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*
*Toast to Taylor Street Block Party with the Soundbridge Foundation, Saturday, May 16, various times, Downtown Champaign (Taylor St. west of Walnut St.)
*Crisis Nursery Blue Tie Gala email nwhitman@crisisnursery.net, Friday, June 5, 9:15-11:00pm, Illinois Conference Center
*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
Seminars
Seminar 1 "Finding Your Why"
ECL (community cohort) 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
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
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.
