Turkey Trot Creates Community & Support
Wes's Weekly Wrap Up - Recap of Holiday Success
In this edition of Wes's Weekly Wrap Up, Wes Tillett, LUM executive director, offers thanks to everyone who made LUM Thanksgiving events and programs successful. He also shares his excitement for the upcoming LUM Jubilee Christmas event. (See below for more details.) Please take 57 seconds to watch the video and SHARE with others.
Turkey Trot 2021 - Record Breaking Year
660+ Participants - $32,000+ Raised for LUM
The 2021 Turkey Trot 5K Run welcomed back live runners on Thanksgiving morning and was a successful event, setting records for number of participants and money raised for LUM. This year, the event raised more than $32,000 and had more than 660 individuals registered to participate. Turkey Trot is an important event for LUM because it creates a sense of community and funds all of the LUM programs including youth programs, the food pantries, financial assistance, immigration services, tax assistance and homelessness services.

The Thanksgiving morning weather was overcast and rainy but the rain stopped before the run began at 8 a.m. Please join us in thanking all of our participants, donors, and event sponsors. If you missed the Turkey Trot and wish to make a donation, click the button below. To view the list of all of our Event Sponsors, including monetary donations and in-kind gifts, click HERE. To view more PHOTOS, click HERE.
Jubilee Christmas is ONLY Nine Days Away
1,742 Local Children | 620 Families | 29 Events
This year Jubilee Christmas will serve more than 620 local families impacting 1,742 children. Parents will visit one of 29 host sites to get gifts and food items to make Christmas possible for their children. Host sites will have "walk-through" or "limited in-person" events with strict precautions in place to keep everyone safe and healthy.
  • VOLUNTEER elves are needed now through Tuesday, December 7 and on Saturday, December 11. Please SHARE this with others.
  • DONATIONS are appreciated. You can help with a cash gift or by donating needed items. Your cash gift may be given in honor of a friend — in lieu of a holiday gift. LUM will send a Holiday Card to the individual you are honoring.
  • GIVE NEEDED ITEMS - Donations of new, unwrapped toys, clothing (0 to 12-year-old), books, games, sports equipment, quilts/family blankets are welcome. Donations may be dropped off now through Tuesday, December 8 at the LUM Office and Greyhouse Coffee & Supply Co. (100 Northwestern Avenue, West Lafayette).
IBEW Delivers Turkeys to LUM Food Pantry
20 Turkeys Distributed to Local Families
Thanks to the members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 668 for their donation of 20 turkeys to the LUM Protein Food Pantry & Westside Food Pantry. These turkeys were distributed to local families on Black Friday (11/26).

LUM is grateful to IBEW 668 for their continued support of the LUM mission. If you, your company, or group would like to support the LUM Food Pantries, go to LUMserve.org/food-pantry or email or call (foodpantry@LUMserve.org | 765-423-2691).
Community Foundation of Greater Lafayette
LUM Hosts "Nonprofit Spotlight" In-person Lunch
Lafayette Urban Ministry was honored to be the first local agency invited to participate in the Nonprofit Spotlight in-person "lunch & learn" coordinated by The Community Foundation of Greater Lafayette. LUM was pleased to host this event at the LUM Ray Ewry Youth Center. Lafayette Urban Ministry’s director, Wes Tillett, provided an overview of the good work LUM is doing in our community and gave a tour of the youth center and shelter. In attendance were CFGL donors who have established endowments, Legacy Society members, board members including development and grants committee members, and staff members from CFGL and LUM.

LUM appreciates this recognition and opportunity to share how LUM is working to "tackle basic human needs and uplift the people of Greater Lafayette" with our friends at The Community Foundation of Greater Lafayette.
Thanks to the LUM THANKSGIVING Sponsors
LUM would like to thank the businesses & churches that made significant donations to the LUM Community Thanksgiving Feast.
  • Event Sponsors: Industrial Federal Credit Union, Cathy Russell Team Real Estate, Kalan Homes, and Lafayette Heating & Cooling
  • Food donations: Central Presbyterian Church, Chick-fil-A, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, First Christian Church, Great Harvest Bread Co., Lafayette Brewing Co., La Scala, Jane’s Gourmet Deli, McAllister’s Deli, Oliverio's Southland Restaurant, Phoenix Paramedics Solutions, Purdue Federal Credit Union, Smitty Bread, St. John’s Episcopal Church, St. Thomas Aquinas Center, Sweet Revolution Bake Shop, and 21 Petals Designs (flower arrangements).
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