Tough Times for Non Profits. Meeting the Challenge.

On the Tutor/Mentor Connection blog I posted a couple of articles showing how non profits across the country are facing difficult times. Read them here, and here.



The only way to overcome this challenge is to find more people who will donate to your cause. Thus, I'm pleased to see how the fund raising events organized by Nicole White and Mike Trakan are attracting some donors.

Nicole and Nick Infusino are running in the Chicago marathon, and asking friends and family to make donations to support them. Their goal is to raise at least $2000, and they are already at $711. Thank you to everyone who has already sent a check or made a pledge.

Mike Trakan created a Map-a-Thon page to ask friends and family to help fund the map making we do. At this link is a map Mike created that is hanging in the Hyde Park Hair Salon, where President Obama gets his hair cut when in Chicago. It's intended to get the attention of the customers, and the media, who come in to the Salon. Mike's goal is to raise $5000 by mid October, which is the quarterly cost for our map making. $125 has been donated at http://www.giveforward.org/mappingforjustice/

Finally, Karen Lobdell, Julie Hamilton, Melissa Moore, Toni Pullen and others are organizing a 4th annual Martini Madness event, which will be held on October 9th at THE STORE, in Chicago. While ticket sales and raffle tickets will help us raise needed money, our real profit will come from those of you who make sponsor donations of $250 or more.

These are just a few ways our volunteers,leaders and staff are reaching out to help Cabrini Connections, Tutor/Mentor Connection stay in business. If we can keep doing that then alumni like Michael Akins will be able to find us and post messages like this on Facebook:

Hi my name is Michael Akins me and my three sister was a part of cabrini connections. I started in the small building when i was like in 5th grade. I met alot a great people and done alot of great things with the tutoring program. I am glad that i had the chance to experience everything that i did with the program from the dance group that i was in to the video production that i was a part of. Just saying thankyou to Dan,Gina and of course Jimmy who is no longer with us today.