May 20, 2016 - United Way of Champaign County’s Board of Directors is pleased to announce the results of the FY2017-2018 Community Impact Fund grant process. Our goal was to facilitate a strategic, outcome-based community investment process based on impacting identified goals in education, income and health.
Make summer a season of learning!
United Way of Champaign County is hosting a Children’s Book Drive on June 26, 2015 at our office in Champaign, Illinois. Your family’s gently used children’s books can find a second home. This effort is part of Day of Action, a nationwide event to put the United Way mission into action.
On February 13 over 50 Employee Campaign Coordinators gathered for our annual ECC Thank You breakfast. This event was held at Cityview at Illinois Terminal and recognizes the hard work that ECC's do to make their workplace giving campaigns successful! We'd like to say congratulations to our Employee Campaign Coordinator Award Winners for the 2014 Campaign. These ECC's went above and beyond the call of duty and their work has generated hundreds of new gifts to United Way - which means thousands more lives can be changed!
2014 ECC's of the Year
United Way of Champaign County has earned a 4 Star rating from Charity Navigator, an organization that evaluates charities' financial health and accountability and transparency. This is the first time UWCC has been evaluated by Charity Navigator, and we are proud to have earned their highest rating. Read the full summary from Charity Navigator on their web site.
United Way of Champaign County kicked off their 90th year with positive news: the annual campaign has topped the goal of $3.4 million dollars. As of February 20, 2014 over $3.417 million had been raised to support Education, Health & Well-Being, Financial Stability and Community Basics programs. This is the seventh year in a row United Way has exceeded the campaign goal.
CHAMPAIGN, ILL (12/12/13) - It’s not just about the giving: it’s about why you give. Local residents have responded wholeheartedly to United Way’s goal to better our County in the areas of Education, Health & Well-Being, Financial Stability and Community Basics.
Join United Way from 9am-7pm August 29 at Hessel Park pavilion as we kick off the 2013 fundraising campaign and "Pack the Park" with items needed by local nonprofit organizations. We'll be collecting items all day, and family fun starts at 4pm with entertainment, free hotdogs for the first 300, and more. Let's celebrate the work we're all doing to improve this place we call HOME!
