A Love of Basketball Sparks a Partnership with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Illinois - LLCC Foundation
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WINTER 2021
A Love of Basketball Sparks a Partnership
with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Illinois
As with many young over the years, he in setting me up for students and is good
adults graduating from became aware of the future success.” for tuition, fees, books
high school, Kevin Cory positive impact the Cory is now the and other related
had no idea what the Boys & Girls Clubs senior director of educational expenses.
future would hold for of Central Illinois in operations finance at To be eligible for the
him as far as a career. Springfield had on Cisco Systems. scholarship, the student
He just knew he loved many of the individuals.Although he resides in needs to be enrolled in
to play basketball After graduating San Jose, California, any program of study
with his friends and from Rochester High he says his heart is still for a minimum of six
teammates. Cory’s School in 1983, in central Illinois. As credit hours and
uncle, Bob Nika, a Cory decided to such, he continues to maintain a minimum
be deeply rooted in 2.0 GPA.
two local organizations, “Boys & Girls Kevin Cory,
donating annually to Clubs of Central senior director of
both the LLCC Illinois is extremely operations finance,
Foundation and to the grateful to our friend, Cisco Systems,
LLCC alum
Boys & Girls Clubs of Mr. Cory, for his
Central Illinois. His
highly regarded and attend Lincoln Land donations are matched
successful former Community College. by Cisco Systems. Does your company match
basketball coach at “Attending LLCC was Because he is
Lanphier High School, a terrific option for me passionate about youth donations? If so, your gift to
spurred his love for the because I really didn’t in our community the LLCC Foundation could
game. Cory spent a have the academic receiving the same
great deal of time confidence nor the opportunities that he be doubled to benefit students
playing basketball at maturity to attend a had, Cory established like the ones from Boys &
open gyms in the four-year university. the Kevin and Corinne
summer and later during I was more focused on Cory Scholarship to be Girls Clubs of Central Illinois
Christmas visits home playing basketball and awarded to current or attending LLCC who need
from California where having fun,” says former members of the
he would scrimmage Cory. “LLCC was Boys & Girls Clubs of assistance with tuition,
against the team along instrumental in helping Central Illinois who
books or fees.
with his cousin Moose me find the right way are attending LLCC.
Nika. As he made new to get serious about The scholarship will
friends on the court school and really helped be awarded to two
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A Love of Basketball Sparks a Partnership with the
Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Illinois (continued)
generosity and Mathis, CEO & where he is today,”
continued commitment executive director of says Michelle Burger,
to ensuring that the Girls & Boys Clubs foundation scholarship
Club kids have an of Central Illinois. program and alumni
opportunity to receive “We are so honored services coordinator.
a high-quality and grateful that Kevin “Kevin is so thankful
education at LLCC, has established this for the opportunities
who is also a great scholarship as a way afforded to him and
community partner for him to give back wants to make sure
and supporter of the to the community that others have
Club,” said Tiffany that helped him get access as well.”
First LLCC Employee and Alum Diane Alvies
Shares Memories
As the first employee secretary attending complete some of her Her next adventure
of Lincoln Land all board meetings. electives while working led her to Kentucky
Community College, But after five years during the day. She where she received her
Diane Alvies never of working at LLCC, graduated in the second advanced certification
intended on working she decided to follow nursing class at LLCC from Frontier Nursing
at a college. She had her heart and take in 1974 and worked Service’s Family
always found advantage of the school for two years as a staff Nurse Practitioner
medicine interesting that she helped to start. nurse at Memorial (FNP)-Midwifery
so after graduating Program. She worked
from Pleasant Plains for eight years in
High School in 1965, To think that we put the Appalachian
Alvies went to work Mountains and in
at a Springfield
together the first many areas as a FNP
hospital as a medical LLCC catalog and including private Diane Alvies, First LLCC
Employee, LLCC alum
transcriptionist. practice, outpatient
Richard Stone, class schedule on a clinics, emergency
one of the founding medicine, home health served her well.
LLCC board of mimeograph machine and for the department “To go from an
trustees members, of corrections. office in Iles Park
recruited Alvies to would have been Alvies says she Place, to Plywood
work at LLCC.
When Dr. Robert
unheard of today. is fortunate to have
worked with some
U, to the current
campus was
Poorman was hired amazing support staff, certainly no small
as the first president She entered the LLCC Medical Center in the professionals and board endeavor. I was
at LLCC, she nursing program medical-surgical and members at LLCC and proud to be a part
became his executive taking night classes to intensive care units. her nursing education of it all.”
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Drive-Thru
Gratitude
Scholarship
Appreciation Event
On a chilly, rainy Tuesday afternoon, LLCC
Foundation scholarship recipients lined the
sidewalks of campus holding signs, waving and
cheering as cars drove by with their scholarship
donors inside. Unable to meet face-to-face with
their scholarship recipients this year due to
COVID-19, an alternate plan was prepared to
show appreciation for our scholarship donors.
The Drive-Thru Gratitude Scholarship
Appreciation event was created. Scholarship
donors received special gift boxes which included
items from local small businesses.
For the 2020-21 school year, the Foundation
awarded more than 230 scholarships totaling
more than $366,000. The application process for
the 2021-22 school year opened Dec. 1. Only one
application needs to be completed by March 1
to be considered for all eligible scholarships. For
more information about the scholarship process,
visit our scholarship page. www.llccfoundation.
org/scholarships
To view the scholarship event video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHcEYzr4Htg
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2nd Annual Giving Day Feb. 23
Lincoln Land Community College’s 2nd Annual Giving Day will be held on
Tuesday, Feb. 23. This 24-hour online campaign is designed to engage our
community to advance the mission of the college while raising critical funding
for the needs of our students.
“Little did we know last year how crucial the funds raised from the first
LLCC Giving Day would be,” said Karen Sanders, vice-president, advancement/
LLCC Foundation executive director. One month after the first LLCC Giving
Day in February 2020, the impending pandemic forced us to re-engineer our
classes and move to an online platform. Many students were unprepared and
didn’t have the proper technology. “We purchased laptops and delivered them
to students to keep them in the “virtual” classroom. Students were so grateful
for the assistance. One student waved from her second story apartment
window yelling “thank you” when we dropped off her laptop.”
Since July 2020, more than $51,000 in emergency assistance has been
provided to students. This year donors will have the following options on
Giving Day to choose from when making a donation:
• The Pay it Forward Fund - for students facing immediate, essential
expenses such as rent, food or transportation access
• The General Scholarship Fund - to help cover tuition for any
students who have demonstrated financial need
• The LLCC Annual Fund – to assist with the greatest needs on
campus including equipment, technology, computers and supplies
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