55
th
Annual - LUM Camp 2019 - Best Ever!
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LUM Campers "Gear Up!" for the Future
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Last week, local children from low-income families participated in the 55th annual
LUM Camp. LUM Camp
is an overnight summer camp for 84 boys and girls (8, 9 and 10 years old), who come from families served by Lafayette Urban Ministry. Our camp includes all the traditional activities that a great camp should have, such as morning chapel, horseback riding, swimming, hiking, boating, a climbing wall, arts & crafts, campfires, a zip-line and an outstanding LUM Camp staff.
Along with all of these activities,
LUM Camp
focuses on interactive and experiential learning. Our theme this year was GEAR Up! GEAR stands for Great Education Activates Readiness, and our campers engaged in lots of interactive, hands-on experiential learning. They learned about careers in archaeology, coding, cyber security, chemistry, and engineering; and blasted off their own rockets, ran through a maker space relay, and even took home their own coding program.
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LUM Camp - Board Night - Ice Cream Social
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On July 31, our LUM friends & board members traveled in the LUM bus out to Hanging Rock Assembly Camp in Warren County to experience an evening at
LUM Camp
.
When our LUM friends & board members arrived they met the campers and sang camp songs. They were then treated to an authentic camp supper followed by an ice cream social, which included ice cream sundaes with all the fixin’s. Our guests scooped and served the ice cream to our campers giving them more time to interact.
The highlight of
Board Night
for the campers, as well as our guests, was the laser light show. You could tell that our guests enjoyed camp life for a few hours and our campers enjoyed having visitors.
Thank you to everyone who helped make
LUM Camp
2019 possible. Through your donations,
campership
gifts, and volunteer time, you have once again made it possible for our LUM Campers to have a positive, life-changing experience that they will remember fondly for the rest of their lives.
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45 Days to
Hunger Hike 2019 - Register TODAY
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Benefits LUM Protein Food Pantry & More
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There are only
45 DAYS
to
Hunger Hike
. Why not get started NOW? Here’s what you need to know to begin raising money and “fighting hunger.”
Hunger Hike is an annual community fundraising event whose mission is to Raise Awareness & Make a Difference in the Fight Against Hunger — locally, regionally & globally.
- Sunday, September 22
- Noon – Check-in & DJ music; 1 p.m. – Kick-off event begins; 1:15 p.m. – Zumba, Boilermaker Special, Purdue Pete & Cheerleaders; 2 p.m. – Hike starts; 3 p.m. – Hot Dog Picnic
- Riehle Plaza, 2nd Street, Lafayette
Hunger Hike is the perfect event for a team or group — church group, student organization, civic group or your family. Put together a Hunger Hike team and start raising money using our
online fundraising site
— or any other way you choose. We hope you’ll consider joining our
Fight against Hunger
. Here’s how to get started:
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LUM Good Samaritan Program Needs Volunteers
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Weekly Volunteer Opportunity - Monday Mornings
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The LUM
Good Samaritan Program
is looking for a few volunteers who are interested in serving one morning each week. There is a current weekly volunteer opportunity each Monday morning. Last year alone, LUM
Good Samaritan Program
volunteers provided assistance 1,780 times to local families facing eviction, utility disconnects and other financial emergencies.
Volunteers spend 1-1 ½ hours (8:30 to 10 a.m.) meeting with clients, doing a simple intake and helping to assess the client’s emergency needs. Training is provided. Anyone with a heart for service and one morning a week should call or email Linda Hicks, LUM
Good Samaritan Program
director (765-423-2691 |
lhicks@lumserve.org)
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Bus Drivers Needed - Each Weekday Afternoon
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Seeking Volunteers for LUM After School Program
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Volunteer
Activity Bus Drivers
are needed each weekday afternoon,
NOW
through
May 19
, from
2 to 3:30 p.m.
Drivers Bus are needed to transport the LUM
After School Program
students from their schools to our program facility in downtown Lafayette. Volunteer bus drivers must have a valid driver’s license, pass the driver’s test for PPL, have a good driving record, and pass a physical examination.
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Volunteers are also needed from 2 to 6 p.m. every weekday—as
tutors, story readers, spelling test givers
and
for helping children
in general. To begin the “Easy 4-Step Process” to becoming an
After School Program
volunteer, click
HERE
.
Please consider signing up NOW to
volunteer
for this important ministry and to make a difference in the lives of children.
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Retirement Celebration - Rev. Peter Bunder
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Celebrating 34 Years of Ministry at Good Shepherd
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Last Sunday, the Rev. Peter Bunder presided over his final Sunday service as the chaplain & vicar at the
Chapel of the Good Shepherd
— The Episcopal Church at Purdue University, West Lafayette. Joe Micon, LUM executive director, attended the service and celebration to honor the Rev. Bunder's 34 years of ministry to our community through Good Shepherd. {
Pictured above L to R: the Rev. Peter Bunder, Katy O'Malley-Bunder & Joe Micon.}
The Rev. Peter Bunder has been a strong and steadfast supporter of the programs at Lafayette Urban Ministry, and the Chapel of the Good Shepherd is one of the more active member-churches of LUM. On behalf of the LUM staff and board of directors, congratulations, thank you, and best wishes to our friend, the Rev. Peter Bunder.
To view, the Rev. Peter Bunder's final sermon, click
HERE
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