Welcome to ECL!

RESOURCE PAGE

On this page you'll find additional resources to inform your experience in the ECL program this year. 

Please note that there are two cohorts: the ECL community cohort and the ECL@Illinois cohort. Some information may be specific to each cohort.

Volunteer Information

Group Volunteer Signups

United Way Power of the Purse, Thursday, May 7, various times, Pear Tree Estate (2150 County Rd 1000 E, Champaign IL, 61822) 

United Way Bottom Line Diaper Bank Repack, Monday, May 11, 4:30-6:00pm, United Way of Champaign County Conference Room (5 Dunlap Ct., Savoy, IL 61874)

Track Your Volunteer Hours

https://www.unitedwaychampaign.org/form/ecl-volunteer-hours

  • Please enter your volunteer activities. You may submit this form as many times as needed. Responses are not editable once submitted. 
  • In the Hours Volunteered field, please use whole numbers and round up to the nearest hour. 
  • You will get an automated email receipt upon submitting this form. You can use these emails to keep track of how many hours you have submitted.
  • FAQ's

Do you regularly volunteer at the same place? (Ex: mentoring once a week). Save yourself time by grouping a month or two's worth of hours on a single line. No need to track every date separately! Just omit the volunteer date.

Community Volunteer Signups*

*Toast to Taylor Street Block Party with the Soundbridge Foundation, Saturday, May 16, various times, Downtown Champaign (Taylor St. west of Walnut St.)

*Community Service Center of Northern Champaign County Food Pantry, weekdays 10am-12pm, 12-2pm, 2-4pm

*Daily Bread Soup Kitchen, ongoing, various times

*Habitat for Humanity, ongoing, various times

*Salt & Light, ongoing, various times

*United Way of Champaign County is not the organizing or managing group for this volunteering opportunity

Program Overviews

ECL (community cohort) Program Overview

ECL@Illinois Program Overview

Seminars

Seminar 1 "Finding Your Why"

ECL (community cohort) Slide Deck

ECL@Illinois Slide Deck

ECL@Illinois Recording from March 3, 2026

Seminar 2 "The Role of Nonprofits in the Community"

TED Talk with Dan Pallotta, "The way we think about charity is dead wrong" Please watch/listen before Seminar 2 

LINK TO TED TALK

ECL (community cohort) Slide Deck

ECL@Illinois Slide Deck

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

National Council of Nonprofits, Nonprofit Impact Matters: How America's Charitable Nonprofits Strengthen Communities and Improve Lives

Seminar 3

information will be added soon

Seminar 4

information will be added soon

Seminar 5

information will be added soon

Team Projects

ECL (community cohort) Project Manager Description and Agency Descriptions

ECL@Illinois Project Manager Description and Agency Descriptions

CAPSTONE PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Please use THIS OUTLINE to guide your presentation and consider as your working with your partner agency.