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

None at this time.

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

CU Days at Douglass Park, Saturday, August 8, various times, help share information about Read Talk Play Every Day! and Dolly Parton's Imagination Library

*CU Triathlon, Sunday, July 19, various times between 6:00am-12:30pm, various roles to support the experience

*Toast to Taylor Street Block Party with the Soundbridge Foundation, Saturday, July 18, various times, Downtown Champaign (Taylor St. west of Walnut St.)

*Y on the Fly Happy Camper Lunch Crew, help pack lunches for the Y on the Fly Summer Program, Wednesdays (3-8pm) and Sundays (8-5pm) through August. Help out within the time frame provided. You can help on your own or bring a few friends!

*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) Seminar 2 Slide Deck

ECL@Illinois Seminar 2 Slide Deck

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

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

Seminar 3

ECL (community cohort) Seminar 3 Slide Deck

ECL@Illinois Seminar 3 Slide Deck

Seminar 4

ECL (community cohort) Seminar 4 Slide Deck

ECL@Illinois Seminar 4 Slide Deck

Seminar 5

ECL (community cohort) Seminar 5 Slide Deck

ECL@Illinois Seminar 5 Slide Deck

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.