When you walk through the doors of Salt & Light, you will see many people working throughout the store. In addition to our staff, there are: credit-earning participantspeople completing community service hoursstudents in job training programscommunity volunteers (both individuals and in…
When most people think of Salt & Light, they think about thrift (donations and sales) and our participants that earn store credit for volunteering with us. But it's not only our credit-earning participants that depend on the resources and services…
Are you looking for an organization that will take your gently used items and makes the most of them? We, at Salt & Light, would be honored to receive your donated goods and make them available to our community members. …
Many people are surprised to find that when they set out to make a difference in things around them, they also end up being changed in ways they did not expect.
Poverty of community affects all of us. Salt & Light in Urbana and Champaign, IL addresses this broken relationship through opportunities that build collaborative connections with community members and participants.
When we hear the word “poverty”, the majority of us think of individuals who are facing severe economic struggles. This could be accompanied by preconceived notions of what they look or smell like - their background, ethnicity, or how they…
Violent crime is nothing new to our twin cities, here in central Illinois, especially the last 5 years. While we may grow calloused to being bombarded constantly with news reports of tragedy, it hits a nerve when a child or…
At the beginning of Salt & Light’s existence as an organization, we were a typical food pantry and clothing closet. This type of operation functions as a large, assembly line style business, and so for the first ten years of…
Read More Two Reasons to Volunteer as a Group at Salt & Light
Chris has been volunteering at Salt & Light for about 2 years. He performs multiple tasks including working in the admin office, handing out locks and vests, makes copies and keeping the copier filled, restocking the restrooms, cleaning and organizing…
Lately, I've been doing a lot of thinking about poverty. It seems like there is ongoing controversy about what can be done to help those in poverty. Although lots of people from all kinds of different philosophical and religious…
