Join the University of Illinois Latina/Latino Alumni Association (LLAA) for its annual LLAA Day of Service to make a change in our community. 

Bring a friend and get ready to put in some quality work for the people! Volunteers will be spending the afternoon cleaning up the community, engaging with residents over voter information for the General Election happening on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. 

This annual event was created in honor of former Assistant Director of La Casa Cultural Latina, Veronica "Ronnie" Kann, as her birthday was in October. She gave so much to Latina/Latino/x students at UIUC. Help continue her legacy to give back in your communities.

Please bring/wear:

• Comfortable apparel (expect to get your hands dirty)
  
• A Illini color sweatshirt
• Wear sunscreen
  
• Mask & practice social distancing 
  

If you cannot join us on Saturday, October 24, but would still like to participate in strengthening our community, please participate in one, or more, of the following to make an impact:

Items to donate for the event:

• Yard work supplies
  
• Working Gloves
  
• Trash Bags
  
• Snacks
  
• Water/Refreshments 
  

#IllinoisLLAAServiceDay is a day to show the world what Latina/Latino #UIUC alumni and supporters can do to make the world a better place right where they are. 

If you are an alumni and do not physically live in Chicago, Illinois, but would like to still volunteer on this day and don't know what you can do? Check out the suggestions below and help out! And don't forget to share your pictures with LLAA on our social media handles.

PROJECT IDEAS:

1. Writing letters to the Center Home for Hispanic Elderly in Humboldt Park, Chicago. Because this nursing and rehabilitation home primarily serves Latina/o seniors, they request that the letters are written in SPANISH.
   
2. Clean out your book collection and donate to a local school or Open Books in Pilsen, Chicago.
   
3. Do some yard work for someone who is not able to do it on their own
   
4. Make homemade Get Well cards and drop off at a Children's Hospital or 'Have a Good Day' cards for a nursing home and drop off.
   
5. Donate school supplies to a low-income school.
   
6. Walk someone's dog or go to local Humane Society to help with animals.
   
7. Clean up garbage in a park, abandoned lot.
   
8. Clean out your clothes and donate to a second-hand store that benefits a humane society or survivors of domestic violence.
   
9. Make and distribute hygiene packets to the homeless.
   
10. Donate non-perishable goods to a food bank.
    
11. Volunteer at a soup kitchen.
    
12. Donate stuffed animals to an animal shelter.
    
13. Make an online donation to LLAA's scholarships at www.illinoisllaa.org.