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August 2022 eNews

August 2022 - Issue 213

Support Youth Tutor and Mentor Programs

School is starting all over the country and volunteer-based tutor and mentor programs are recruiting. Some have great communications and public visibility. Some are not as well known. However, good programs are needed in every high poverty neighborhood.

That's why we maintain a list of Chicago area tutor and/or mentor programs, organized by sections of the city and suburbs. This can help you find programs near where you live or work, or see where more programs are needed.

At this time of the year I urge you to do all you can to help these programs.

In this newsletter I'm also pointing to civil liberties resources from the Tutor/Mentor library. You can use these to prepare for the November 2022 election and what happens after that.

Use this newsletter as a study guide.

The ideas and resources shared in this monthly newsletter point to a library of resources that can be used by anyone, in Chicago, or around the world, to help mentor-rich youth programs thrive in all of the neighborhoods where they are most needed.

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Prepare for Back-to-School

Look for ways to help recruit volunteers for all youth tutor and/or mentor programs in your city.

Review these articles about volunteer recruitment

what are you doing? click here
strategies for recruiting - click here
recruiting talent - click here

Use Chicago area tutor/mentor program list to learn about youth serving groups in your area.

Visit the Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC site and look at the three lists where we point to Chicago area tutor and/or mentor programs. Look for the "volunteer" and "get involved" pages. Then, contact programs directly to learn more ways to help.

Find links to more volunteer recruitment resources on this concept map.

This points to our list of Chicago programs but to many other resources you can use to find volunteer opportunities or share information about your organization. The lists cover the entire USA.

View the HOMEWORK HELP concept map, too. click here

5 Quick Ideas for Back-to-School

I saw this list of ideas from XQ Institute on Twitter, which is where I find new ideas every day.

Here's the website. Take a look and see what you are able to add to your own teaching and learning.

Engage imagination and talents of students in climate action

Here's another resource for teaching and learning that I found on Twitter.

The Agam Agenda and the global organization Climate Reality Project are collaborating to link the imagination of writers and artists speaking on climate change. Visit the website and learn ways you and your students might be involved.

Readers Guide to African Books and Folktales

Since 2013 I've been connected to a network of educators on various social media platforms. Here's a post on Twitter from a retired teacher who collects information about FREE books available on the Internet. Here's the website.

Chicago Youth Programs, Inc. featured in WTTW article.

It's great to see a Chicago tutor/mentor program featured in news reports. Take a look at this article about Chicago Youth Programs, Inc.. Click here to read the story.

Volunteer Training Resources

While every tutor and mentor program offers some type of orientation and training at the start of the year, volunteers need to be learning on an on-going basis. This section of the Tutor/Mentor library has resources to support volunteer training.

Below are resources to use to help youth in your community.

Recent additions to web library

I started the Tutor/Mentor web library in the late 1990s and I've added new links weekly. In late 2021 I moved the entire library to a different website and no longer have the same search features, making it more difficult for users to know what's been added recently. Thus, I've created this page, showing new additions since early July.

Recent Tutor/Mentor Blog articles:

Tips for Volunteers in Tutor/Mentor Programs - click here

My Aug 4-11 week on Twitter - click here

Mapping Social Capital - click here

My 30 year history of mapping - click here

"Good to Great" philosophy - click here

"What if?" Looking Past. Looking Forward - click here

It's a Democracy, If you can Keep It. - click here

Creating Visual Essays - Since 1990s - click here

Bookmark these Tutor/Mentor Resources

* Resource Library - click here

* Strategy PDFs by Tutor/Mentor - click here

* Concept Map library - click here

* Work done by interns - click here

* Digital Divide resources - click here

* Political Action resources - click here

* Featured collections on Wakelet - click here

* Tutor/Mentor Institute Videos - click here

* Chicago Youth Serving Organizations in Intermediary Roles - click here to view a concept map showing many organizations working to help improve the lives of Chicago area youth. Follow the links.

Resources & Announcements

* TechForward Conference: Transforming Nonprofits Through Technology - Sept 18-20. Learn more

* Write Out 2022 - October. Focus on STEM - click here

* Independent Sectors - new website - click here

* New Pathways - Roadmap for American Schools - click here

* Segregation and School Funding - click here

* To & Through Project website - click here: Follow on Twitter - @UChiToThrough

* Center for Effective Philanthropy - click here

* Forefront -Illinois' statewide association of nonprofits, foundations and advisors. click here

* National Mentoring Partnership, resources - click here

* Proven Tutoring - coalition of independent tutoring providers - click here

* The Chicago Community Trust on Twitter - click here

* Chicago Mentoring Collaborative - click here

* Chicago Public Schools locator map - click here

* Chicago Health Atlas - click here

* Strengthening Chicago Youth website, click here; blog - click here

* Thrive Chicago collaboration - click here

* Chicago Learning Exchange - click here

* Chicago STEM Pathways Cooperative - click here

* Incarceration Reform Resource Center - click here

* AfterSchool Alliance - resource center - click here

* ChiHackNight - remote civic technology meet-up; every Tuesday in Chicago - see weekly agenda

About this newsletter.

While I try to send this only once a month, I write blog articles weekly. Throughout the newsletter I post links to a few of the articles published in the past month or earlier. I encourage you to spend a little time each week reading these articles and following the links. Use the ideas and presentations in group discussions with other people who are concerned about the same issues.

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Sept 2022 T/M eNews

September 2022 - Issue 214

Use the Tutor/Mentor Learning Library Throughout the Year

School has started and volunteer-based tutor and/or mentor programs are now in the middle of an annual process of recruitment, orientation, training and matching adult and youth in programs throughout Chicago and the country.

I became a volunteer in 1973, matched with a 4th grade boy. We're still connected on Facebook and I've watched him raise two outstanding sons.

I hope the resources I share can help countless others have the same long-term relationships.

Use this newsletter as a study guide.

If you are a consistent reader, consider a contribution to help fund the Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC

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Recruiting a volunteer and matching her with a youth is just the beginning.

You need to provide weekly support to help that youth and volunteer build a bond, and to help the tutor/mentor relationship grow.

Here are some articles that I've posted on the Tutor/Mentor blog that I encourage you to read and include in your own program design:

Planning Cycle for year-round growth - click here

The "details" of providing a site-based tutor/mentor program - click here

Steps to start, or improve, a tutor/mentor program - click here

Every volunteer and student is different, and constantly changing. Thus, formal orientation and training can only help a relationship get started.

* Learning resources for youth, volunteers, parents - click here to view concept map which has links to sections of the tutor/mentor library. Spend time getting to know these so when a learner seeks help you have some ideas for where to point her.

* Tips for volunteers to support weekly tutor/mentor contact - click here These tips are based on my own experiences leading a volunteer-based tutor/mentor program in Chicago for 35 years.

Volunteer Recruitment is an on-going effort. Find links Chicago area tutor and/or mentor programs and to more volunteer recruitment resources on this concept map.

This points to our list of Chicago programs but to many other resources you can use to find volunteer opportunities or share information about your organization. The lists cover the entire USA.

Understand the challenges facing kids, families and schools in high poverty areas.

Have you heard the term "social determinants of education"? These are indicators of things happening outside of a school that affect learning that takes place in the school.

Read about this in article shown here.

How many youth live in high poverty areas? Are there enough non-school programs?

I've been using maps since 1993 to focus attention and resources on high poverty areas of Chicago.

Read about my use of maps - click here

Read about neighborhood analysis - click here

Every week should have a "Giving Tuesday"

For non-school programs to provide effective, on-going support to youth and volunteers they must have a consistent source of funding to cover expenses. That's a big challenge for many and one reason there are too few programs.

Browse philanthropy articles on the Tutor/Mentor blog, starting here.

Below are resources to use to help youth in your community.

View latest links added to tutor/mentor library - click here

Recent Tutor/Mentor Blog articles:

Football season has started. Read about building great youth development teams - click here

Labor Day - Volunteer Recruitment - click here

Creating Year-Round Attention - click here

My 30 year history of mapping - click here

Expanding role of volunteers - click here

"What if?" Looking Past. Looking Forward - click here

Visual Thinking - Are you Asking? - click here

Bookmark these Tutor/Mentor Resources

* Resource Library - click here

* Strategy PDFs by Tutor/Mentor - click here

* Concept Map library - click here

* Work done by interns - click here

* Digital Divide resources - click here

* Political Action resources - click here

* Featured collections on Wakelet - click here

* Tutor/Mentor Institute Videos - click here

* Chicago Youth Serving Organizations in Intermediary Roles - click here to view a concept map showing many organizations working to help improve the lives of Chicago area youth. Follow the links.

Resources & Announcements

* Write Out 2022 - October. Focus on STEM - click here

* To & Through Project website - click here: Follow on Twitter - @UChiToThrough

* Center for Effective Philanthropy - click here

* Forefront -Illinois' statewide association of nonprofits, foundations and advisors. click here

* National Mentoring Partnership, resources - click here

* Proven Tutoring - coalition of independent tutoring providers - click here

* Chicago Mentoring Collaborative - click here

* Chicago Public Schools locator map - click here

* Chicago Health Atlas - click here

* Strengthening Chicago Youth website, click here; blog - click here

* Thrive Chicago collaboration - click here

* Chicago Learning Exchange - click here

* Chicago STEM Pathways Cooperative - click here

* Incarceration Reform Resource Center - click here

* AfterSchool Alliance - resource center - click here

* ChiHackNight - remote civic technology meet-up; every Tuesday in Chicago - see weekly agenda

About this newsletter.

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October 2022 Tutor/Mentor eNews

October 2022 - Issue 215

Once youth and volunteers are connected they need on-going support.

Is it too soon to be thinking about the 2023-24 school year? No. While every youth program is focused on helping young people and volunteers connect with learning and mentoring resources, programs need to be collecting data for program evaluation.

This starts with participation and retention data. Do kids and volunteers participate regularly? If not, that's a signal of a need to revise a program's design. Are kids and volunteers from past years returning. That's a good sign.

Look at program evaluation and planning tools shared in this month's newsletter.

Use this newsletter as a study guide.

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Learn about tools and support for assessment, evaluation and planning

Every volunteer-based tutor, mentor and learning program should be collecting information that helps them evaluate their services. This is essential to on-going program improvement.

In October the PEAR Institute provided an introduction to its planning and assessment tools during the monthly Chicago STEM Pathways Coop meeting.

View the presentation at this link. Visit PEAR website.

The Tutor/Mentor library includes a section with links to evaluation, process improvement and planning tools. Click here to view these links.

The library was launched in 1993 with the goal that youth serving programs and supporters could learn from each other and borrow ideas to support program improvement.

Here's one section of links to youth programs around the USA.

View this PDF to see our vision of a learning network - click here

Get to know Tutor/Mentor Programs

See how Learning Edge Tutoring is sharing stories on Instagram and on its website.

View posts from many Chicago area youth programs on Instagram. Use this list to find various programs.

Use this list to find Chicago t/m programs on Facebook.

This is a post on Twitter by 826Chi. I see this because I view this list daily.

If you're posting on Twitter, and other social media, you can build attention for your program.

The Avion Institute supports the academic awareness of aviation and aeronautical career path opportunities for students, particularly female, minority, underprivileged and at-risk youth.

This unique Chicago based organization can be found on the web at this link. Find on Twitter @AAIPipeline

I learned about this organization during the October STEM Pathways Coop ZOOM meeting.

What types of learning and enrichment are offered through your youth serving organization?

Does your program offer chess? Aviation? Computer skills, such as coding or web building? Does it offer college and career counseling? Use your social media posts, your website, and your blog to tell about the various forms of learning you offer.

View PDF essays in this article.

View list of most recent additions to the Tutor/Mentor library.

The library has more than 20 sections, with many sub sections, including two lists pointing to Chicago area youth tutor and/or mentor programs. Each list is in alphabetical order, so you need to scroll the list to find what you are looking for.

In July 2022 I started another list, showing new additions to the library, and pointing to the sub-section where they are hosted.

Have a safe, happy Halloween

Halloween, Elections, Thanksgiving and Christmas are coming soon. Some bring great joy. Some offer big challenges.

Think of this newsletter as an open door to my house and the many resources I offer as "treats" and "gifts".

Use them over, and over, to create a safer, more equal, world for everyone.

Below are resources to use to help youth in your community.

View latest links added to tutor/mentor library - click here

Recent Tutor/Mentor Blog articles:

Network Building - Help Grow the Tutor/Mentor network - click here

Greater Business Involvement in Youth Development - click here

WE, Instead of Just ME, in Collective Efforts - click here

Role of Leaders in Mobilizing Corporate Support - click here

Map shows Areas of Concentrated Poverty - click here

Tutor/Mentor Connection Vision - 2001 website - click here

Football and Great Teams - click here

Bookmark these Tutor/Mentor Resources

* Resource Library - click here

* Strategy PDFs by Tutor/Mentor - click here

* Concept Map library - click here

* Work done by interns - click here

* Digital Divide resources - click here

* Political Action resources - click here

* Featured collections on Wakelet - click here

* Tutor/Mentor Institute Videos - click here

* Chicago Youth Serving Organizations in Intermediary Roles - click here to view a concept map showing many organizations working to help improve the lives of Chicago area youth. Follow the links.

Resources & Announcements

* National Mentoring Summit registration is open. Dates are jan 25-27, 2023 - click here

* To & Through Project website - click here: Follow on Twitter - @UChiToThrough

* Center for Effective Philanthropy - click here

* Forefront -Illinois' statewide association of nonprofits, foundations and advisors. click here

* National Mentoring Partnership, resources - click here

* Proven Tutoring - coalition of independent tutoring providers - click here

* Chicago Mentoring Collaborative - click here

* Chicago Public Schools locator map - click here

* Chicago Health Atlas - click here

* Strengthening Chicago Youth website, click here; blog - click here

* Thrive Chicago collaboration - click here

* Chicago Learning Exchange - click here

* Chicago STEM Pathways Cooperative - click here

* Incarceration Reform Resource Center - click here

* AfterSchool Alliance - resource center - click here

* ChiHackNight - remote civic technology meet-up; every Tuesday in Chicago - see weekly agenda

Make sure you VOTE!

I'm in Illinois and already voted via mail-in voting. I voted for Democrats, hoping to preserve women's rights, voting rights, Social Security and healthcare benefits, and much more.

I've also made small contributions, via SwingLeft, to support DEM candidates in other states.

I fear for the future of American democracy if the GOP regains control of the House and Senate and continues to dominate many state governments.

Spread the word. Get others to vote.

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Nov 2022 T/M eNews

November 2022 - Issue 216

Give Thanks and Give Donations

Most of us have much to be thankful for as we head into Thanksgiving and the holiday season. Yet others have great needs and suffer from natural and man-made disasters.
The Holiday Season is a traditional time of gift giving and non-profits raise much of their operating money during this period.
Thus, in this newsletter I'll focus on the Giving Tuesday campaign and on information resources that help donors, volunteers and parents find local youth serving programs.

Use this newsletter as a study guide. 
The ideas and resources shared in this monthly newsletter point to a library of resources that can be used by anyone, in Chicago, or around the world, to help mentor-rich youth programs thrive in all of the neighborhoods where they are most needed. 
If you are a consistent reader, consider a contribution to help fund the Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC

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Why you should "invest heavily" in volunteer-based tutor and/or mentor programs. Read articles and research on tutor/mentor blog.

The Sunday, November 13, 2022, Chicago SunTimes included a commentary with the headline "We should not accept any more children being gunned down". Among the recommendations was to "invest heavily in  both data driven programs and in mentoring programs that have proven outcomes."
Giving Tuesday, Nov 19, 2022, is one opportunity to reach out and support youth serving programs. Read the article in the tutor/mentor blog. 
View articles about race, poverty and inequality from the tutor/mentor library. click here

Giving Tuesday on Social Media

Look for Chicago area youth tutor mentor programs on any of these platforms. Pick one or more to support with time, talent and dollars. If you're in another city, look for an intermediary who is collecting and sharing lists like these. If you are a youth-serving organization, make sure you're telling your story using one or more of these platforms. 

This is a Giving Tuesday campaign post on Twitter, from 826 Chi. 
I include them and many other Chicago area youth tutor and/or mentor programs on this Twitter list.

This is the Gads Hill Center's Facebook Page. They have built the Giving Tuesday campaign into their feature photo.
Facebook does not have a list feature like Twitter so you need to look up an organization's page, then "like" or "follow" in order to see their posts in your timeline.
Here's a list of Chicago youth orgs with Facebook page. Use this to help you find and support local programs.
Do this throughout the year!

This is a post by Mercy Home for Boys and Girls on Instagram which supports their Giving Tuesday campaign.
Instagram does not have a list feature so you need to look up individual programs and follow them in order to see their posts in your feed.
Here's my list of Chicago youth programs on Instagram.
Use it to find programs to follow.
If you find broken links or know of other youth programs that should be on my lists, just send me an email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

This is a Tutoring Chicago post on LinkedIn. So far I don't see them promoting Giving Tuesday, but I'll keep watching.
I have not built a list of Chicago tutor/mentor programs on Linked in, but used my list of program websites to search out programs and follow them so I could see them in my timeline.
Most organizations show their social media links at the top, or bottom of their home page.

Use a blog to tell your up-to-date story.
This is the iMentor Chicago blog which you can find on the blog page of iMentor National's website. Just click into "Chicago".
I include them in this list showing blogs of youth serving organizations in Chicago and around the country.
I encourage using blogs. They can be updated more easily than a website and can tell "why" your program is needed as well as "what" it is accomplishing.

Here's a way to use your blog

I posted this story on the Tutor/Mentor blog on November 9th, 2022. In it I introduced five alumni of the tutor/mentor programs I led in Chicago.
Two of them, Kaeaiya Holmes and Toi Dickson-Fuller, have collaborated on a book titled "I Am Her78: The End of a New Beginning" which had it's book launch on November 19th.
If you are in contact with alumni use your blog to show their success and give them a boost. You'll show donors the long-term value of your program!

Below are resources to use to help youth in your community.

View latest links added to tutor/mentor library - click here

Recent Tutor/Mentor Blog articles:
Mapping Complexity - click here
Veterans Day - Never Forget - click here
Examples of the Tutor/Mentor Library - click here
Role of Libraries in Constant Improvement Process - click here
Map shows Areas of Concentrated Poverty - click here
Mission Impossible - Reflection - click here
2010 article from Tutor/Mentor blog - Role of Mentoring - click here
Network Building - Can you do this, too? - click here
 
Bookmark these Tutor/Mentor Resources
* Resource Library - click here
* Strategy PDFs by Tutor/Mentor - click here
* Concept Map library - click here
* Work done by interns - click here
* Digital Divide resources - click here
* Political Action resources - click here
* Featured collections on Wakelet - click here
* Tutor/Mentor Institute Videos - click here
 * Chicago Youth Serving Organizations in Intermediary Roles - click here to view a concept map showing many organizations working to help improve the lives of Chicago area youth. Follow the links.

Resources & Announcements
* National Mentoring Summit registration is open. Dates are Jan 25-27, 2023 - click here
* MyChiMyFuture - Chicago youth programs map and directory. click here; visit the website - click here
* To & Through Project website - click here: Follow on Twitter - @UChiToThrough
* Center for Effective Philanthropy - click here
* Forefront -Illinois' statewide association of nonprofits, foundations and advisors. click here
* National Mentoring Partnership, resources - click here
* Proven Tutoring - coalition of independent tutoring providers - click here ; read Robert Slavin blog articles - click here
* Chicago Mentoring Collaborative - click here
* Chicago Public Schools locator map - click here
* Chicago Health Atlas - click here
* Strengthening Chicago Youth website, click here;  blog - click here
* Thrive Chicago collaboration - click here
* Chicago Learning Exchange - click here
* Chicago STEM Pathways Cooperative - click here
* Incarceration Reform Resource Center - click here
* AfterSchool Alliance - resource center - click here 
* ChiHackNight - remote civic technology meet-up; every Tuesday in Chicago - see weekly agenda

About this newsletter.
While I try to send this only once a month, I write blog articles weekly. Throughout the newsletter I post links to a few of the articles published in the past month or earlier. I encourage you to spend a little time each week reading these articles and following the links. Use the ideas and presentations in group discussions with other people who are concerned about the same issues.
Encourage friends, family, co-workers to sign up to receive this newsletter. Click here. 
(If you subscribe, don't forget to respond to the confirmation email).

Every year since 2011 I've offered two ways for people to support Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC with contributions. One is with a birthday gift.
I'll be 76 on December 19. You can help put candles on my cake with a $7.60 donation for a single candle or a $76 contribution for 10.
Click here to learn more

Thank you for reading. 
 Please help fund T/MI.

Since 2011 I've not operated as a non-profit, but as Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC. I'm doing the same work, just with a different tax structure (and same small budget!).
If you want to help fund T/MI with a year-end contribution, visit this page.

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Dec. 2022 T/M eNews

December 2022 - Issue 217

Enjoy your Holidays. Spread cheer to others.

As we head into the final two weeks of 2022 and celebrate the holidays I thank you all for reading and sharing this monthly newsletter and wish you all a safe, happy, Holiday.

The Holiday Season is a time of gift giving and celebration with friends and family. It's also a time of reflection as we look back on 2022 and forward into 2023.

Please use the resources I share to find and support youth tutor, mentor and learning programs so you give the gifts of HOPE and OPPORTUNITY to more kids throughout the US and the world.

Use this newsletter as a study guide.

If you are a consistent reader, consider a contribution to help fund the Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC

Visit Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC Website

Seek out youth programs in high poverty areas. Offer your help.

Look for Chicago area youth tutor mentor programs on any of the lists on the T/MI website . Pick one or more to support with time, talent and dollars. The lists that I host also include youth serving programs beyond Chicago, as well as programs focusing on arts, STEM and other issues.

Read about STEMM goals for 2050

On December 12th a White House Summit on STEMM Equity and Excellence was held. I watched the archived recording and then edited some of my concept maps to show how these could be used to support the STEMM 2050 goals.

Take a look at the video and my concept maps in this blog article.

Helping kids through school and into jobs and careers by age 25 requires the same actions and strategies and commitment of leaders from every sector as will helping more kids into STEMM careers by 2050. I invite communities to use my maps and library as a resource for their own planning and to create new versions that include my edits, and focus the maps on STEMM.

Below are resources to use to help youth in your community.

View latest links added to tutor/mentor library - click here

Recent Tutor/Mentor Blog articles:

Vertical vs Horizontal Networks - click here

Listen to Tutor/Mentor blog articles - click here

Giving - in December and beyond - click here

Mapping Complexity - click here

A "Thank you" from my Network - click here

Bookmark these Tutor/Mentor Resources

* Resource Library - click here

* Strategy PDFs by Tutor/Mentor - click here

* Concept Map library - click here

* Work done by interns - click here

* Digital Divide resources - click here

* Political Action resources - click here

* Featured collections on Wakelet - click here

* Tutor/Mentor Institute Videos - click here

Resources & Announcements

* National Mentoring Summit registration is open. Dates are Jan 25-27, 2023 - click here

* MyChiMyFuture - Chicago youth programs map and directory. click here; visit the website - click here

* Forefront -Illinois' statewide association of nonprofits, foundations and advisors. click here

* Chicago Mentoring Collaborative - click here

* Chicago Learning Exchange - click here

* Chicago STEM Pathways Cooperative - click here

* Incarceration Reform Resource Center - click here

* AfterSchool Alliance - resource center - click here

* ChiHackNight - remote civic technology meet-up; every Tuesday in Chicago - see weekly agenda

View past 2022 eNews letters - click here

About this newsletter.

I encourage you to connect with me, and each other, on one or more social media networks. This page has links to several, including my account on Mastodon. With Twitter's future in doubt it's important that we find other places to connect.

Encourage friends, family, co-workers to sign up to receive this newsletter. Click here.

(If you subscribe, don't forget to respond to the confirmation email).

Every year since 2011 I've offered two ways for people to support Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC with contributions. One is with a birthday gift.

I'll be 76 on December 19. You can help put candles on my cake with a $7.60 donation for a single candle or a $76 contribution for 10.

Click here to learn more

Thank you for reading.

Please help fund T/MI.

Since 2011 I've not operated as a non-profit, but as Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC. I'm doing the same work, just with a different tax structure (and same small budget!).

If you want to help fund T/MI with a year-end contribution, visit this page.

Thank you to everyone who has already sent December contributions!

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