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Staff and Volunteer Criminal Background Checks

Everyone at Cabrini Connections who is working with youth is required to complete and successfully pass two background checks.

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The Role of a Volunteer

The primary role of a volunteer is to be a mentor. A mentor at Cabrini Connections acts like a surrogate parent, aunt or uncle. The role is a motivator, a coach, a tutor, and an advocate. You are a guide. Your purpose is not to shape a youth to your values, but to help them be everything they have the potential to be. When you are a mentor you show a student you care. This means many things. You show this by attendance, by your interest in what they do, what they are doing in school, who they are and what is important to them.

Read the WEEKLY NEWSLETTER (see link at left) to stay alert to what is happening at Cabrini Connections each week.

Read the CabriniBlog to meet our teens and volunteers.

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Materials to help you succeed

Volunteer handbook, orientation pdf, homework help links. etc. Some of these materials require Adobe Reader to view. Download Adobe Reader

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Links to Visit

Take a look at the Student Links to Visit for more useful information including subject-specific resources, homework help, and college resources.

Visit these sections of the Tutor/Mentor Connection's Links Library for many useful links:

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Be a Tutor/Mentor

As a tutor/mentor you are a:

  • Role model
  • Advisor
  • Advocate
  • Surrogate parent
  • Friend
  • Coach

When: Tutor/mentors volunteer one night a week, either Wednesday or Thursday, from 6pm until 8pm. Tutoring/Mentoring  runs throughout the academic year and we host Open House tutoring/mentoring sessions every Wednesday evening throughout the summer months.

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Volunteer Opportunities at Cabrini Connections

Not everyone can make the time to volunteer as a tutor/mentor. There are many other ways you can help Cabrini Connections.  
Volunteers serve in leadership roles, from our Board of Directors and Advisory Council to the groups who organize our Holiday Party, Field Trips to Business and College Sites, and our annual Video Festival. Volunteers also help with the Tutor/Mentor Connection.Read this pdf on role of Talent Volunteers.

Please review the list of volunteer opportunities shown below and call us (312-492-9614) or email  ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) if you're interested in helping on one or more.  

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Apply Online

Interested in volunteering with us? Complete the volunteer application. A staff member will follow-up with you.


 

 

 

Four Questions to Organize Your Tutor/Mentor Sessions

Every match will be different. Some students will be self-motivated. Some won't. Sometimes they will have homework, other times they may need to talk about a concern. The following questions can be used to organize any session, any time.

1) What is one good thing that has happened since the last time we met?

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