Become Elite.

Elite is NOT about what you’ve done in the past.

Elite is ALL about where you are today and where you are going tomorrow.

Success with Elite is directly tied to respectful conduct and consistent effort.

Our Programs

Guiding youth and adults through paths of growth and renewal.

Your Donations

Transform lives and make a lasting impact today.

Joined Together

Volunteer, perform, or partner to strengthen our community.

Full Cannon

Carl’s work spans schools, prisons, and communities, creating opportunity and delivering real solutions to violence. Through this book, he shares a message of hope, empowerment, and mutual respect for a nation seeking a new path forward.

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2024 Elite Christmas Choir

Our Elite Christmas Choir is performing throughout Central Illinois this holiday season. This choir, composed of talented local youth, aims to spread joy and hope

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Giving Tuesday 2024

We hope that you’ll consider donating to the Elite mission on this Giving Tuesday, December 3! Elite Mission – “Positively impacting communities through creating life-changing

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The best thing about ELITE is that you get to meet new people and you learn how to respect others and be responsible.

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Student

Elite High School Program

ELITE has changed my family life, mainly my kids and how they look at me. I can see the respect that my kids have for me since ELITE. It has been different since I’ve been released from prison, it has just changed my household completely.

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Program Graduate

Elite Re-Entry

I really enjoy my time volunteering with ELITE. It helps me to connect to students in a meaningful way and reminds me that we all have choices as we go through life. I am very happy that I have chosen to volunteer with ELITE.

Volunteer

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