United Way of Champaign County

11/10/2026

Join Women United next week at Hamilton Walkers for our Trivia Night!

Please join Women United for an evening of knowledge, laughter, and camaraderie at our annual Trivia Night. 📅 Thursday, November 19, 2026 📍 Hamilton Walker’s ⏰ 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM 💲 $25 per person Your ticket includes appetizers, one beverage, and an evening of engaging entertainment wi...

11/09/2026

Busey Bank and UIUC students joined forces to repaint our Born Learning Trail at Chris Rudzinski Park in Rantoul! It was a picturesque fall day made even better because of this wonderful, energized team!

Special thanks to Lexi, Emily, Marissa, Brooke, Lindsey, Zach, Deanna, and the awesome UIUC students for their artistic help!

🎨🌳🏃‍♀️What are Born Learning Trails? Our nine Born Learning Trails are paved, family-friendly pathways in parks across Champaign County that encourage early learning through play. Along the trail, families can explore colorful signs in both English and Spanish featuring fun, simple activities that help children build language, literacy, and social-emotional skills.

11/06/2026

Are you in need of food assistance this holiday season, or looking for ways to give back through donations or volunteering? 🦃🎁🍠

We've compiled a Holiday Resource Guide featuring Thanksgiving and December food and gift assistance, plus opportunities to donate, volunteer, and support others in our community.

Check out our Holiday Resource Guide and help spread the word!
unitedwaychampaign.org/holiday-resources

✉ DM us with other resources we can add to the list!

11/05/2026

Our team has had a lovely day at the National Philanthropy Day Summit 2026. Thank you to the Association for Fundraising Professionals East Central Illinois Chapter for bringing together so many inspiring speakers.

It was a day of collaboration and we all took away so many valuable ideas!

11/04/2026

This week, we connected with our 10 Youth Opportunity grant partners! We came together to share updates, celebrate successes, discuss challenges, and plan for the year ahead.

It always makes our day to be in the room with these brilliant leaders who work hard to support early grade-level success through various programs!

11/04/2026

Listen to the most recent chat between CW Greer and Bev! 🎙

Podcast Episode · DWS Morning Show · November 2 · 15m

11/03/2026

A huge thank you to the East Central Illinois Building And Construction Trades Council for their partnership and incredible generosity! At this year’s Annual Golf Outing, they raised a record-breaking $24,331.81 to support our Read Talk Play Every Day Getting Ready for Kindergarten Calendars and our other Read, Talk, Play initiatives that promote early childhood development.

Thank you to every union trades worker who helped make this possible! Your support helps advance our work and gives young children a strong foundation for success.

11/03/2026

Butterflies for Books Fundraiser 📚🦋

We’re so excited to partner with United Way of Champaign County for a special fundraiser benefiting Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library!

Now through December, for every magnetic butterfly sold at Prairie Gardens, we’ll donate $1 to the Imagination Library. Butterflies are just $3.97 each.

This wonderful program helps inspire a lifelong love of reading by delivering FREE, age-appropriate books to children from birth to age five, right to their homes each month. And right here in our community, more than 3,500 children benefit from the program!

A little butterfly can make a big difference 🦋💛

United Way Of Champaign County

10/30/2026

This morning, we kicked off the Parkland College 2026 Combined Charities Campaign. We always enjoy celebrating our enriching partnership and the many ways it brings people together to create new possibilities for Parkland students, its staff, and our entire community.

We even got a chance to announce the winners of their Halloween decorating contest! Shout-out to Academic Advising for showing up strong! 🎃👻

10/30/2026

Daylight Saving Time is coming! Help your little ones adjust to the time change with these 5 Bedtime Tips!

1. Maintain daily routines as much as possible. When children know what's coming next, it's easier for them to cooperate and you avoid a lot of temper tantrums.

2. Gradually shift bedtime and wake time to 30 minutes later. You can do this across the weekend leading up to Daylight Saving. This bedtime shift may take a week to normalize.

3. Avoid eating too much Halloween candy - especially after dinner! Those jolts of sugar don't help when you are winding down for the night.

4. Exercise during the day to help them sleep better at night. Use the Halloween activities or other daytime activities so that when it is time for bed, their body is ready.

5. Power off screens early, dim the lights, and read extra books in bed.

Follow for more and check out readtalkplay.org for more early childhood development resources.