Northern Illinois Leadership Seminar maintains an active alumni program with over 400 participants. In addition to supporting the Annual Leadership Seminar, our alumni are challenged by contributing 100 hours of service within their communities every year.

Throughout the year, alumni participate in both social and coordinated community service events.

Alumni who are interested in volunteering as a member of the junior staff at the 2008 seminar click here for an application.

For a consent form to attend NILS alumni functions click here and to update your medical consent form click here.

Click Here for a list of Northern Illinois Leadership Seminar events.

America's Promise

General Powell served as chairman of the 1997 Presidents' Summit for America's Future, the founding event of America's Promise - The Alliance for Youth. The Summit brought together organizations and individuals from the private, public and non-profit sectors in an effort to aid our nation's youth.

America's Promise has created a diverse and growing Alliance of more than 400 national organizations called Partners which make large-scale national commitments to fulfill one or more of the Five Promises, and more than 400 local efforts involving community and state partners across the nation which have united to fulfill the Five Promises.

NILS is asking the sophomores who attend to undertake this commitment to provide a minimum of 100 hours of community service following the seminar. This effort will result in at least 2000 volunteer service hours each year.

To step up efforts to help young people realize the personal and social benefits of volunteerism and service, we will give our Leaders who have successfully completed 100 hours of service, a recognition and rewards package.

If you are looking for information about volunteer projects in your community, you may wish to look at the following web sites:

Do Something

Serve Net

Volunteer Match

Chicago Volunteer