IMPA CT.United Way of Champaign County’s Pillar Newsletter Fall 2016

IN THIS ISSUE…Day of Action

Emerging Community Leaders

Focus on Mental Health

THANK YOU TO OUR LEADERSHIP GIVING SPONSORS

The East Central Illinois Building and Construction Trades Council (ECIBCTC) hosted its 9th annual golf outing on Friday, June 3rd. The golf outing raised $7,000, which will be donated by ECIBCTC to the United Way’s Getting Ready for Kindergarten Calendar, an important feature of our Kindergarten Readiness initiative. Over 7,000 calendars in both English and Spanish are distributed throughout the community. The calendars provide daily tips and

2016 Campaign Co-Chair Justin Spring, Jim Miller of First State Bank, UWCC Director of Leadership Giving Becca Guyette and UWCC Chair Elect Randy Green enjoy perfect golfing weather while supporting Kindergarten Readiness!

suggestions to help parents prepare their children mentally, socially, and emotionally for school. Thanks to all who came out to play on this beautiful day and to all the tee sponsors who made this event possible! For more information about this event contact Brad Diel, United Way AFL-CIO Community Services Liasion, at 217-352-5151.

Golfing for Good

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From Sue’s Desk...Greetings from 404 W. Church Street-

“…create positive change and lasting impact in our community...” These words mean a great deal to us here at United Way. We see them every day when we go upstairs to the Carol Scharlau conference room. We see them in print on our publications. Most of all, we see the importance of those words as we do our work in the community. We want to be impactful, to change the condition of things, to make things better. That is why we do what we do!

We have had some great examples of Community Impact this past year. This past June the Emergency Shelter for Families opened! After 4 years of work, lots of meetings, and collaboration with community partners, the doors finally opened June 15th. As a team, we know we truly won’t see the impact until later this fall, when we have success stories of the families who found a new start at the shelter. Families who got their life back on track; that is when we can say we have truly impacted their lives. A change for the better.

Impact occurs when a shift in someone’s life sends them on a trajectory for success. After our first Power of the Purse, we provided 3 scholarships to recent high school graduates, young women ready to change the course of their life through education. We had the opportunity to meet one of our young ladies—wow, what an inspiration she was! This year we added $15,000 to the scholarship fund at Parkland and will provide even more scholarships than before. The applicants’ stories are truly wonderful and I can’t wait to see how the scholarships impact their lives.

In order for United Way to be as impactful as possible, it is important that we have a successful campaign! We need you to help us make that lasting impact in our community. We can’t do it without your support. Your donations support local efforts to create a healthy, happy, whole community. I hope you will consider giving again, and maybe making a Pillar Plus gift – let’s be as IMPACTFUL as we can!

All the best,

Sue

SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT

Busey For over 30 years Busey has been a strong supporter of United Way of Champaign County, seeing its partnership as a social responsibility. “From lending a helping hand at a volunteer event to giving financially during our annual workplace campaign,” says Van Dukeman, President & CEO of First Busey Corporation, “our associates work hand-in-hand with the United Way and their partner agencies to address the most pressing issues in our community.”

Busey gets their associates excited about donating by hosting breakfasts, speakers and competitions during their workplace campaign. Their hard work pays off—25% of Busey associates who give in Champaign and Ford counties are Pillar-level donors. The direct and local impact of their donations motivates their giving, says Chris Shroyer, President & CEO of Busey Bank. “Our associates support causes they’re most passionate about—making a real difference in our own community,” he says.

Busey further demonstrated their support of United Way when they became a Leadership Giving Sponsor of the Pillar Program. Chris, who co-chaired the 2015 fundraising campaign with his wife, Jeana, says, “A great way to support the United Way is to be a Pillar in the Leadership Giving program—leading by example through generosity and helping to contribute more than $2 million to the United Way last year alone. Busey is proud to support the Pillar Leadership Giving program.”

Martin, Hood, Friese & Associates Martin, Hood, Friese & Associates first began supporting United Way of Champaign County when the firm opened in 1982. Kim Martin, Founding Partner, had given to United Way through his previous employer and wanted to bring the model of community impact to his new firm. The longer the firm was involved with United Way, the more they could see the issues first hand and the more they realized that United Way understands how to serve the needs of our community.

Martin’s dedication to United Way and to instilling a spirit of generosity and philanthropy in his office has paid off. For many years now, Martin, Hood, Friese & Associates has earned the 100% Participation award for their workplace campaign. Employees are excited to support the campaign because they understand that their money goes through United Way directly to the issues they see and experience in their own community.

In 2014, United Way asked Martin, Hood, Friese & Associates to step up again as a Leadership Giving Sponsor of the Pillar Program. Martin says, “It was an easy yes from all the partners right away. It is great to be part of the larger group of Pillars doing joint work for our community.” And the firm certainly is an important part of the Pillar group, with 13 employees giving at the Pillar level.

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PILLAR IMPACT

Thank you for changing lives

At the core of every community are leaders whose caring and generosity set the course for others.Each year, thousands of individuals, couples and families partner with the United Way of Champaign County as leadership givers to significantly improve education, income and health throughout Champaign County.

United Way Pillars are a group of people who demonstrate extraordinary concern by donating $500 or more annually to United Way. Gifts can be made through payroll deduction, direct payments or stocks/securities. Last year, over 1,400 Pillars contributed over $2,050,000 comprising over 60% of campaign dollars!

Our leadership givers truly exemplify a standard of commitment to our county. Their contributions are leveraged to support the most effective, measurable outcomes that meet our community’s greatest needs. United Way of Champaign County Leadership Giving levels include:

Alexis de Tocqueville Society $10,000 or more Membres de la Société $10,000 - $24,999 Ordre dé Liberté $25,000 - $49,999 Ordre d’Egalité $50,000 - $74,999 Diamond Circle $7,500 to $9,999

Cornerstone Circle $5,000 to $7,499Platinum $3,000 to $4,999Gold $2,000 to $2,999Silver $1,000 to $1,999Bronze $500 to $999

PILLAR PLUS – Pillar members who increase their leadership gift by ten percent or more. Each year we ask current Pillars to help meet the growing need in our community by choosing to Pillar Plus and increase their gift by 10%.

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Alexis de Tocqueville SocietyThe United Way Tocqueville Society was formed to deepen individual understanding, commitment, and support of United Way’s work: advancing the common good by creating opportunities for a better life for all. The Tocqueville Society recognizes local philanthropic leaders and volunteer champions around the world who have devoted time, talent and funds to create long lasting changes by tackling our communities’ most serious issues.

The Tocqueville Society of Champaign County, established in 1995, echoes the American spirit of cooperation and goodwill which Tocqueville spoke about with such enthusiasm more than 150 years ago. It personifies the true meaning of philanthropy with members giving $10,000 or more annually to the United Way campaign. This group of leaders recognizes the vital importance of voluntary community service and personal giving at an exceptional level.

Thank you for your gift that supports the building blocks for a good life.

Roger G. Clark and Gaye Wong

Dave Downey and Jane A. Hays

David and Susan Eades

Rudy and Lucille Frasca

Bob Henderson

John and Angela Kluth

Margo and Greg Lykins

Kim and Denise Martin

Richard M. Noel and Rosann Gelvin Noel and Noel Family Foundation

Kyle and Phyllis Robeson

Ed and Carol Scharlau

George and Nancy Shapland

Lott and SuAnn Thomas

Rebecca S. and John E. Wetzel

David and Christina Whippo

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$10,000 AND MORE

DIAMOND CIRCLE$7,500-$9,999

Mark S. BallardClark Cunningham and Aulikki Kokko-CunninghamJim Heffernan and Rebecca Nef-HeffernanWilliam T and Kathryn Luther HendersonDavid and Patti HoodMildred LutherDon Moyer, Jr.

CORNERSTONE PILLARS$5,000-$7,499

Scott and Lynn AndersonMr. and Mrs. Franklin R. Archey Jr.Joe Barkmeier and Ann TiceJim and Nancy BellJ. William Bell and Elizabeth MurphyMay R. BerenbaumLois BrightonSteve and Donna CarterJohn CronanDorothy Ann David and Steven WoodardLane and Vinny DickinsonVan A. and Patti J. DukemanAnn EinhornChris and Kim EvangelistiEmmie Fisher and Andy LeeMatthew Gibb and Janette ReillyJonathan H. GoodwinC. K. Gunsalus and Michael W. WalkerBarb and Tom Harrington, Jr.Jim HeinsMark and Cheryl HolderbaughDavid E. IrwinDouglas and Josephine KibbeeSusan and Ron KiddooDiane and Craig KiddooDave and Elizabeth KrchakWayne and Loretta LaFaveRosemary LaughlinDr. and Mrs. James LeonardSondra and Robert LibmanDavid and Nancy MorseRobert and Mary Anne MulcaheyTodd and Carolyn Petersen

Kim and John PowersMrs. Jack RichmondMr. Richard RossMartha Seeber and FamilyDave and Anita SeilerVern and Jeannie SnoeyinkCindy and Mike SomersSid and Keti StaffordJoy Thornton-Walter and John WalterJeff and Shari WamplerCindi and Bruce Wellman

PLATINUM PILLARS$3,000-$4,999

Dick Adams and Pat JanuszkiCurt and Jo AndersonJanice Bahr and Erwin HoffmanRobert and Jennifer BallsrudDick and Lynne BarnesAndrew and Jessica BateyBob BenderWillard and Anne BroomRoy and Ann CampbellBridget and Dean ClausenTony ClementsEileen and Dennis ColemanThomas and Sharon ConryRichard DaughertyMike and Christy DevocelleWilliam A. Dick and Katrina CheneyBradley S. and Debra DielMary Ann and Robert D. EspesethDale and Joyce EwenDeborah and Charles FeinenJohn FrascaPeggy FroehlichTom and Sue GreyJohn M. GruberTerry and DiAnne HatchRoger and Fran HaugheyClare and Alan HaussermannChristina Havenland and Jennifer CrumDennis and Jennifer HeschBruce and Jan HinelyKelly and Nathan HoffmannJudy and Brian Holding

Harold and Pat JensenLyn and Mike JonesPaula KaufmanDaniel and Ellen KirsanoffPaul and Corinne KohlerTim and Leanne KopischkeWynne Sandra KorrPat and Sara KovarMargaret and Ed KrolCharles and Annette LansfordJon and Judith LiebmanMary McGrath and Dennis LewisT. Lee and Penny MeekerMartin and Darla MintzPenn and Barbara NelsonDr. Michael Neuwirth and Melony StantonDaniel W. NewkirkElaine and Joseph NicholasRobert K. O’DaniellBob and Kathy PleckiSteve and Esther PortnoyJennifer K. PutmanMaureen and Mark RadiWillis G. RegierSeamus and Maeve ReillyLinda and Randy RichardsonMarlyn W. RinehartJennifer and Robert RobbennoltScott SchingelJames Shepherd, MD and Matthew GipsonChris and Jeana ShroyerJohn B. SmithLinda C. SmithJohn and Pat SnyderSteven T. SonkaGlenn and Jo Anne StankoWalter and Joan TouseyCharles and Laura TuckerBill and Sandy VolkBill and Shirley WalkerJohn and Nancy WeimerHerb and Yvette WhiteleyCarolyn S. WitterRoger and Dolores YarbroughWilliam and Candace Youngerman

Seven anonymous Major Gift supporters

Major Gift Supporters

Friends with designations in BOLD are members of our Pillar Plus program.

Each year the need for support from United Way rises. In response, we have created a Pillar Plus program which allows our friends to increase their support. By pledging an annual 10% increase, Pillar Plus donors are critical to helping United Way of Champaign County fully fund programs which support the Building Blocks for A Good Life: Education, Income and Health. We hope you will join hundreds of others by making a Pillar Plus gift this year.

As always, we appreciate your support!5

$10,000 AND MORE

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GOLD PILLARS$2,000-$2,999Ilesanmi AdesidaAdelaide AimeBarbara McFadden AllenCarl and Nadja AltstetterKimberly AndersonDon and Paula AndersonGreg AndersonMichael and Laura AndrejasichMarc and Fran AnselKen and Sari AronsonCarol K. AugspurgerRobert and Cathy BairdSam and Maureen BanksBarham Benefit GroupDanda and Dennis BeardBertha Jean BergerKenneth N. and Mary E. BethChristopher BeylerMarie BohlCharlene and Harry BremerDawn CarsonLouis Kuo Chi ChanSandy and Steve ChapmanGreg and Kristie CozadJack and Judy DeAtleyElizabeth deGruyGary Dell and Susan GarnseyBernie and Chris DunnMichael J. and Brenda EilbrachtRobin and W. Brooke ElliottTed and Linda FrankRusty and Jill FreelandBeverly A. and Mike FrieseJosephine GeignerJim and Mars GentryVera Mainz and Gregory GirolamiLiza and Ned GoldwasserMike and Donna GreeneHeath and Kathy GroteJoseph and Rebecca GuyetteHabeeb and Joy HabeebJames and Debra HalleJeff HamiltonKathleen HarlemanStacy HarwoodAl and Nina HeckmanRoyce and Jean HintonDebra and Michael HirschiMark HolleyPeter and Joan HoodJames and Karin ImlayBarclay and Rebekah JonesSara and Keith KelleyBruce and Mary KnightNapoleon and Pamela KnightSheila and Philip KreinMartha LandisBud and Sandy LeisterBrenda Lindsey

On Friday, June 17th United Way asked the community to step forward and donate children’s books for our annual Day of Action event. And step forward they did, donating over 1,700 books! Nearly 50 volunteers came out to volunteer, including Emerging Community Leaders, Pillars, Board members and more.

The donated books are a critical part of our new Getting Ready for Kindergarten kits. United Way’s 2015 Community Report showed one-third of Champaign County children aren’t ready for the first day of school. Getting Ready for Kindergarten Kits have been successful in many other communities and we are excited to bring

Community joins together to build Kindergarten Readiness

them to ours. The kits are designed for children ages 3, 4 and 5.

In addition to at least one book, United Way volunteers filled the kits with items like crayons, lined paper and scissors all donated by local businesses. A Parent Guide and the Getting Ready for Kindergarten Calendar contain ideas for fun educational activities that can be done with the kit items.

Getting Ready for Kindergarten Kits will be distributed across the County in September 2016 as part of a community Walk As One event.

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David and Chris MainMr. and Mrs. James C. Martinie IIWalter McMahonRavi MehtaAnna MerrittLesley Millar-Nicholson and Lori NicholsonCaleb H. MillerGeorge and Diane MillerHenry MooreDale and Susan MorrisseyDennis and Barb MuncyDeena Noel-HorbergMichael Novak and Lee Ann RotzTom and Diane O’RourkeTom and Jo OverbyeTodd Kinney and Peggy PattenRobert and Vicki PattonMark E. PeecherRoscoe and Ann PershingTom and Michelle RamageDan and Helen RichardsRenee Romano and Robert SherwoodMichael and Taya RossBlair and Joyce RowitzNancy Fay and Ken RowlandJohn and Patti SappDilip and Sandhya SarwatePeter and Ellen SchmidtRichard and Susan SchnuerTom Seals and Ruth WeneDavid and Jan SholemFrank and Carol ShuppKathleen SimmonsMichael and Kathy SmeltzerJean SmithJim and Sandy SnodgrassBob SpitzeElaine and Case SprenkleMichael StevensonNeil Strack and Mary BisseyMike and Daughn SutterAllison SuttonNancy and Edward TepperArthur and Shirley TraugottLarry and Joanne WaltherArt and Cindy WarrenDon and Berta WendelJoe and Mary WhiteJudy WiegandBarbara Wilson and John LammersPhyllis WiseMurray and Valerie WiseKevin YonceSarah Zehr

EDUCATIONUnited Way focuses on lifelong education strategies that provide a firm foundation at an early age and continue to help develop our children into successful adults who can contribute to their communities.

Education is a cornerstone for success in school, work and life. It also benefits the whole community. High school graduates have higher earning potential, contribute more to their local economies, are more engaged in their communities, and are more likely to raise kids who also graduate, and go on to higher education or work.

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SILVER PILLARS $1,000-$1,999Ron and Jane AdamsEllaine and Renato Alcaraz Jr.Ken and Mary AndersenRuth and James AndersonWells and Joann AndersonKarl and Palmira AppelquistDianna K. ArmstrongMr. and Mrs. Richard ArnouldWalter and Charlotte ArnsteinAndy ArwariBeth AutermanTim and Sue BachmanBarbara and Dick BarkerLeanne R. and Brian BarnhartBetsy BarringerJeff and Amy BaylessGeorge and Jennifer BellWendy L. BellScott and Carol BennettBob BentzDon and Pam BerbaumClifton G. BergeronBrenda BettsMichael BiehlEleanor BlackmonMary A. BlairT.J. and Katie BlakemanTony and Jill BlanckArlene M. BlankSteven BlauwkampDon and Gail BlockTom and Nancy BoazDavid and Sheri BobergMr. and Mrs. Rick BoeremaVan and Kathy BowersoxDustin BoyerPaul and Colleen BraunJohn and Denise BreenWilliam and Ellen BrewerJeffrey BrownJan and Dennis BuerkettPamela BunteJeffrey D. BurgoyneDebra BuseyMartin CamargoKaren CarneyMarla CastorDavid CeperleyRussell and Danielle ChalfantPat. ChapelDonna ChapelChris and Lisa CheelyWesley J. ChladnyDavid and Kelly ClarkJohn and Jamie ClausenJo Lynne ClausonRobin Cler

Since 2005, United Way’s Emerging Community Leaders program, better known as ECL, has helped over 400 local young professionals CONNECT with each other, SERVE through volunteerism, and LEAD by giving back to our nonprofit community.

The ECL program takes place from March – October annually and is structured similar to a college course. Four seminars are provided on topics ranging from Volunteer Leadership, Nonprofit Operations, and Volunteer Fundraising. Participants also take part in a Team Project to improve Education, Income or Health in our community. At the completion of the program, ECL graduates have learned how to utilize their talents to make lasting impact in our community.

One of those graduates is Cynthia Bruno. Cynthia is Anchor of The Morning Show on WCIA 3, a 2013 ECL Graduate and now a United Way board

United Way receives top ratingOur organization is evaluated annually by Charity Navigator, an independent charity evaluator. Each year since we were first rated, we have received a Four Star rating, the very highest possible! We’re proud of our commitment to nonprofit best practices for governance, transparency, overhead and impact.

Charity Navigator’s rating system examines two broad areas of a charity’s performance; their Financial Health and their Accountability & Transparency. According to Charity Navigator, their ratings show givers how efficiently they believe a charity

will use their support today, how well it has sustained its programs and services over time and their level of commitment to good governance, best practices and openness with information. Founded in 2001, Charity Navigator has become the nation’s largest and most-utilized evaluator of charities. They have developed an unbiased, objective, numbers-based rating system to assess over 8,000 charities. Charity Navigator accepts no funding from the charities they evaluate, ensuring that ratings remain objective.

Millennials learn to Connect, Serve and Lead through ECLmember. She said, “The ECL program laid the ground work for my community involvement. It helped me see needs in our community I didn’t know existed, and inspired me to offer up as much of my time and talent as I could spare to help others.” Cynthia and several other ECL graduates went on to co-found the organization Girls Go For It, a nonprofit after school program that empowers young women and helps them develop their leadership and professional potential.

“ECL was the perfect way to learn more about being a good volunteer and civic leader and also meet others who had similar goals.” – Sarah Zehr, ECL Alumna

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Larry and Martha ClippBrent ColclasureFred and Helen ColemanJohn D. and Tina M. ColomboJim ConlinTom and Rosemary CostelloMarietta K. CoufalWesley and Laura CurtisJohn and Melinda DabrowskiBarb DalyWilliam DaveyMillie DavisAl Davis and Janis ChadseyBenjamin and Jennifer DavisMike and Joyce DayDebbie DayLawrence and Cynthia DeBrockSteve and Jayne DeBruynMichael and Stacey DeLorenzoMichael M. DemissieTimothy D. Denoyer and Keith Cameron SmithHarold and Nancy Diamond Gifts FundMatthew DifanisNewt DoddsKaren DodgeNanette DonohueCale and Tracy DoubetGreg and Paula DouglasJay and Hyon DowneyMichael A. DyerBob and Cheryl EasterMelissa EdwardsBrian and Sara EgebergRobert W. and Jane ElliottRon and Barbara EndsleyBrent EndsleyRhoda R. EngelJames W. and Jean P. EvansJeff and Tammie FagoFrederick and Constance FairchildEdward FeserGreg and Kay FinkCynthia FisherTim and Susan FlanaginJill Flessner and Jay ScottCherie and Rod FletcherMrs. Richard FoleyMike and Karen FolkShari FoxMarv and Mati FrankelJona and Lonnie FranklinMike and Linda FredTom and Bev FreyJill and Jeremy FrieburgScott and Vida FriedleinSue FristoeSamuel and Pamela FurrerTeresa and Rich Gabel

Millennials learn to Connect, Serve and Lead through ECLECL graduates can be found serving the community on dozens of local nonprofit boards, PTAs, church leadership, fundraising drives and so much more. We’re proud of our ECL graduates and their commitment to Champaign County.

Applications for the 2017 ECL program will be available on or before December 30th, 2016. Visit uwayhelps.org/ECL for more information.

In 2015, the ECL class volunteered for a collective 1,020 hours! Our top volunteers for the year were recognized at the annual ECL Graduation event. From left, Samantha Hendon, Jenette Jurczyk, Lonndon Blake, Colin DeCair, Mariangélica Carrasquillo-Mangual, and Mitzi Villalon (not pictured).

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Ann GallivanCharles GammieCaroline GarrardJames and Betty GauzeJames and Rory GawthorpThomas GeisBeth GeisSusan K. GelvinPhilippe and Nancy GeubelleTodd and Claranne GleasonNick and Patti GlumacJim and Nicki GrahamDon and Liz GreeleyFred Green, Jr.Steve and Kay GreeneDavid and Claudia GrossJulie GunnPamela A. GustafsonDevon Wallis HagueMike and Linda HaileAnthony HaleyCarol and Rick HannahJames and Sandra HannumMr. and Mrs. Kermit HardenJames and Ellen HarmsTim and Kris HarringtonStephen and Karen HartmanMr. and Mrs. Richard HarveyJane and Patrick HayesCraig and Dianne HaysCurtis and Paula HaysTabatha and Greg HelmSteven E. HendersonMichael HenryBev Herzog and Craig CutbirthDr. John and Polly HillFran HineslyDuff and DeDee HoelPatrick and Andrea HoeyJohn M. HoffmannJackie and G. Andrew HohnDerek HoiemLewis and Susan HopkinsJessie G. HoustonLois HoyerJose I. Hualde and Joyce L. TolliverCharles and Elizabeth HuberRobert and Mary-Alayne HughesJohn HumlicekCharles M. and Barbara S. HundleyStan and Judy IkenberryJennifer Ivory-TatumGilda JenningsTina JohnsonTom and Susan JohnsonKara JohnsonBrett and Jennifer JohnsonMary E. JonesLaura Jordan

INCOMEUnited Way empowers people to get on stable financial ground with proven methods like job training, financial wellness classes and more. We focus on lasting income solutions (that go beyond charity) to help people build skills and education necessary to get, keep and advance in a good job.

Our community thrives when people are able to find decent jobs, provide for their families and save for the future. Increasing the financial stability of individuals and families produces a ripple effect, ultimately creating a stronger, more productive workforce and community.

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Chip and Jennifer JorstadGeorge T. JusticeMary Kalantzis and Bill CopeChris and Robin KalerRandy Kangas and Suzanne BissonnetteRichard and Judith KaplanTroye and Herlinda KauffmanMarilyn and David KayBrad and Linda KentSandeep KibeyMiles KleinKris KoesterJoan and Charles KozollArthur and Laurie KramerMark and Christine KuechlerDave and Barb KuhlMichael J. LambertAndrew LemoreuxCharles and Sarah LeeKathryn L. LeeTony and Haruko Kinase-LeggettEric and Tammy LemkeDr. Angela LewisMike and Elizabeth LindemannTom and Cathy LockmanCindy and Michael LouiErick and Meg LovenJoseph and Barbara LydingScott and Laurie MacAdamDrew MacGregorRick and Melanie MannerBrad and Sandra McBrideThomas McCowanReubin McGuffinMark and Melinda McHaleStu and Susan MeachamJan and Karen MillerJudith K. MillerPhyllis and William MischoDiane and Paul MortensenRobert J. and Stella F. MosborgMrs. Shawntrice Moses-ButlerAllan G. MuellerRobert MuncasterG.A. and Aparna NaiduTraci NallyRobert NeathammerJames A. and Carol L. NeilsonRandall and Marcia NelsonMark Netter and Eve HarwoodMolly and David NicholsonMary Noel Stefan and Zach StefanMargaret and Terry NoonanAlan and Kassandra NudoTimothy ObergStephen M. O’ByrneJ. Michael and Ruth B. O’ByrneMichelle OlsonCharles and Jan Olson

Throughout the Champaign County community families face daily struggles with Homelessness, Housing Affordability, and Self-Sufficiency. In our 2015 Community Report we focused on these three issues and how they impact the lives of those we serve.

We discovered that many people struggling with homelessness in our county are families and children. Homelessness is deeply disruptive to children’s social and familial networks and displacement can often cause children to miss out on 4 to 6 months of education. Homelessness is such a huge issue in our community that when these families seek help, many of the agencies they go to are already strained or have strict guidelines regarding populations served. Often, this means families must split up in order for any members to receive support.

Even for families who have a stable and adequate residence, the cost of rent and utilities, as well as of food, childcare, and transportation, can be a challenge. In our community many families struggle with rent burden, meaning that over 50% of their monthly income goes towards housing costs. Often, this means adult members of the family must work more hours to make enough money to provide for their family. A single parent with two children making minimum wage would have to work three full-time jobs to meet their family’s basic needs without any outside assistance. The irregular schedules and lack of benefits or paid leave often associated with these jobs drive up the costs of transportation, health care, and

2-1-1 Helpline Sees the Issues Firsthandchildcare, causing these families to turn to social services for support.

That is where the United Way of Champaign County and our 2-1-1 helpline steps in. 2-1-1 is a free, confidential referral and information resource that connects callers from the community with essential health and human services.

The United Way and 2-1-1 recently compiled information about the types of calls and referrals the helpline received from January to March 2016. The top four categories of calls for this time period were Rent Assistance, Homelessness, Utility Assistance, and Homeless Shelter, all of which fall under the issues of Homelessness, Housing Affordability, and Self-Sufficiency that United Way identified as key problems affecting our community in the 2015 Community Report.

Whether families are calling because they have already been turned away from agencies or because they do not know where to find the services they need, the trained community resource specialists answering calls at 2-1-1 can connect them to help. While the issues of Homelessness, Housing Affordability, and Self-Sufficiency are still prevalent in our community, United Way and its 2-1-1 helpline are working daily to connect community members with the resources and information they need to solve these problems. Through the 2-1-1 call center, we are able to see that although these issues persist in Champaign County, there are many agencies working to alleviate these struggles for all individuals and families.

“5,259 calls for help have been answered since 2-1-1 launched in Champaign county.”

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John and Sara OlsonGerald and Isabel O’NeillDoug and Charlotte PalmJanice PaluskaLorrie Pearson and Jeff KohmstedtDr. and Mrs. G.B. PerlsteinRonald and Lilia PetersDan C. and Mary Ellen PetersonDonna PittmanRobert and Jane PlankenhornMary Kay PleckLisa PowerJohn and Laurel PrussingAndrew and Erin QuarnstromJames P. QuisenberryAmanda RaklovitsBarbara J. RamsayTodd and Amy RandolphMonica E. RayLaDonna RhoadsNeil and Margo RichardsonAllen and Carol RinehartRick and Lori RinehartCharolette RobbinsGlenda RobertsonGene and Julia RobinsonDan and Karen RockBrian RossJacqueline RossGeorge RothPerry and Marcia SageGordon and Renee SalmMichael and Maxine SandrettoJanet and Marty SavoieAlexander Scheeline and Alice BerksonRichard J. SchichtPeter Schiffer and Sharon Hammes-SchifferDonald and Mary McCain SchlorffMitch and Peg SchluterDennis SchmidtSam and Jill SchneiderAlan and Amy SchueleDr. William SchuhKimberly SchullerDr. Norman L. and Patricia T. SchuttJohn M. ScottBob and Lucia ScullySteven and Cheryl SeibertWes and Marjory SeitzJohn and Julianna SellettDavid and Annilee ShaulTrent ShepardDianne and Robert ShermanDavid and Julie SherwoodMyron and Sonya SholemNina Sibley-RichardsonCharles and Patricia SimpsonGlenna Simpson

HEALTHUnited Way is building healthier, more resilient communities by promoting healthy eating and physical activity, expanding access to quality health care and integrating health into early childhood development.

Being healthy isn’t just about personal diet and exercise choices. Healthy communities are ones that maintain parks and bike paths all across town, where all kids have access to safe playgrounds, eat healthy meals at school and engage in physical activity after school. Healthy communities foster an active lifestyle and encourage people to care for and support each other.

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Bill and Carol SloughTodd and Amie SmithMarjorie E. SodemannJohn and Pam SolomanTim and Kerri SpearRyan and Elizabeth SquireRosemary Garhart & Frederick StavinsMargaret K. StewartMichael StoneJohn and Anne StorsvedWilliam and Jerilyn StrattonWilliam C. SullivanJonathan and Kathy SweedlerBob and Bonnie SwitzerJan Thom and Bob NelsonDavid and Carol ThomasJennifer ThompsonSteve and Jane TockDavid and Angela TomlinsonPatrick TranelTim and Dorothe TrickMarietta TurnerJim and Louise TurpinBob and Mary TwardockMichael UjcichJoni and Bill UtnageJames and Carrie ValeteCharles and June Van VorstSusann and Marc VaughnJim and Dena VermetteEd and Joyce WagnerSteve WardRobert A. WeatherfordJohn and Laura WeisJon and Kathryn WeisbaumWarren WesselsDavid and Laura WetherellCaroline WhiteJewell WhiteGlen L. WhitmerGary T. and Connie L. WikoffMichael WilliamsonCarl and Diane WillifordMark and Stacy WisniewskiRodney G. WoodworthRuth WornerMary Ellen Wuellner and Ann PanthenJoan and Ted ZernichRichard E. ZieglerAnn and Ray Zielinski

For over a year Illinois government has struggled to pass a state budget. While lawmakers decide on the details of the budget, agencies across the state struggle to serve their communities. In Champaign County, mental health services have lost funding, causing a gap in care. With few services and agencies continuing to operate on low budgets or getting by with emergency grants and funds from private donors, patients may be forced to wait up to 8 months to receive treatment.

The Urbana-based Prairie Center focuses on residential and outpatient drug use and addiction treatment. Their staff sees a large overlap of mental health patients who self-medicate using alcohol and other drugs. “Substance use disorders impact all the different parts of patients’ lives, including mental health, physical health, and access to jobs,” explains Gail Raney, Prairie Center’s CEO. The state budget crisis has impacted the Prairie Center’s budget to be sure: the organization saw a 23% cut in funding from the state in both FY 2016 and 2017. While Prairie Center is not one of the agencies with a waiting list, the budget situation is still impacting their ability to serve all who need their help. “The situation has made service delivery to those in need more difficult to be sure,” Raney says. “And it’s requiring all of us to get more creative and more collaborative in how we address serving those with both substance abuse and mental health issues. We remain committed to helping, but current conditions with the state budget are certainly testing our ability to remain creative and flexible to the very limits.”

State funded agencies are not the only ones suffering the effects of the state budget impasse. Promise Healthcare is reimbursed through grants as a federally qualified health center, so it has continued to provide services and support patients throughout the impasse. This allowed them to take over mental health programs previously run by Community Elements. Still, Promise Healthcare has witnessed the negative effects of funding loss through the eyes of the patients they treat. Nancy Greenwalt, Executive Director, said, “The place it hurts us the most is in collaboration with the services lost. It is tough to refer or support our

Community Collaboration Needed to Support Mental Health Services

patients to services they need that do not fall under health care.” Greenwalt explained that although Promise Healthcare is still able to provide services to their patients, many people struggling with mental health issues also face homelessness and job insecurity. The state budget impasse has put strain on those services, so it is difficult for Promise Healthcare to assist or advise their patients in a way that will improve their whole lives.

While patients wait for treatment from specialists they can receive mental health services from their primary care teams of doctors and nurses. Although those doctors work with social service agencies to provide their patients with the best care possible, the problem remains that the psychiatrists in our community are always busy and rarely have time to take on new patients. When the state budget impasse began to effect the programs at social service agencies and the partnerships between agencies and hospitals, Carle Hospital realized they needed to do more. They have implemented initiatives to incorporate behavioral health specialists at primary care locations and started psychologist doctoral internships and a psychiatrist residency to bring more specialists to the community. Dr. Tim Meneely, Senior Vice President of Population Health at Carle, knows the hospital cannot change the status of mental health on its own. He believes the first step is, “to demystify these conditions and problems. It helps people get treatment to take away the negative stigma. We need to become a community of care, because medical institutions cannot do it alone.”

Although there are a variety of mental health agencies in Champaign County, each with different ideas, different levels of funding, and different options for services, they all feel concern about limited access to services for patients who need immediate care. Raney, Greenwalt and Meneely each stressed that the only way to save or enhance these services was through community support and collaboration between public and private service providers. United Way exists to offer that type of support and understands it must step up to assist the county’s mental health service providers at a time when it seems that state government will not.

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$250,000 - $499,000+Carle Foundation Hospital

$50,000 - $99,999Busey Bank

$25,000 - $49,999Ameren IllinoisFarmers Feeding Families

$10,000 -$24,999Caterpillar Logistics ServicesChristie ClinicClinton Power Station-ExelonNoel FoundationSage Farms

$5,000 - $9,999BankChampaign, N.A.Champaign Telephone CompanyCNThe Color RunHerff JonesHuman KineticsIllinois American Water CompanyIroquois Federal BankJeld-WenLyondellBasell IndustriesState FarmUpClose Printing

$2,500 - $4,999AT&TBacon & Van Buskirk Glass CompanyCargillEli Lilly & CompanyEnterprise Rent-A-CarHickory Point BankPNC BankRockwell AutomationTepper Electric SupplyUnited Parcel ServiceWCIA 3 / Nexstar Broadcasting

$1,000 - $2,499AetnaAFL-CIO of Champaign CountyThe AndersonsChampaign SurplusCombe LaboratoriesFederal ExpressFirst Mid-Illinois Bank & TrustFirst Midwest BankHabitat for Humanity of Champaign CountyHeartland BankMarine BankMeijerNICOR GasPatterson Office SuppliesPeoples GasPlumbers & Pipefitters Local #149Prospect BankRoland RealtySchnucksSpringfield ElectricTarget

$500 - $999Bayer CorporationBerns Clancy & Associates PCBig Grove TavernBlack & CompanyBLDD ArchitectsCommerce BankCozad Asset Management, Inc.Depke Gases & Welding Supplies, Inc.Kiwanis Welfare FundLaborer’s Local 703RK DixonSheet Metal Workers Local #218Terminix Pest Control Champaign

Corporate and Foundation SupportWe’d like to thank the following companies for their generous outright gifts, matching gifts, in-kind gifts or grants in 2015.

THANK YOU TO OUR LEADERSHIP GIVING SPONSORS

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Aetna 4amdocs 13Ameren Illinois 8AT&T Mobility 3Bacon & Van Buskirk Glass Company 2BankChampaign, N.A. 14Barber & DeAtley, Inc. 3Benefit Planning Consultants 2Busey Bank 97Carle Foundation Hospital 143Caterpillar Logistics Services 3Central Illinois Bank 2Champaign Park District 4Champaign Telephone Company 4Champaign Unit 4 Schools 8Champaign County Government 11Champaign-Ford ies Regional 2Christie Clinic 21City of Champaign 59City of Urbana 3CliftonLarsonAllen LLP 6Exelon - Clinton Power Station 2Coldwell Banker Commercial Devonshire 2Combe Laboratories 2Commerce Bank 2Community Elements 2Community Foundation of East Central IL 2Complete Care Pharmacies 2Courage Connection 2Cozad Asset Management, Inc. 11Crisis Nursery 2C-U Mass Transit District 13Cunningham Children's Home 2Developmental Services Center 3Enterprise Rent-A-Car 5Erwin Martinkus & Cole Ltd 2Evans, Froehlich, Beth & Chamley 3Family Service of Champaign County 3Federal Companies 3FedEx Ground 5First Federal Savings Bank 2First Financial Bank 3Frasca International 3

Workplaces that LIVE UNITED with two or more Pillars

Heartland Bank 4Herff Jones Cap & Gown 2Heyl Royster 5Hickory Point Bank 3Human Kinetics 11Iroquois Federal Bank 5Jeld-Wen 6Marine Bank 4Martin, Hood, Friese & Associates, LLP 13Meyer Capel, A Professional Corporation 24National Council of Teachers of English 3O'Byrne, Stanko, Kepley & Jefferson, P.C. 3Parkland College 26Pepsi-Cola C-U Bottling Company 2PNC Bank 3Presence Covenant Medical Center 2Promise Healthcare 2Provident Financial Group 3ReMax Choice 2Robeson's Inc. 3Rockwell Automation 8Rogards 2RSM US LLP 8SECA 4Spherion 3State Farm Corp Head-McLean Co 5The Andersons 6The Downey Group, Inc. 3The Kraft Heinz Company 10The News Gazette / WDWS-WHMS-WKIO 8Thomas, Mamer & Haughey, LLP 8Tummelson Bryan & Knox 4U of I Community Credit Union 9United Parcel Service 5United Way of Champaign County 8University of Illinois 286Urbana Park District 2Urbana School District #116 8Urbana-Champaign Sanitary District 5Village of Rantoul 2Webber & Thies PC 4Yahoo, Inc. 2

BOARD OF DIRECTORSChairBrian Holding, Human Kinetics

Past ChairTony Clements, University of Illinois, Retired

Chair ElectRandy Green, Meyer Capel, A Professional Corporation

TreasurerJulie Shapland, University of Illinois, College of Business

SecretaryAndy Quarnstrom, Champaign Firefighters Local 1260

President & CEO, United Way of Champaign CountySue Grey

Greg AndersonU of I Community Credit UnionBeth AutermanCliftonLarsonAllen, LLPMaureen BanksUniversity of Illinois, Facilities & ServicesCheryl BarringerChampaign Unit 4 SchoolsJeff BellBusey Wealth ManagementBill BellUniversity of Illinois, College of EngineeringCynthia BrunoWCIADawn CarsonAetnaPeter ClausenBankChampaign, N.A.Mike DeLorenzoUniversity of Illinois, Office of the ChancellorSheri ErvinPresence Covenant Medical CenterTabatha HelmDSC LogisticsChris KloeppelPlumbers and Pipefitters, Local 149Wynne KorrUniversity of Illinois, School of Social WorkCarla McCowanUniversity of Illinois, Division of Student AffairsDiane MichaelsRantoul Community MemberJohn OlsonFederal CompaniesBlair RowitzCarle Foundation HospitalDarcy SementiUniversity of Illinois, College of BusinessDavid WetherellCozad Asset ManagementScott WilliamsonAgrigoldBarb WilsonUniversity of Illinois, Office of the Chancellor

A full listing of over 650 Bronze Pillars may be found on our website, www.uwayhelps.org/pillars.

United Way is grateful for the generous support of so many community members!

United Way of Champaign County404 W. Church St.

Champaign, IL 61820217-352-5151

www.uwayhelps.org

STAFFPresident and CEO - Sue Grey

Vice President for Administration - Cathy BairdDirector of Community Impact - Beverley BakerDirector of Leadership Giving - Becca Guyette

Director of Campaign Development - Nancy SuchomskiAssociate Director of Community Engagement - Mary Noel Stefan

Campaign Associate - Sarah BoltinghouseCommunity Impact Associate – Amy HuangAdministrative Assistant - Helen Gotschall

Special Projects Coordinator - Cindy WarrenAFL-CIO Community Services Liaison - Brad Diel

Thank you for Living United. While every effort has been made to ensure accuracy, we sincerely apologize for any errors or omissions.