© Center for Companies That Care, 2010 Cultural Event Mentor Training March 16th, 2010

© Center for Companies That Care, 2010 Agenda Event Recap: Job Shadowing Day April 6th Cultural Event Mid-Year Student Evaluations + Meetings w/ Marci Bowling Fundraiser

© Center for Companies That Care, 2010 Checking In Tribune photo by Heather Charles / March 5, 2010 Congratulations to Urban Prep Academy and our AIM High seniors for all being accepted into college! Kudos to their mentoring organizations McDermott, Will & Emery, Neiger Design, Seyfarth Shaw and Towers Watson. Urban Prep was featured on ABC with Diane Sawyer. 3 of the 5 students interviewed were AIM High students (Marlon, Ahmad and Milan!)

© Center for Companies That Care, 2010 Event Recap: Job Shadowing 9th and 10th graders shadowed their mentors at work… Please send pictures and agendas to What did you learn… “How to be more successful at my job” “What to do to get there” “What it takes”

© Center for Companies That Care, 2010 Event Recap: Job Shadowing 11th and 12th graders participated in a DiSC personality workshop at Companies That Care… DiSC D = Dominance (6 students) i = Influence (5 students) S = Steadiness C = Conscientiousness (3 students) I will remember to use what I learned in the following ways… “To embrace my group working experiences” “To get along better with all types of people” “This DiSC program is very helpful and made me learn about myself”

© Center for Companies That Care, 2010 Event Recap: Job Shadowing What did you learn?

© Center for Companies That Care, 2010 April 6th Cultural Event

© Center for Companies That Care, 2010 Cultural Event- April 6th Tuesday, April 6 th, 2010 –5pm: GracePlace (637 S. Dearborn) –7:30pm: Billy The Oriental Theater (24 W. Randolph) –10:15pm: show ends At 6:45pm, we will walk as a group from dinner to the theater (15 min. walk). You are welcome to drive or cab, but not with your mentee. Tickets will be handed out at the dinner. If you plan to only attend the play, please send us a note and we will leave your ticket for you at the theater. Mentors and students will be seated together.

© Center for Companies That Care, 2010 Getting There Metered street parking near GracePlace. If you leave your car there the whole night, don’t forget to put more money in the meter on the way to the theater. Discounted parking (w/ stub) at theater garage, entrance at 20 W. Randolph Students must walk from dinner to theater. (<1 mile, min walk through downtown!) Short walk from El lines, short cab from Metra Theater Dinner

© Center for Companies That Care, 2010 Registration This is an event with limited tickets, so we ask you to register in advance. One mentor per student is guaranteed a ticket. Additional mentors are welcome on a first come, first serve basis and are asked to submit payment for the additional dinner and ticket. ($75, or $30 for dinner only, $45 for ticket only) Please ensure at least 1 mentor from your team registers. Currently about 80 tickets are accounted for. We have 115 allotted. Please register at your earliest convenience so we can plan accordingly. Registration open now at Register by 3/19 to guarantee yourself a ticket.

© Center for Companies That Care, 2010 Evaluations + Check-in Meetings

© Center for Companies That Care, 2010 Evaluating Your Student In early spring, students are evaluated on their participation in AIM High. Students must be “on track” to attend summer opportunities such as internships and college bus tours. Students are evaluated on: –Attendance at after school meetings and Touchpoint events –Frequency of communication with mentors –Engagement with mentors and program staff If you have not already done so, please evaluate your student’s engagement by taking this 4-minute survey by 3/19: Please ensure at least one mentor per team takes the survey.

© Center for Companies That Care, 2010 Meetings with Marci Each spring, Marci meets in-person with each mentoring organization. Objectives: –Receive feedback about program- what’s working, what’s not –Insights about students –Ideas for programs –Recommending other mentoring organizations –Q+A Each mentor coordinator will be contacted to set up a convenient meeting time. Meetings will take place in late winter/early spring. All mentors are encouraged to attend.

© Center for Companies That Care, 2010 Bowling Fundraiser

© Center for Companies That Care, 2010 Why A Fundraiser? $5000/student 100% - 30% from student sponsors - 26% from foundations ____________________ = 44% remaining to raise

© Center for Companies That Care, 2010 Bowling Fundraiser When: Sunday, April 25th, 2:00- 5:00pm Where: Bluebird Lanes ( West Columbus Ave. Southwest side of city (87 th and Pulaski). Who: Mentors, Students, Mentors’ Families, Students’ Families New this year: Buses will leave from schools at 1pm. Pricing: Free for 1 student, 1 student friend/family, 1 mentor per team. Additional $25/person (bowling, shoes, food)

© Center for Companies That Care, 2010 Bowling Fundraiser Goal: $45,000 –Each team (mentors + student) raises $1000. All funds go directly towards sustaining, improving and expanding AIM High –Each team that reaches goal, student receives $100 shopping spree for clothes for college visits. Multiple Ways to Donate: – There is a field to in the donation form to ensure your team receives credit. –Call –Checks can be sent to Companies That Care, 500 N. Dearborn St, Suite 200, Chicago, IL More information posted on Mentor Website (username: mentor, password: graduate)

© Center for Companies That Care, 2010 Bowling Fundraiser -- Ideas What are your plans?

© Center for Companies That Care, 2010 Bowling Fundraiser -- Contests 14 days until 1st Contest ends!! We will have three contests to recognize leading teams during each contest period. Contest Periods: –Now - March 30 –March 31- April 12 –April 13 - April 23 Winners of the first contest will be recognized at the April 6th cultural event. Northern Trust Team for Marquis and Taylon are currently in the lead! You can view your team’s progress on the Bowling Team Tracker Google Doc (updated weekly): – UCW students have already raised almost $600!

© Center for Companies That Care, 2010 Questions? Questions about anything… David Fine – Slides will be ed to you and posted on the Mentor Website shortly –Click mentor login at top of Companies That Care homepage ( –Username: mentor –Password: graduate