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Tutor/Mentor
Connection maps, such as those in the Map Gallery and the Program
Locator of this web site, show
where poverty and poorly performing schools are located in the Chicago area and where existing
tutor/mentor programs operate. The volunteer recruitment campaign aims to
draw volunteers to tutor/mentor programs operating in these parts of the city.
The
campaign’s timing is linked to the start of each school year when all
tutor/mentor programs in the region are looking for volunteers. The campaign
officially kicks off in early August and runs
through September.
The
primary emphasis of the campaign is to create more
advertising, and public awareness, that encourages
people to visit the Program
Locator and
Chicago Program Links sections of the T/MC web
site, where they can shop for where they want to be
involved as a volunteer, donor, leader, etc. Goal
of Campaign:
1.
Continue to attract an increasing number of individuals to volunteer to be
a tutor or mentor with one of the over 300 program sites in the Chicago area.
2. Provide support to other communities to expand the campaign and
T/MC strategies throughout Illinois and the nation.
3. Expand partnerships with businesses, hospitals, universities, and faith
groups. Enlist campaign Chairpersons from these networks to provide
leadership and communications support needed to mobilize more volunteers
and dollars for all tutor and mentor programs state wide. The
SunTimes Marovitz Lawyers
Lend
A Hand to Youth Program is a model we hope will
be duplicated.
4. Enlist media and corporate sponsors to help create marketing and
advertising strategies that promote the campaign's "Get Informed, Get
Involved" call for tutors, mentors and donors. Read
ROLE
OF LEADERS
5. Increase faith-group involvement. Build commitment to quarterly
messages from the pulpit, as a means of building awareness through faith
communities to business, social, and alumni groups in which members
participate.
6. Establish additional neighborhood and community recruitment
collaborative efforts to help promote and support tutor and mentor
programs within their business areas during the campaign and year-round.
7. Expand participation in Internet-based volunteer recruitment planning
groups, blogs, web sites, etc..
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