Library. She also is now starting a tutoring program for grammar school children at the library. She is using teens as tutors. Whe wants to start a tutoring program for teens, too. The goal for the grammer school program is to enroll up to 15 kids, 5 per night for three nights. Space limitations at the library dictate this number.
• 2001-02-27 Chicago Bar Foundation's Young Professionals Board and the Association of Legal Administrators - Chicago are planning a Fat Tuesday Challenge Fund Raiser for Feb. 27, 2001. Part of funds will go to the Lend A Hand Fund (which funds tutor/mentor programs)
• 2001-02-27 Mary Kotter, United Way/Crusade of Mercy "First Call for Help" section, called to ask for updated T/MC Directory, since they are still using the 1998 version.
• 2001-02-28 Jerry Shirk, Executive Director, Mentoring Coalition of San Diego County, added himself and four members of his network to the Volunteer Recruitment Campaign eGroup.
• 2001-03-01 Met with Public Communications, Inc. Reviewed Public Awareness strategy for 2001 and set goals. PCI extended it's commitment through 2001. They will provide $15,000 in pro bono support to T/MC.
• 2001-03-01 The Tutor/Mentor Connection was the front page story of the 2001 Special Edition newsletter of the Ecumenical Child Care Network.
• 2001-03-02 The PreventViolcence!Chicago initiative purchased 12 Directories to use in a March 9 Faith Based training. They will pass on names of participants to T/MC for the data base. T/MC sent faith strategy to them for circulation in themeeting.
• 2001-03-02 Minutes of the Chicago Volunteer Recruitment meeting, held Feb 23, were reposted on the MentorNet list by Jerry Shirk, Ex Dir of the Mentoring Coalition of San Diego County.
• 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."
• 2001-03-12 Article in Sun Times, titled, Give more and stop whining. Included paragraph on Cabrini Connections
• 2001-03-13 Put close to 13,000 newsletters in mail to people all over the country. These share information, show the T/MC vision, via charts and maps, and provide invitations to visit T/MC web sites as well as those of other tutoring, mentoring and learning resources.
• 2001-03-15 Sent invitation to Joyce Shortt at Wellesly College, which supports the MOST initiative, and Linda Sesson, of NSACA (a network of afterschool child care professionals), suggesting the use their on-line lists as meetings, with T/MC as a partner. They are focusing on issues of sustainability and distribution, just as the T/MC is. They both responded favorably.
• 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.
• 2001-03-19 The i-Street section in the 3/19/2001 Chicago Sun Times, written by Darcy Evon, included a story about the Cabrini Connections Innervision Youth Productions Video Festival. This included web sites for www.tutormentorconnection.org and www.cabriniconnections.net
• 2001-03-22 Attending Hospital Youth Mentoring Conference in Baltimore. I've been able to network with people from Duke, Michigan, New York and other major hospitals around the country. This model could be used to expand work/mentoring around the US, as well as a T/MC type leader model in any city.
• 2001-03-24 Chicago's River North News (circ 12,500) ran "Reading Problems" letter to editor.
• 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.
• 2001-03-27 Tim and Dan met with Alan Rafalson, Marketing Director of Lakeside Bank to present Bank Brochure Program.
• 2001-03-28 Romanita Hariston, ED of Seattle Kids REACH, a tutoring coalition, called. Said they've been getting the T/MC Report and want to learn how to become more like a T/MC. I sent info.
• 2001-03-29 Sent Bob Schout of PowerSkills photos to use in presentation on volunteerism that he's doing for German Business leader
• 2001-03-29 Received email from Shannah Compton of Hometown Cinema. She wrote, "We have offices in both Indy and Los Angeles. I spend most of the time in Los Angeles developing relationships with HOllywood professionals and securing sponsors etc. I would love to talk with you about how we can go beyond kids making films and start school-to-career mentoring programs. The Indianapolis community seems very open to such a situation and I have to believe that other cities would as well.
• 2001-03-30 Chicago's Daily Southtown ran a Letter to the Editor that Dan and PCI developed.
• 2001-03-30 Chicago's Daily SouthTown newspaper ran letter to editor titled "Reading Problems". Circ 52,250
• 2001-04-02 Chicago's Daily Southtown ran the Letter to the Editor for a second time (it also ran 3/31/01)
• 2001-04-02 Letter to the Editor ran in Chicago's River North News
• 2001-04-02 T/MC Letter to the Editor ran in today's Chicago SunTimes
• 2001-04-02 Spent five hours today at Chicago Bar Foundation screening grant requests for the 2001 round of Lend A Hand Grants. About 40 proposals were received and 35 will be considered for grants ranging from $500 to $5,000. One will receive an additional $5,000 as this year's Demetrio Award Program.
• 2001-04-02 Letter to editor titled "Reading Problems" ran in Chicago Sun Times. Circulation 484,423
• 2001-04-02 Chicago's Daily SouthTown newspaper repeated the Reading Problems editorial. Circ 52,250
• 2001-04-04 Met with Martha Kenton of LAN 65. Discussed ways T/MC and LAN can work together. Martha was referred to T/MC by BBBS Chicago.
• 2001-04-04 Submitted 2001 Best Practice Contribution Form to US Dept. of Housing and Urban Development on the recommendation of Alex Hendersen. She sent T/MC the form on 4/3/01.
• 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).
• 2001-04-05 Dr. Luciaenne Simon, Ex. Dir. of Illinois Alliance for the Arts (ArtsSmart), called. She said, "Reading T/MC Report with great interest." We scheduled a meeting for mid April.
• 2001-04-05 Met with Oren Pollock. Oren is with Princeton 55, Princeton in Chicago Schools and the Williams College alumni network. He's been trying to get Ivy League schools involved with T/MC for several years. He picked up information to distribute at an April 7 meeting of the Williams College network.
• 2001-04-06 Called by Nicole Camal, St. Louis Mentoring Institute. They like web site and want to learn more of how T/MC was created.
• 2001-04-09 Met with Vina Ariyaprakai, AmeriCorps America's Promise Fellow, from MidAmerica Leadership Foundation. Shared Faith-Marketing goals as well as other T/MC info
• 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.
• 2001-04-12 Talked to Nicolle Camal, St Louis Mentoring Task Force, about T/MC strategies.
• 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.
• 2001-04-16 Layton Olson sent email to 100 members of acn consulting list serve saying, "Along with the Planet Volunteer site, I think all ACN members (and their nonprofit organization networks) should know about Chicago's Tutor Mentor Connection, including its May 17-18 leadership conference.www.tutormentorconnection.org" Layton has been participating in T/MC conferences for a couple of years.
• 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.
• 2001-04-18 Received confirmation from Chicago Humanities Festival that they will cross promote T/MC in their newsletter. They're also interested in developing on-going actions that connect T/M programs and youth with arts and humanities efforts.
• 2001-04-23 Mason Scholl, United Voices for Children, posted an email message into a variety of faith networks. The lead paragraph reads, "With more and more NIC congregations involved in afterschool/mentoring programs, I want to alert you to an excellent 2-day training workshop for staff and volunteers scheduled for May 17/18 in Chicago. This workshop is sponsored by one of the best nationally recognized afterschool/mentoring programs in the country, Cabrini Connection, located on the near north side of Chicago. Its President/CEO, Dan Bassill, is recognized as one of the national experts in this kind of program." He encouraged everyone to attend the May conference.
• 2001-04-25 Phone interview with Renee Erline, Intern for CASA (Court Appointed Advocates). Renee was collecting information on existing programs. She's a student at Northwestern, so we also talked of ways to do research and networking that builds and shares knowledge.
• 2001-04-28 Hosted display table at Mayor's Parent Assembly. Provided handouts to about 100 people. Held face-to-face briefings with Gery Chico (CPS), Rav Vasquez (Dept. of Human Service), Sean Scanlon (Ill Fatherhood Initiative), Phil Jackson (Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago) and with representatives of the Chicago Area Project, Channel 5 News, and Mayor's Department of Special Events. The conversations with Chico should lead to a follow up meeting with him and his chief of staff.
• 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.
• 2001-05-01 The Felice Foundation newsletter included a paragraph about the Tutor/Mentor Connection. The foundation is based in California and distributes its newsletter all over the country
• 2001-05-04 Lura Lyn Ryan, First Lady of Illinois, has agreed to chair the 2001 Tutor/Mentor Volunteer Recruitment Campaign. This will be the second year.
• 2001-05-07 Governor George Ryan (llinois) signed the 2001 Volunteer Recruitment Campaign Call to Action Letter today.
• 2001-05-10 Chicago's Skyline newspaper (circ 27,000) ran calendar listing about the May 2001 T/MC conference
• 2001-05-14 Presented Bank Brochure program to Thomas J. Schnell, Sr. VP at GreatBank, N.A. They have three branches in the Chicago area.
• 2001-05-17 North Loop News (circ 24,000) ran calendar listing about May T/MC conference
• 2001-05-18 Total Attendance at the May 17 and 18 Tutor/Mentor Leadership Conference was 300. More than 167 organizations were represented. Ten percent of participants came from beyond Chicago.
• 2001-05-21 Interviewed by two Northwestern U. Journalism students for class assignment. Provided information on T/MC and other Cabrini Green contacts.
• 2001-05-22 New Concepts Tutor/Mentor Connection, an agency that has formed with much T/MC support, has posted this message on their site: We're working with organizations like the Tutor/Mentor Connection (T/MC) to develop holistic solutions to help youth living in poverty neighborhoods throughout the Chicago region get the adult support they need to move to a career. We've borrowed our name and many of our working concepts from the T/MC, and we encourage other organizations and communities to consider a similar strategy. Visit the www.tutormentorconnection.org site for maps and charts illustrating this vision.
• 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.
• 2001-06-01 Talked to Cathy Munson, Director of Mentoring for the YMCA of Milwaukee. She provided information on Milwaukee Mentors. She's part of a statewide mobilization team and liked our suggestion for eGroups and a competition of legal groups to see which city could raise the most money for tutor/mentor programs.
• 2001-06-01 Deborah Fin, a technology officer with the TCN/TechFoundation in Cambridge, MA, and a member of the MassNET planning group wrote, "Many thanks for your email! I have taken the liberty of forwarding it to the MassNET planning group for discussion."
• 2001-06-06 Provided information on web site design to St. Louis Mentoring Initiative Tasl Force
• 2001-06-07 Mark McDaniel and I sat and tried to think of ways a GIS based working/planning tool could be made available in all the ways we've envisioned.
• 2001-06-08 Met with Anthony McGee and Michelle Smith of Chicago Department of Human Services and Youth Net. T/MC was invited to be part of training network that meets monthly. DHS will distribute T/MC surveys, look for opportunities to get Directories purchased, encourage YouthNet leaders to participate in T/MC events, ask DHS leader Ray Velasquez to sign 2001 manifesto; and, continue to share ideas back and forth
• 2001-06-09 Sara Caldwell, www.amphionpro.com/gallery, wrote to give updates on the 2nd Annual Art Festival, which will be August 9th and 10th. She already has a number of international artists lined up to display art. She wrote, "Teh art festival website is up at: www.angelfire.com/art/cabrini The Information page will include the address, reception times, and general news and info. The "Art for Sale" page will include about 10-15 pieces of art for sale and will link to my gallery order form for purchases."
• 2001-06-13 Met with Jim Cory, GIS analysit from Madison, WI. Shared more info on T/MC overall goals and use of GIS to achieve those goals. Jim has volunteered personal time to help T/MC ramp up GIS capacity.
• 2001-06-14 meeting with congressman Rod Blagojevich's office with Ellen Sausser from Youth Outreach Services to intoduce congressnman to campaign and invite to participate and help with year round promotion of volunteerism. Met with Brad Strauss, Congressional Aide.
• 2001-06-18 Julie Forbes of Coca Cola called to schedule follow up meeting on July 2 at 9:30am
• 2001-06-18 Craig Thomas of Kalamazoo, MI, send this email to ThinkDetroit: "Dan Bassill of Chicago's Tutor-Mentor Connection and I have been discussing how to make the mapping technology more accessible to nonprofits in my neck of the woods -- the Kalamazoo area -- and beyond. He told me of your interest and suggested I check out your ThinkDetroit site, which I did. It appears that we are all on the same wavelength.I hope you will permit me to share in on this venture. I'd love to use it for the site we're building here for the IT Managers Forum, an ad hoc group pooling resources to attract New Economy tools and enterprises. Let me know how we can collaborate.
• 2001-06-18 The Chicago Defender ran a 1/2 page story about Cabrini Connections and its struggle to keep the program going
• 2001-06-21 Karen Johnson of DraftWorldwide and the Direct Marketing Association (DMA) of Chicago emailed and offered to work with T/MC and wants to schedule a meeting.
• 2001-06-21 Maureen Buckley, PhD, Assistant Professor Counseling Department, Sonoma State University, wrote, "My colleague, Sanda Zimmermann, and I are working on a resource book on mentoring children and adolescents for ABC-Clio press. The book aims to provide a handy, easy to use resource on mentoring for young people, adults and organizations. We are seeking your assistance. We would like to include information on the Tutor/Mentor Connection for interested readers. The information would be featured in our Organizations Chapter (a national and state by state listing of mentoring organizations), as well as Nonprint Resources chapter. They provided a description drawn from the T/MC web site. I edited it and returned it for their use.
• 2001-06-22 Gena Baldacci, Lawrence Hall Youth Program, called to update me on progress of building an Illinois Wesleyan Alumni Tutor/Mentor Discussion group. She's going to try to get this set up on the IWU home page and talked with Travis Pearson in the Alumni Office on how to do it.
• 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.
• 2001-07-06 Actor Joe Mantegna and Actor Dennis Franz have agreed to support the 2001 Volunteer Recruitment Campaign. This is the third year Joe has supported the campaign.
• 2001-07-06 Cabrini Connections relocated the T/MC and the Kids' Connection to a single building after being separated into two locations for the past two years (July 1999 - July 2001)
• 2001-07-09 Val Parker, of Power4Youth send this email: "One of my mentors is a marketing person, who thought my newsletter was good for a first attempt by a non-pro, but she thought she could do better, so I signed her up to do the next one! And even better, I sent it to all those "thanks but no thanks to joining now" interested folks, and got one to come back! And some people actually sent me money!"
• 2001-07-17 Attended PreventViolence!Chicago planning meeting. About a dozen other organizations, mostly government agencies, were present. Meeting resulted in a commiment to do some new "strategic planning" to define goals of the group.
• 2001-07-17 Attended first planning meeting for January 2002 National Mentoring Month Chicago planning team. Held at Big Brothers/Big Sisters. T/MC was invited to be lead agency for Chicago, but declined due to lack of resources. Instead, T/MC will support BBBS as lead agency
• 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.
• 2001-08-01 Received call from Minor Myers, Jr. who is President of Illinois Wesleyan University. Notified that Dan Bassill, President of Cabrini Connections and an IWU alumni, was to receive an Honorary Doctorate in recognition of his work during a September 5th, 2001 convocation.
• 2001-08-07 I completed my first map of Mentoring programs in the Chicago area and posted it on the Web. The map was very similar to maps that Julie Hamilton has done for Cabrini Connections.
• 2001-08-08 Jim Cory posted the first GIS map template that he has created at http://members.home.net/jcory17 .
• 2001-08-09 A new link was posted on the Tutor/Mentor Exchange announcing the details for the Volunteer Recruitment Campaign. http://www.tutormentorexchange.net/tmcrecruitmentcampaign.htm
• 2001-08-10 Patricia Hendricks, Mid-Atlantic Regional Technology Consortium, responded to a message I posted regarding service learning. She wrote, "I am a technology coordinator with the Mid-Atlantic Regional Technology in Education Consortium (MAR*TEC). During the summer we convened a group of 19 teachers from Pennsylvannia, New Jersey, Delaware, and Washington D.C. to design a Digital Divide Project for students. In addition to having students investigate the digital divide in their classrooms, the teachers and students will design service learning projects where they work to overcome the digital divide in their lives. I would like to forward this message to the MARTEC Coalition for Overcoming the Digital Divide design team. Perhaps some of these teachers would like to communicate with you about your idea." I said YES and sent her ULRs to other T/MC sites.
• 2001-08-10 Developed a email advertisement and request for workshop presenters and display tables for this fall's Tutor/Mentor Leadership Conference. This ad was posted in the ABCD and thr ARNOVA discussion lists. Dan posted this advertisement. Requests for the workshops are forwared to Aimee, the conference organizer.
• 2001-08-10 Received Chicago Humanities Festival newsletter which included a listing for the Tutor/Mentor Connection and its web site.
• 2001-08-13 Made a contact with Ian Scarlett the head of the Chicago Association of Direct Marketing referred to us by Karen Johnson from Worldwide Draft.
• 2001-08-14 Pam Rwankole of PCI reports, "WBBM-TV was out at the church to interview Lorraine Bogan this morning. The segment is scheduled to air tonight at 5 p.m." Lorraine runs a tutor/mentor program on the South Side of Chicago. T/MC recognized that she needed help and offered its pro bono PR team's aid.
• 2001-08-14 Provided information for listing in CATALYST magazine's resource director.
• 2001-08-21 Dan Bassill appointed by Governor George Ryan to a two year term as a commissioner to Illinois Commission on Community Service
• 2001-08-21 Received following message from Jill Davis of Microsoft: Hello Daniel and Mary, CONGRATULATIONS on the launch of your new lab! Yes, on behalf of Microsoft Midwest I would be happy to donate one copy of Windows 2000 Advanced Server w/25 CAL. It sounds like you need it before next week, correct? Let me see what I can do to rush this. I'll get back to you tomorrow. Also I will forward the recruitment campaign letter to our local employees. Many people in our district are quite active with the commmunity and are always looking for ways to volunteer!
• 2001-08-23 Harry Porterfield of Channel 2 did a "People you should know" feature on Lorraine Bogan, who leads a program in Roseland that is losing their space. This was arranged by PCI, working for the T/MC.
• 2001-08-27 Mark Brown of the Chicago Sun-Times ran a great story about the SAFE program in the Aug. 27 paper.
• 2001-08-27 June/July 2001 issue of the Chicago Bar Association quarterly journal has one-page story on the Thomas A Demetrio Award, presented to Life Directions during the May 2001 Tutor/Mentor Leadership Conference.
• 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.
• 2001-08-29 Arne Duncan, new CEO of Chicago Public Schools, agreed to speak at the Sept. 6th press conference to kick off the recruitment fairs.
• 2001-08-29 Cabrini Connections finished mailing 8,677 T/MC Reports and 3,526 Newslink Newsletters to tutor/mentor stakeholders in Chicago, Illinois and throughout the country. We've already received four calls from those receiving the T/MC Report, asking for help starting a program and for information about recruiting at the volunteer fairs.
• 2001-08-31 Jeff Curto, an IWU Acacia member, saw the IWU press release telling of Dan Bassill's recognition and sent the following emil to the ACACIA egroup (more than 50 members). "Brothers; Those who know Dan know that he works tirelessly and without ceasing to help inner city kids find their way out of poverty and towards active, productive, educated lives. Dan Bassill embodies "Human Service" at its best. Dan's done this for a LONG time, often with little recognition. An award like this, while not the extra $$ that Dan needs to make his programs GO, likely goes some distance to help him keep up the fight. Suggestion: take a look in your pocket RIGHT NOW and send Dan a check for whatever you can spare.. even if it's "not much"... EVERYTHING helps.
• 2001-09-05 Dan Bassill was awarded a doctorate of Humaine Letters degree by Illinois Wesleyan University in a President's Convocation today. In addition, Bassill held meetings with the Career Center Director and Acacia Fraternity members, introducing proposals that would engage IWU students, faculty and alumni as T/MC partners. Bassill was one of 5 alumni to receive honorary doctorates. All have expertise in "community building" and are potential collaborators with Bassill and each other.
• 2001-09-05 Received following email from Mahesh N. Alur, PhD Candidate, Northwestern University Medical School. He contacted T/MC on 9/1 and offered to raise money for Cabrini Connections through his running in the Chicago Marathon. The email was sent to his friends: Dear Family, Friends, and Colleagues, As some of you know, I am running in my first marathon on October 7, 2001, in Chicago! I thought that this race would be a great opportunity to raise some money for a cause that has become increasingly important to me. During the past year, I tutored an eighth grade student who attended St. Joseph's and lives in the Cabrini Green Housing Project. I found it to be a very rewarding experience, and I believe that a small fundraising campaign would help tremendously a program, the community, and most significantly, the students who deserve the educational opportunities that most of us were fortunate to receive. Cabrini Connections is very similar to the program in which I participated. Not only does it provide tutoring by bringing together working professionals and students from educationally disadvantaged environments, it also attempts to coordinate tutoring across Chicago and the country. It does this by using the internet coupled with marketing and advertising approaches in order to expand outreach and knowledge on issues of poverty and education. The idea is that each tutoring program can learn from each others' experiences in how to reach students and how to attract volunteers. In fact, Cabrini Connections was the organization that helped me to find the tutoring opportunity at St. Joseph's at this time last year. I know that most of you on this e-mail list are of meager means (financially-speaking), but even small donations will be extremely helpful. For those of you who would like to donate a larger amount, all donations to Cabrini Connections are tax deductible. Please do not feel obligated to donate, but if you would like to support me -- and more importantly, these students -- your donation would be met by my undying gratitude. Additionally, please pass this message along to people who I may have missed or to others who would be interested in donating. If you have any questions at all, please feel free to contact me.
• 2001-09-06 First Volunteer recruitment fair and press conference held at James Thompson Center in Chicago. 25 agencies set up booths. Mrs. Ryan visited each booth to talk with each program. Arne Duncan was featured in press conference. Media from TV and radio were present. Channel 7 showed segment in 4PM news and T/MC received 35 calls in a 15 minute span.
• 2001-09-07 Mary Schmich wrote a great column on mentoring and the recruitment campaign for today's Chicago Tribune.
• 2001-09-07 Ben LeFort of EXTRA newspaper wrote a great story on the T/MC Recruitment campaign. It featured programs serving Latino areas, such as Casa Central, Centro Romero and Gads Hill.
• 2001-09-07 T/MC database was placed on Tutor/Mentor Exchange web site today thanks to the work of Ken Novak, Steve Roussos and Julie Hamilton.
• 2001-09-07 The ARGUS, student newspaper of Illinois Wesleyan University, reported that Dan Bassill, CEO of Cabrini Connections, was one of 5 alumni to receive honorary Doctorates during the Sept. 5th President's Convocation
• 2001-09-12 Chris Hutchinson came to learn of marketing opportunities with Cabrini Connections. He agreed to build participation within groups he is familiar with (Western Illinois U. Alumni, Delta Sigma Pi Fraternity, IT (he works for CDW). He'll do this by focusing on the two annual T/MC conferences, starting in Nov. 2001.
• 2001-09-15 Thirty volunteers attended the Sept. 15 orientation for new Cabrini Connections tutors/mentors. This was the first orientation at our new location, and the first in 2 years where volunteers were exposed to the T/MC as well as the Kids' Connection.
• 2001-09-19 Received email from www.policylink.org notifying us of the recent publication titled, Bridging the Organizational Divide: Toward a Comprehensive Approach to the Digital Divide. This report provides a policy framework for a comprehensive approach to the digital divide with a heavy emphasis on building the capacity of community based organizations to produce relevant online content. Your organization is highlighted in the report and we regard you, and the others profiled, as pioneers that are pushing the community technology field to address the lack of technology capacity in the nonprofit sector. We view your program as a national model for building a new policy agenda that will include support for other community groups to use technology to promote their missions. We are also developing national and local media campaigns to get the word out about the report and the exciting programs that are highlighted. Zita Allen, a Senior Communications Associate at PolicyLink, will lead this effort. She will be in touch with you to discuss both national and local angles." I forwarded this to a few of the foundations that are now considering IT proposals from us.
• 2001-09-20 This is a status report on Internet Groups. We have five active teams working on-line to support various objectives. They are a) Kids' Connection tech team - setting up computers at 800 W. Huron; b) GIS team - getting maps and database on line; c) volunteer recruitment team - planning and coordinating annual and year round volunteer recruitment; d) conference team - planning November and May conference; e) marketing team - building email marketing materials
• 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.
• 2001-09-25 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.
• 2001-09-26 Ian Scarlett of the Direct Marketing Association called to begin a planning process with T/MC that will support the October-December 2001 DM training offered by DMA to its members. Two teams will use the T/MC as the object of their marketing plan development.
• 2001-09-26 Ian Scarlett of the Direct Marketing Association called to begin a planning process with T/MC that will support the October-December 2001 DM training offered by DMA to its members. Two teams will use the T/MC as the object of their marketing plan development.
• 2001-09-29 T/MC sent mail 400 labels of Chicago area T/MC programs to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Chicago to include in mailing to generate participation in the Jan. 2002 National Mentoring Month
• 2001-10-01 Dan Bassill attended orientation to be a Commissioner on the Illinois Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service
• 2001-10-02 A. W. Bolden of the Chicago Chapter of Black Data Processor Association emailed to say, "I will be promoting this conference to the membership at our next meeting. This notice will also be forwarded to members of our board."
• 2001-10-02 Received 10 complementary copies of "Youth!The 26% Solution!" from Wendy Lesko of the Activism 2000 Project, based in DC. She sent these as "raffle prizes" for Nov. Conference, and to help tutor/mentor programs become aquainted with the book and its lessons.
• 2001-10-03 Participated in Volunteer Recruitment Fair hosted by the Young Lawyers Group at Chicago Bar Foundation. Developed 11 new leads/contacts. I've had one follow up to schedule a meeting (Northwestern University School of Law, Director of Minority Affairs) and have initiated a follow up with the President of YLA
• 2001-10-04 Jim Cory has added a new map to the T/MC GIS web site, showing two shootings that took place on Sept. 29th. I emailed the GIS group, and two reporters (Mary Smerch at Tribune and Laura Washington, The Chicago Reporter) with an encouragement to look at the maps and tell others to do the same.
• 2001-10-06 Ex Director of www.beamentor.org, based in California, called to invite me to a meeting of program leaders attending the California Mentoring Conference. While I won't be at the conference we exchanged a number of capacity building concepts, focused around "hubs" located in different sections of the country.
• 2001-10-06 Attended the volunteer recruitment fair hosted by the Bonniville Radio Stations at Woodfield Mall. 24 new contacts for potential volunteers. Nearly a dozen other leads to groups such as Bonniville, Hook a Kid on Golf, Kiwanis, etc.
• 2001-10-10 Sara Calwell posted "news" on her www.amphionpro.com web site about "Touched by a Tutor", a 10-part series that profiles the inspiring and engaging relationships that take place between tutors and students at the Cabrini Connections tutoring program in Chicago. She sent this notice via email to her friends.
• 2001-10-10 Joe McCord of the Chicago Park District called to introduce me to Bonnie Johnson of the US POST OFFICE. The Post Office will release a "mentoring" stamp in a few months and Joe told Bonnie that she should include T/MC in their "announcement" plans. Joe also offered to meet to renew efforts to get a strategic program going in the local Park District.
• 2001-10-10 Joe McCord, of Chicago Park District, called to introduce me to Bonnie Johnson of US Post Office. She is marketing person for Chicago region.Post office is issuing a Mentoring stamp in 2002 and Bonnie will work with local tutor/mentor programs to build publicity for the release.
• 2001-10-11 Frances Roehm, SkokieNet Librarian, emailed to say "I've put a blurb (about the Nov. 2001 conference) up on ChicagoJobs News, so hopefully, all who would benefit will get the word."
• 2001-10-11 Attended Oct. 11th meeting of Illinois Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service. Drew from T/MC experience and goals to add focus to the next 3-year plan which the Commission is now developing as well as to the marketing actions of the Commission.
• 2001-10-12 Bonnie Johson agreed to preview new Mentoring Stamp on Nov. 8th as part of the T/MC Leadership Conference. The US Postmaster for Chicago will unveil the stamp. This will be the first showing in the Midwest.
• 2001-10-13 Dan Bassill attended Coalition Meeting of the SE Michigan Math Science Learning Network, held in Ann Arbor, MI. Extended contacts with leaders of this network (Jeannine LaSovage) and met new contacts, Susan Shoemaker, Pontiac City Councilwoman; Lefiest Galimore of The Family Learning Institute of Ann Arbor, etc.
• 2001-10-16 Ian Jipp called. He's now director of finance and development at Hales High School. I first met him more than six years ago when he was at Loyola University. He's had a few different jobs in between.
• 2001-10-17 The Chronicle of Philanthropy included a report in their Technology section about the "Bridging the Organizational Divide" study released by PolicyLink. Cabrini Connections is included as an example of an "innovator" in this report. I shared this news in the Digital Divide list (over 1000 people) and got an email from PolicyLink saying "thanks" since they had not yet heard that they were mentioned!
• 2001-10-18 Story in Park Ridge Herald Advocate reported on Dan Bassill receiving degree from Illinois Wesleyan and told some hjistory of Cabrini Connections.
• 2001-10-18 A producer from US 99 Radio called after receiving the Conference Brochure. They want to interview one of the workshop speakers, from Uhlich Children's home. I provided the contact info to Allyson Winton at Uhlich.
• 2001-10-18 Provided info about T/MC and its resources to Lori Deruga of the Safe to Learn Grant program (a part of the Illinois Violence Prevention Program). Lori came to our HQ and picked up conference material to distribute to her school-based network.
• 2001-10-25 Mahesh Alur gave Cabrini Connections donations totalling $1,196 which were collected from 38 people who had pledged funds to Cabrini Connections when Mahesh ran in the 2001 Chicago Marathon. Mahesh chose Cabrini Connections because in 2000 he was connected as a mentor to another tutor/mentor program and has found it very rewarding. The T/MC referred him to that program.
• 2001-10-26 David Klebaugh reviewed story boards for two ad campaigns that will be launched via the Internet. One for T/MC conferences and one for donor/volunteer involvement prior to the end of 2001 holidays. The donor/volunteer ad should be launched via email by mid November.
• 2001-11-03 This year's Chicago Bar Association/Foundation Benefit was held Saturday, Nov. 3 at the Field Museum in Chicago. Attendance was estimated at 1,500, an increase over last year's 1,100. This is now a major event in the legal community, and the idea originated in 1994 when Dan Bassill of the T/MC approached Betsy Densmore of the CBF with the idea of collaborating on an effort to raise funds, visibility and volunteers for tutor/mentor programs.
• 2001-11-09 The Nov. 8th and 9th Leadership Conference was attended by 224 people. The conference was held in a room next to a community college "learning" conference and several university people stopped at the T/MC conference to learn more. Hightlights of the conference included presentation of the 2002 Mentoring Stamp by the post office, and participation by America's Promise for the first time.
• 2001-11-13 Gigi Domingo of the Direct Marketing Association of Chicago wrote: "At this time we've agreed to assist Tutor/Mentor Connection by helping recruit tutor/mentor volunteers through 2 CADM channels. Information about the program and a call for volunteers will posted on the CADM website and through the Ad Marks publication. Please let me know what information you would like to include.
• 2001-11-29 Tom Klaus, of the Legacy Group, distributed the following message to his email newsletter network: ARE YOU DOING TUTORING & MENTORING? CHECK THIS OUT! Recently I had the opportunity to speak at a conference in Chicago for a group that, frankly, I knew very little about. I had agreed to speak at the conference because the person who recommended it to me was someone whose judgment I trust and advice I value. As it turns out it was one of those really serendipitous experiences. The conference was the semi-annual Tutor/Mentor Leadership Conference. The driving force behind the conference is Dr. Daniel Bassill, who is President of Cabrini Connections and the Tutor/Mentor Connection. Dr. Bassil is a passionate leader who firmly believes in the power of one human life to affect another for good. While much of Dan's work is focused on Chicago, he has also helped facilitate the creation of a nationwide network of organizations and individuals who are involved in tutoring and mentoring. If you or your organization are involved in tutoring and mentoring, Dan Bassill is someone you need to know and the May Tutor/Mentor Leadership Conference is an event you need to get on your calendar. Even now Dan and Aimee Sherman, the Conference Coordinator, are working on that event. In fact, you can submit to present. For more information, contact Aimee at aimeeconfplan@hotmail.com. Also, take a few minutes and visit the website of the Tutor/Mentor Connection at www.tutormentorexchange.net. You'll be glad you did!
• 2001-12-04 Frances E. Roehm, ChicagoJobs Webmaster, SkokieNet Librarian,wrote: "You must be very proud of your program (Leadership Conference) -- it was well organized, well attended, and included many positive presentations -- a very helpful addition for nonprofits in need of some continuing education! The program that stood out for me was the Team Leadership presentation -- it was outstanding! I did make the acquaintenance of the gentleman coordinating the computers, and had outstanding lunchmates to converse with on Friday. Best wishes for every success in your endeavor, and let me know when you have other programs you want me to advertise, or additional information to get out to the good people of Chicagoland.
• 2001-12-05 Monica Johnson, Managing Consultant, press, Ganey Associates, Inc., has agreed to take charge of the 1994 to 2001 T/MC surveys. She and other volunteers will build a data-entry module and then enter all T/MC surveys since 1994, then create report formats for the data to be available to any user. Goal of first set of reports being complete is late May 2002.
• 2001-12-11 The first meeting of the Illinois After-School Initiative Task Force was held today at the Palmer House Hilton in Chicago. The group was formed as a result of Illinois General Assembly HR 63. The goal is a long-term Illinois strategy that makes quality afterschool programs accessable for all youth, particularly those at greatest risk. Dan Bassill of Cabrini Connections was a charter member and one of two individuals representing volunteerism.
• 2001-12-12 The first wave of over 2000 emails was sent by the T/MC Marketing Team today. The ad developed by one volunteer and send by another volunteer draws people to the T/MC web sites and then on to tutor/mentor programs.
• 2001-12-12 WGN TV contacted me with this message: "Per the discussion you had with John Vitanovec and Merri Dee, we're going to be updating our web site with a list of WGN-TV Children's Charities beneficiaries. Can you please e-mail me your charity's URL?"
• 2001-12-13 In response to an email posted 12/11 on the Digital Divide e-list (2500 members) I received this response: "Daniel, this is great! My name is Phoebe Lenear, and I am a member of the Institute for African American E-Culture (iAAEC). I believe you talked with Roscoe Giles, the executive director of iAAEC, some time ago. We are a diverse group of researchers, academicians, computer scientists, engineers, social scientists, etc. who collaborate to develop technologies centered around the African American user. One of iAAEC's initiatives is to develop community technology zones. We identify predominantly African American community centers such as Tutor/Mentor Connect and work with them to help us develop and test our technologies before transferring them to the broader user community. You can visit our web site at www.iaaec.org for more information.I would very much like to talk with you in detail about possible collaborations. Let me know when you will be available for a telecon. My schedule is pretty open through Wednesday, Dec 19 or after the holidays." I followed up to schedule a meeting.
• 2002-01-01 Message posted on T/MC web site from Nokomis, FL read: "Your site is being used as a reference for those who are developing a county, state and nation wide civil defense program. Thanks for the mentoring references, they have helped many who do not believe that they had no further use in life. We now have many 60-70 year olds performing digital research and development in our forming cyber community."
• 2002-01-04 Renee Tucker of ACI sent this letter to 20 ACI colleges in Illinois and Wisconsin: ACI has been involved with the Tutor/Mentor Conference (T/MC) for several years now, and I have been involved individually since the 2nd conference as a presenter and planning committee member. For the upcoming conference, a call for presenters has been issued, which you will find in this mailing. Please look it over and consider who on your campus may be interested in being a presenter in May. T/MC started as a program of Cabrini Connections tutoring/mentoring program 8 years ago as a grassroots effort to pool knowledge and resources among Chicago’s non-profit, child-serving organizations. The conference occurs twice per year and now has a typical attendance of 300. While the majority of the participants come from the Chicago area, we have also drawn folks from Australia, Washington D.C., New Jersey, Oregon, California, and many other far-off places. T/MC charges minimal fees because the intent is still to help those non-profit organizations who operate on a shoe-string budget. For this reason, T/MC cannot offer honorariums to presenters, and the planning team consists of volunteers interested in keeping this conference going and growing. The information I have enclosed was printed from the conference web site, www.tutormentorconference.bigstep.com, if you or someone on your campus would like to read more about the conference. Please also feel free to pass on my name, number, 312-263-2391 x25, and email address, renee.tucker@acifund.org, as I am happy to talk about the event and the opportunity to present a workshop.
• 2002-01-06 A set of six maps that show poverty areas in Chicago are now on the GIS web site. These maps show schools on the November State Board of Education warning list, and tutor/mentor programs. We’ve broken the maps down by the time of day the service is available and the age group served. Our maps show many more programs available during the 3-5 time frame when most workplace volunteers are not able to participate in comprehensive tutor/mentor programs. Our maps show fewer programs for high school youth, which is a contributing factor to the high dropout rate of teens. I emailed reporters, columist, editorial people, etc. at the Tribune, SunTimes and WGN Radio to encourage them to use these maps in 2002 stories.
• 2002-01-08 National Mentoring Month began the first of January. A variety of TV, radio and print stories will appear during the month calling on volunteers to mentor. This event is being chaired by BBBS. T/MC was offered the lead role in early April, but declined due to lack of revenue to take this additional role. T/MC worked with BBBS and the committee and is linked from the Chicago web sites that promote the event.
• 2002-01-09 Judy Markey of WGN Radio called and agreed to put a web link from her Radio site to the Program Links site at the TME. At various times during the year she'll tell listeners that if they want to volunteer they can go to this site to find programs where they can volunteer.
• 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
• 2002-01-17 Margaret Grieco, Visiting Fellow, Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge, UK, posted this message to Global Knowledge Development list: The internet can be used to empower those previously by-passed in decision making processes. The poverty mapping of Chicago (T/MC) is an excellent example. Volunteers in disadvantaged communities can map their experience and regularly update and display it and grow conscious of the overall framework which has historically restricted them." This was part of a longer message. I emailed a follow u p intro and offer to work together to develop GIS resourses more groups could use.
• 2002-01-18 2nd Email ad, title Documentary Film maker, 2019, was sent on 1/18/02 to more than 2000 on T/MC list. This ad was developed by David Kelbaugh and distributed by Ira Bey's team.
• 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."
• 2002-02-05 Meeting of the Kendall County Project Success organizations decided to partner with the T/MC for the 2002 T/M Volunteer Recruitment Campaign and have fair sites in their area.
• 2002-02-07 Morgan Carter of CFJ Radio, 1470 AM in Chicago, called and interviewed Dan Bassill live on his radio show. He had received the Feb. 2002 T/MC REPORT and was very complementary as he asked about some of the information in the newsletter.
• 2002-02-11 Peter Dickinson, a tutor at Yale Elementary School in Englewood, called to ask for information on non-school tutor/mentor programs around the school. He was concerned for what the youth would have to be involved with in the non school hours. As T/MC talked through it's understanding of few programs serving this area and the role others could play, Mr. Dickinson indicated he was a mamber of the Yale University Alumni group and that he would introduce T/MC to some members. Mr. Dickinson was referred to T/MC by Calvin Morris of the Community Renewal Society, who receives the T/MC REPORT
• 2002-02-12 Letter to Editor from Dan Bassill was printed in the Feb. 2002 Youth Today
• 2002-02-19 meeting was held with the Chicago Festival Association and myself about sponsorhip of the 2002 Tutor/Mentor Volunteer Recruitment Campaign by Marshall Fields and Target.
• 2002-02-20 Irene Phelps, ED of the Siragusa Foundation, sent a letter of introduction to Peter Wilmott, who is a philanthropic leader, and a leader in the Health Care field.
• 2002-02-21 Sarah Frank, ED of Milwaukee Mentors, met at T/MC. We reviewed goals,actions and work we might do together to strengthen the capacity of mentor programs in each city.
• 2002-02-27 The e-mail ad campaign stats as of 2/26/02. The first email, send 12/12 has been viewed once by 1196 people and viewed a total of 1711 times. That means many people are viewing this more than once. Illinois Fatherhood Initiative has viewed the email more than 100 times. The second ad, sent 1/15 has been viewed once by 1,319 and more than once by 1790. The third ad, sent on 1/28, has been viewed at least one time by 1,570 people and more than once by 2,122 people.
• 2002-02-27 Talked with Dr. Ana Marie Schue who leads a strategic planning class at DePaul. The T/MC will be a case history for a spring quarter class. The goal is that this group develop a strategic plan that we can present to universities to get them to partner with the T/MC on collecting information and getting people (their other students, faculty and alumni) to use it as volunteers and partners of tutor/mentor programs anywhere in the Chicago region. This contact was the result of CC staff systematically calling Intern Program managers at every Chicago areas School and building relationships and creating opportunities.
• 2002-02-27 Met with Dennis Zavac, President of Executive Service Corps and Frank A. Kreuz, a consultant. Discussed consulting project focused at getting more organizations to duplicate the Chicago Bar Foundatin Lend A Hand and/or the Hospital Youth Mentoring Project. This meeting was arranged by Howard Morgan, the chairman of the Board of CES and a former Citigroup Exec. Jack Kennedy of our board asked Howard for help.
• 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.
• 2002-03-04 Rec'd copy of letter of introduction that Tom Howard, ED of Life Directions, sent to the Richard & Helen De Vos Foundation in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Richard DeVos is a founder of Amway
• 2002-03-06 Actor Joe Mantegna has added a link to the T/MC web site from his LINKS page (http://www.joemantegna.com/cs_joem_links.html)
• 2002-03-06 Matt Mead has launched a revised version of the T/MC web site with some new features that make it easier to navigate and more interesting for people to visit.
• 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 A T/MC letter to the editor mailed to www.directionsmag.com, titled Mapping Solutions to Poverty, can be found in the on-line version of this magazine.
• 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.
• 2002-03-12 Attended Advisory Council meeting of Junior League of Chicago. Offered input on Strategic Planning, and on future growth of "Next step for Teen Moms" mentoring program, which is a "signature project" for JLC. I'm one of about 20 members of this Advisory Councile. At meeting set stage for meeting of President of JLC and 2-3 other key leaders, to look for ways for JLC to adopt T/MC as partner and strategy intended to help JLC reach its key goals.
• 2002-03-13 The Lend A Hand Council of the Chicago Bar Foundation met today. There is nearly $65,000 available for 2002 grants to one-on-one tutor/mentor programs (for grants, Demetrrio Award and Searns Family Foundation Match). While a schedule of review was discussed, the bigger issue was the announcement that the Strategic Planning Committee of the Chicago Bar Foundation had decided that Lend A Hand was not a core strategy and that the fund raising (and grant giving) would not be continued in the present format in 2003. This led to the beginning of what will be an on-going conversation among LAH council members intended to keep the program alive and growing. Many commitments were made, including one from Mike Demetrio of Corboy & Dimetrio, to continue to provide resource for the program to continue.
• 2002-03-13 David Owens, a Health Profession Advisor at the University of Chicago, called. He was referred by Dual Richardson, who has been on T/MC mail list for several years. David was looking for help in developing a program to build student awareness, over the 4-year college career, of ways the student might get involved in a community and career paths in health and/or education this might offer. I explained T/MC goals and our search for a Health Care partner. He suggested an number of opportunities and seemed enthused to pursue the opportunity, even suggesting ways students could take the lead.
• 2002-03-14 More than 2,000 email ads featuring the Innervisions Youth Production Video Festival were sent out on Friday, March 14.
• 2002-03-15 TraceyBrown, a senior at DePaul, met at T/MC to learn about intern opportunities. Since her major is in Social Work and she hopes to start a youth center after finishing seminary, we talked about her doing an internship that builds knowledge of what it takes to run a tutor/mentor program and how social service groups, faith groups and universities could be more strategic in the way they help. We met Tracey after first having discussion with the Intern Program leaders at DePaul. This was part of a prospecting effort.
• 2002-03-18 Union League Club of Chicago's State of the Union magazine, distributed to 3500 members, included a notice about Dan Bassill's appointment to the Illinois Commission and his receipt of an honorary doctorate from Illinois Wesleyan.
• 2002-03-21 Prof. Edna Aphek, Jerusalem, Israel, sent email to T/MC in response to a post T/MC placed on Digital Divide list. The post included a description of an intergenerational program that was piloted in Israel. In this program youth taugh seniors how to use the Internet and Computers and the seniors taught history to they youth as they wrote an estory about a chapter in the life of the senior.
• 2002-03-21 Julia Wesley, Office of Community Arts Partnerships, Columbia College of Chicago, called to RSVP to the Recruitment Campaign Meeting. In the follow up I outlijned the potential for Columbia to take the leader role in drawing public attention and participation to a full distribution of Total Quality Mentoring Programs in all parts of Chicago. Julia said she was encouraged to reach out to the T/MC by another staff member, Mary Young, who had worked with T/MC when she was part of Elliott Donnelley Youth Centers.
• 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.
• 2002-03-22 Tom Holub of Edgewood College asked me to send "how did we build our program" information to David Wolfson, Vice President WI Foundation for Independent Colleges, Inc., in Milwaukee. They are at the beginning stages of developing a mentoring support strategy. I sent the "big picture" opportunity via email and will follow with additional information.
• 2002-03-26 Met with Laura Lough of World Vision to discuss strategies for engaging faith communities in tutor/mentor program development and delivery. I reviewed maps, communications goals, web sites and other actions that her organization can adopt to draw more faith groups into on-going learning that leads to more strategic and long-term involvement of churches and individuals.
• 2002-03-26 Meeting with WGCI Radio to discuss sponsorships for 2002 Volunteer Recruitment Campaign
• 2002-03-26 Email mining led to email contact with Chris Winters, who leads on-line GIS mapping at the University of Chicago, Arianna Huffington, who writes a syndicated newspaper column, Anne Roosevelt, Community Affairs Director at Boeing World Headquarters, Speaker Dennis Hastert of the US Congress, and a variety of others.
• 2002-03-27 Phoebe E. Lenear, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign send an email that read: We're working on adding a discussion thread to the iAAEC website so that we can begin discussing collaboration ideas with Tutor/Mentor Connection and other community technology organizations. We should have this up and running momentarily.
• 2002-03-28 Met with Mercedes Soto of the ITRC Accelerator project and discussed needs of CC and opportunities to work with ITRC
• 2002-04-03 Equa and Sean met with Dan to discuss ways they can help T/MC and CC
• 2002-04-03 Irene Phelps of the Siragusa Foundation and Dan met with Peter Willmott today. Mr. Willmott is chairman of Children's Hospital in Chicago and of the Associated Colleges of Illinois Board. Irene arranged this introduction.
• 2002-04-05 Met today with Renee Ogletree and Anthony McGee of the Chicago Department of Human Services. DHS offered to provide some funding for Kids' Connection services to an expanded number of youth. They also offered to look for ways to be more strategically connected with T/MC. This meeting was initiated by DHS.
• 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."
• 2002-04-05 Met with Debra Helin, Program Director of HuTech and Amy O'Gara, Intern from the Jane Adams Hull House school of Social Service at UIC. Outlined vision/opportunity for HuTech to play T/MC role serving tutor/mentor programs in the child welfare system.
• 2002-04-06 Service Learning group from Kalamazoo Community College (MI) visited Cabrini Connections on Saturday, April 6 to do a workshoip with Kids' Connection teens. During that meeting I was able to outline a vision of a service-learning program working from the college and supporting the Tutor/Mentor Connection's goals.
• 2002-04-10 Meeting with representatives from the Office of Community Arts Partnership at Columbia College.
• 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.
• 2002-04-12 Meeting with two representatives from Junior Achievement of Chicago.
• 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.
• 2002-04-15 William Conrad, Jr., President of Institute for Voluntary Organizations invited CC to participate in a one year evaluation project aimed at validating the leadership/board development/strategic planning/technology/fund raising training his organization offers. CC will be one of 6 groups. The project will be funded by WK Kellogg Foundation. I asked Bill to look at OHATS as a possible component of the study.
• 2002-04-24 Met with Nancy Snyder, incoming president of the Junior League of Chicago, and JLC officers, Carol E. Poynter, and Daniel Kenney. Offered collaboration and partner strategies that would strengthen T/MC and help JLC achieve its long-term plan.
• 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.
• 2002-05-02 Launched second Email Conference ad to 2700 people in Chicago and around the country.
• 2002-05-06 The Chicago Rush Arena Football Team has agreed to develop joint marketing strategies with the T/MC, focusing on the Volunteer Recruitment Campaign (Aug/Sept), the Nov. T/MC Conference, and a Tutor/Mentor Game Day Event in February. One coach is interested in "adopting" a neighborhood.
• 2002-05-08 Met with Juvinile Justice Inititiative team to brief them on uses of GIS mapping as piloted by the T/MC. This group is looking for ways to better understand service availibility.
• 2002-05-21 The 17th Tutor/Mentor Leadership Conference since May 1994 was held on Monday and Tuesday, May 20 and 21. Monday attendance was 209 and Tuesday was 254. Total attendance was 309. This was the first conference where each day's attendance was over 200.
• 2002-05-22 Judy Morris, from Whiteville, NC, called T/MC to get info on Entrepreneurship programs and I told her of the opportunity to stat a T/MC in her county
• 2002-05-23 Meeting with Amy Meadows, visual manager for Marshall Fields State Street store. She is a contact that was made from the previous meeting with Maureen Mulvihill from the Jingle Elf Parade.
• 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.
• 2002-05-30 Tami Robins of San Diego gave me contact information at Qualcomm Headquarters. They are hosting a volunteer recruitment campaign and do a great job on their web site of promoting the campaign. I sent an email introduction.
• 2002-05-30 Beth Brandon, Public Awareness Director of Chicago Rush Football called to set up a meeting. We'll discuss ways to build public awareness for tutoring/mentoring, and the Rush Football team, via a reading program that the team already supports in public schools.
• 2002-06-21 Meeting with Andi Johnson at Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago regarding working together on the September recruitment drive. She is in Charge of Natl. Mentor Month and we discussed sharing information and assisting in recruitment during both our drives.
• 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 First email version of T/MC Report sent to 2500 people.
• 2002-07-11 Met with Rosemary Mulligan, State Rep for the Illinois 55th District. Briefed her on T/MC recruitment, the Illinois Commission and the afterschool task force.
• 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.
• 2002-07-15 The email newsletter of the National Civic Participation Weekly included a feature paragraph on the Tutor/Mentor Connection Volunteer Recruitment campaign in its 7/15 distribution. The Civic Participation Week is the same week at the Recruitment Fairs. It makes sense for them to promote tutoring/mentoring and for us to show that tutoring/mentoring is one of the best forms of civic participation.
• 2002-07-17 In the 7/17 statewide distribution of his Service Learning e-news, Gary Greene included two paragraphs on the T/MC with links to our sites.
• 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."
• 2002-07-29 Russ Pottle of Youth Today emailed with this message: "We will go ahead and list you on our website links as a reciprocal courtesy. I will pass on the newsletter mention--2" ad proposal, but will see to it that the Tutor/Mentor Connection is included in Youth Today's two-page spread entitled "The Youth Worker Internet Directory" that we run a couple of times per year. There is no charge for this. As for the November Leadership Conference, we will be pleased to send complimentary copies of Youth Today for your attendees."
• 2002-07-30 Tyson Lemons, a VISTA volunteer with a microenterprise association in California, called CAMEO, introduced himself. Tyson had subscribed to the GIS Hotmail and I sent emails on 7/28 to names I did not recognize, asking for introductions. Tyson's group is doing work that would be very valuable to T/MC. He also has sponsors that would be valuable partners.
• 2002-08-01 Met with Catherine Garretson to discuss her role in helping develop a database of tutor/mentor programs located in Northern Indiana. Cathy works at BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois and was in the mentoring group that I spoke to in late June. At that point she volunteered to help the T/MC in this effort.
• 2002-08-02 T/MC interviewed by Kate Bissell of the BBC in the United Kingdome. They are planning to do a radio documentary about tutor/mentor programs in Chicago and their impact on reducing crime. I showed the role the T/MC is playing and showed how she can use the T/MC web site to locate programs in Chicago who she'd like to interview in late August when they come to the US.
• 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.
• 2002-08-07 Received this endorsement from Mary Moring, of INVEST, located in Evanston, Il. "Dan, I am ever in awe of your enthusiasm and vision. Your zeal for this project is infectious and makes me want to tell everyone I meet about how they can get involved in the effort. Because it is under my skin, so to speak, I bring its reference to many of my daily experiences. So, reading the newspaper becomes a quest for using that format to spread the word. The T/MC web site is awesome. Have you approached Jim Coates or anyone else in the Technology section of the Tribune about running an article on it? Seems to me that it is pretty special in the type and number of links and ideas it contains. I read Dear Abby every day just to see how the world beyond my experience gets on. Often there are letters from heads of organizations talking about their "month". It is a syndicated column and appears all over the world. A letter from you abut the campaign, its wide-reaching applicability, and a listing of the web site(s) might bring all kinds of results. Thanks for all you do for all of us. Good luck in the campaign. Mary " I asked Mary to send this endorsement to the Tribune herself. Moring
• 2002-08-07 Delivered proposal for T/MC funding to Rev. Atty Jeanette Wilson, Director of Community Outreach & Human Relations for Chicago Public Schools. She met with me on 8/5 and showed great enthusiasm for T/MC efforts. She invited me to submit a proposal that shows how T/MC will help her achieve Decsion Time program goals of reducing truancy and improving academic performance of the lowest performing students, while CPS helps us meet T/MC goals (which are the same).
• 2002-08-10 Radio interview on WLUW's Live From The Heartland Show
• 2002-08-11 The Tutor/Mentor Connection was invited to do a television interview about the 2002 Volunteer Tutor/Mentor Recruitment Campaign on Chicago's local ABC news network.
• 2002-08-11 The Tutor/Mentor Connection performed a morning interview on the local ABC news broadcast to publicize the Volunteer Tutor/Mentor Recruitment Campaign.
• 2002-08-12 Met with Illinois State Senator Dave Sullivan this morning and introduced him to T/MC and its goals. Asked for him to be a supporter and leader. Asked for him to build links to T/MC and the State volunteer page from his web site, and to help us enlist others to do the same.
• 2002-08-12 T/MC hosted a booth at the Blacks in Technology Expo on Aug. 10/11. Many people came and picked up information. We added 29 to our email list and sent a follow up letter on Aug. 12. We were given a booth by the group who set up the event. They first met the T/MC via email messages Dan posted in email forums, such as the Digital Divide list
• 2002-08-19 article in Extra newspaper about 2002 recruitment campaign
• 2002-08-19 Taped Radio interview with Lee Ann Trotter of US99 Radio (WUSN-FM). This is for the "Chicago Up Close" show that airs 7am Sunday mornings. Our segment airs 8/25/02.
• 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.
• 2002-08-21 Met with Lee Stanton and Janette Wilson, Chicago Public Schools. Agreed in concept to a consulting role for T/MC with CPS to help build a T/MC type strategy from CPS
• 2002-08-27 Taped interview on WCIU TV (Channel 26) that will be shown at 6:30 am on Saturday, Sept. 14. Rev. Janette C. Wilson did the half out interview with me, demonstrating Chicago Public School support of the T/MC
• 2002-08-27 Interviewed by Spike O'Dell on WGN Radio (720 am) this morning at 6:50am. Talked about Volunteer Recruitment Campaign. The radio stations has a link to our web site.
• 2002-08-29 Sent email introduction to 47 commissioners who attended the National Service cluster meeting in August.
• 2002-09-03 Taped segments of three TV programs to be shown 9/15, 9/22 and 9/27 on the International Sunday School TV Program of Fellowship Baptist Church in Chicago. This will show at 7am each Sunday on Cable TV 25.
• 2002-09-04 This morning I met with Dan Bassill in regards of how to create a partnership for Northwest Indiana.
• 2002-09-05 Met with marketing people from four Bonniville Radio Stations in Chicago to talk about year-round strategies to motivate peole to be volunteers. The stations are: WLUP, WNND, WTMX and WDRV.
• 2002-09-10 Met with Lorraine Bogan today. She is leader of The SAFE Haven Tutoring Program in Chicago. She's also a minister. She agreed to try to develop "sermon kits" that ministers can use to preach about how congregations can get involved with tutor/mentor strategies. The kit would have a sample sermon, an insert for the church bulletin, the bulletin board and the church web site, and a feedback form for programs to self identify. She would use these to go to churches to deliver sermons. We would sell them on the T/MC store and split the proceeds.
• 2002-09-10 Community Media Workshop of Chicago included a paragraph about the Recruitment Campaign inits Newstips handout that goes to all Chicago area media.
• 2002-09-12 Gary Green's email newsletter, SLICE, which reaches several thousand in the Service-Learning Community, included learning resource information from the last T/MC Report newsletter
• 2002-09-12 I taped a radio interview today with Jennifer Keipper of WBBM AM radio in Chicago. This will air this afternoon (9/12) in support of the recruitment campaign. We also talked of doing a 1 hour show on the FM station of WBBM later in the year. This interview and most of the media for the campaign were arranged by Public Communication, Inc., our pro bono Public Relations partner
• 2002-09-12 Contacted by Gary Chapman, who is with a youth agency in Georgia, for some training information. I provided information on National Mentoring Center and National Mentoring Partnership and added his email to TMC news.
• 2002-09-12 Press Conference held at James Thompson Center in Chicago to kick off recruitment fairs. Arne Duncan, CEO of Chicago public schools announced a goal of 15,000 volunteers. Cathy Leonis represented Mrs. Ryan. Howard McGee, morning DJ for WGCI radio, was a speaker, and a student and volunteer from Uhlich Academy showed the personal impact of mentoring. WLS TV (Channel 7 in Chicago) and the Chicago Tribune sent reporters. During the event I had the opportunity to talk with one of Chicago's Aldermen, Leonard DeVille.
• 2002-09-12 The Chicago SunTimes ran a half page story about the Volunteer Recruitment Campaign in the 9/12/02 newspaper.
• 2002-09-16 Spoke with Jon Schmidt, head of Service Learning for CPS. Set meeting for 9/23. I first met Jon in 1993 when he was leader of the Afters School Action Program (ASAP) in Uptown and I was creating the T/MC. ASAP was a key partner with T/MC and the agency continues to take a lead role in supporting tutor/mentor program growth in that part of Chicago. The organization is now the Y outh Net representative in that area. I had lost contact with Jon for about 4 years and we reconnected when he responded to a message I posted on the K-12 Service Learning discussion list.
• 2002-09-16 Board of Directors met and committed to sending 2 letters each per month to potential members/donors and to bringing one person per quarter to a breakfast, lunch, dinner or event to learn about the organization.
• 2002-09-16 Erica Graham, who works with the Lincoln's Challenge Academy, sent an email saying "we are looking to find mentors the the cadets in our program. The students come from all over the state of Illinois, mostly from the Chicago area. I would appreciate it if some one could call me to talk about what we can do to help each other in the recruitment of mentors."
• 2002-09-18 Met with Beth Brandon and Kurt Kroemer of the Chicago Rush Arena Football Game. The Rush has launched a Charity Ticket Sales program that helps tutor/mentor programs (and other charities) raise money. This was an idea we suggested when we met in May. Any tutor/mentor program that sells tickets to the 2003 season can ern $8 to $16 per ticket sold. In addition, the first or second home game of the 2003 season will be designated Tutor/Mentor Connection Game. We'll encourage programs to sell for this game. Beth and Kurt will work with T/MC to help tutor/mentor programs learn about this program. They will also recruit a coach/player to speak at the November Conference.
• 2002-09-19 Dan did an introduction of T/MC presentation at the Wisconsin Mentoring Coordination Council (WMCC) meeting held in Madison, Wisconsin. Many of the folks in the group have been on T/MC mail list for several years and have previously met with Dan, talked via phone, and/or attended T/MC conferences.
• 2002-09-24 WomenTech Educators Newsletter (email) included a paragraph showing Cabrini Connections as a Best Practice Site. A link to the T/ME web site was included.
• 2002-09-25 The T/MC REPORT email newsletter was mailed to more than 3,000 stakeholders in Chicago and around the country.
• 2002-09-26 Ntale Lukama of ServNet received the Tutor/Mentor Connection News and sent and email asking for permission to request/recommend to have the info posted on SERVEnet.org. I responded "yes" and suggested other ways to collaborate.
• 2002-09-30 Ira Bey sent an email broadcast to his network telling of the Cabrini Connections benefit to be held at Glasscotts on Nov. 22.
• 2002-10-13 T/MC participated in a 28 hour virtual marathon, Global Learn Day VI in which people from all parts of the world connected and shared information.. Here is the link to the summary page showing the T/MC presentation: http://users.voice-alert.com/gld6/6135.html
• 2002-10-17 Received letter from Dr. Terry Rosch of Chicago Education Alliance offering to put article about T/MC in their next newsletter
• 2002-10-21 Email invitation sent to more than 3500 people telling them about the November 21 and 22 Conference
• 2002-11-03 Followed up lead about "convergence in journalism" from email list and contacted MICHAEL PARKS, Professor, Director, School of Journalism, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California. I offered to be a partner in the program to teach graduate and undergraduate students to use all channels of communications in their work. He emailed back on 11/05 and introduced me to Gerald Swerling, the director of our Public Relations Studies Program, and with Dana Chinn, the USC lecturer in convergence, who is developing the new core curriculum. Geral Swerling followed up on 11/7 with a "Dan -- you're very convincing. In the spring semester I teach the capstone course for our undergraduate sequence. All seniors must take it before graduating, and an internship is required. What would you think of offering those students the opportunity to work with you from January through early May?" I said yes, and am now trying to make this a reality.
• 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.
• 2002-11-08 Wayne Hicks, President of the National Black Data Processing Association, forwared an email I'd sent him about recruiting partners from any BDPA group in the country, not just Chicago, to his entire list. He said to his members, "Please contact Daniel directly if you'd like to accept his challenge...."
• 2002-11-14 Sending letter to MB Financial asking for them to consider co-sponsoring the 2003 Golf Outing.
• 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.
• 2002-11-15 One of the films from last year's Cabrini Connections IYP Video Festival, "Dead Dreams," was selected to be screened at the African Diaspora Film Festival in New York City this December. Kourtney Cockrell (staff) and Mark Sumrall, student star actor in the film, will travel to New York on Saturday November 30th-Monday, December 2nd. They will attend the film screening and Q&A session on Monday, December 2nd at 12 pm. “Dead Dreams” is a short film about AIDS and youth in America that presents a poignant portrayal of the repercussions of the AIDS epidemic on their lives and community
• 2002-11-15 SeniorNet (www.seniornet.org) has established a discussion forum on Volunteerism with a sub category on Tutoring/Mentoring. This is a result of a conversation started a few weeks ago with the President of SeniorNet after she responded to a post on a listserve from the T/MC telling about a youth technology program in Israel.
• 2002-11-17 Sammie Lee, a singer/song writer from the SanFrancisco area, emailed an intro to T/MC. He's written a song on mentoring that will be sung during National Mentoring Month. He found our web site and was introducing himself to me. We exchanged email and I forwarded his intro to Sara Caldwell, a CC volunteer who is a writer/producer. She and Sammie connected and now are collaborating on a 1 hour mentoring documentary that Sara and T/MC have been trying to create for several years.
• 2002-11-19 Met with Rev. Sue Strozewski of the Church of Scientology of Illinois. Discussed strategies for involving volunteer ministers from the church in the T/MC and various tutor/mentor programs. One idea was to set up a discussion group within a Scientology member web site that would encourage members to talk to each other.
• 2002-11-19 The Illinois Department of Human Services and the Illinois State Board of Education released a report titled "The Illinois After-school Initiative 2002 Task Force Report". Dan Bassill, president of Cabrini Connections, was a member of this task force.
• 2002-11-20 The Center for Youth Development and Policy Research, Academy for Educational Development in Washington, DC added the Tutor/Mentor Exchange web site link to their resource bank. They already had the T/MC site.
• 2002-11-22 Receive the INVEST (Evanston, IL) fall 2002 newsletter and the 2002/2003 directory. The newsletter has a front page story on the Aug/Sept. Volunteer Recruitment Campaign and gives credit to the Tutor/Mentor Connection for its leadershipo role. The Directory includes a page 3 description of services provided by the T/MC, with the email address and the web site address.
• 2002-12-05 Dan Bassill was the guest on the Channel 21 School Talk program broadcast on Dec. 5th on cable tv in Chicago
• 2002-12-09 Met with Troy Hardin, who is with the Service Learning Center at DePaul University. We talked of ways the T/MC could be part of the DePaul strategy and DePaul students, faculty and alumni could be leaders and workers in the T/MC strategy.
• 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.
• 2002-12-22 I did a search on Google under key words "poverty mentoring" and found many organizations around the world with great programs and great information. Over two days I sent email introductions to more than 23 groups. I added a few of these to the T/MC web site and invited all to load their info on the T/ME site. Most will be added to the T/MC Report email distribution.
• 2002-12-27 Chicago Education Alliance Fall 2002 newsletter features Tutor/Mentor Connection on page 2 of 8 page newsletter.
• 2003-01-07 Steve Carter, Manager of Illinois State Operations for AARP was referred to the T/MC by Lavetta Summers of CPS. The 2003 national AARP conference will be in Chicago on the same weekend as the 2003 Volunteer Recruitment Campaign. We agreed to look for ways that we can showcase AARP community service while building visibility for tutor/mentor programs.
• 2003-01-08 Bill Smythe, a Loan Underwriter for the Illinois Housing Authority called to see if T/MC could offer help in developing a project in Joliet, Il. The goal of the project is to use a portion of HUD funding to pay for tutor/mentor and youth development services in a new development that HUD is funding. Mr. Smythe was referred to the T/MC by one of our Kids' Connection volunteers.
• 2003-01-21 Jim Cory repots that he has installed a free site counter service on the map web site. Since the January T/MC email newsletter references this site, the counter will help us know if people are visiting it and using our information.
• 2003-01-30 Angus McKay wrote, "I would love to discuss our Youth Leadership North Program. We are in the process of designing a youth program for northern Saskatchewan youth in Canada, I looked through your site and find your program is interesting. Please comment."
• 2003-01-30 I met with a rep from IC Starts to talk about mapping and strategy.
• 2003-02-10 Provided tutor/mentor information to Mike Morris, PTA Council President, Paulding County, Ga. Opened conversation about collaboration.
• 2003-02-13 While we do not have a major event to document, we are making progress in a major area of public awareness. Following are some examples: Sara Caldwell, a founder of Cabrini Connections, has submitted a proposal for a one-hour documentary, titled Touched by a Mentor. This will feature a Mentor Theme song written by Sammie Lee, of California. Dr. Edward Gordon, a CC advisory council member, is researching the feasability of writing a book that profiles tutoring/mentoring Alison Neumer, of the ChicagoTribune RedEye section is considering doing a series of profiles. In addition, Community Media Workshop profiles the T/MC in its NEWSTIPS section.
• 2003-02-19 Lorinda Penny, a graduate student from Owensborrough, KY, called after visiting www.tutormentorconnection.org. She's writing a grant for a tutor/mentor program in Owensborrough as part of her studies and wanted ideas from T/MC. I encouraged her to become part of the T/MC in writing a grant that focuses on Total Quality Mentoring and social and emotional learning. Since she works in state government, I also encouraged her to lobby Kentucky leaders to adopt the T/MC as their own model of building a network of TQM programs.
• 2003-03-04 Article in Chicago's Daily Law Bulletin titled "Judge's gift to support students, law programs" told about a $1 million bequest from the estate of the late U.S. District Judge Abraham Lincoln Marovitz to the Chicago Bar Foundation. Bob Glaves, Ex. Dir, of the Chicago Bar Foundation was quoted in the article saying, "We're going to take a relatively small chunk of the gift -- but a large sum of money of $100,000 -- to support the Lend-A-Hand Program. In the early 1990s, Judge Marovitz was actually involved in setting up the Lend A Hand Program, so we thought he would like to keep supporting it."
• 2003-03-06 Erwin Mason, Sr., OCS-Corp, based in Oklahoma, called to talk after reviewing the presentations on the T/MC web site. His email follow up read, "It was a pleasure to talk with you and learn about your innovative projects.I feel that we both could benefit from our collaborative efforts our development and public engagement resources and you creative innovation that every community organization and leader should be using."
• 2003-03-17 Kathleen Prados, of Franklin Sr. High School in Franklin, LA, posted a message at the T/MC web site saying that "20 JROTC Cadets are ready and willing to help build capacity of tutor/mentor programs in St. Mary Parish, and that they want to build a partnership with the T/MC." I sent a "statement of principles" letter of agreement and a description of T/MC Functions/components and offered to help them.
• 2003-03-20 Phil Shapiro of Arlington, VA, interviewed Dan Bassill, President of Cabrini Connections, and posted the audio interview on the Internet at http://storymakers.net/danielbassillinterview.ram
• 2003-03-28 Meeting with special committee formed to discuss a fundraising and recruitment concert
• 2003-03-28 Jim Morsch, Dan Bassill, Bob Glaves, Judge Tom Donnelley and Karina Ayala met to review proposed future structure of Lend A Hand Program. Articles from the Chicago Daily Lay Bulletin and the CBA Report were distributed that show that the Lend A Hand is to receive $100,000 from the Estate of Judge Abraham Lincoln Marovitz to help it as it becomes independent from the CBF
• 2003-04-03 Sara Caldwell, a CC founder, came to Chicago from LA to film interviews with CC students, volunteers and alumni for a demo tape she is creating for the "Touched by a Mentor" documentary (see www.amphionpro.com).
• 2003-04-11 Carole Franke and Vurnice Maloney from Kankakee, Il. came to T/MC to gather info on ways to duplicate T/MC ideas in their own county.
• 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.
• 2003-05-15 Jennifer Weaver, of PeaceJam, based in Kalamazoo, Michigan and Toinette Pilgrim, Executive Director of Student Mentor Partners based near Detroit, Michigan, will do workshops at the June 5th and 6th Conference.
• 2003-05-15 A June Conference workshop will be presented by Sarah Frank, Program Director, Milwaukee Mentors. Participating agencies will include: Maggie Broeren, Executive Director, Our Next Generation and Nancy Hahn, Program Supervisor, New Concept Self Development Center, Inc. Kathy Munson, Director of Mentoring Programs, YMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee
• 2003-05-15 The Chicago GEAR UP Alliance is partnering with the T/MC on the Spring 2003 Leadership Conference which will be June 5th and 6th at Northeastern Illinois Univefsity. Printed invitations were mailed to 1350 people on 5/13. The first email notice went to more than 4,000 people in early May. The second notice went to the same group on May 15. Kenny King of New Concepts was the intermediary in connecting the GEAR UP Alliance with the T/MC.
• 2003-05-15 Thomas Keller, Ph.D. (University of Chicago) and David DuBois, Ph.D. (University of Illinois at Chicago) will present workshops on Thursday and Friday of the June Tutor/Mentor Leadership Conference. This workshop will present recent research on mentoring and discusses practical applications for program planning and improvement.
• 2003-05-16 Dan Met with David Whitaker, Executive Director of the Chicago Area Project. Merry Dee of WGN encouraged both of us to meet when we were at the Illinois Area Project lunch in Springfield on April 2, 2003
• 2003-05-21 I met today with Aparna Raj, of Northwestern University's Suitcase Party. We're in the finals for being their Charity for 2004
• 2003-05-21 Ric Estrada of Erie House and Dan Bassill Met to discuss shared ideas
• 2003-05-24 Received invitation from Janet Salmons,who leads Vision2Lead, Inc., to participate in an online conference: Wired.Org: Nonprofits and NGOs Work the Web. It will run for four days, September 16-19, 2003
• 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
• 2003-06-02 Sara Calwell submitted Touched By a Mentor proposal to Carol Dean for the Roy Dean grant. This grant requests funding for the production of this one-hour documentary that tells the story of mentoring at Cabrini Connections.
• 2003-06-02 David Whitaker and Glyn Hilton of CAP came to T/MC to learn about our work
• 2003-06-03 Youth Service America sent a message about the T/MC conference in Volume 10 of their on-line newsletter.
• 2003-06-06 Received June 2003 copy of AARP Connections, the voice of AARP Volunteers Nationwide. Daniel F. Bassill, CEO of Cabrini Connections, is the featured commentator in this four-page newsletter.
• 2003-06-06 Linda Ballasy send email on 6/6/03 that said, "I am a trainer for the National Mentoring Center in Portland, OR. I have an upcoming training in Salt Lake City, Utah for which I would like to hand out from your website on Volunteer Recruitment Tips.
• 2003-06-10 Friend active in improvisational comedy community posts information regarding golf benefit and volunteer opportunities on Chicago Improv Network Forum.
• 2003-06-12 The Chicago Bar Association Board of Directors approved the forumation of the Judge Abraham Lincoln Marovitz Lend A Hand Program as an offical organization sponsored by the CBA. This is the offical movement of the Lend A Hand Program from under the Chicago Bar Foundation to being a separate entity under the CBA. The estate of Judge Abraham Lincoln Marovitz donated $100,000 for the funding of this effort.
• 2003-06-20 Dan Bassill presented a series of 20 minute workshops at the Latino Prevention Network Conference in Chicago. The topic was "How to start and sustain a tutor/mentor program." 31 people attended and were added to the T/MC email newsletter list.
• 2003-06-23 The Barnes & Noble store in Geneva, Il. will partner with the T/MC to help with tutor/mentor program development in the Western suburbs of Chicago. An event is scheduled for July 10th to begin building participation of local programs in the T/MC recruitment campaign.
• 2003-06-27 Attended Yale Club/Princeton Club Young Alumni event and distributed brochures regarding golf benefit and explained what Cabrini Connections is and what we do.
• 2003-07-01 Brian Banks from Prag at Loyola met with Dan Bassill of T/MC to discuss faith based initiatives
• 2003-07-07 Friend passed on information regarding golf benefit to law firm's (Skadden, Arps) internal newsletter.
• 2003-07-23 Sean Scanlon of Life Directions wrote, "Take a look - you are our first partner link on our new national website! http://www.lifedirections.org/location/chicago/chicago_partner.htm Hope you are well - look forward to talking to you about Detroit Bar" sometime this summer.
• 2003-08-04 Lara Galinsky of the Echoing Green Foundation wrote, "I have certainly heard wonderful things about Tutor/Mentor Connection from various listservs as well as through Do Something, the organization I worked as national program director up until last year. I value the importance of your work and the progress you and the group of dedicated staff and volunteers have made to reach your powerful vision."
• 2003-08-05 Mayor Ralph W. Conner of the Village of Maywood, Il. sent a letter in support of the 2003 Volunteer Recruitment Campaign. Barbara Cole, Director of the Maywood Youth Mentoring Program was the volunteer who recruited the Mayor's support.
• 2003-08-14 Louis Brass wrote an article titled, Literacy: Reaching for life's road map, which appeared in the 8/14/03 issue of the Batavia Sun. The article told of the T/MC's efforts to help a tutor/mentor network form in the West Suburbs and of the 8/14 meeting planned for the Barnes & Noble store in Geneva. Three prospective literacy volunteers and a leader of a literacy program from the West Suburbs attended the meeting, but no tutor/mentor programs.
• 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.
• 2003-08-30 Frank Johns met with Dan Bassill to learn about volunteering as a tutor/mentor. In the conversation we demonstrated much of the vision of the Tutor/Mentor Connection.
• 2003-09-03 Met with Transitional Living Services to help them develop a marketing communications strategy.
• 2003-09-04 Chicago Sun Times witer Mark Brown wrote a column about tutoring/mentoring for the Sept. 4th edition. It was the top half of page 2 in the paper. This story was the result of work done by Public Communications, Inc., the PR partner of the T/MC.
• 2003-09-16 Dan Bassill is a featured presenter at the www.wired.org conference. This brings together technology leaders from around the world.
• 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.
• 2003-09-17 T/MC hosted on-line chat today in the www.wired.org conference. T/MC has a presentation at the conference, which has more than 70 people from around the world enrolled.
• 2003-09-17 Karina Ayala at the Abraham Lincoln Marovitz Lend A Hand program reports "I have secured several bar associations to adopt a Lend a Hand program, which will actively recruit mentors for tutor/mentor agencies. The Asian Bar, the Filipino Bar and the Hispanic Lawyers Association have all agreed to start this year.
• 2003-10-07 Met with reps from Greater Chicago Food Depository
• 2003-10-21 Emailed head of Yale/Princeton Young Alumni Committee to see if she would be willing to forward flyer re: Harvest in the Park to list.
• 2003-10-21 1300 printed invitations were mailed for the Nov. 20/21 Tutor/Mentor Leadership Conference. An email invite was sent to about 3000 people.
• 2003-10-27 Emailed Oprah Winfrey regarding Cabrini Connections' work and need for funding.
• 2003-10-28 Met with representative of Aurora Mentoring Coalition, president of Mentors@Work program, reapresentative of Literacy Volunteers of America, IL, at the Barnes & Noble Store in Geneva, Il. This was the third meeting since July and there was a concensus to continue meeting.
• 2003-11-04 WVON Radio called to say their foundation had adopted Cabrini Connections and the Tutor/Mentor Connection to be their focus charity in 2004. This means they will work closely with CC and the T/MC throughout the year to draw visibility to our mission, actions and events.
• 2003-11-16 A web link to the T/ME web site has been added by the Good Knight Child Empowerment Network, Inc. It is at http://www.goodknight.org/Supporters.html
• 2003-12-02 T/MC and Fox Valley area tutor/mentor leaders met at the Barnes & Noble Store in Geneva, Il. on Tues. Dec. 2, 2003. We were joined by Malcolm Jones andFiliberto Alegandro Luna of Hip Haqq Productions (HHP). HHP has volunteered to help build visibility for the Tutor/Mentor Connection through arts performances that they organize. The first monthly spotlight on charities for the month of January, will be the Cabrini Connections Tutor and Mentor Program, the launch will be taking place on Jan 7th 2004 at Anthony’s Restaurant and Jazz Club in Elgin. In addition, Jennifer Johnson reports that a local mentor will be featured in a story in the Daily Herald in Dec, Kathy Moore of Mentors at Work volunteered to take on a media contact role, to generate follow up when media do a story related to tutor/mentor issues. The next meeting was scheduled for January 13, 2004.
• 2003-12-05 Attended Great Cities Forum at University of Illinois at Chicago. Within first hour of registering I ran into six different people who told me they had been on the T/MC web site within past few months, or who had attended the Nov. Conference, or who were involved with T/MC in some way. Aslo reconnected with David Perry, Director of the Great Cities program, whom I first met a few years ago.
• 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.
• 2003-12-16 Dan and I discussed how IUPUI Unversity College could start a T/MC effort in Inianapolis similar to the one Chicago.
• 2003-12-18 Met with professor from DePaul who teaches graphics class. This class will develop newsletter, conference invitation and web site templates for the T/MC to use in 2004 events. T/MC will put these on its web sites for other organizations to borrow for their own communications.
• 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? "
• 2004-01-06 Dan met with students in a graphics class at DePaul. They will develop layout concepts for the March 2004 T/MC Report Newsletter, May 2004 Leadership Conference invitation, and if there is time, for ideal tutor/mentor program web site designs.
• 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.
• 2004-01-16 Dan Bassill met with Scott Evenbeck and Philip Seabrook, Dean of University College and Assistant Dean of University College, and several other University College Program Leaders of IndianaUniversityPurdueUniversityIndianapolis. The purpose was to help IUPUI develop a lead a Tutor/Mentor Connection process in Indiana.
• 2004-01-16 Dan Bassill met with Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis to discuss partnering to set up a T/MC based organization in Indianapolis.
• 2004-01-21 Met with Rev. Sharon Hicks, ED of Village Resource Ministries, a new tutor/mentor program in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago. She had been referred to T/MC from the office of Rep. Danny Davis. Spent two and one-half hours showing strategies for starting and sustainig a tutor/mentor program, and ways here program could be a T/MC in faith networks and in the Austin area.
• 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.
• 2004-01-29 Pat Williams, a freelance writer, called to interview Cabrini Connections for a story in the Chicago Defender. We talked about the T/MC and ways that writers could help collect and write stories about tutor/mentor programs for local papers.
• 2004-01-31 On January 31, 2004, the Chicago Defender ran a full page article about Cabrini Connections and Tutor/Mentor Connection, written by Pat Williams,
• 2004-02-03 1/8 page Tutor/Mentor Connection ad appeared in The Chicago Flame newspaper, which has a 22,000 circulation in the University of Illinois Chicago and near West Side of Chicago are. This space was donated by the publisher.
• 2004-02-10 T/MC met for an hour with Beth Swanson, Director, Office of After School and Community School Programs for Chicago Public Schools. Provided information on T/MC capacity and goals. Beth said she'd "been on the web sites often."
• 2004-02-12 Met with Andrew Pincon of The Digital Workforce Education Society (Digi Bridge) based at the City Colleges of Chicago. This group has agreed to host an e-conference overlay for the May Tutor/Mentor Leadership Conference, using their extensive experience in this field.
• 2004-02-20 Nathan Byrer, Dianna Washington, Terrence Littlefield, and Nathan Harris met with Dan Bassill to discuss IUPUI partnering to implement a similar tutor/mentor effort in indianapolis.
• 2004-02-23 T/MC loaded a new Program Locator feature on its web sites. This provides search levels for age group, type of program, time of dat and zip code. It will make it simpler for a person to find a program to meet their needs and will provide much better information for people to understand the availability of tutor/mentor programs in the Chicago region.
• 2004-02-27 The Quarterly planning meeting of the Abraham Lincolne Marovitz Lend A Hand Program of the Chicago Bar Association/Foundation was held at the offices of Tom Demetrio, of Corboy and Demetrio. Tom is chair of the Leadership Board of the Lend A Hand. Karina Ayala, Executive Director of LAH, reviewed accomplishments, such as a new LAH brochure, and the new www.lend-a-hand.net web site. Strategies for engaging more lawyers and raising dollars to fund tutor/mentor programs were discussed. Dan Cotter, current president of the Young Lawyers Group of the CBA, will be raising funds on May 8, 2004, as part of a powerlifting event that he participates in.
• 2004-03-09 Radio support. A 2 minute Film Festival pitch was delivered by Terri Hemret ( WXRT) on March 9th at around 10:00 am. It was good PR, and a good pitch for the organization.
• 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.
• 2004-03-22 Mayor Edward Mulvaney of Rock Falls, Il. presented the T/MC invitation for Mayors to help mobilize volunteers to a network of Northern Illinois Mayors at a 3/18 meeting. His report to T/MC is "It seems to have a positive reception; I handed outcopies of the prelimary conference schedule (of course highlighting the one for mayors). This week I am following up the short presentation with emails of encouragement and asking mayors for resolutions of support of mentoring in their respective communities."
• 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
• 2004-05-02 On May 1 I emailed members of the GIS group and requested a map showing the location of the Chicago school where Girl Gangs were terrorizing students and faculty. This was featured on the front page of the Chicago Sun Times. On May 2, Jim Cory, from Madison, Wisconsin, sent me the map. On May 5th this map was available in the Program Locator section of www.tutormentorexchange.net and I was sending copies to media for follow up stories.
• 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.
• 2004-05-11 Live radio interview at 6:16 am on 5/11 with Cliff Kelly of WVON radio in Chicago. The station has adopted Cabrini Connections and the Tutor/Mentor Connection as a focus charity for 2004. This interview focused on the May 17 and 18 Conference.
• 2004-05-14 The attached link shows the eConference page posted on the Internet by the Webheads, an international group of educators who became part of the tutor/mentor eConference through the invitation of Andrew Pincon, who took the lead in helping the T/MC offer its first eConference. http://alothman-b.tripod.com/tutormentor_econf04_webheads.htm
• 2004-05-19 T/MC hosted firs Internet Tutor/Mentor Leadership eConference Overlay. More than 50 people from around the world participated as speakers or learners, using a portal provided by the Digital Workforce Education Society. Portions of the conference held on May 17 and 18 at Daley College in Chicago were broadcast live through the Internet.
• 2004-05-19 T/MC hosted Tutor/Mentor Leadership Conference at Richard Daley College in Chicago on May 17 and 18. More than 180 people attended, coming from Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana, Nebraska, Kentucky, Arkansas, New York, Texas and California. This was the 21st T/MC conference since 1994
• 2004-05-19 Received following email message today from Billy Gauthier, of Rockford, Il. He attended the May 17 and 18 Tutor/Mentor Leadership Conference. "I am currently receiving your e-newsletters, but my colleague is not. Her name is Barb Verni-Lau and her email is Barbv@northwestrockford.org She wants to be added. BTW Thank you for a wonderful conference this past week in Chicago"
• 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.
• 2004-06-15 Dan Bassill participated in a cable TV show hosted by Alderman Walter Burnett of Chicago. The focus of the show was education. This will air in July.
• 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.
• 2004-06-23 Met with Michael Trulis, founder of a new Chicago non-profit called Artist for Harmony, to help him develop a strategy that draws support from artists and the arts community for youth serving organizations such as Cabrini Connections and the Tutor/Mentor Connection. As of 6/23 these ideas are now visible on Mike's web site: http://www.artistsforharmony.com/index.html
• 2004-06-23 Received call from singer/songwriter Alice Peacock, www.alicepeacock.com. She is organizing a RockforReading Concert to be held in Chicago in late August, and the beneficiaries are a) Chicago Public Schools, b) Chicago Public Library, c) New City YMCA, and d) Tutor/Mentor Connection! She told me that the T/MC was recommended for inclusion in this group by Arne Duncan, CEO of Chicago Public Schools
• 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
• 2004-07-13 Borders will again host volunteer recruitment fairs in Chicago area stores during the weekend of Sept. 9-11, as part of the Chicagoland Tutor/Mentor Volunteer Recruitment Campaign. They will also include information about the fairs in their Sunday ad the week prior to the fairs.
• 2004-07-19 Rock for Reading web site (www.rockforreading.com) was launched today. The T/MC is one of four organizations (the others are Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Public Library, and YMCA) that will share attention and revenue from a rock concert being held in Chicago on August 28th, 2004.
• 2004-08-04 www.chicagovolunteer.net has posted the Tutor/Mentor Recruitment Campaign on its web site as a featured opportunity.
• 2004-08-05 Felicia Dechter wrote a column in the Learner Skyline Newspaper about the Rock for Reading Concert and the Tutor/Mentor Connection.
• 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."
• 2004-08-19 The August 19, 2004 issue of EXTRA NEWS (www.extranews.net) included a story about the Chicago Tutor/Mentor Volunteer Recruitment Campaign on the front page of its Back to School section.
• 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....
• 2004-08-23 Kris Marshall of Winning Futures in Michigan sent the following email: I attended your conference in June of 2003 and it inspired me to not only make some drastic changes with my own organization, Winning Futures, but to take the lead in creating a mentor collaboration. The collaboration is called the Metro Detroit Mentor Collaboration (MDMC) and it operates as a division of Winning Futures. The founding programs that we brought together are The Art of Leadership Foundation, Mentor Works - A program of Jewish Family Service, Oakland County Mentors Plus, Student Mentor Partners (Toi), Vista Maria, and Winning Futures. I have attached an overview of what our mission and goals are. We have officially become a partner with Mentor Michigan, which is our state's mentoring agency. We will work with them to be a liaison to local programs. I have also just been named to the mentoring council for the state which will help strengthen the collaboration. The state is writing a grant for funding for the organization. Right now, all staff time is paid by Winning Futures. I hope once funds become available, I can get permission to travel to Chicago to meet with you to discuss your program and how we can offer similar services in Michigan.
• 2004-08-28 First Annual Rock for Reading Music Festival held in Chicago. Organized by music artist Alice Peacock, and sponsored by The Chicago Sun Times, this event was designed to raise visibility for reading programs and raise money for four charities: The Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Public Library, New City YMCA and Tutor/Mentor Connection. The T/MC used the event to raise visibility and help recruit volunteers for tutor/mentor programs. Five organizations participated in recruiting volunteers: East Village Youth Program, Cabrini-Green Tutoring Program, CYCLE, Project Education Plus and Cabrini Connections. Unfortunately, it rained all day and was cold. Few people attended and the event was ended at 7pm instead of 11pm. While this means that few dollars were raised, the event led to many networking connections that the T/MC and others can use in the future.
• 2004-09-08 Volunteer recruitment fairs will be held on Friday, Sept. 10 and Saturday Sept. 11 at six Borders stores in Chicago, Evanston and Wheaton and at the James Thompson Center in Chicago. Email is being used to encourage potential volunteers to come to the fairs, or come to the Program Locator, to find p laces where they can volunteer. Today Ron May included a T/MC volunteer wanted message in his email newsletter, titled The May Report. This reaches hundreds of potential IT volunteers.
• 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.
• 2004-09-30 A ProBono and Community Services Volunteer Recruitment Fair was held at Jenner & Block, one of the major law firms in Chicago. Hosted by the Chicago Bar Foundation and Young Lawyers Sections of Chicago Bar Association. More than 60 non profits, including 10 tutor/mentor programs along with over 200 potential volunteers from the legal community attended. The T/MC passed out information on social networking, as well as information about La Familia Technology Week (Oct. 3-9) and tutor/mentor programs that serve Hispanic Populations.
• 2004-10-04 Sharon Caldwell of the YMCA of Chicago emailed to say, "Just wanted to let you know that, miraculously, we received the Mentoring funds we applied for in July from the Department of Education to serve North Lawndale and Austin. We are completely shocked and so very grateful. Thanks so much for the help you provided to us at that time. As you may recall, our request included $1,150 in contractual funds that will go to TM/C each of the three years for "consultation and/or specialized training." Looking forward to working together to expand these crucial services on the west side.
• 2004-10-07 Met with Juanona Brewster, Director, Standards for Excellence, The Giving Trust, www.thegivingtrust.org. We discussed ways to collaborate and a workshop that The Giving Trust has volunteered to lead in the Nov. 2004 conference. A follow up meeting plan was agreed upon.
• 2004-10-11 Received following email from Ian Jipp, who I first met in 1994 or 1995 when he was with Loyola University in Chicago. He has been on the T/MC newsletter and email list since then. " I have relocated to Los Angeles and am working the Director of Annual Giving at Harvard-Westlake School. I participated in an all-day college counseling program sponsored by the Mentoring Partnership, a collaborative effort working with tutoring programs here in LA. My boss, Ed Hu, was a key organizerof the event. Megan Chernin was another organizer, she is a volunteer committed to raising money for the Mentoring Partnership. I have passed along information about the Chicago Tutor/Mentor Leadership conference. I do not know if they will attend the conference or simply contact you to network and gain more information about the TMC and Cabrinin Connections, but the seed has been planted. " Megan, and her husband Peter, are a couple who could provide a great deal of support to mentoring efforts. And she has made this a personal prioity. Please let me know if she contacts you
• 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.
• 2004-10-27 T/MC contacted by tech staff at IUPUI to begin the process of rebuilding the www.tutormentorconnection.org web site
• 2004-11-08 Dan Bassill of T/MC was guest of Sherrard Jones of Sinai Mentoring on a Channel 21 Public Access TV show. The focus was the workshop Sherrod was leading to engage hospitals strategically in leadership of neighborhood tutor/mentor strategies. During the call in segment, Henry Warfield, a young man who had been part of the Montgomery Ward/Cabrini Green Tutoring Program, led by Dan from 1975-1992, called in to testify as to how important the program had been to him and how much Dan Bassill had helped him and many other kids. Henry was in 2nd grade when he joined the program in the early 80's and he stayed active through 10th or 11th grade. He now is an engineer working at O'Hare Airport.
• 2004-11-17 On Nov. 15 and 16, 2004, the T/MC hosted a 22nd Tutor/Mentor Leadership and Networking Conference at the headquarters of City Colleges of Chicago. More than 30 workshops were offered, in addition to a Monday evening reception at the Union League Club of Chicago, and a 2 day econference. More than 155 people participated in the conference at Daley College and 30-50 more participated in the eConference. There was excellent networking and information sharing.
• 2004-11-19 Nate Harris of IUPUI sent email confirming that IUPUI will host an eConference during the week of May 23, 2005
• 2004-12-15 Cabrini Connections received the 2004 Thomas A. Demetrio Award, recognizing an outstanding Chicago area mentoring program, during a reception hosted by the Chicago Bar Association, Chicago Bar Foundation, Corboy and Demetrio Law Firm, and Abraham Lincoln Marovitz Lend A Hand Program. 2004 grants totaling $20,000 were awarded during the event to: Cambodian Association, Centro Communitario, Chicago Youth Programs, Christ Evangelical Church Brain Boosters Program, Hermosa Community Organization, Maywood Youth Mentoring Program, Marilyn G. Rabb Foundation, and Sunlight African Community Center. The grants were presented by members of the LAH Executive Board, lawyers who are donors to the LAH, and Thomas A. Demetrio.
• 2004-12-29 Met with Kevin King to discuss ways Kevin might help participate and grow the Monthly Training Workshops held at the T/MC site. As a result, Kevin created a training needs survey that was put on the conference web site during the first week of January. Kevin was a speaker at the November 04 conference, representing Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Chicago. He's also a grad student at the Chicago School of Professional Psychiatry. Our networking at the conference led to his involvement in the monthly training.
• 2005-01-04 Met with Cynthia Hunt of PriceWaterhouseCoopers to provide information about the Tutor/Mentor Connection.
• 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.
• 2005-01-07 The Children & Family Justice Center of the Northwestern University School of Law will host the May 2005 Tutor/Mentor Leadership and Networking Conference on May 12 and 13. This is a result of the participation of Besty Clarke, Illinois Juvenile Justice Initiative, in the Nov. 04 conference, as well as networking between IJJI and the T/MC for several previous years. Betsty was a volunteer tutor with the Montgomery Ward/Cabrini Green Tutoring Program in the late 1970's.
• 2005-01-10 Met with Brian Banks to discuss T/MC and possible collaboration. Brian was with Loyola for many years and we've networked often, but never found ways to collaborate. Brian is now working with a program at the University of Chicago, and offered to try to pull together some collaborative actions that connect the T/MC, the Chicago Area Project, and the program at the University of Chicago.
• 2005-01-10 The front page of the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, distributed by the Chicago Bar Association to all 22,000 members, featured this headline: CBA/CBF Lend A Hand Program Awards $28,000 to Various Agencies. The article talked about how the Lend A Hand promotes voluneer based tutor/mentor programs and also featured a sub article showing that Cabrini Connections received the 2004 Thomas A. Demetrio Award.
• 2005-01-16 Over the past three weeks I've found several web sites that are hosting on-line communities. Each of these offers the opportunity for people to begin a blog, or personal commentary, within the site. Thus, I've launched a conversation in the Digital Divide web site, the Social Edge web site, the Blogger.com web site, CivicSpace.org, and a few others. These expand the outreach of the T/MC to thousands of potential volunteers who might help the T/MC or help other tutor/mentor programs around the world.
• 2005-01-18 After recieving email from Dan Bassill, I emailed him resources for the Health Occupations Link, and posted information about Tutor/Mentor Exchange on the BHIC Blog http://medstat.med.utah.edu/blogs/BHIC/
• 2005-01-19 On 1/16/05 I saw a message related to health initiatives on a list serve from Siobhan Champ-Blackwell and emailed an introduction, explaining my goals of building a health care "hub" with information related to ways health care organizations mentor kids to careers. I was sent many links which I added to the www.tutormentorconnection.org web site. After a two day exchange of email Siobhan introduced the T/MC in his blog at http://medstat.med.utah.edu/blogs/BHIC/ (Web Log). Today Siobhan added himself to the OHATs section of www.tutormentorexchange.net
• 2005-01-19 Greg Sain and Chris Moore of VIP met with T/MC to discuss volunteer recruitment and collaboration strategies.
• 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.
• 2005-01-28 T/MC and Sherard Jones of Sinai Community Institute met to talk strategies for annual Volunteer Recruitment Campaign. Sherard will take lead in mobilizing programs centered around the Austin/Lawndale/Oak Park area of Chicago's West side
• 2005-01-30 The following message was posted on the T/MC web site: " the editors of District Administration magazine (www.districtadministration.com) for K-12 school administrators, selected the Tutor/Mentor Connection as this week's Dr, Hotlist Site of the Week. Feel free to link to our site. Gil Dyrli, Senior Editor District Administration magazine
• 2005-01-31 Met with Richard Koenig of Housing Opportunity Development Corp of the North Chicago Suburbs. Discussed ways to connect strategically to build visibility, volunteers, dollars, understanding that benefits tutor/mentor programs, housing, homeless, poverty, etc.
• 2005-02-08 Received this message from Google: "We are very pleased to tell you that your organization has been selected to participate in the Google Grants program. After careful review of all the applications we received, we chose your group based on the strength of your application and potential to benefit from free Google AdWords advertising. We’re excited to be able to help you reach your target audience with public service messages using AdWords.
• 2005-02-09 Andrew Pincon of the Digital Workforce Education Conference confirmed that he will a portion of the May 05 econference again in his portal, attracting participation from people in his world wide network.
• 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.
• 2005-02-17 Crystal Shannon-Morla, Director of Academic Success Center at Triton College called to talk about hosting the T/MC Conference in November 05. She had attended the conference at Daley College in May 04 and was encouraged to call by Barbara Cole of the Maywood Mentoring Program.
• 2005-02-18 Today is the first meeting of the West Side volunteer recruitment campaign group. The meeting will occur at the Douglass Branch Library
• 2005-02-22 Spent an hour helping Jurandir Beline and his wife Herica, who are from Sao Paulo, Brazil, hunderstand the T/MC and how they could duplicate it in Brazil. Jurandir is in Chicago for a 4-8 week visit. He and Dan Bassill of T/MC met via the Internet and have been exchanging ideas for more than 2 years.
• 2005-02-25 Received following message from Clair Keim, from the UK, who has a Churchill Travel Fellowship to visit the USA in 2005 to learn about School based mentoring. This is in response to a message I sent encouraging her organization to host a portion of the May and Nov eConference. " Fantastic! Thanks Daniel. Despite working in a Technology College, IT isn't my strong point, but we do have internet conferencing facilities in the school and i've forwarded your email to various staff who should be able to help with the technical aspects. I've also forwarded it to the 'Learning Mentor Co-ordinator' for the whole of Birmingham. I'm sure she'll be keen to get involved and is regularly in touch with mentors in all of the 100 secondary schools (ages 11-16/18) in the city - Birmingham is apparently the biggest local government education authority in Europe, including a wide range of diverse communities, so there should be plenty of scope for learning from each other. I'll let you know when i hear back from other staff and have more idea about the possibilities at our end. I'll go back to your website for more detailed information about the internet conferences and look forward to making plans.
• 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).
• 2005-03-11 Received email today from Janet Salmons, who I've worked with previously in conferneces such as Wired.org. She wrote, "When I read your newsletters I always try to think of some way we could do something together again, and this time I have an idea! TechSoup.org has asked me to host an online "event" on the topic of education and the digital divide, focusing on online learning and collaboration tools/spaces. I have a lot of experience with online learning in academic settings, which do bridge the divide for a lot of people who would otherwise not be able to continue their education. I also have a lot of experience with online collaboration. But currently I do not have work going that uses these tools in community-based ways. So I wondered whether you might be interested to join me as a co-host for this proposed event? Between the two of us we cover a lot of ground. If you are interested we can refine these broad topics and decide how to approach the event. " I agreed and we're aiming to host a week-line event during the week of April 18.
• 2005-03-11 I received email requests to attend the May Tutor/Mentor Leadership Conference from Mr. Emmanuel Odoom, Accra Polytechnic, Students Representative Council, in Ghana, Africa, and from Muhammad Bilal Zafar, the Executive Director of a Youth Development Network in Lahore, Pakastan. I encouraged both to participate via the eConference rather than spend time and money coming to Chicago for a two-day conference. I also encouraged them to work with local universities to set up an eConference hub capacity in their country. This would link local groups with each other and with others around the world.
• 2005-03-12 Spoke with Nathan Harris and Nathan Bryer of IUPUI today. They showed me an open source conferencing system (www.sakaiproject.org) that is being adopted by IUPUI and will be available to the Tutor/Mentor Connection for eConferences and on-going collaboration and learning.
• 2005-03-14 Received email from Dr. Charanjeet Singh who leads the GIS NKCA project at UCLA. In response to my email he has offered to help build a similar GIS portal for T/MC. Steve Roussos, of www.akouo.org sent this referral a few weeks ago.
• 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.
• 2005-04-09 I posted a message in a T/MC egroup on Thursday asking for someone to help me set up a T/MC blog. On Saturday I received an email from Shiriram giving me this address: http://tutormentor.blogspot.com/
• 2005-04-12 Julie Williams, Monash University, Australia, send a draft of a prosal for a Nov. 23, 2005 Tutor/Mentor eConference, hosted by Monash University, for T/MC review and comment. This is in response to T/MC networking and invitation of others around the world to also host eConferences.
• 2005-04-29 Attended forum titled "Youth on the Streets: Lost in the Wilderness", hosted by Alternative Schools Network. Information distributed highlighted the high drop out rate and cost to society of teens who do not get HS degree and skills to work. During forum Phil Jackson of Black Star Project gave me the April-May 2005 Issue of Proud Parent Journey, which he distributes to 30,000 people. The Journal included a full page of tutor/mentor program contact information and a referral to the T/MC web site.
• 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.
• 2005-05-05 The Tutor/Mentor eConference starts tonight at 2am Chicago time as people from Europe begin to deliver workshops via the www.alado.net/econfernece portal. Email has been going around the world from many different participants to encourage others to participate in the workshops which will run from May 6 to May 12. Andrew Pincon of the Digital Workforce Education Society of City Colleges of Chicago is organizing this wave of the eConference.
• 2005-05-13 Tutor/Mentor Conference drew people from many different states, including Kansas.
• 2005-05-23 A Tutor/Mentor eConference being hosted today, May 23, 2005, by IUPUI. ULR is http://econference.uc.iupui.edu. This is a collaboration between IUPUI and the T/MC. Participants come from Brazil, the UK, Australia and the US.
• 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.
• 2005-06-22 Begain launch of new T/MC web site to about 200 tutor/mentor leaders via email introduction. The ULR is http://msg.uc.iupui.edu/TMC/html/. This site is being built by the technology department at IUPUI, which also hosted a May 2005 econference.
• 2005-07-11 Chicago Access TV will again host a tutor/mentor bulletin board in Aug/Sept 2005 to support volunteer recruitment for Chicago programs. The T/MC sent an email to its conference and program list, with a MS Word version of the Access TV form today. We're sending this via email because of lack of funds and staff for mailing these.
• 2005-07-27 Interviewed today for Bill Campbell TV show which will appear on Channel 7 at 5:30 am on August 13. The interview included myself, plus a Cabrini Connections student, volunteer and mentor coordinator. The volunteer, Michael Hayes, will receive the MY HERO Award from the Lend A Hand on July 28, and we were able to give recognition to this award in the interview. This interview was scheduled by one of our volunteers.
• 2005-07-27 Lend A Hand Program held MY HERO AWARDS event today. About 200 lawyers, judges, law firm people attended and a lot of good will for tutoring/mentoring was generated
• 2005-07-27 Dan Bassill was interviewed by AP reporter Martha Irvine for a story following the release of a Pew Internet & American Life Project that described use of the internet by young people ages 12 through 17. Bassill was quoted in the story and the Cabrini Connections web site was given. This store appeared on the Internet at http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050727/D8BK01800.html
• 2005-08-04 Article about tutor/mentor connection appeared in an education supplement of EXTRA NEWS, a Chicago paper aimed at the Hispanic community. The article encourages people to be volunteers and points to the T/MC and Cabrini Connections web sites.
• 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.
• 2005-08-13 Cabrini Connections was featured in the 30 minute Bill Campbell TV Show (http://abclocal.go.com/wls/ontv/chicagoing/index.html), at 5:30 am on Saturday, Aug. 13. For those who saw it, the show was a great endorsement for tutoring/mentoring. One person who saw the show and contacted the T/MC was a former Army buddy of Dan Bassill, CEO of Cabrini Connections. We'd not seen each other for 30 yearws.
• 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.
• 2005-08-24 ChicagoVolunteer.net, Chicago's Community Resource Network, has put a feature article titled "Become a Tutor" on their Volunteer Opportunities Page. This lists Cabrini Connections, the Tutor/Mentor Connection and the volunteer recruitment campaign as paths of involvement.
• 2005-08-25 EXTRA News, the Bilingual Newspaper of Chicago, included an article on the Tutor/Mentor Volunteer Recruitment Campaign in today's paper. The article can also be found at http://www.extranews.net/news.php?nid=1131
• 2005-08-25 Felicia Dechter led off here Heart of the Hood commentary in the Pioneer Press Skyline Aug. 25th edition, with a story titled "Hey, anybody out there have some free time on their hands?..." This told about the Tutor/Mentor Connection's Volunteer Recruitment Campaign, and the need to recruit skills volunteers, not just tutors/mentors.
• 2005-08-31 Story on Tutor/Mentor Recruitment Campaign appeared in Streetwise Newspaper. This is the newspaper sold by homeless people in Chicago
• 2005-09-01 A story about the Tutor/Mentor Connection and the new T/MC portal was the feature article in the monthly email newsletter sent on 9/1 by Rey Carr, who hosts Canada's leading resource web site for mentoring, coaching information. http://www.islandnet.com/~rcarr/peer.html . T/MC and Peer Resources have been exchanging information for several years and this is one example of how we work together to create public involvement.
• 2005-09-16 Highsight has agreed to host the November Tutor/Mentor Leadership Conference on Nov 17 and 18. Information about the conference design has been sent to all who participated in past conferences. We've already been contacted by a group from Tenessee who has been part of previous conferences and wants to host a workshop in November. We will change the format and have fewer workshop choices in each time frame, but will host a two day symposium using the main auditorium as a meeting place.
• 2005-09-22 Dan Bassill presented information at the first publich hearing of the Mentoring Task Force of the Illinois State Legislature. Rep. Jim Watson and Rep. Bill Mitchell attended the hearing. Information was also provided by several Big Brothers/Big Sisters agencies, by the Boys and Girls Club of Springfield, the Illinois Department of Human Services and the Four Counties for Kids program.
• 2005-10-27 Dan Bassill met with a team of researchers and GIS experts from the Msgr.John J. Egan Urban Center at DePaul University to share information about the T/MC mission and its efforts to recruit partners at universities.
• 2005-11-08 The Lend A Hand Program at the Chicago Bar Association reports that Mayor Daley will be involved with LAH's Grant Presentation this year, which will be held at City Council Chambers on December 8, 2005 at 5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. Karina Ayala, who is the ED of the LAH, also sent an email encouraging grant recipients to attend the Tutor/Mentor Conference on Nov. 17 and 18.
• 2005-11-17 A 24th Tutor/Mentor Leadership and Networking Conference was held at St. Joseph's School in Chicago. About 90 people attendced. This was a comment from Traci Stanley, Director of Youth Development Services at Christopher House: "Thanks to you as well Dan. I hired a new tutoring coordinator this summer to manage Christopher House's tutoring program and she found the conference to be extremely helpful. She and I have done some "debriefing" since the conference and I can definitely say that the training, resources, and networking that she got out of the conference will effectively increase our capacity to serve our children and families. Thanks again!" The attendance was the lowest 2-day attendance since 1994. Those who attended benefited, as the comment above indicates. Event though attendance was low, holding the conference enabled us to create more Oct/Nov. awareness of tutoring/mentoring through the email and on-line marketing done to promote the conference.
• 2005-11-18 Dan presented a 50 minute web cast titled "Building a Network of Purpose" in the Webheads in Action international conference. Participants were from Paris, Burma, South America, the USA. More than 340 people are registered for the 3 day event
• 2005-11-18 Tutor/Mentor eConference launched in http://msg.uc.iupui.edu/TMC/html/index.php. More than 250 people have visited the eConference space between Nov. 17 and Nov. 30, to follow the on-line discussions hosted by people from California, New Jersey, Missouri and Chicago.
• 2005-11-29 Received call from a David Robertson, in Baltimore. He's a retired police officer who wants to help build mentoring programs in his community. He found a T/MC web site and called to ask for our help.
• 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.
• 2005-12-01 The Abraham Lincoln Marovitz Lend-A-Hand Program (LAH) has annouced the 2005 LAH Grant Recipients: Organizations receiving grants of $1,000 to $3,000 are BUILD, Inc., The Bridges Program, Cabrini Connections, Centro Comunitario Juan Diego, Chicago Youth Programs, Inc., Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, Christopher House, East Village Youth Program, Family Matters, Hermosa Community Organization, Horizons for Youth, Inspired Youth, Inc., Life Directions, Maywood Youth Mentoring Program, McGaw YMCA Project SOAR, Midtown Education Foundation, Sunlight African Community Center LAH will award $45, 000 to outstanding one-on-one mentoring programs and will reach 1295 at risk youth who will benefit from being matched with a caring mentor. Several of the above agencies were nominated for special awards. The nominees for the Inaugural Much Shelist Founders Award ($7,000 to support an emerging program) are Inspired Youth; Hermosa Community; and Sunlight African Community Center. The nominees for the Thomas A. Demetrio Awards of Excellence ($8,000) are Midtown Educational Foundation, East Village Youth Program, and Chicago Youth Programs, Inc.. The winners will be announced at the grant reception which will be held at City Hall. Mayor Richard Daley will present the awards.
• 2005-12-13 Received call from Ellen O'Connor, who is with a Rochester, NY Mentoring Roundtable. The community has put out a call for 10,000 mentors and the T/MC is a resource that can help them reach this goal. Ellen called because the T/MC sent an introductory email in October offering its knowledge and experience.
• 2006-01-09 T/MC Received the following email message from Jonathan Peters, organizer for the Jefferson Awards for Public Service (http://www.jeffersonawards.org: I though you'd like to know that one of your ideas has finally taken root, it would appear. We have been working with the US Senate for the past year to pass a resolution to make the Jefferson Awards the official volunteer recognition vehicle of the US Senate and we have two Senators that are going to sponsor the bill and put it to a vote. If this happens, the Jefferson Awards nominations and information will be on the websites of all 100 United States Senators this year. I know you had mentioned several times about getting the Jefferson Awards on their websites. This whole idea took off from that idea you made in one our steering committee meetings.
• 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
• 2006-02-09 The February 9, 2006 CONNECT RICHMOND Weekly Email Update included a paragraph about the Tutor/Mentor Connection. This email list has about 2,300 participants who are involved with volunteerism, community service, leadership, etc. in Virginia and the Richmond area. T/MC followed with its own longer introduction in a Feb. 10 email.
• 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.
• 2006-02-18 I received the Feb. 2006 newsletter of Project YES!, an AmeriCorps project in Illinois. The 4 page newsletter included a half page story titled "Dan Bassill: Bridging the Tutor-Mentor Gap" The story told of my effort to "seek to connect people from around the world with information and networks that help support the growth of comprehensive, volunteer-based tutor/mentor programs" and encouraged people to connect via the May 2006 conference or the T/MC blog.
• 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
• 2006-03-09 MENTOR has schedule an on-line tutor/mentor eConference forum in their www.mentoring.org/community for May 8-12, 2006
• 2006-03-20 An email newsletter, containing a list of Conference Speakers, along with information on volunteer recruitment, was sent today to the T/MC email distribution list, consisting of more than 2500 contacts. The email was forwarded by members of the T/MC list, such as DePaul University Partners, Illinois Commission for Volunteerism and Community Service, and Lake County Afterschool Coalition, to additional people.
• 2006-04-08 Borders and Starbucks stores in the Chicago region will host volunteer recruitment events during August and September. Individual programs are being recruited to host various sites. Inspired Youth has already claimed the Borders on Michigan Ave and Omni Youth has requested Starbucks and Borders locations in Palatine.
• 2006-04-25 Today the new IUPUI web portal was transferred to the www.tutormentorconnection.org site, thanks to the help of IUPUI and T/MC volunteer Matt Mead.
• 2006-05-02 A live event began in the www.socialedge.org portal, hosted by Dan Bassill, president of the Tutor/Mentor Conneciton. The topic was "Building a network of purpose".
• 2006-05-12 During the past week (May 8-12, 2006) the T/MC has hosted on on-line forum at http://www.socialedge.org and co-hosted another at http://www.mentoring.org/community. More than 120 people posted messages in the Mentoring forum, while the Social Edge forum connected us with people from around the world.
• 2006-05-17 Co hosted eConference with IUPUI
• 2006-05-26 The May 25 and 26, 2006 Tutor/Mentor Leadership and Networking Conference in Chicago was attended by between 190 and 200 people. Since 2001 the May attendance has averaged about 150, so this is a good increase. Participation in May and June e-conferences adds an additional few hundred people to the networking and learning organized by the T/MC at th is time of the year.
• 2006-06-15 The Lend A Hand Board met today to review applications for Lend A Hand Awards which will be given during a July 12th event. One of the nominees was from Beth Palmer, of a program called Inspired Youth. Beth started this program a few years ago after Epworth Church decided they no longer wanted the program at that church. Beth nominated a Chicago lawyer for the Making a Difference Award, and in her nomination she wrote, "We met Lisa in Sept. 2004 at Borders Books on N. Michigan Ave at the recruitment fair, "What a Difference a Day Makes". In Oct. 2004 she came to tutor in the Inspired Youth Tutoring Program."
• 2006-07-10 ServeIllinois Summer 2006 newsletter includes1/2 page article on May 2006 Tutor/Mentor Leadership Conference.
• 2006-07-12 The 3rd Annual My Hero Award Lunch as held at the Standard Club in Chicago. More than 200 lawyers, judges, law firm reps and tutor/mentor leaders and students attended. Awards were given to recognize the work of judges, lawyers and law firms in supporting volunteer based tutor/mentor programs in the Chicago region. Dan Cotter, a member of the LAH Executive Committee, also presented a check for $20,000 to the Lend A Hand Program, which orgzanized the event. The funds were raised by Dan in a weight lifting event.
• 2006-08-29 The web site built for the T/MC and launched in July 2005 has recorded 622,000 hits as of 8/29/06. Due to hacker attacks, IUPUI took the site off line this week and has created a new version on a different platform. This is live, but the hit counter/stats will start with zero, thus not reflecting the tremendous first year traffic.
• 2006-09-07 On Sept 7th the T/MC hosted a volunteer recruitment fair at the James Thompson Center in Chicago. The list of organizations that participated can be found at http://www.tutormentorexchange.net/Partner/CC/RecruitmentCampaign/recruitmentsites06.htm.
• 2006-09-29 Met with two DePaul University Students who are doing a writing project as part of a class at DePaul. The project will help people better understand the T/MC and Cabrini Connections.
• 2006-10-05 Today T/MC re-launched the links library on the http://www.tutormentorconnection.org web site. This library has been unavailable since late August 2006 when the web site was taken off line due to serious hacking. The work of rebuilding the site and re building the links library was done by the Tech department of IUPUI, which is hosting the site, and the T/MC.
• Undated Michael Demetrio, President of the Chicago Bar Association, devoted his President' editorial in the September 2003 CBA Record to the Abraham Lincoln Marovitz Lend A Hand, which is sponsored by the CBA.
• Undated Article by John Franklin, titled Tutoring's Trials and Triumphs, in the March 2003 issue of Education Updates. Ed Gordon, Cabrini Connections Tutor/Mentor Connection (T/MC) Advisory Council member and Dan Bassill, CEO, were quoted. The article is at www.ascd.org/publications/ed_update/200303/franklin.html.
• Undated Tutor/Mentor Leadership Conference held on Nov. 20/21. 146 people attended. 30 workshops were presented. Participants came from Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Indiana, Teneesee, Oregon, Wisconsin, California and Illinois.
• 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 The Chicago Bar Foundation Report carried an article titled 'Justice for Youth Campaign Legacy Grows', in their Spring 1995 issue. It mentions one of needs of the Campaign for expanding volunteer involvement with youth at risk, and the Foundation and Court's relationship with the Tutor/Mentor Connection program.
• Undated A full page article in the March 2003 issue of the Chicago Bar Association Record, which distributes to its 20,000 members, has the headline, "The Chicago Bar Foundation receives generous gift from the estate of Judge Abraham Lincoln Marovitz. In the article one paragraph states, "the Judge Abraham Lincoln Marovitz Lend a Hand Fund will provide a base of support for the CBA/CBF Lend A Hand youth mentoring program as it transitions to independent status.
• 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 Dan Bassill, President of Cabrini Connections and the Tutor/Mentor Connection is one of 50 media spokespeople included in a new YOUTH TRANSITIONS LOOK BOOK published on the Connect For Kids web site at http://www.connectforkids.org. The aim of Connect For Kids is to provide a national list of spokespeople that media can contact for stories related to disadvantaged youth, youth in juvenile justice, youth in foster care, etc.
• 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 Email from : Lisa Hadden, director of Center for Health Professions in Saginaw, Michigan. She said "I have been following your messages posted on the ABCD listserv for awhile now and am also on the ABCD faculty with John McKnight and Jody Kretzmann. We undertake the unique challenge of combining asset based community development strategies with the education of medical students from Mich. State University and nursing students from Saginaw Valley State University. Perhaps there may be a way to work/share/compare ideas.
• Undated Don Samuelson, of DSSA, sent the following email to Beth Anderson, Gary Goldman, Think Detroit, and a few others. He wrote, " Beth: Suggest you and others interested in this contact Dan Bassill at tutormentor2@earthlink.net. Has been doing good work in the Cabrini Green neighborhood and other parts of Chicago for a long time. Has some very well developed programs and ideas. His is a wheel that doesn't have to be discovered."
• 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 Met with Lucienne Simon, Program Director for Illinois Alliance for Arts Education. Shared T/MC info and talked about forms of partnership. The Art Festival is a possibility.
• Undated Launched a conversation with Sharon Caldwell of the Chicago Metropolitan YMCA about collaborating to operate tutor/mentor programs in area YMCAs, with funding coming from the Federal Mentoring Grant. Sharon agreed to include the T/MC as a consultant and training resource in the grant request she is developing for local YMCAs.
• Undated The Lerner Skyline Newspaper (of Chicago) ran a story about the Tutor/Mentor Recruitment Campaign, titled "help a CPS student get ahead: be a tutor/mentor. The writer was Felicia Dechter. The story was 1/6 of a page and on page 3, section one of the paper.
• 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 Recruited volunteers at the Annual Bonneville Radio Group's Volunteer Recruitment Fairs at Woodfield Shopping Center, located in the Northwest Suburbs. More than 150 people picked up handouts. 17 signed the volunteer interest sheet and/or provided busienss cards for follow up. Several radio station people stopped by for conversations that focused on goals/opportunities.
• Undated I've come aboard to help log past and future meetings attendance.
• Undated T/MC met with Mayor Ed Mulvaney of Rock Falls, Il. and presented an invitation for Mayors, or their spouses, to be leaders of the T/MC call to action, in their own communities. Mr. Mulvaney is also a Big Brother/Big Sister volunteer and presented a workshop at the Nov. 03 conference. He is also the chair of an association of Northern Illinois Mayors and agreed to present this invitation to them at a March 18th meeting. In addition, he will lead a workshop at the May 17 and 18 conference intended to draw Mayors to the conference and this strategy.
• Undated Illinois Wesleyan University posted a page on its web site reporting that Dan Bassill, T/MC, received the 2004 Shining Examples of Liberal Arts Leadership Award from the Associated Colleges of Illinois. This information was communicated to all IWU alumni via the email newsletter sent by the University.
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• Undated Received this message via email from bjavaras in the CPS Information Office at the Juvenile Center (in Chicago): "Thank you for responding to my email. I use your webpage all the time. It is very usefull in helping parents find a tutoring program." I emailed back and encouraged them to teach others to use the new Program Locator feature at www.tutormentorexchange.net, and to help us maintain the accuracy of the information.
• Undated Page 31 of the quarterly CBA Record, published by the Chciago Bar Association, featured photos and an article about the 2004 Lend A Hand Grants and the Thomas A. Demetrio Award.
• Undated The Chicago Education Alliance summer newsletter featured a half page article on the June T/MC Conference.
• Undated Received email from the Lend A Hand Program at the Chicago Bar Association telling that they now have their official 501(c)(3) tax exempt status, which means they can solicit charitble donations directly from donors, rather than through the original sponsor of the Lend A Hand, the Chicago Bar Foundation
• Undated Jan Richter of Connect For Kids, based in DC, paid for 2 hours of professional consulting used to help the T/MC develop a poverty/tutor-mentor editorial that the T/MC has submitted as a letter to the editor at the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun Times. Dan Bassill of the T/MC is part of a media advisory group that Connect For Kids/Benton Foundation works with to help generate more public visibility of issues related to kids and poverty.
• 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 The SERVE ILLINOIS newsletter published by the Illinois Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service included a front page story on National Mentoring Month. The T/MC was quoted and the T/MC web site was listed. The distribution of this reaches most elected leaders in Illinois along with hundreds of organizations involved in volunteer service.
• Undated Dan Bassill of the T/MC was quoted in a YOUTH TODAY article titled "After-School Programs Learn to Tutor" which was part of the July/August 2006 issue. A 1/2 page profile of the Tutor/Mentor Connection and Cabrini Connections was included.
• 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.

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

• News Articles from tutormentorconnection.org · 22 of 45 pages Read from page 1
• Articles from the T/MC Site · 30 of 107 pages Read from page 7
• Structured Networking (Jordan-Webb) · 20 of 58 slides Read from page 8
• 1994 T/MC case statement, January 1994 (updated to 1996) · 13 of 32 pages Read from page 2
• 1999 CHAMPS Award · 6 of 8 pages Read from page 2
• 2003 2003 Recruitment Campaign: Final Report · 10 of 24 slides Read from page 3
• About T/MC (from the website) · 11 of 15 pages Read from page 1
• 1993 PCI public-relations plan: first use of the “Tutor/Mentor Connection” name · 6 of 8 pages Read from page 2
• 1993 Montgomery Ward Newslink: pages about the tutoring program and T/MC, 1993–2000 · 13 of 25 pages Read from page 2
• 2004 Help Spread the Word: 2004 Recruitment Campaign · 8 of 19 slides Read from page 5
• 2003 Strategies for Lend-A-Hand from T/MC · 8 of 9 pages Read from page 1
• 2004 T/MC Newsletter, Issue 25 · 7 of 13 pages Read from page 1
• 1996 The Business Brief (1996, updated to 2000) · 9 of 23 pages Read from page 10
• 2005 Help Spread the Word: 2005 Recruitment Campaign · 7 of 18 slides Read from page 5
• 1999 Proposal for an internet-based tutor/mentor learning network (S. Roussos) · 10 of 18 pages Read from page 2
• 2004 T/MC Newsletter, Issue 30 (Spring 2004) · 6 of 13 pages Read from page 1
• 2002 Technology vision of the Tutor/Mentor Connection · 12 of 17 pages Read from page 1
• 1999 T/MC case statement, February 1999 update · 7 of 13 pages Read from page 1
• 2000 T/MC growth, 1994–2000 · 5 of 9 pages Read from page 1
• Chicagoland Tutor/Mentor Volunteer Recruitment Campaign · 6 of 30 slides Read from page 6
• 2005 Skoll Foundation application · 4 of 10 pages Read from page 5
• 1993 The T/MC Report: newsletter pages, 1993–2002 · 8 of 28 pages Read from page 6
• Universities and T/MC · 11 of 60 slides Read from page 26
• 2000 ERICA Award · 4 of 4 pages Read from page 1
• University Connection · 11 of 57 slides Read from page 18
• 1996 Actions 1993–1995 and goals for 1996 · 5 of 8 pages Read from page 2
• 2011 Athletes “Adopt a Neighborhood” strategy · 1 of 5 pages Read from page 3
• Hospitals: A Tutor/Mentor Connection in a Profession · 10 of 53 slides Read from page 13
• 2004 T/MC Newsletter, Issue 26 (draft B) · 6 of 13 pages Read from page 2
• 2005 Chicago Innovation Award nomination · 5 of 7 pages Read from page 3
• 1997 Giraffe Award letter · 3 of 3 pages Read from page 1
• 2001 HUD Best Practice Award · 5 of 11 pages Read from page 3
• 2004 Grant Application: Humana Chicago Benefits 2004 · 4 of 5 pages Read from page 2
• 2004 T/MC Newsletter, Issue 26 (draft A) · 6 of 10 pages Read from page 1
• 1995 Agency analysis of Cabrini Connections and T/MC (MaryAnn Manfredini) · 5 of 27 pages Read from page 3
• 2003 Annual Report 2002–2003 · 6 of 33 slides Read from page 3
• Tutor/Mentor News, Recognition & Awards (web page) · 4 of 10 pages Read from page 1
• 1994 T/MC public awareness goals · 4 of 14 pages Read from page 1
• eCollaboration, eLearning and Vertical Organizations · 7 of 28 slides Read from page 2
• 1994 Tutor/Mentor Week proclamations, 1994 (Lend-A-Hand and Mayor Daley) · 4 of 8 pages Read from page 1
• 2005 Teaching, learning, publishing and PR opportunities with T/MC · 1 of 1 pages Read from page 1
• T/MC Theory of Change (Leadership Pyramid) · 5 of 34 slides Read from page 4
• Theory of Change · 5 of 34 slides Read from page 4
• Tipping Points · 4 of 14 slides Read from page 4
• The Tutor/Mentor Connection: A Business Model · 4 of 28 slides Read from page 11
• 2005 Tutor/Mentor Learning Network: vision of T/MC · 3 of 9 pages Read from page 3
• 1997 Proposal to Chicago Public Schools to support T/MC · 3 of 8 pages Read from page 3
• 1998 Giraffe News #37: Dan Bassill selected · 1 of 2 pages Read from page 2
• 1996 Profile of Dan Bassill (M. Contos) · 4 of 7 pages Read from page 2
• 2004 Use of GIS for Capacity Building · 4 of 24 slides Read from page 5
• 2001 Tutor/Mentor Learning Network · 4 of 9 pages Read from page 3
• Cabrini Connections: History and Structure · 5 of 16 slides Read from page 4
• 2002 Case for Investment in T/MC · 5 of 16 slides Read from page 4
• 1995 Goals and progress, November 1994 to August 1995 · 3 of 4 pages Read from page 1
• 2002 Cabrini Connections & T/MC Annual Report 2001–2002 (overview) · 5 of 13 slides Read from page 3
• 2001 Appointment to the Serve Illinois Commission · 3 of 8 pages Read from page 3
• 1995 The founding slide show: Cabrini Connections and T/MC (35mm slides) · 4 of 99 slides Read from page 7
• 1997 Touched by a Mentor: documentary synopsis (S. Caldwell) · 1 of 2 pages Read from page 2
• Building a Network Focused on a Common Goal · 4 of 35 slides Read from page 2
• 1994 The case for Cabrini Connections and T/MC: slide-show script · 2 of 8 pages Read from page 1
• 2000 Evaluation Tools on the Web (Fall 2000 tech session) · 3 of 23 slides Read from page 12
• 2000 The role of faith communities · 2 of 11 pages Read from page 6
• 1997 Get Intense: sports-celebrity strategy · 2 of 3 pages Read from page 1
• 1998 Goal of T/MC: a city of good programs · 1 of 2 pages Read from page 1
• 2000 T/MC goals and outcomes, 2000 · 1 of 1 pages Read from page 1
• No General Would Go to War Without a Map · 3 of 28 slides Read from page 12
• Volunteer Recruitment Workshop · 3 of 35 slides Read from page 27
• 2004 Recruiting Volunteers Workshop (2004) · 3 of 35 slides Read from page 27
• The T/MC Model · 3 of 20 slides Read from page 2
• The Role of Intermediary (Wired.org) · 4 of 25 slides Read from page 8
• 1994 T/MC work done in 1994 · 1 of 6 pages Read from page 5
• 1990 Proposal to establish the Cabrini-Green Tutoring Program as a nonprofit · 3 of 12 pages Read from page 4
• Connecting Those Who Need Help: The Role of Intermediary · 3 of 21 slides Read from page 14
• 1996 Vendors for the CPS 10,000 Tutors program (CC/T/MC included) · 2 of 5 pages Read from page 1
• Neighborhood Analysis: Doolittle and Phillips Schools · 3 of 10 slides Read from page 2
• Interactive Map · 1 of 3 slides Read from page 3
• 2002 Introduction to Total Quality Mentoring · 3 of 25 slides Read from page 12
• 1993 Junior Achievement – T/MC partnership · 2 of 6 pages Read from page 2
• 2014 Jefferson Award interview with Dan Bassill · 2 of 4 pages Read from page 1
• 2008 A minister working with maps (blog article) · 1 of 5 pages Read from page 1
• 2008 Prevention conference presentation · 3 of 18 pages Read from page 2
• Role of Leaders in a Tutor/Mentor Connection · 2 of 16 slides Read from page 9
• 2011 T/MC History Links: 1965 to June 2011 · 3 of 7 pages Read from page 4
• 2000 Where will we be in 3–5 years? · 1 of 3 pages Read from page 2
• 2002 Editorial, 30 December 2002 · 1 of 2 pages Read from page 1

• Undated ESRI News: ESRINews TMCMaps View
• Undated Microsoft Word Sources and data View
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• 1994 PCINewsletter View
• 1994 Chicago Sun-Times: Bassill View
• 1994 Chicago Sun-Times: Bassill View
• 21 Aug 1994 Chicago Tribune: cc vol View
• 28 Nov 1994 Chicago Sun-Times: Story View
• 30 Dec 1994 Chicago Tribune: Story View
• 1994 Chicago Sun-Times: Bassill View
• 1995 Story View
• 1995 Lawyers Mentor Youth View
• 1995 Chicago Tribune: letter1995 View
• 1995 Chicago Tribune: Tib1995Master Plan View
• 8 Jun 1995 Chicago Tribune: Story View
• 29 Oct 1995 Chicago Tribune: Letter View
• 8 Nov 1995 Community Media Workshop View
• 19 Nov 1995 Chicago Tribune: Cluster Tutornig letter View
• 7 Dec 1995 Chicago Tribune: Letter View
• 1996 Chicago Bar Association: Report Fall TM Week View
• 3 Sep 1996 Chicago Sun-Times: Story View
• 1997 Giraffe Project: Giraffe1997 View
• 1997 Giraffe Project: Giraffe Foundation Honor1997 View
• 29 Apr 1997 Daily Herald: Story View
• 25 Aug 1997 Chicago Defender: Our Children Need Your Help View
• 3 Sep 1997 Chicago Tribune: letter View
• 17 Feb 1998 Chicago Tribune: CC Video Fest View
• 30 Apr 1998 Chicago Tribune: letter View
• 1998 Chronicleof Philanthropy Maps View
• 1998 Adolescent Literacy What Works and Why1998 View
• 20 Mar 1999 Chicago Tribune: letter View
• Dec 1999 Helping The Kids URISA News Dec View
• 2000 ILL Commission on Vol Service View
• 2000 Youth Today: Youth Today letter View
• 2000 Mentoring Coalition Dade Cty View
• 20 Jan 2000 American News Service TMC Mapping View
• 2001 Ecumenical Child Care Network2001 View
• 5 Sep 2001 Illinois Wesleyan University: IWU Presidents Convocation DB Ph D honor View
• 18 Oct 2001 Park Ridge Herald: Park Ridge Herald DB Ph D View
• 2002 Directions Mag.com mapping View
• 2002 ESRI News: ESRINews TMCMaps View
• 15 Jul 2002 National Civic Participation Weekly TMC Recruitment View
• 22 Aug 2002 EXTRA recruitment View
• 26 Aug 2002 EXTRA recruitment View
• 16 Oct 2002 GIS for Everyone TMC use of GIS View
• 15 Aug 2003 Suburban Chicago News: Suburban News TMC Recruitment View
• 2004 Social Innovation Award Nomination View
• 31 Jan 2004 Chicago Defender: Story View
• 5 Aug 2004 Skyline: Rock For Reading View
• 2009 Youth Today: YOUTH Today View
• 2009 YOUTHToday View
• 11 Dec 2009 Chicago Tribune: Story View
• 2 Aug 2010 Out of the Box Thinking TMC Conf View
• 2011 Streetwise: Story View
• 26 Oct 2011 Streetwise: TM Conf View
• 2012 Streetwise: Story View
• 2012 Streetwise: Story View
• 12 Aug 2013 Crain's Chicago Business: Story View
• 6 Feb 2014 Teen Slain View
• 6 Apr 2014 Chicago Tribune: Plan View
• 23 Apr 2014 Chicago Tribune: Story View
• Aug 2014 St. Louis Post-Dispatch: St.Louis Editorial View
• 15 Oct 2015 Chicago Tribune: Interactive Maps View
• 21 Oct 2015 Chicago Tribune: Maps View
• 27 Oct 2019 Chicago Tribune: Forward View
• 18 Dec 2019 Chicago Tribune: editorial View
• 24 Jun 2020 Chicago Tribune: Mekhi James View
• 31 Dec 2020 Chicago Sun-Times: Story View

Open them in the map gallery.

• 2009 Media Map · Ideas & networks

Ratings and comments are on the Workshops page.

• CAN-TV: Using Your Nonprofit Media Resource — Raven, Patterson · Fall conference
• Generating Media — Matt Maloney · Spring 2001
• Media Relations — Hank de Zutter · Spring 2001

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

• Kids' Internet Radio Project · 2002 library · Learning Sites/Activities
• 350.ORG - CLIMATE CHANGE MOVEMENT INTERMEDIARY · 2021 library · Climate, Environment Links
• DIGITAL MEDIA AND LEARNING BLOG - STIMULATE YOUR THINKING · 2021 library · Education, Learning, C-MOOCs
• EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDIA MOOC - 2013 · 2021 library · Education, Learning, C-MOOCs
• HOW TURN SLACKTIVISTS INTO ACTIVIST W/SOCIAL MEDIA · 2021 library · Fund Raising, Marketing
• PUBLIC NARRATIVE (WAS COMMUNITY MEDIA WORKSHOP) BLOGS · 2021 library · Fund Raising, Marketing
• STARTING A SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGY · 2021 library · Network building, idea sharing
• BEST PRACTICES IN MENTORING - EDITORIAL IN "THE MENTOR NEWS" · 2021 library · Tutor, Mentor Org blogs
• SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGIES THAT COULD SUPPORT CORPORATE SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT · 2021 library · Corp Social Responsibility
• INTERMEDIARY ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORTING YOUTH IN CHICAGO · 2021 library · Chicago resources
• UNIVERSITIES AS FORCES FOR SOCIAL GOOD. EDITORIAL · 2021 library · Community - College Partnerships
• KQED TEACH - EXPAND YOUR MEDIA SKILLS · 2021 library · Extra Curricular
• ANNENBERG MEDIA CONTAINS EXTENSIVE TEACHER AIDS · 2021 library · Multiple Subjects
• COMMON SENSE MEDIA - RESOURCE FOR YOUTH, PARENTS, EDUCATORS, MENTORS · 2021 library · Multiple Subjects
• CHICAGO IS THE WORLD - A PROJECT OF COMMUNITY MEDIA WORKSHOP · 2021 library · Youth as Leaders Resources
• CHICAGO GEAR UP ALLIANCE · 2021 library · Intermediaries - Associations
• COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS CHICAGO · 2021 library · Intermediaries - Associations
• DAVID AND MOLLY BOREN MENTORING INITIATIVE · 2021 library · Intermediaries - Associations
• DC TUTORING AND MENTORING · 2021 library · Intermediaries - Associations
• ENROOT - A COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY STRATEGY · 2021 library · Intermediaries - Associations
• IOWA MENTORING PARTNERSHIP · 2021 library · Intermediaries - Associations
• LITERACENTER CHICAGO - WORKSPACE FOCUSED ON LITERACY ORGANIZATIONS · 2021 library · Intermediaries - Associations
• MARYLAND MENTORING PARTNERSHIP · 2021 library · Intermediaries - Associations
• MENTOR WASHINGTON · 2021 library · Intermediaries - Associations
• MENTOR, NATIONAL MENTORING PARTNERSHIP - SEARCH FOR PROGRAMS · 2021 library · Intermediaries - Associations
• MENTORING COALITION OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY · 2021 library · Intermediaries - Associations
• MICHIGAN REACH OUT! - RESOURCE LIST · 2021 library · Intermediaries - Associations
• NATIONAL CARES MENTORING MOVEMENT · 2021 library · Intermediaries - Associations
• OPPORTUNITY NATION - STRENGTHENING CAREER PATHWAYS FOR YOUNG ADULTS · 2021 library · Intermediaries - Associations
• PROMISE NEIGHBORHOODS INSTITUTE AT POLICYLINK · 2021 library · Intermediaries - Associations
• READ FOUNDATION - NEW YORK CITY · 2021 library · Intermediaries - Associations
• STRIVE: CINCINATTI NORTHERN KENTUCKY - CRADLE TO CAREER ROADMAP · 2021 library · Intermediaries - Associations
• THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN - STEM PROGRAMS FOR GIRLS · 2021 library · Intermediaries - Associations
• THE MASSACHUSETTS PROMISE FELLOWSHIP · 2021 library · Intermediaries - Associations
• THE MENTOR NETWORK - SUPPORT FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES · 2021 library · Intermediaries - Associations
• VIRGINIA MENTORING PARTNERSHIP - MENTOR VIRGINIA · 2021 library · Intermediaries - Associations
• GLOBAL GIRL MEDIA - EMPOWERING YOUNG WOMEN · 2021 library · Other Programs
• DIRECTORY OF CHICAGO YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS - COMMUNITY MEDIA WORKSHOP · 2021 library · Program Locators-Directories
• FREE SPIRIT MEDIA - EMPOWERS YOUTH THROUGH VIDEO · 2021 library · Youth as Leaders-Service Learning
• CIVITY - A RELATIONSHIP BUILDING INTERMEDIARY · 2021 library · Collaboration, community building
• AN OVERVIEW OF CURRENT SOCIAL MEDIA RESEARCH TOOLS · 2021 library · Concept map - visualization
• EXAMPLES OF DATA VISUALIZATION FROM 2012 GLOBAL VOICES CITIZEN MEDIA SUMMIT · 2021 library · Concept map - visualization
• USING NETWORK ANALYSIS AND SOCIAL MEDIA FOR PLANNING & ANALYZING A CONFERENCE · 2021 library · Concept map - visualization
• MAPPING TRAYVON MARTIN MEDIA CONTROVERSY · 2021 library · Creativity, KM
• PRACTICAL EXERCISES IN SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORK ANALYSIS · 2021 library · Creativity, KM
• READ/WRITE LIBRARY-CHICAGO - COMMUNITY MEDIA ARCHIVE · 2021 library · Creativity, KM
• SOCIAL MEDIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION - NODEXL · 2021 library · Creativity, KM
• CREATING MEDIA RICH MAP STORIES - ARTICLE · 2021 library · GIS Mapping
• MAPS4MEDIA - HELPS JOURNALISTS CREATE MAPS · 2021 library · GIS Mapping
• AN OVERVIEW OF SOCIAL MEDIA RESEARCH TOOLS - 2019 · 2021 library · Marketing, Communications
• CHOOSING THE RIGHT SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM FOR YOUR BUSINESS (2018) · 2021 library · Marketing, Communications
• VISUAL MAP OF SOCIAL MEDIA UNIVERSE - 2017 · 2021 library · Marketing, Communications
• EDUCAUSE - RESEARCH INCLUDES NMC (NEW MEDIA CONSORTIUM) · 2021 library · Education Research
• FREE COURSES TO LEARN HOW TO USE LATEST TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIAL MEDIA · 2021 library · Cool Technology Tools

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

• 1993 Merr Dee- WGN TV 11-19-1993 letter following her visit to CC at Wells HS · TMC-Planning / PublicRelations-PCI-1993-2003/Media contacts
• 1994 Cindy Zinkovich, PCI, 10-6-1994 letter about final agreement w Chicago Bar Foundation · TMC-Planning / PublicRelations-PCI-1993-2003/Media contacts
• 1994 PCI 8-10-1994 meeting agenda · TMC-Planning / PublicRelations-PCI-1993-2003/Media contacts
• 1994 PCI Monthly activities report - July 1994 · TMC-Planning / PublicRelations-PCI-1993-2003/Media contacts
• 1994 Media Status Report - PCI -11-1994 · TMC-Planning / PublicRelations-PCI-1993-2003/PCI-PR-Reports-1994
• 1994 Media Status Report - PCI 4-13-1994 · TMC-Planning / PublicRelations-PCI-1993-2003/PCI-PR-Reports-1994
• 1994 Media Status Report - PCI 4-19-1994 · TMC-Planning / PublicRelations-PCI-1993-2003/PCI-PR-Reports-1994
• 1994 Media Status Report for 1994 - PCI 12-14-1994 · TMC-Planning / PublicRelations-PCI-1993-2003/PCI-PR-Reports-1994
• 1994 Media Status Report PostConf- PCI -5-31-1994 · TMC-Planning / PublicRelations-PCI-1993-2003/PCI-PR-Reports-1994
• 1994 Media Status Report PreConf- PCI -5-13-1994 · TMC-Planning / PublicRelations-PCI-1993-2003/PCI-PR-Reports-1994
• 1995 David Cravit and Associates Advertising - 11-27-1995 follow up from DB · TMC-Planning / Business outreach misc
• 1995 Proposed Radio Campaign - circa 1995 · TMC-Planning / PublicRelations-PCI-1993-2003
• 1995 Bill Kurtis, Kurtis Productions, 2-12-1995 letter from DB · TMC-Planning / PublicRelations-PCI-1993-2003/Media contacts
• 1995 Gail Montenegro, Channel 44 - 6-16-1995 intro from DB · TMC-Planning / PublicRelations-PCI-1993-2003/Media contacts
• 1995 Jennifer Ordonez, Chi Bureau, Washington Post - 11-3-1995 letter from DB · TMC-Planning / PublicRelations-PCI-1993-2003/Media contacts
• 1995 Jim Artz, VP, Chi SunTimes - 9-16-1995 follow up from DB · TMC-Planning / PublicRelations-PCI-1993-2003/Media contacts
• 1995 Joe Cappo, Crain s Chicago Business - Go beyond Cabrini Green 11-15-1995 from DB · TMC-Planning / PublicRelations-PCI-1993-2003/Media contacts
• 1995 Joe Walsh, Fox 32-WFLD TV - 10-27-1995 from DB · TMC-Planning / PublicRelations-PCI-1993-2003/Media contacts
• 1995 John McCarron, Chi Tribune Editorial Board - 1995 letters from DB · TMC-Planning / PublicRelations-PCI-1993-2003/Media contacts
• 1995 Patricia Dudek, Community Affairs, Chi SunTimes 12-7-1995 from DB · TMC-Planning / PublicRelations-PCI-1993-2003/Media contacts
• 1995 PCI - letters to the editor - coaching DB 10-19-1995 · TMC-Planning / PublicRelations-PCI-1993-2003/Media contacts
• 1995 PCI calendar listing suggestions from DB - 3-23-1995 · TMC-Planning / PublicRelations-PCI-1993-2003/Media contacts
• 1995 TMC is working - 2-18-1995 letter to Chi Tribune · TMC-Planning / PublicRelations-PCI-1993-2003/Media contacts
• 1996 WBBM Radio - story idea 1-25-1996 · TMC-Planning / PublicRelations-PCI-1993-2003
• 1996 Chicago Tribune Urban Affairs Task Force - 2-18-1996 letter from DB · TMC-Planning / PublicRelations-PCI-1993-2003/Media contacts
• 1996 Ernie Tucker, Chi SunTimes 5-14-1996 from DB · TMC-Planning / PublicRelations-PCI-1993-2003/Media contacts
• 1996 Harry Porterfield - WLS TV - Someone You Should Know interview - 6-6-1996 · TMC-Planning / PublicRelations-PCI-1993-2003/Media contacts
• 1996 John McCarron, Chi Tribune Editorial Board - 1996 letters from DB · TMC-Planning / PublicRelations-PCI-1993-2003/Media contacts
• 1996 Merr Dee-WGN TV - 10-2-1996 letter from DB · TMC-Planning / PublicRelations-PCI-1993-2003/Media contacts
• 1996 Michelle Stevens, Editor, Editorial Page, Chi SunTimes 6-24-1996 from DB · TMC-Planning / PublicRelations-PCI-1993-2003/Media contacts
• 1996 Nigel Wade, Editor, Chi SunTimes 11-4-1996 intro from DB · TMC-Planning / PublicRelations-PCI-1993-2003/Media contacts
• 1997 Sample of advertising business could do for TMC - 1997 · TMC-Planning / Business outreach misc
• 1997 DBL Multi-Media Center - 8-4-1997 infro from DB · TMC-Planning / DB On-line - 1997-1999
• 1997 TMC media outreach - 11-22-1997 letter to Chi programs · TMC-Planning / ILWesleyan-1990-2004
• 1997 TMC media outreach - 11-22-1997 letter to Chi programs-pg 2 · TMC-Planning / ILWesleyan-1990-2004
• 1997 Press Release for TMC at Presidents Summit 3-31-1997 · TMC-Planning / PublicRelations-PCI-1993-2003
• 1997 1997 letter to Merri Dee - weather report idea · TMC-Planning / PublicRelations-PCI-1993-2003/Media contacts
• 1997 Brenda Knight, Conari Press, Berkeley, CA - 8-27-1997 follow up from DB · TMC-Planning / PublicRelations-PCI-1993-2003/Media contacts
• 1997 Chuck Johnson, Mercedez-Benz Mentor Award - 10-26-1997 intro from DB · TMC-Planning / PublicRelations-PCI-1993-2003/Media contacts
• 1997 John McCarron, Chi Tribune Editorial Board - 4-1997 from DB · TMC-Planning / PublicRelations-PCI-1993-2003/Media contacts
• 1997 Letter to Editor follow up sent to list of CC TMC friends - 8-3-1997 · TMC-Planning / PublicRelations-PCI-1993-2003/Media contacts
• 1997 Merr Dee- WGN TV - 3-31-1997 letter from DB · TMC-Planning / PublicRelations-PCI-1993-2003/Media contacts
• 1997 Merr Dee- WGN TV - 4-3-1997 - donation announcement · TMC-Planning / PublicRelations-PCI-1993-2003/Media contacts
• 1997 Mike North - 1160 AM Radio - 9-4-1997 intro from DB · TMC-Planning / PublicRelations-PCI-1993-2003/Media contacts
• 1998 Nov 6-7-1998 TMC Conf press release · TMC-Planning / PublicRelations-PCI-1993-2003
• 1998 Ann Murphy, NetDay National Organizer - 10-26-1998 response to DB · TMC-Planning / PublicRelations-PCI-1993-2003/Media contacts
• 1998 Bruce Dold - Chi Tribune - 9-23-1998 email · TMC-Planning / PublicRelations-PCI-1993-2003/Media contacts
• 1998 Henry Gomez, Dir, Corporate Affairs, HBO - 1-23-1998 from DB · TMC-Planning / PublicRelations-PCI-1993-2003/Media contacts
• 1998 Jeff Zaslow-Chi SunTimes 7-28-1998 intro · TMC-Planning / PublicRelations-PCI-1993-2003/Media contacts
• 1998 John McCarron, Chi Tribune Editorial Board - 2-7-1998 from DB · TMC-Planning / PublicRelations-PCI-1993-2003/Media contacts
• 1998 Joy Runyan, School-to-work News - 10-21-1998 to DB · TMC-Planning / PublicRelations-PCI-1993-2003/Media contacts
• 1998 Lane Startin, Educating For Employment - 6-18-1998 interview interest · TMC-Planning / PublicRelations-PCI-1993-2003/Media contacts
• 1998 Michelle Sneed, Chi SunTimes - 9-5-1998 from DB · TMC-Planning / PublicRelations-PCI-1993-2003/Media contacts
• 1998 Newsweek, How to be a Great Mentor - 1998 - Mentoring Partnerships · TMC-Planning / PublicRelations-PCI-1993-2003/Media contacts
• 1998 Newsweek, How to be a Great Mentor - 1998 Front Cover · TMC-Planning / PublicRelations-PCI-1993-2003/Media contacts
• 1998 Nigel Wade, Editor, Chi SunTimes 11-20-1998 follow up from DB · TMC-Planning / PublicRelations-PCI-1993-2003/Media contacts
• 1998 Nigel Wade, Editor, Chi SunTimes 3-4-98 follow up to DB · TMC-Planning / PublicRelations-PCI-1993-2003/Media contacts
• 1998 PCI 10-6-1998 TMC Conference planning · TMC-Planning / PublicRelations-PCI-1993-2003/Media contacts
• 1998 Steve Lovisa, Lightfall Interactive - re CD ROM - 7-27-1998 · TMC-Planning / PublicRelations-PCI-1993-2003/Media contacts
• 1998 Terry Savage, Chicago SunTimes - 4-28-1998 reply to DB · TMC-Planning / PublicRelations-PCI-1993-2003/Media contacts
• 1999 Angela So, Tribune web hosting - 1-8-1999 email exchange w DB · TMC-Planning / PublicRelations-PCI-1993-2003/Media contacts
• 1999 Ian Wilhelm, Economic Opportunity Report - 6-1999 potential stories about CD ROM · TMC-Planning / PublicRelations-PCI-1993-2003/Media contacts
• 1999 Jeff Zaslow-Chi SunTimes 1-2-1999 from DB · TMC-Planning / PublicRelations-PCI-1993-2003/Media contacts
• 2003 LightsON-Afterschool CC-TMC press release Oct 2003 · TMC-Planning / PublicRelations-PCI-1993-2003
• 2009 MediaMap10 8 09 · maps
• 2015 Blog Talk Radio transcript 8-3-2015 w NonProfit Utopia · TMC-Planning / Blog Talk Radio
• 2015 NetSquared - Social Media discussion - 3-2-2015 db notes · TMC-Planning / Event Notes 2015
• 2017 Blog Talk Radio transcript 8-7-2017 w Valerie Leonard · TMC-Planning / Blog Talk Radio

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

• 2008 Awards and interviews
• 2008 Daniel F. Bassill
• 2008 Education-to-Careers
• 2008 Goals of Recruitment Campaign - for planning:
• 2008 Intermediary role
• 2008 Public Awareness - Rest of Story
• 2008 Recruiting Talent Volunteers
• 2008 Support for Campaign - History
• 2008 The Rest of the Story - A Marketing Strategy
• 2008 Tutor/Mentor Institute's Event Calendar
• 2009 Dan Bassill Interview
• 2009 History
• 2009 Join Tutor/Mentor on Social Media
• 2010 History. Who has helped?
• 2011 Increasing Attention for Tutor/Mentor Programs
• 2011 Social Media Links
• 2019 Concept Map Library
• 2020 Intermediaries - Chicago
• 2021 Additional Research-re education, youth development
• 2021 Afterschool Networks & Associations
• 2021 Arts based youth programs
• 2021 August 2021 T/M eNews
• 2021 Chicago Area School Based Tutor Mentor
• 2021 Chicago Gov; Misc NPOs
• 2021 Chicago Public Schools links
• 2021 Collaboration & Community Building Links
• 2021 College Access Resources
• 2021 Concept Maps; Visualization
• 2021 Dec 2021 Tutor/Mentor eNews
• 2021 Drop Out Research
• 2021 Education, Learning & cMOOC blogs
• 2021 Extra Curricular – Brain Exercises
• 2021 Feb 2021 T/M eNews
• 2021 Fund Raising Hubs-Intermediaries
• 2021 Fund Raising-Marketing blogs
• 2021 GIS Mapping Links
• 2021 Intermediaries and associations
• 2021 June-July 2021 eNews
• 2021 Library - Housing-Com Development
• 2021 Library - Violence against women
• 2021 March 2021 Tutor/Mentor eNews
• 2021 Marketing-Communications
• 2021 Math, Science, STEM
• 2021 May 2021 Tutor/Mentor eNews
• 2021 Mentoring-Tutoring Research
• 2021 Multiple Subjects
• 2021 Network & Learning Blogs
• 2021 Political Actions-Progressive Issues
• 2021 Sept 2021 Tutor/Mentor eNews
• 2021 Social Capital Research
• 2021 Tutor Mentor Programs beyond Chicago
• 2021 Useful Tech Tools
• 2021 Youth As Leaders-Service Learning
• 2021 Youth as Leaders Resources
• 2022 April 2022 TM News
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• 2022 Library: Learn about T/MC & T/MI
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