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Use the PROGRAM LOCATOR. to find contact information for Tutor/Mentor Programs in different zip codes of the Chicago area.

Visit OHATS for T/MC. See how we document what we are accomplishing.

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Tutor/Mentor Program

FREE Program Evaluation Workshops & Materials

Vision: As a result of the work we do, more youth born in poverty will be entering jobs and careers by age 25.

Tutor/Mentor Leadership and Networking Conference in Chicago, May 29 and 30. Workshop Descriptions here. Register here.
The conference draws attention to volunteer-based tutoring/mentoring as a workforce development, diversity, dropout prevention and public health strategy, not just as an education and poverty reduction program. Come share your knowledge, learn from others. Business volunteer management and philanthropy leaders are encouraged to attend.

The Tutor/Mentor Connection (T/MC) mission is: To gather and organize all that is known about successful non-school tutor/mentor programs and share that knowledge to expand the availability and enhance the effectiveness of these services to children in inner city Chicago and other poverty areas. Intro to T/MC and Cabrini Connections (pdf)

Browse the various sections of this and other T/MC web sites and use the resources you find to support your own personal and organizational involvement in volunteer-based tutoring/mentoring.

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or visit the Tutor/Mentor Institute section to find more ideas you can use in your leadership and program development.

Visit the Program Locator and LINKS sections to find contact information for various tutoring and/or mentoring programs in the Chicago region. Use this information to decide where to volunteer....or where to make a financial contribution.

This mission is accomplished through a four-part strategy.
1) It aims to increase knowledge about what works, where programs are located and where more are needed.

2) It aggressively shares this knowledge in a marketing and public awareness campaign aimed at

3) creating a greater involvement of all adults, and a greater flow of essential resources to individual programs; and a

4) better understanding among all stakeholders of the long-term, integrated actions needed to help children and youth move from a birth in poverty to a job and a career. For each child this is a minimum 25-year commitment.

View map of Tutor/Mentor Connection goals.

(Click here to read more about the goals and strategies of the Tutor/Mentor Connection)

The next Tutor/Mentor Leadership and Networking Conference will be May 29 and 30, 2008. Visit http://www.tutormentorconference.org to learn more about the conference, and ways you can be involved as a speaker, workshop presenter, participant or sponsor.

While the volunteer mentor is on the front lines in this effort, support for each volunteer and student is what makes a long-term mentoring match possible. Make a 2008 donation to support Cabrini Connections, Tutor/Mentor Connection
http://www.cabriniconnections.net/donate/

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UPCOMING EVENTS
May 29 & 30, 2008	Tutor/Mentor Leadership & Training Conference Submit a proposal to be a workshop presenter. Help recruit sponsors. Plan to attend. To discuss, email tutormentor2@earthlink.net Read about the: T/MC e-conference.
July 17, 2008	Jimmy Biggs Memorial Cabrini Connections Golf Benefit, Visit the golf web site to see and learn more about how you can help raise funds and visibility for tutoring/mentoring in Chicago. Email tutormentor2@earthlink.net to be involved.
July 28 or 30 , 2008	MY HERO Awards Lunch, hosted by SunTimes Marovitz Lawyers Lend A Hand Fund. Join lawyers, law firms, judges and celebrate the involvement of the legal community in volunteer-based tutor/mentor programs. Visit the web site to learn how to nominate a lawyer for a My Hero Award. Learn about Lend A Hand Funding of Chicago tutor/mentor programs. Visit http://www.lawyerslendahand.org
Aug - Sept 08	Chicagoland Tutor/Mentor Volunteer Recruitment Campaign While we're still recruiting volunteers for 2007-08, begin planning for how you can help mobilize volunteers for Chicago area tutor/mentor programs in the 2008-09 and future school years.
January 2009	National Mentoring Month. January '08 - learn more at http://www.mentoring.org Tutor/Mentor Connection theme for January is: Share what you've earned. Make a donation to support a tutor/mentor program. Visit the Donor section to see how your dollars can help make effective volunteer based mentoring possible.
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Features of the Tutor/Mentor Exchange (T/ME) web site
The T/ME site hosts several unique components of the T/MC strategy.

* OHATS: Organizational History & Accomplishments Tracking System
OHATS is designed to help organizations record, organize & share lessons, practices, key relationships, events, and results that capture their history and progress

* Resource Links to web resources and program websites to help programs find support and to help volunteers, donors, corporate partners and others find and support programs.

* Discussions
This is a section where volunteers meet on-line to plan events that build capacity, recruit volunteers, share training, etc.

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