March 9, 2010
Art Festival, April 16, 2010. Save the Date
Read more at
http://cabriniconnectionsartclub.
blogspot.com/
CABRINI MADNESS RAISES MORE THAN $10,000 IN FEBRUARY!
Learn more at
www.cabriniconnections.net/cabrini-madness/
Contact Information
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By Phone: 312-492-9614
By Fax: 312-492-9795 -
By Email:
El Da' Sheon Nix, Administrative CoordinatorEldasheon.nix@gmail.com
http://cabriniblog.blogspot.com
Bradley Troast, 2009-10 NUPIP Fellow.
Assistant Program Coordinator;
BradleyTroast@gmail.com
http://cabrinipip.blogspot.com/
Coordinators for 2009-10
Wednesday:
Alexandria Hill
Kasey Brink
Thursday
John Knight
Diana Castaneda
Dan Bassill (fund raising, events)
tutormentor2@earthlink.net
RESOURCES FOR VOLUNTEERS:
VOLUNTEER HANDBOOK
ORIENTATION PDF
HOMEWORK HELP
http://volunteers/materials-to-help-you-succeed
Read the blogs
Join the Clubs that meet on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday before
tutoring.
Cabrini
Blog-
http://cabriniblog.blogspot.com
Bradley's NU PIP blog
http://cabrinipip.blogspot.com/
School of Art Institute visit report
http://cabrinipip.blogspot.com/2010/03/school-of-art-institute-college-visit.html
Art Club Blog-
cabriniconnectionsartclub.blogspot.com/
Writing Club blog- read more
cabriniconnectionswritinggroup.blogspot.com/
Film Club blog - new equipment on the way!
http://cabrinifilms.blogspot.com/
Tech Club blog - see work teens are doing
http://cabrinitechclub.blogspot.com/
College Zone - helpful links added
http://www.cabriniconnections.net/learning-and-enrichment/college-zone
Meet new 2010 interns
http://michaelcnt.blogspot.com/
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Dan's Tutor/Mentor Leadership Blog
http://tutormentor.blogspot.com
Nicole White's Tutor/Mentor Connection blog
http://nicolecabrini.blogspot.com/
Mapping for Justice - Map Strategies to support tutor/mentor
programs
http://mappingforjustice.blogspot.com
Weekly eNews for
Cabrini Connections
Volunteers, Students and Alumni
Read the blogs at http://cabriniblog.blogspot.com to see the stories of weekly tutoring, mentoring and learning at Cabrini Connections.
Read Cabrini Madness event news
http://cabrinitmcfundraising.blogspot.com/
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*Student Spotlight: Crystal Townsend*
http://cabrinipip.blogspot.com/2010/03/student-spotlight-crystal-townsend.html
*Volunteer Spotlight: John "Ryan" Kracaw*
http://cabrinipip.blogspot.com/2010/03/volunteer-spotlight-john-ryan-kracaw.html
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Pizza Sale - Give Hope is having a pizza sale to raise money for Cabrini Madness. Pizza orders will be taken this week and pizza will be provided next week. See details at Cabrini Connections.
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2010 Year End Dinner Theme and Beyond
Each year in Cabrini Connections, the students are given the
opportunity to pitch their ideas for the upcoming Year End Dinner and
the following year’s theme. This year’s theme is “Hope, Build, Believe,
and Achieve” and 7th grader Olivia Williams was the creator
of that theme. The theme ideas should tie into the overall program and
should be a theme that can and should lead the program into a positive
direction for the future.
We are in the process of selecting a new theme, with ballots going out last week and continuing this week, the Youth Leadership Council will use next week’s meeting to vote on the theme that best embodies the Cabrini Connections’ program. The student who creates the winning theme will receive a prize package from Year End Dinner Planning Coordinator and former mentor Courtland Madock.
Good Luck!!!
Special Note: The 2010 Year End Dinner will take place on June 10, 2010 and not June 3, 2010
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2010 Art and Film Festival
What you all have been waiting for is almost here!!! The date for
this year’s Annual Art and Film Festival has been confirmed for
Friday April 16th, 2010 from 6-10pm at the Palette and
Chisel Art Gallery (1012 N. Dearborn). This should be a great event
and definitely is a great way to showcase the hard work and creativity
of the Cabrini Connections’ Art Club.
Please save the date and go here for more details: http://cabriniblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/its-that-time-of-year-again-at-cabrini.html
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Cabrini Connections’ 2010 Career Week
For the CPS Spring Break (March 29th-April 2nd)
we will be hosting our Career Week. We will be looking for
opportunities to take groups of students out into offices, businesses,
and organizations so that they can get a glimpse of potential future
job/career sites. Since many of the volunteers in the program are
currently in careers where many of our youth want to be, we are asking
all volunteers about the possibility of coming to their job sites during
the week of Spring Break to get a tour and a brief presentation about
the worksite and advice on how our students can get on the path to a
future career in that field.
OFFICIAL TUTORING/MENTORING SESSIONS WILL BE CANCELLED, BUT THE PROGRAM WILL BE OPEN NORMAL TIMES FOR PEOPLE TO MEET.
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Cabrini Connections’ March Birthdays!!!
Students:
* Savon Clark - March 6
(turned 15)
* De'Sean Sale - March 6 (turned 18)
* Whitney Hemphill - March 4 (turned 17)
* Patrick Mitchell - March 23 (turns 14)
* Dyron Woods - March 9 (turns 16)
Volunteers:
* Jessica Bearden - March 21
* Emily Herzog - March 20
* Daniel O'Rourke - March 25
The entire Cabrini Connections’ TEAM would like to wish you all a HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
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Youth Leadership Council update
Students who are new this year, YLC members will be updating the "What I
want to be when I grow up" stars in the College Zone this week. One of
them will bring a blank star to you, so be ready to predict the future!
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College & Career event, for Alumni
and Current Students, March 13, 11am - 1pm
Participate in our first alumni career networking event featuring a
speaker from City Colleges of Chicago. Open to current and former
students, volunteers and parents. RSVP to Toni at 312-492-9614 if you will
attend.
Meet alumni and view photos from 1975-2000 at
http://cabriniconnectionsalumni.ning.com/
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~Fundraising Tip of the Week~
Tell the stories of
tutoring/mentoring via your social media, and in your personal
networking. Just point to the web site and led friends and family choose
how much to be involved.
Current Cabrini Madness TOP 5 Leaders
and Update
Congratulations to Team
Impeccable, The Green Team, Guaranteed Victory, and Each One Reach One
for raising over $1000.
1. Guaranteed Victory - $4,142
2. Team Impeccable - $1,790
3. The Green Team- $1,285
4. Each One Reach One -$1,125
5. Change Makers - $630
(Numbers include cash and/or check donations)
Scores (donations) are updated each time someone makes a donation at
http://www.giveforward.org/cabrinitmc/
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Visit the fund raising blog at
http://cabrinitmcfundraising.blogspot.com/
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The next Tutor/Mentor Leadership and Networking Conference will be May
27 and 28 at Loyola University
See
http://www.tutormentorconference.org
Meet Interns.
We have interns from Loyola, IIT, University of Michigan, etc. Meet them
at
http://michaelcnt.blogspot.com and
http://tutormentorconnection.ning.com
From the President
Just like NBA Cares, Cabrini
Connections Cares. Watch "The Awesomes" give back to the program.
http://vimeo.com/10028296
Over
the past 4 weeks more than 100 of our students, volunteers, staff
and friends have unleashed tremendous talent and enthusiasm on
behalf of Cabrini Connections.
This video is one example. It features teens who organized a fund raiser for Cabrini Madness, and who helped make two videos to promote the event, and the tournament. Thus, teens are learning to use media to get public attention, and to motivate people to do something that supports the purpose of the video producers. That's advertising. That's leadership. These are skills 21st century companies are looking for.
Thus, while the weekly tutoring/mentoring connects teens and volunteers and provides a wide range of learning and enrichment, the work each teen and volunteer is doing to find donors and new supporters, is a step in taking charge of their future.
If we can teach these concepts our kids
are less likely to be victims of poverty and racism, and a paralyzed
public leadership. They can learn ways to choose what path they want
in life, and reach out to find people who will help them achieve
their goals.
This week there are more Cabrini Madness events. Follow the Cabrini,
T/MC fund raising blog for latest details
http://cabrinitmcfundraising.blogspot.com/ a
The money raised through Cabrini Madness will help us raise part of the money needed to operate Cabrini Connections, Tutor/Mentor Connection for a full year, but we will need other events, and other volunteers and donors to help, if we're to raise enough money to operate without going into debt.
Thus, we have other events that we
hope you and friends will support. See the entire event calendar at
http://www.cabriniconnections.net/calendar
We're looking for volunteers to help make each of these events a
success. They all engage our teens in many different ways, and
showcase the vibrant community that is created by a program like
Cabrini Connections.
If you want to help, or meet with me to discuss these ideas, or introduce
others from your own network to our organization, just call
312-492-9614 to schedule time to meet.
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Thank you all for your help.
Contact El Da Sheon Nix or Dan Bassill
Cabrini Connections, Tutor/Mentor Connection
800 W. Huron, First Floor
Chicago, IL 60642
Phone: 312-492-9614
Fax: 312-492-9795
Read the blogs:
http://cabriniblog.blogspot.com (this has links to all of the
Cabrini Connections blogs)
http://cabrinipip.blogspot.com/ (Bradley Troast, PIP Fellow
http://tutormentor.blogspot.com (Dan Bassill)
Cabrini Connections on Facebook.
Fan page:
http://www.facebook.com/cabriniconnectionsTMC
Writing Club page -
http://tinyurl.com/FB-writing-club
Follow us on Twitter -
http://twitter.com/tutormentorteam
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