Education is essential to getting and keeping a job with a livable wage and health benefits. Your gift to the community fund of United Way assists these local agencies providing educational services:

• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Illinois Capital Region
  Comprehensive Mentoring
• Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Illinois
  Project Learn
• Compass for Kids
  Camp Compass
  Compass
• Girl Scouts of Central Illinois
  Girl Scout Leadership Experience Outreach
• Memorial Behavioral Health
  The Children’s MOSAIC Project
• One Hope United
  Foster Grandparent Program
• Springfield Urban League, Inc.
  Freedom School
  Teen REACH
• United Cerebral Palsy Land of Lincoln
  Learning Without Limits Summer Camp
  Our Child Without Limits
• Community ACEs Training
  Adverse Childhood Experiences

Make your gift today to the LLCC employee giving program through United Way. Turn in your form to your  group representative listed below, or use this online form. You may also text LLCCUNITED to 41444. All donors are put into a drawing for multiple gift cards and get a free jeans day sticker.

Thank you! Nicole Ralph, administrative staff; Tara Walk, faculty; Melissa Franzen, professional staff; Leanne Roseberry, classified staff; Lynn Whalen, campaign coordinator

Each year, United Way of Central Illinois invests millions of dollars in local services working to meet the needs of our community. The focus is on protecting services vital to the immediate basic needs of the most vulnerable, while making long-term investments in education, financial stability and health, because these are the building blocks for a good quality of life. Services that address basic needs include:

• Catholic Charities
  Holy Family Food Pantry
  Mobile Food Pantry
  John’s Breadline
• Contact Ministries and Helping Hands of Springfield, Inc.
  Emergency Shelter and Support for Men, Women, and Women with Children
• Mini O’Beirne Crisis Nursery
  Crisis Nursery Core Program
• Senior Services of Central Illinois
  Daily Bread Home Delivered Meals
• Sojourn Shelter and Services
  Adult and Children Shelter

One gift can help many organizations providing these services. Or you may designate your gift to specific charities of your choosing. Make your pledge today through the form in your campus mailbox, the online form or by texting LLCCUNITED to 41444.

Thank you!

Dear LLCC Colleagues,

I am writing to ask you to consider a gift to the LLCC employee giving program through United Way. This program allows LLCC employees to give to local charities, or any qualified charity, though convenient payroll deduction or a one-time or recurring gift.

100% of your donation goes directly to the charity of your choice, thanks to generous corporate underwriters. 100% of your donation to United Way supports local program services. Click here or see the brochure in the letter sent via campus mail for a list of local agencies supported by United Way of Central Illinois. If you live outside Sangamon or Menard Counties, you may even designate your gift to your local United Way.

New this year: you can make your donation online! Click here or text LLCCUNITED to 41444.  You may also continue to use the paper form included with the letter sent via campus mail. Please return paper forms to your group representative listed below.

How do our gifts impact the local community? They support agencies like Compass for Kids, providing after-school and summer academic enrichment services to at-risk children. St. John’s Breadline, Mini O’Beirne Crisis Nursery, Helping Hands of Springfield and Senior Services of Central Illinois are a few of the many other agencies our gifts impact as they work to provide for basic needs, education, financial stability and health of local individuals.

This year’s LLCC employee giving program through United Way will be Oct. 29-Nov. 9. Each donor will receive a sticker for a “jeans day” of their choice, and is placed in a drawing for multiple gift cards to be given away on Professional Development Day Tuesday, Nov. 6. Anyone who fills out their pledge form or makes a gift by that afternoon will be eligible for the gift card drawing.

Thank you for considering a gift to help those in need in our communities.

Charlotte Warren, President

Leanne Roseberry, Classified Staff, Library, 786-2361; Nicole Ralph, Administrative Staff, Human Resources, 786-2342; Melissa Franzen, Professional Staff; Advising, Counseling & Career Services, 786-2228; Tara Walk, Faculty, Sangamon 1109, 786-4935; Lynn Whalen, Program Coordinator, Public Relations & Marketing, 786-2219

Today is the final day of the 2017 Employee Giving Program through United Way. Thank you to all who have contributed thus far to assist various community services and agencies who help those in need.

There is still time to turn in your pledge form. Simply drop it in interoffice mail to your group representative below or contact them via phone or email. Thank you again!

Tara Walk, Faculty, Sangamon 1109, 786-4935
Leanne Roseberry, Classified Staff, Library, 786-2361
Nicole Ralph, Administrative Staff, Human Resources, 786-2342
Melissa Franzen, Professional Staff, Advising, Counseling and Career Services, 786-2228

The United Way Committee will have a table at today’s luncheon to accept your pledge forms. Blank pledge forms will also be available along with a display of all of the gift cards to be given away at today’s ice cream social beginning at 4 p.m.  Everyone who fills out their pledge form by that time will have their name put in a drawing for multiple gift cards. Hope to see you there, and thank you for considering a gift to help charities and local agencies that help those in need.

Everyone who fills out a pledge form for the LLCC Employee Giving Program through United Way on or before tomorrow at 4 p.m. (Professional Development Day) has a chance to win one of 20+ $10 gift cards to Starbucks, iTunes and more! Drawings will be held at the ice cream social tomorrow. The United Way Committee will have a table at Cass Gym where you can view the gift cards and turn in your pledge forms. Thank you for your gift that helps those in need right here in our own community.

All donations, great and small, can have a substantial impact on our local community. Payroll deduction (LLCC has 24 pay periods per year) is a convenient way to contribute.  A donation of $5 per pay can prevent multiple families in need from being without electricity or hot water. A donation of $10 per pay can feed a healthy, family-style dinner to 60 food-insecure children. A donation of $20 per pay can buy clothes and personal items for students who are victims of disaster. For many of us, there are not enough hours in the day to tend to professional and personal obligations. Contributing to United Way is an opportunity to help local agencies who are able to devote their time to assisting those who are in need in our community. LLCC has provided us with an easy, accessible way to give back to our community.

The campaign is underway and ends on Friday, Nov. 10. If you haven’t given before, please consider making a donation today either through payroll deduction or a one-time gift. If you have given in the past, thank you! We hope you will give again. Any contribution will make a great difference. Please consider making one today. Thank you!

Click here to watch this year’s campaign video.

Mercy Communities. American Red Cross, South Central Chapter. Contact Ministries. Senior Services of Central Illinois. Sojourn Shelter and Services. United Cerebral Palsy Land of Lincoln. Compass for Kids. These are a few of the United Way of Central Illinois Funded Programs you can assist by donating to the Employee Giving Program administered by United Way. Please check your LLCC mailbox for a letter from President Charlotte Warren, a complete list of funded programs and your pledge form. Return the form to your representative listed below by Friday, Nov. 10. Everyone who fills out a form on or before Nov. 7 (Professional Development Day) will be entered in a drawing for a number of gift cards. You’ll also receive a sticker for a jeans day of your choosing. Thank you for considering a gift to LLCC’s community giving program through United Way.

Melissa Franzen, Professional Staff, Menard Hall 1157, 786-2228
Nicole Ralph, Administrative Staff, Menard Hall 786-2342
Leanne Roseberry, Classified Staff, Library, 786-2361
Tara Walk, Faculty, Sangamon Hall 1109, 786-4935

Dear LLCC Colleagues,

Each of us at LLCC plays a vital role in improving the lives of district residents through education and services. In our roles, we often see students and co-workers facing life challenges and going through rough times. That’s when important community services and agencies kick in to help. So once again, I am asking you to consider a gift to help those in need in our communities.

This year’s LLCC Campaign through United Way will be Oct. 30-Nov. 10. Your gift is distributed to multiple local agencies that provide senior citizens with home delivered meals, shelter for domestic violence victims, mentoring for at-risk youth, and much more. The LLCC Campaign through United Way also allows you to designate your gift to any qualified 501(c)3 agency or agencies throughout our district and beyond.

Many of your colleagues choose monthly payroll deduction as a convenient way to give to this campaign. Your monthly deductions, added to those of others, keep these vital services going in the midst of funding challenges faced by many social service agencies.

We have some new incentives for you this year! All donors receive a “free jeans day” sticker, candy and pen. Also, your name goes in a drawing for multiple gift cards to be given away on Professional Development Day Tuesday, Nov. 7. Anyone who fills out their pledge form or makes a gift by that day at the event will be eligible for the gift card drawing.

Thank you for considering a gift to the LLCC Campaign through United Way. Please fill out the form in your campus mailbox and return it to your group representative listed below.

Sincerely,

Charlotte Warren, President

Leanne Roseberry, Classified Staff, Library, 786-2361
Nicole Ralph, Administrative Staff, Human Resources, 786-2342
Melissa Franzen, Professional Staff; Advising, Counseling and Career Services, 786-2228
Tara Walk, Faculty, Sangamon 1109, 786-4935

Lynn Whalen, Campaign Coordinator, Public Relations & Marketing, 786-2219

Due to some later donations, we are happy to report a new total of $16,567 donated to the United Way of Central Illinois this fall from LLCC. Thank you to our 64 generous donors.

United Way Committee