People and Organizations that have helped the T/MC grow

It takes a village…. Below you can find names of many people and organizations who have helped create the Tutor/Mentor Connection since 1993, when it was just an idea of a small group of volunteers in one Chicago tutor/mentor program.

The Tutor/Mentor Connection (T/MC) is a shared VISION. It was created over a period of 35 years by volunteers who tutored and mentored children and youth living in the Cabrini-Green public housing neighborhood of Chicago. It was formalized by Daniel F. Bassill and a team of six other volunteers into a non-profit organization named Cabrini Connections, in the fall of 1992. During 1993 the leaders of Cabrini Connections created the vision of an outreach that could help children and youth in every poverty neighborhood, of Chicago, and other major cities, by helping the programs serving those kids get the visibility, volunteers, dollars, training and technology each needs to be an effective program. This became the Tutor/Mentor Connection (T/MC).

President, Chief Executive Officer, Founder
Cabrini Connections, Tutor/Mentor Connection

Cabrini Connections is a site based tutor/mentor program serving teens in one Chicago Neighborhood. Visit http://www.cabriniconnections.net

The Tutor/Mentor Connection (T/MC) is a knowledge-based intermediary that seeks to help programs like Cabrini Connections be operating in every high poverty neighborhood of Chicago and similar large metropolitan areas.  This organization has history dating back to 1965 when employees of the Montgomery Ward corporate headquarters in Chicago began tutoring 2nd to 6th grade youth from the Cabrini-Green public housing project.  Bassill became a volunteer tutor in 1973 and the leader of that program in 1975.