Are you up for a little fun and creative competition with your fellow faculty and staff members?  Do you enjoy a friendly game now and then? Join the LEAGUE Committee for a little fun and excitement in anticipation of this year’s annual faculty and staff giving campaign known as LEAGUE with the the LEAGUE Door Decorating Contest! The department with the most votes will be declared the winner and will win a jeans day in May. See the guidelines for more details: LEAGUE Door Decorating Contest Guidelines with Photos

Applications for LEAGUE grants are due in the LLCC Foundation Tuesday, January 31, at 5 p.m. Grant guidelines, the application and budget worksheet are available here or on the Foundation website. Approximately $10,000 will be awarded at the LEAGUE kickoff luncheon on Tuesday, March 28.

Faculty and staff make these grants possible through their generous giving to the annual faculty and staff campaign each spring. Thank you!

If you have any questions, please contact the Foundation at 786-2785. Again, the application deadline is Tuesday, January 31 at 5 p.m.

Now through January 31, the LLCC Foundation is accepting applications for LEAGUE grants. Faculty and staff make these grants possible through their generous giving to the annual faculty and staff campaign each spring known as LEAGUE.

The Foundation will award approximately $10,000 as a direct result of the success of the annual faculty and staff campaign.  Grant guidelines, application and budget worksheet are available here, or may be obtained at:  www.llccfoundation.org/educational-support.

Donations to the LEAGUE campaign support LLCC students through the LEAGUE grant program, scholarships, and other funds, including the “Pay It Forward” fund which helps students with emergent needs.  Each year approximately 40-percent of LLCC faculty and staff support the Foundation through this campaign.  Our thanks to our generous LLCC faculty and staff for contributing nearly $54,000 to the 2016 LEAGUE campaign!

Again, the application deadline is Tuesday, Jan. 31 at 5 p.m.  Awards will be announced at the LEAGUE kickoff on March 28.  Please contact the Foundation at 6-2785 for more information.

Contribute to the LEAGUE Campaign using payroll deduction by this Friday, April 29 at 5 p.m. to be entered into a drawing for lots of great prizes including $25 gas cards, car wash gift certificates, a basket from Food Fantasies and $150 cash donated by members of the LLCC Cabinet.  Just complete the LEAGUE enrollment form and return to the Foundation.

Thanks to the nearly 150 people who have donated more than $47,000 so far. Funds from LEAGUE campaign go directly to support LLCC students through scholarships, grants and more.  As a donor, you choose what you would like your gift to support.  The LLCC Foundation realizes you have choices in philanthropic support and given the ever increasing demands on individual and family budgets, please know how grateful we are that you’ve chosen the students of LLCC to be the recipients of your generous donations.

Congratulations to Tera Spellbrink, the winner of $235 from the LEAGUE 50/50 drawing, and to Leanne Roseberry, who won the portable gas grill and IL State Fair Pork Package.

Thanks to all who purchased tickets in support of the LEAGUE Campaign, which benefits our programs and students like Tess Tyler, who is from a family of six and the first of her siblings to attend college. Her parents can’t afford to assist her financially and she receives no financial aid from grants. With the help of a Foundation scholarship, Tess will graduate from LLCC this May with a 4.0 GPA and pursue her dream of becoming an English teacher.

If you would like to make a donation to the LEAGUE Campaign to help students like Tess, please complete the LEAGUE enrollment form and return to the Foundation office.  Make your donation by April 29 using payroll deduction and you will be eligible to win $150 in cash.

For more information call the Foundation at 786-2785.

Congratulations to Becky Croteau, Professor of Biology, winner of the first $150 cash prize for making a donation to the LEAGUE Campaign.  Winners of Subway coupon cards are:  Trudy Stutzman, Michelle Burger, Peggy Goetsch and Nathanael Herbert.

The annual faculty and staff giving campaign is off to a great start with more than $43,000 in donations and pledges so far!  If you haven’t made your contribution yet, there is still time.  And there is still time to win $150 in cash – donated by LLCC Cabinet Members – if you make a pledge using payroll deduction by April 29.

Don’t forget to purchase 50/50 raffle tickets for another chance to win cash totaling $200 to date or a grill package valued at $300.  Tickets are $1 each, $5 for 6, or $10 for 18 and will be available through today until 5 pm in the Foundation.

Thanks to all who support the LEAGUE Campaign.  Funds go directly to support LLCC students through scholarships, grants and more.  For more information, call the Foundation at 786-2785.

Thanks so much to all who attended and took part in the fun and games at Tuesday’s LEAGUE kickoff!  What a great day for our students with gifts and pledges of support totaling more than $36,000 so far!  On behalf of students like Tess Tyler – a scholarship recipient – who spoke at the luncheon, thank you for all you do for our students and for your very generous support.

Stop by the Foundation by 5 p.m. this Friday, to sign up for the campaign and your name will be entered into a drawing for $150 in cash!  And, if you sign up for payroll deduction, you’ll be eligible for another $150 cash prize at the end of the campaign.

You can still purchase 50/50 tickets for a chance to win cash (approximately $150 so far) or a Weber portable gas grill (valued at $200) along with an Illinois State Fair Pork Package (valued at $100).  Tickets are $1 each, $5 for 6, or $10 for 18 and will be available through Friday, April 8.

Funds from this campaign go directly to support LLCC students through scholarships, grants and more.  As a donor, you choose what you would like your gift to support.  The LLCC Foundation realizes you have choices in philanthropic support and given the ever increasing demands on individual and family budgets, please know how grateful we are that you’ve chosen the students of LLCC to be the recipients of your generous donations.

Join the LLCC Foundation and the LEAGUE Committee as we “Fire it Up!”  The 2016 LEAGUE campaign kicks off tomorrow Tuesday, March 29, with lunch at 11:30 a.m. in the Student Union.  Then, enjoy our backyard barbecue themed party with games, music, prizes and the grand finale – the awarding of grants funded from our 2015 campaign!

Come on down for your chance to win (among other things) a portable Weber gas grill, pork package, cold hard cash (the Famous 50/50) and much more. For both raffles, tickets are $1 each, $5 for 6 tickets or $10 for 18.   Stop by the LLCC Foundation in Menard Hall now through Friday, April 8, or pick some up at the LEAGUE kickoff luncheon tomorrow!

Find all the details in LEAGUE News & Times!

LEAGUE is the annual giving campaign for LLCC faculty and staff to make charitable donations back to the college.  The campaign always features a lot of fun, but the dollars raised are for a serious purpose – to support our students.  So on their behalf thank you!

See you tomorrow at the backyard barbecue!

LEAGUE, the LLCC faculty and staff annual giving campaign for the benefit of our students and programs, kicks off on Tuesday, March 29 with a Backyard BBQ from 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m. in the Student Union.   All faculty, staff and retirees are invited to join the LEAGUE Committee for a free lunch, entertainment, games and prizes.  Don’t forget to get your teams of four together for the flip cup tournament!

Learn more about the LEAGUE giving campaign and the activities and drawing planned in the LEAGUE News & Times!