[Chicago-talk] Dinner Next Week

[Nola Stowe]

Dinner Thursday this week, Aug 17   - 5:30, Rock Bottom, State & Grand
Uniform Meeting Tuesday, NEXT week, Aug 22
Chicago PM Meeting Thursday, NEXT week, Aug 24

:)

On 8/15/06, Eric Ellington <e.ellington at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am so lost on what dates things may or may not happen on....
>
> On 8/15/06, Mike Fragassi <frag at ripco.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, 14 Aug 2006, Joshua McAdams wrote:
> >
> > > > Ok Josh .. you pick... thursday or friday :)
> > >
> > > I'll be greedy and say Thursday because it works better for me...
> > > seems to work better for most other people too.
> >
> > OK, then.  But I now feel justified in inflicting upon you a explanation
> > for why I can't hang out this Thursday.  Every Thursday evening in
> > Bucktown for the last few years, I've been tutoring middle-schoolers from
> > the public schools.  (http://www.midtown-metro.org -- and note: I had
> > *nothing* to do with the making of that site.)
> >
> > It's basically a Big Brother/Big Sister type program, with a structured
> > set-up, meeting one student 2 hours a week in a classroom, with other
> > student/tutor pairs also in the room, and focused on helping them in
> > school.  The kids in the program all specifically choose to be in it
> > because they actually want to do better in school, but need extra help:
> > tutoring, but also maybe motivation, and some role models, i.e., someone
> > who successfully completed high school, let alone college.  (No joke; the
> > high school graduation rate in Chicago is only around %55.)
> >
> > And it so happens that they need volunteers for the fall!  If this sounds
> > interesting to you, even just to check it out for a week to see if it's
> > something you want to do, let me know.   If you volunteer, there are 3
> > possible times to choose: Tuesday evenings, Thursday evenings, or Saturday
> > mornings (10 to noon).
> >
> > Now, assuming your spam filters haven't already killed this message, I'd
> > like to also note that I'm also running a 5k for them this Saturday on the
> > lakefront.  Although this is my first 5k ever, so by "running" I mean
> > "attempting to run, probably staggering in a delirious haze after the
> > halfway point".  So, seeing as you're all going to be having fun without
> > me, does anyone want to pony up some cash and sponsor me?  Don't do it for
> > me, do it to ease your guilty consciences for ostracizing me from your
> > reindeer/camel games.  Oh, and for the children.
> >
> > -- Mike F.
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>
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> Eric Ellington
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