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Be a partner,
leader, host or sponsor of the 2005 Back-to-School Tutor/Mentor
Volunteer Recruitment Campaign. Email tutormentor2@earthlink.net
to get involved.
Visit our
Links
to Chicago Youth Programs
section and choose a program where you can be a volunteer, a donor, an advocate.
PROGRAM LOCATOR
Find
A Tutor/Mentor Program to Volunteer & Support Near You.
Click here for details.
LINK
TO T/MC MAPS
Library.
These maps show where tutor/mentor
programs are needed in Chicagoland and where current programs are
located.
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2005
BACK-TO-SCHOOL
TUTOR/MENTOR VOLUNTEER RECRUITMENT CAMPAIGN
CALLING ALL MAYORS
LEAD A TUTOR/MENTOR
RECRUITMENT CAMPAIGN IN YOUR CITY! The
Recruitment Campaign is part of a year-round strategy led by the Cabrini
Connections Tutor/Mentor Connection. It is intended to draw volunteers and
donors to places where they can volunteer time or make other type of
contributions. It is also intended to draw leaders to web sites where they
can learn how to build and sustain comprehensive, mentor rich programs.
While we have compiled a database of Chicago programs, we do not have an extensive list or programs serving other cities.
Nor do we have a campaign in place to draw volunteers and donors to help Mayors
build and sustain more programs.
Below is a list of actions Mayors can take to
help the T/MC help them:
A Mayor's support of the annual volunteer
recruitment campaign can be as minimal as adding your name to the Campaign Call
to Action Manifesto (Our Children Need Your Help!). Or it can go well beyond and
set a leadership example for every Mayor in the country. On the attached page
are a menu of choices that you might take to exert your leadership.
Following are suggestions. Email the T/MC at
tutormentor2@earthlink.net
to discuss these
1) Write a letter of endorsement for the campaign, which we can reprint in our
publicity, and which local agencies can use.
2) Sign the campaign Call to Action letter
3) Write (or sign) letter inviting mayors of downstate cities to form Tutor/Mentor Connection-type structures, and to launch volunteer recruitment
campaigns in their own cities (parallel to the Chicago campaign). Help us make
this an Illinois campaign.
5) Write (or sign) letters inviting local corporate CEO's and sports celebrities to support the campaign via internal communications, external
advertising, internet advertising, and/or sponsorship of tutor/mentor programs
and tutor/mentor networks such as the T/MC
6) Send press releases about the campaign out through the Mayor¹s office, with
T/MC support
a) early June announcing your support of the campaign
b) early August announcing the "kick off" of the
campaign
c) first week of September, just prior to the
recruitment fairs
7) Be a spokesperson for volunteerism and tutoring/ mentoring in media interviews
and when every there is a natural opportunity
Finally, enlist other business and political leaders to support the campaign.
This is good for business because a Total Quality Mentoring program builds a
pipeline to careers for kids from low-income neighborhoods. It is the best
diversity strategy a company can invest in. It provides many learning
opportunities for employees while it helps youth stay in school and be better
prepared for careers. It is good for political leaders because it seeks to build
financial support from the private sector, not from the public sector.
Learn more:
Role of Leaders
Total Quality Mentoring
TUTOR/MENTOR
LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE After we recruit volunteers, our job is
to train them and help them become effective tutors, mentors and
leaders. Sponsors are needed to help the T/MC offer training and
networking opportunities for tutor/mentor volunteers and program
leaders. Make a difference with your dollars!
Help
Raise Funds for Tutor/Mentor Programs. Visit the Lend
A Hand section to see how you can make a contribution
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