Job Shadowing  

Date: Wednesday, March 7

Time:TBD by transportation schedule (between 10:00 am and 2:30pm)   

Location: Mentor Work Sites

No registration, just a heads up! 

All In' for Companies That Care Poker Event

Date: Thursday, March 15

Time: 6:00pm -11:00pm

Location: The Palmer House; 17 East Monroe Street  

Register here

*Please, keep in mind your registration codes*

We got the Lawyers Lend a Hand grant thanks to the help of GREAT mentors!

Mentor Coordinators: Be on the look out for an email about  March to College.

You each will be receiving an email with a link to your company's specific fund-raising site. This is the link that you can share with the rest of your team but it can also be sent to friends, families, or co-workers. This link will also include your companies' goal based on the number of students at for your company.  Below I have included the links and the goals for each company as well:    

TEAM ADP (Goal $4,000): 

https://www.events.org/ctcil01/sponsorme.aspx?tid=4384&event=41735&team=50

TEAM CONVERGINT (Goal$4,000):  

https://www.events.org/ctcil01/sponsorme.aspx?tid=4370&event=41735&team=36

TEAM ENTERPRISE (Goal $2,000):  

https://www.events.org/ctcil01/sponsorme.aspx?tid=4371&event=41735&team=37

TEAM KPMG (Goal $9,000): 

https://www.events.org/ctcil01/sponsorme.aspx?tid=4372&event=41735&team=38

TEAM LFGSM (Goal $2,000):  

https://www.events.org/ctcil01/sponsorme.aspx?tid=4373&event=41735&team=39

TEAM MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY (Goal $3,000): https://www.events.org/ctcil01/sponsorme.aspx?tid=4374&event=41735&team=40

TEAM NORTHERN TRUST (Goal $8,000): https://www.events.org/ctcil01/sponsorme.aspx?tid=4375&event=41735&team=41

TEAM ROOSEVELT (Goal $12,000):  

https://www.events.org/ctcil01/sponsorme.aspx?tid=4376&event=41735&team=42

TEAM RYAN LLC (Goal $4,000):  

https://www.events.org/ctcil01/sponsorme.aspx?tid=4377&event=41735&team=43

TEAM SEYFARTH SHAW (Goal $6,000): https://www.events.org/ctcil01/sponsorme.aspx?tid=4378&event=41735&team=44

TEAM SYSMEX (Goal $1,000):  

https://www.events.org/ctcil01/sponsorme.aspx?tid=4379&event=41735&team=45

TEAM THE CARE OF TREES (Goal $3,000): https://www.events.org/ctcil01/sponsorme.aspx?tid=4380&event=41735&team=46

TEAM TOWERS WATSON (Goal $4,000): https://www.events.org/ctcil01/sponsorme.aspx?tid=4381&event=41735&team=47

TEAM TTX (Goal $6,000): 

https://www.events.org/ctcil01/sponsorme.aspx?tid=4382&event=41735&team=48

TEAM UHC: (Goal $4,000): 

https://www.events.org/ctcil01/sponsorme.aspx?tid=4383&event=41735&team=49

UCW and UP-Englewood students  

For those of you that signed up to participate in the Job Shadowing Touchpoint, you must be aware of your schools absence policy because this may NOT be considered an excused absence! 

Goal: $1,000 dollars raised per student on team

Prize: $100 for school shopping to the students who reached their goal!

March to College: Your questions, answered!

Why:  Less than 6% of low-income, minority youth graduate from college.  We aim to change that!  Please join with us and March to College.

When:  Wednesday, April 4, 2012 at 4:30pm

Where:  Upper Hutchison Field at Grant Park, Chicago

Start at SW corner of Balbo and Columbus

Who Should Participate: Everyone who believes in a college education; students and adults!  Register online to walk in the March to College here.  Or, you can also download a paper registration form and send it in. 

Donate:  Support March To College with a donation 

Sponsorships: Sponsorship opportunities range from $10,000 to $500. Follow this link to become a March to College Sponsor. 

Volunteer:100 Volunteers are needed to perform a range of vital tasks that help the race run smoothly. Click here to sign-up as a volunteer.

Here is more information about this event  

Fees

Refreshments & First Aid: Water will be provided at the start, finish and midway through the course. An Advance Life Support unit will be on-site through the duration of the event for any First Aid needs.

Transportation and Parking: Paid parking is available in the Grant Park and Millennium Park parking garages. Visit www.millenniumgarages.com for exact locations and rates.

Public transportation is convenient and highly recommended. Please visit this link for directions from your home to the event site via public transportation. To get to the event site via public transportation, recommendations are to exit the Red Line at State and Harrison and Walk SW to Columbus and Balbo. Also, bus routes 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 10, 14, 26, 129, 147, and X28 all stop at Michigan and Balbo (One block West of Event Site)

We are going to try and make this meeting place and time the regular Leadership Institue for UCW and Urban Prep- Englewood.We would like to invite all UCW students to join in our Saturday Leadership Institute Meeting at the Kelly Library from 9am-11am .The Kelly Library is located at 6151 S. Normal Blvd (just a few blocks from the 63rd street Red Line stop).

Who: All AIM High Students, Parents, and Mentors and Friends with young siblings or children in grades 0-7.

What: A fun family storytelling and reading time with the Storybook Mom - Nili Yelin.

Why: This initiative is geared toward bringing family members of all ages together. The goal is to connect with the younger children in the family and help give these children a jump-start in the race to reading and literacy. Reading to young children has many benefits for their educational development.

Where: Kelly Public Library, 6151 South Normal Blvd

Chicago, IL 60621

When: The last Saturday of every month from 10am-11am.  

Beginning: February 25, 2012

Touchpoint: AIM High Job Shadowing  

Date: March 7, 2012

Time: TBD by transportation schedule (between 10:00-2:30)

Location: mentor work sites

Transportation: provided by Center for Companies That Care

Cost: no charge

**No Registration, just a heads up.**    

Mentor Coordinators: Be on the look out for an email about  March to College!

You each will be receiving an email with  a link to your company's  fund-raising site. This is the link that you can share with the rest of your team but it can also be sent to friends, families, or co-workers. This link will also include your company's goal based on the number of students at for your company. Below I have included the links and the goals for each company as well:     

TEAM ADP (Goal $4,000): 

https://www.events.org/ctcil01/sponsorme.aspx?tid=4384&event=41735&team=50

TEAM CONVERGINT (Goal$4,000):  

https://www.events.org/ctcil01/sponsorme.aspx?tid=4370&event=41735&team=36

TEAM ENTERPRISE (Goal $2,000):  

https://www.events.org/ctcil01/sponsorme.aspx?tid=4371&event=41735&team=37

TEAM KPMG (Goal $9,000): 

https://www.events.org/ctcil01/sponsorme.aspx?tid=4372&event=41735&team=38

TEAM LFGSM (Goal $2,000):  

https://www.events.org/ctcil01/sponsorme.aspx?tid=4373&event=41735&team=39

TEAM MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY (Goal $3,000): https://www.events.org/ctcil01/sponsorme.aspx?tid=4374&event=41735&team=40

TEAM NORTHERN TRUST (Goal $8,000): https://www.events.org/ctcil01/sponsorme.aspx?tid=4375&event=41735&team=41

TEAM ROOSEVELT (Goal $12,000):  

https://www.events.org/ctcil01/sponsorme.aspx?tid=4376&event=41735&team=42

TEAM RYAN LLC (Goal $4,000):  

https://www.events.org/ctcil01/sponsorme.aspx?tid=4377&event=41735&team=43

TEAM SEYFARTH SHAW (Goal $6,000): https://www.events.org/ctcil01/sponsorme.aspx?tid=4378&event=41735&team=44

TEAM SYSMEX (Goal $1,000):  

https://www.events.org/ctcil01/sponsorme.aspx?tid=4379&event=41735&team=45

TEAM THE CARE OF TREES (Goal $3,000): https://www.events.org/ctcil01/sponsorme.aspx?tid=4380&event=41735&team=46

TEAM TOWERS WATSON (Goal $4,000): https://www.events.org/ctcil01/sponsorme.aspx?tid=4381&event=41735&team=47

TEAM TTX (Goal $6,000): 

https://www.events.org/ctcil01/sponsorme.aspx?tid=4382&event=41735&team=48

TEAM UHC: (Goal $4,000): 

https://www.events.org/ctcil01/sponsorme.aspx?tid=4383&event=41735&team=49

Who am I paired with? Mentor-Student Pairings listed HERE

Forgot who your mentee was or what your incentive team is? Click here and it'll take you to the secure section of the website where you can find all this information, as well as their contact information. 

Mentors: Good at Calculus? Help some of our AIM High Students!
We have had a couple of students approach us that they are struggling with their Calculus classes. If you are, or know someone who is good at calculus, and may be available to work with these students, please email syndhia at [email protected]. 

New Mentor Orientation: February 21st and  February 27th at 11:30am 

New mentors, if you did not participate in the previous New Mentor Training, there have been two new sessions added. New Mentor training will be  Tuesday, February 21st and Monday,February  21st. All sessions take place from 11:30am-1 pm.

 Register here 

All In for Companies That Care Poker Event

Date: Thursday, March 15th 

Time: Doors open 6:00pm

Location: The Palmer House Hotel, 17 East Monroe Street Chicago, IL

Who's Invited: Open to all card sharks 21+ 

Cost:  $125 after February 17th; $150 at the door  Join us the evening of Thursday March 15, 2012 at the Palmer House Hotel for the 2012 Center for Companies That Care Poker Tournament benefiting the programs of Center for Companies That Care!  

• Cash prizes!  (1st place price is $1000)
• A chance to win a weekend trip to Las Vegas   

*Mentors:  Register with " Mentor " Code so that we may keep track of your team's incentive points*  

 Register here

Don't Miss this Saturday! Come be a part of our Family Literacy event with Nili Yelin  

Who: All AIM High Students, Parents, and Mentors and Friends with young siblings or children in grades 0-7.

What: A fun family storytelling and reading time with the Storybook Mom - Nili Yelin.

Why: This initiative is geared toward bringing family members of all ages together. The goal is to connect with the younger children in the family and help give these children a jump-start in the race to reading and literacy. Reading to young children has many benefits for their educational development.

Where: Kelly Public Library, 6151 South Normal Blvd

Chicago, IL 60621

When: The last Saturday of every month from 10am-11am.  

Beginning: February 25, 2012

Touchpoint: AIM High Job Shadowing  

Date: March 7, 2012

Time: TBD by transportation schedule (between 10:00-2:30)

Location: mentor work sites

Transportation: provided by Center for Companies That Care

Cost: no charge

**No Registration, just a heads up. More Details to come Soon** 

UCW and UP-Englewood students  

For those of you that signed up to participate in the Job Shadowing Touchpoint, you must be aware of your schools absence policy because this may NOT be considered an excused absence! 

Student Information Link: Have your students Click Here to submit their information to AIM High

Each student must click here and complete the form so that we may update all their information in AIM High. Please follow up with your student, and remind them that the team with the highest points at the end of the year WINS  a trip to Great America! 

Touchpoint: AIM High Job Shadowing  

Date: March 7, 2012

Time: TBD by transportation schedule (between 10:00-2:30)

Location: mentor work sites

Transportation: provided by Center for Companies That Care

Cost: no charge

**No Registration, just a heads up. More Details to come Soon** 

Student Information Link: Have your students Click Here to submit their information to AIM High

Each student must click here and complete the form so that we may update all their information in AIM High. Please follow up with your student.

For Seniors: Benedictine University is hosting two upcoming events for students and their parents. The first is on March 10^th. It is a FAFSA parents Workshop Night aimed to assist parents and students with completing the FAFSA (if they haven't already).

For Juniors and Seniors: The second event is on May 4^th. It is a First Generation Students & Parents Night to discuss the steps students and parents can take to better prepare for college.

 Parents: Have you completed the Parent Permissions form? If not, Please Click Here! 

A big part of your child's participation in AIM High, as well as their interaction with their Mentors, depends on us getting the Parent Permission Forms with your approval of your students' participation. Please click here to complete and submit the form.  

UCW and UP-Englewood students  

For those of you that signed up to participate in the Job Shadowing Touchpoint, you must be aware of your schools absence policy because this may NOT be considered an excused absence! 

All In for Companies That Care Poker Event

Date:  Thursday, March 15th 

Time: Doors open 6:00pm

Location: The Palmer House Hotel, 17 East Monroe Street Chicago, IL

Who's Invited:Open to all card sharks 21+ 

Cost: $125 after February 17th; $150 at the door  

Join us the evening of Thursday March 15, 2012 at the Palmer House Hotel for the 2012 Center for Companies That Care Poker Tournament benefiting the programs of Center for Companies That Care!  

• Cash prizes!  (1st place price is $1000)
• A chance to win a weekend trip to Las Vegas   

*Families: Register with " Family " Code for a discounted rate*  

Register here

Who: All AIM High Students, Parents, and Mentors and Friends with young siblings or children in grades 0-7.

What: A fun family storytelling and reading time with the Storybook Mom - Nili Yelin.

Why: This initiative is geared toward bringing family members of all ages together. The goal is to connect with the younger children in the family and help give these children a jump-start in the race to reading and literacy. Reading to young children has many benefits for their educational development.

Where: Kelly Public Library, 6151 South Normal Blvd

Chicago, IL 60621

When: The last Saturday of every month from 10am-11am.  

Beginning: February 25, 2012

 **MAKE SURE TO CHECK OUT OUR NEW MARCH TO COLLEGE SECTION**