September 7, 2010



Cabrini Connections
Tutor/Mentor Connection
800 W. Huron, Chicago, Il 60642

Contact Information

  • By Phone: 312-492-9614  
    By Fax: 312-492-9795

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Staff Contacts.


EL Da' Sheon Nix
Administrative Coordinator
eldasheon.nix@gmail.com
http://cabriniblog.blogspot.com 

Bradley Troast
Assistant Program Coordinator
bradleytroast@gmail.com
 http://cabrinipip.blogspot.com  

Karina Walker
Tutor/Mentor Connection Research & Collaboration Coordinator
NUPIP Fellow for 2010-11 walkerkarina@gmail.com
http://tmcpip.blogspot.com

Dan Bassill
President, CEO (fund raising, events)
tutormentor2@earthlink.net
http://tutormentor.blogspot.com

 

2010-11 Coordinators
Tonya Myers - Wed Session
Amy Stockli - Wed Session

Melissa Iwami - Thurs Session
Courtland Madock - Thurs Session

Monthly Mixer Coordinators
Matt Golden, Jennifer O'Rourke
Autumn Sharp, & Melissa Iwami


 


 

Be a Super Hero! Help Raise Dollars!
Please help expand the donor and support base. See ways you can  help at:  www.cabriniconnections.net/donate

Read blog articles about Cabrini Connections Fund Raising.  http://cabrinitmcfundraising.blogspot.com

Workplace Fund Raising
Look for Cabrini Connections and Tutor/Mentor Connection in federal and state workplace fund raising books.

Read more at
http://www.cabriniconnections.net/workplace-fund-raising

 

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Read past newsletters
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Cabrini Connections Back-to-School Newsletter - Orientations this week!  Don't miss them.

"My Dreams are My Reality!"
At the Year-End Dinner teens announced this as the theme for the 2010-11 school year. We welcome everyone who is ready to commit time, talent and dollars to help make dreams come true over the next few months.

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2010 Student and Volunteer Orientations

Volunteer Orientations: Tuesday and Wednesday (Sept 7th and 8th) 6-7:30pm

Student Orientations: Thursday and Friday (Sept 9th and Sept 10th) 6-7:30pm

If there are any reasons why you can’t attend you must notify Administrative Coordinator, EL Da’ Sheon Nix, prior to the scheduled dates.  Hopefully one of the many goals of all students and volunteers is to have a GREAT year, and it starts with the orientations.

AND…tutoring/mentoring sessions officially start next week!!!

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New Students and Volunteers for 2010-11
 We have nearly 70 students and 80 volunteers confirmed, but are still registering new students and volunteers. Our goal is to have 75-80 students on the roster by November 1. Call 312-492-9614 to confirm your intentions or to introduce potential new volunteers or students.

Review Student guidelines at
http://www.cabriniconnections.net/students/how-to-join

Review Volunteer guidelines at
http://www.cabriniconnections.net/volunteers/be-a-tutormentor

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Special Thanks
The Cabrini Connections’ staff would like to give a special thanks to all of the volunteers and students that continued to remain connected to the program over the summer.  We are getting more and more traffic through the program over the summer and we are also getting more and more people interacting with each other outside of the program.  THANK YOU for staying connected!

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1st Quarter Snack and Beverage Sign Up
Please make an effort to sign up for the snack and beverage list for the 1st quarter.  If you are coming in this week for orientations you should sign up then.  We’d like to complete the list in the first 2 weeks of the 1st quarter.

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Video & Filmmakers Club shines this summer!
During an 8-week summer session, Video Club, consisting of three volunteer leaders and seven students in grades 7-11, produced two music videos entirely on their own. For a complete recap of their summer, check out their blog below.

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Read the Blogs and learn about extra learning opportunities at Cabrini Connections:

* Art Club http://cabriniconnectionsartclub.blogspot.com/
* Tech Club http://cabrinitechclub.blogspot.com/
* Video & Filmmakers Club http://cabrinifilms.blogspot.com/
* Writing Club http://cabriniconnectionswritinggroup.blogspot.com/
* College Zone http://cabrinicollege.wordpress.com/

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Tutor Mentor Jam ROCKED!!!
Cabrini Connections, Tutor/Mentor Connection Staff would like to thank each and every person that was part of the planning, assisted with getting the word out, and/or attended the Tutor/Mentor Jam on Aug. 31 at the Darkroom! Look to get involved next year at http://www.tutormentorjam.org/. 

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Next mixer and fund raising event will be Martini Madness, Oct 1, at The Store, on Halsted. Tickets on sale now. Raffle tickets will be available at Cabrini Connections. Donations and tickets sales can be made at http://tinyurl.com/Martini-Madness

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View maps in Chicago Tutor/Mentor Program Locator
 http://www.tutormentorprogramlocator.net

Join the Tutor/Mentor Connection forum
 http://tutormentorconnection.ning.com
http://nututormentor.ning.com
 

 

From the Leadership:  

Welcome to 2011-10 Cabrini Connections!

Each person who becomes part of Cabrini Connections begins a journey of transformation. The more effort you put into learning what we do, and how you can contribute, or benefit, from the time you spend, the more you will be enriched.  This week we will do volunteer and student orientations and next week we'll  have the first official tutor/mentor sessions. Many of you are already meeting with students, and many of you are returning from last year, so already have started relationships.

As you go through this journey please take time each week to browse the email newsletter, which we will try to get to you each Tuesday. It will also be posted on the Cabrini Connections web site.  Please also take some time every couple of weeks to review the blogs. This information is intended to coach you and your student in your weekly activities, and to expand your understanding of why we are needed, and what you and the people you know can do to help us have a greater impact on the kids in this program.

You will begin to hear Tutor/Mentor Connection in our messages. This is what makes being part of Cabrini Connections unique.  We maintain a master database of more than 200 youth programs in Chicago, and a library of links that connects you and our students to similar programs in all parts of the world.

When we started Cabrini Connections, we decided to create the T/MC at the same time, to help good tutor/mentor programs reach kids in every poverty neighborhood, and to help create greater public attention, so that each program, including Cabrini Connections, would attract a more consistent flow of volunteers, ideas, and operating dollars.  Many of the links we will point you to throughout the year will be links on the T/MC web site, which we are sharing with thousands of other people, not just our own Cabrini Connections family.

We hope you'll use these resources, share them with friends, family and your own mentee, and that you'll even add to them as you find new resources that you want to share.

Thank you for joining Cabrini Connections, or returning for another year.

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Here are resources that will help you throughout the coming year.  These can be used regardless of where you live, or what role you take with our organization, now, or in the future.

View the Timeline and Planning Documents for 2010-11
We've created wikis which anyone can view to see our thinking, our strategies, and the plan for Cabrini Connections in 2010-2011. Dates for orientations, first sessions, holiday events, and fund raising benefits are included. http://tinyurl.com/CC-Timeline-Wiki

Recommended Reading for Volunteers -
http://www.cabriniconnections.net/volunteers/materials-to-help-you-succeed

Recommended Reading for Students -
http://www.cabriniconnections.net/students/links-to-visit

Strategies and concepts behind Cabrini Connections, Tutor/Mentor Connection.  Read the essays in the Tutor/Mentor Institute site and share these with people in your  own network. http://www.tutormentorexchange.net

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Read the history of Cabrini Connections at http://www.cabriniconnections.net/mission/history and you'll see that many people contributed many hours of time and talent to create the organization that exists today. 

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 
http://cabrinipip.blogspot.com/ 
http://tutormentor.blogspot.com
http://tmcpip.blogspot.com

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