Dan Bassill will be 65 on December 19.

Help Dan celebrate 38 years of work in tutoring/mentoring field with a contribution that supports the Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC and the 2012 efforts that help volunteer-based tutor/mentor programs grow in more parts of Chicago and in other cities.
 

 

Dan Bassill became a volunteer tutor in 1973 when he joined Montgomery Ward. In 1975 he became leader of the program at Wards.

In 1990 he left Wards and converted the original program into the Cabrini Green Tutoring Program, Inc.  In 1992 he and seven volunteers formed Cabrini Connections, to help 7th graders from the original program continue mentoring through high school. 
 

At the same time, he created the Tutor/Mentor Connection to help programs like Cabrini Connections reach k-12 youth in all high poverty neighborhoods in Chicago.

In July 2011 Dan created the Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC to continue this vision in a new structure. A birthday gift is NOT tax-deductable, but does recognize Dan's vision, long-term service, and gives you a share of Dan's vision.

Visit these links to learn more about Dan Bassill and this "master plan" for helping inner city youth.

Videos - http://www.tutormentorexchange.net/video

Use of maps - http://www.tutormentorexchange.net/mapping-the-programs

Tutor/Mentor Blog stories - http://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2011/12/good-to-great-philosophy.html

4-Part Strategy - Concept Map
 http://tinyurl.com/TMC-4-part-strategy-planning

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There are nearly 135,000 youth attending poorly performing public schools in Chicago.

A fully funded Tutor/Mentor Institute in Chicago should operate with annual revenue of $300,000 to $1 million per year (see this comparison to Mentoring Partnerships around the country) .

This PDF report shows the funding available since 2000 and some of the work that has been done.

Dan seeks sponsors, investors and partners to help build an organizational structure that has these types of resources. However, the first step to winning is to get into the game....and staying there.    If you can help Dan keep this vision growing in 2012.... with a Birthday or year end contribution .... please do.

If you can become a sponsor or investor or help find such people, please take that role. Connect on Twitter , LinkedIn or Facebook and offer other ways you can help. 

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This story shows Dan with a Cabrini Connections student in 1994, with a map of Chicago in the background. Dan has always used maps to show  his commitment to kids in all poverty neighborhoods, as well as his commitment to the kids in the program he led. See story pdf.

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Help Celebrate Dan's 65th!
Give because you BELIEVE, not because
of a tax deduction. *

Mail contributions to
TUTOR/MENTOR INSTITUTE, LLC
Merchandise Mart PO Box 3303
Chicago, Il. 60654

* Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC is not a 501-c-3 non-profit. It is a social enterprise dedicated to making good things happen for inner city kids.

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Below is the same student from the newspaper story above, but 16 years later --- at the Cabrini Connections 2010 year end dinner.

This is an illustration to Dan's vision of long-term connections between youth and volunteers --- made possible by organized tutor/mentor programs and by intermediaries and donors who help such programs get the ideas, talent and resources each needs to operate and improve from year-to-year.

You can help make this vision a reality for more kids in Chicago and in other cities.
 
 

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