“This year more than ever, there are so many people out there who need help in our community …” “I give … because frankly, someone else needs it more than I do …” In this video, four more of your LLCC colleagues tell why they give to United Way. The LLCC United Way campaign continues through Nov. 6. Please consider a gift to help those in need in our community. To donate, please click here.

By giving to the United Way of Central Illinois, you become an everyday hero, supporting programs that address basic needs, education, financial stability and health. Your generosity helps make our region a better place and often supports our own LLCC students.

To donate, please click here. You may give via credit or debit card, cash or check, or payroll deduction, and designate where your gift goes, or make an undesignated gift that supports multiple programs. You’ll receive a jeans day sticker as a thank-you, and be placed in a drawing for gift cards.

Thank you!
United Way Committee: Melissa Franzen, Nicole Ralph, Leanne Roseberry, Tara Walk, Lynn Whalen

Be an everyday hero and consider a gift to the United Way. LLCC is a vital part of our community, and a gift to United Way is the most effective way to help the entire community. When you make a donation, your dollars stay in our community and support programs addressing basic needs, education, financial stability and health.

To donate, please click here. All donations will be made online this year via credit or debit card, cash, check or payroll deduction. You’ll receive a jeans day sticker as a thank-you, and be placed in drawing for gift cards. Thank you!

Thanks to the generosity of 63 donors, LLCC has contributed $15,225 to the employee giving program through United Way to help multiple charitable agencies in our communities. The committee would like to thank all of our generous donors. Know that your gift will make a difference!

Melissa Franzen, Nicole Ralph, Leanne Roseberry, Tara Walk, Lynn Whalen

Gift cards from such places as Texas Roadhouse, WalMart, Qik-N-EZ, Target and many more will be given away in a drawing Tuesday at the Professional Development Day Ice Cream Social in A. Lincoln Commons. Anyone who has completed an online pledge form by 3 p.m. Tuesday (or text LLCCUNITED to 41444) or turns in their paper form before or at the Ice Cream Social by 4:30 p.m. will be eligible for the drawing!

100 percent of your donation goes directly to the charity of your choice and 100 percent of gifts to United Way supports local program services. Choose convenient payroll deduction or make a one-time or continuous gift via credit or debit card, check or cash.

We will have a table at the Professional Development Day lunch and will be at the Information Desk in A. Lincoln Commons at the Ice Cream Social Tuesday to assist you.

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

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