Benni is LLCC’s Cutest Pet for 2024!

dog in a hot dog costumeCongratulations to Benni Norris, pet of Crystal Norris, administrative assistant to the dean, social sciences and business, for winning the cutest pet contest with 327 votes!

Thank you to all who donated to LLCC’s 2024 United Way campaign! Jeans day stickers are being delivered or sent via interoffice mail to all donors. We collected more than $8,116 in pledges. These gifts will help agencies who assist those in need in our community.

For anyone who missed the campaign and would like to give, the donation page is still open.

Last day to give to the United Way campaign

United Way of Central Illinois

There is still time to cast your vote for LLCC’s cutest pet! The contest will run until end of the day on Oct. 11. Donations are made by casting your vote for the cutest pet(s) of LLCC faculty and staff. You may vote for multiple pets, more than once.

Other ways to support LLCC’s United Way campaign include through employee payroll deduction. You may also make an outright gift via credit card or check. Learn more about United Way and make your pledge on the LLCC United Way donation page.

Still time to donate to LLCC United Way Campaign

United Way of Central Illinois

LLCC’s United Way campaign runs through tomorrow, and there’s still time to participate! Make your gift on the LLCC United Way donation page.

PLEASE NOTE: Use this online link instead of the QR code on posters.

Today, we’ll focus on how United Way of Central Illinois focuses on financial stability: through supportive housing, work skills support and financial literacy programs.
Last year, United Way of Central Illinois helped 98% of program clients maintain housing with grant partners:

  • Helping Hands of Springfield
  • Memorial Behavioral Health
  • MERCY Communities
  • Senior Services of Central Illinois
  • Springfield Urban League
  • Wooden It Be Lovely
  • Also, Financial literacy workshops and FreeWill, a free and easy way to write a legally valid will.

Donate today!

LLCC Cutest Pet Contest

United Way of Central Illinois

There is still time to cast your vote for LLCC’s cutest pet! The contest will run until end of the day on Oct. 11. Donations are made by casting your vote for the cutest pet(s) of LLCC faculty and staff. You may vote for multiple pets, more than once.

Other ways to support LLCC’s United Way campaign include through employee payroll deduction. You may also make an outright gift via credit card or check. Learn more about United Way and make your pledge on the LLCC United Way donation page.

Cast your vote for Cutest Pet on Institutional Improvement Day!

Cute puppyThe LLCC Cutest Pet Contest is currently underway to support the United Way campaign. Today, there will be voting tables set up in two locations on main campus with photos of all the pets and a QR code to vote. Tables will be located in the A. Lincoln Commons lobby near the Info Desk and in the Kreher Agriculture Center lobby.

The contest will run until end of the day on Oct. 11. Donations to United Way are made by casting your vote for the cutest pet(s) of LLCC faculty and staff. You may vote for multiple pets, more than once. You can also vote through this online link.

Other ways to support LLCC’s United Way campaign include through employee payroll deduction. You may also make an outright gift via credit card or check. Learn more about United Way and make your pledge on the LLCC United Way donation page.

Cast your vote for Cutest Pet on Institutional Improvement Day!

Cute puppyThe LLCC Cutest Pet Contest is currently underway to support the United Way campaign. On Institutional Improvement Day this Friday, there will be voting tables set up in two locations on main campus with photos of all the pets and a QR code to vote. Tables will be located in the A. Lincoln Commons lobby near the Info Desk and in the Kreher Agriculture Center lobby.

The contest will run until end of the day on Oct. 11. Donations to United Way are made by casting your vote for the cutest pet(s) of LLCC faculty and staff. You may vote for multiple pets, more than once. You can also vote through this online link.

Other ways to support LLCC’s United Way campaign include through employee payroll deduction. You may also make an outright gift via credit card or check. Learn more about United Way and make your pledge on the LLCC United Way donation page.

United Way campaign in full swing!

United Way of Central Illinois
LLCC’s United Way campaign is in full swing! Make your gift on the LLCC United Way donation page.

Today, learn more about how United Way of Central Illinois focuses on education: helping children prepare for kindergarten, stay on track and graduate with a plan for their future. Last year, United Way of Central Illinois helped 92% of children in summer programs grow their math skills through grant partners:

  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Illinois
  • Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Illinois
  • Compass for Kids
  • Girls Scouts of Central Illinois
  • Hope
  • Springfield Public Schools
  • Springfield Urban League, Inc.
  • Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library

Check out this video on Camp Kindergarten.

Thank you to United Way donors

United Way logo. United Way of Central Illinois.Thank you to all who donated to LLCC’s 2023 United Way campaign! Jeans day stickers are being delivered or sent via interoffice mail to all donors.

We collected more than $12,000 in pledges. These gifts will help agencies who assist those in need in our community.

For anyone who missed the campaign and would like to give, the donation page is still open.

Still time to donate to LLCC United Way Campaign

LLCC’s United Way campaign runs through tomorrow, and there’s still time to participate! Make your gift on the LLCC United Way donation page. PLEASE NOTE: Use this link instead of the QR code on posters.

Today, we’ll focus on how United Way of Central Illinois focuses on financial stability: through supportive housing, work skills support and financial literacy programs.

Last year, United Way of Central Illinois helped 98% of program clients maintain housing with grant partners:

  • Helping Hands of Springfield
  • Memorial Behavioral Health
  • MERCY Communities
  • Senior Services of Central Illinois
  • Springfield Urban League
  • Wooden It Be Lovely
  • Also, Financial literacy workshops and FreeWill, a free and easy way to write a legally valid will.

Donate today!

How United Way focuses on health

United Way of Central Illinois. United Way logo.
LLCC’s United Way campaign continues through Friday! Make your gift on the LLCC United Way donation page. PLEASE NOTE: Use this link instead of the QR code on posters.

Today, we’ll focus on how United Way of Central Illinois focuses on health.

Last year, United Way of Central Illinois helped 400 seniors access health care through medical transportation with grant partners:

  • Lutheran Child and Family Services
  • Senior Services of Central Illinois
  • SIU Center for Family Medicine
  • Springfield Public Schools
  • Springfield Urban League, Inc.
  • Also, United Way partners with SingleCare and has helped over 39,000 people in our community save more than $3.4 million in prescription drug costs.

Donate today!