Done in a Day & Done in a Meeting
The goal of JLCU Done In a Day (DIAD) is to respond to the volunteer needs of local nonprofit organizations. The goal of JLCU Done In a Meeting (DIAM) is to respond to the needs for donated items for local nonprofit organizations. Both of these community outreach opportuntities are specifically for programs and projects related to JLCU position statements (child protection and welfare, families, health, hunger, literacy, shelter, school preparedness, voluntarism, and women).
If your organization has events that would require volunteer assistance, go here to fill out the DIAD request form. If your organization has a need for donated items, go here to fill our the DIAM request form.
If you have questions, please go here to reach out to JLCU with our our DIAD & DIAM question form.
Bright Starts

Junior League of Champaign-Urbana has partnered with Urbana Early Childhood School (UECS) and Champaign County Head Start/Early Head Start in the first local community effort to reach families who had not experienced preschool education and environment.
Junior League Bright Starts provides monthly preschool academic instruction and social-emotional skill building to children who are on a preschool waiting list and provide their parents/guardians with ideas to reinforce these skills at home. The program includes the whole family by providing dinner at the start of each session and childcare for siblings.
Children receive classroom exposure to kindergarten preparatory skills such as fine motor skills, letter and number identification, listening skills, peer interaction, and emotional development. Parents receive instruction on skill development and at-home activities and materials to support what their children learn in the classroom. Both children and parents are introduced to the classroom setting, gain exposure to kindergarten skills, get tools to continue learning and developing those skills, and strengthen the parent-child relationship.
2019-2020 Schedule
Thursday |
September 12 |
6:00pm to 7:30pm |
Thursday |
October 10 |
6:00pm to 7:30pm |
Thursday |
November 14 |
6:00pm to 7:30pm |
Thursday |
December 12 |
6:00pm to 7:30pm |
Thursday |
January 9 |
6:00pm to 7:30pm |
Thursday |
February 20 |
6:00pm to 7:30pm |
Thursday |
April 16 |
6:00pm to 7:30pm |
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Dinner for all will be provided at 6:00pm lessons start at 6:30pm. Child care for siblings is included.
Urbana Early Childhood School
2202 E. Washington, Urbana, IL
REGISTRATION REQUIRED
Sign up for any or all evenings at 217-384-3616.
Bring the family to Urbana Early Childhood School for monthly preschool lessons in basic numbers, letters, listening skills, peer interaction, and emotional development needed to prepare for kindergarten.
Adults will hear what their children are doing that session and be given ideas and materials to use in continuing the lessons at home.
These FREE sessions are open to the whole family. Dinner is provided for up to two adults, the preschool child, and siblings. Childcare is also provided for siblings during lessons.
A special thank you to our Junior League Bright Starts sponsor for the 2018-19 year, Busey Bank.

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