The Purdue Rowing Team brought “ Row-A-Thon 2018 ” to the Tippecanoe Mall (Lafayette) last Saturday — and drew excited crowds with their fun spectacle of rowing. Row-A-Thon is an annual charity event that raises funds for the LUM Good Samaritan Fund .

The Row-A-Thon event yields one of the largest donations to LUM each year — and this year they’re on pace to exceed their goal. If you weren’t able to attend Row-A-Thon you may still make a donation by mail or online (click button below). Please make checks payable to Purdue Crew Club and mail your checks to: Purdue Crew—Row-A-Thon 355 N. Martin Jischke Drive West Lafayette, IN 47907.

Thanks to Purdue Crew president, Hannah Stefanik; Head Coach David Kucik; and the entire rowing team and coaching staff for their continued support of Lafayette Urban Ministry. { Pictured above L to R: Apoorva Setlur, Purdue Crew treasurer; Hannah Stefanik , Purdue Crew president; Joe Micon, LUM executive director ; Dave Kucik , Purdue Crew coach ; & Linda Hicks, LUM Good Samaritan Program director.}

First United Methodist Church presents the  6th Annual Music Ministries Concert in support of LUM.

The Concert details are as follows:

The Music Ministries of First United Methodist Church Concert will feature 11 church ensembles with children, youth, adults, choral, instrumental, and handbells. Refreshments will be available after the concert. A free-will offering will be requested which benefits Lafayette Urban Ministry and one other local agency. It will be a wonderful afternoon of music and worship — all for a great cause.

For more information, click HERE or call 765.74.1285 or email  ewilson@fumcwl.org.

LUM Immigration Clinic in partnership with Ayuda y Aprende offers  Spanish Conversation Tables, a weekly, lunch-time series — free and open to the public. The weekly program has returned for the Spring semester and is meeting each  Wednesday from Noon to  1:00 p.m. at the LUM Office conference room (420 N 4th Street, Lafayette) through April 11. Lifelong learners will gather each week during their lunch hour to learn and improve their conversational Spanish — and connect with their Spanish speaking neighbors. Participants are encouraged to bring along a friend and a brown bag lunch. Esperamos verle allí. For more information, email Susan Brouillette ( sbrouillette@lumserve.org) or click  HERE.

T-shirts are now available for the  Campaign for Hoosier Families. Share with the World that you think it's important to "Stand Up, Speak Out & Inform."

The T-shirts are  only $15 and available in all sizes. Get your Campaign for Hoosier Families' T-shirt TODAY by stopping by the LUM Office or emailing Susan Brouillette at  sbrouillette@lumserve.org. They also make great gifts. "WE are the government, you and I." ~ Theodore Roosevelt.

The  Campaign for Hoosier Families  engages local, state, and federal officials on behalf of low income families and children. Since it was founded in 1975, LUM has included “advocacy” as part its mission.  In service to this mission, staff, board members, and volunteers have lobbied public officials so that the working poor are treated justly and that public assistance programs lead to real and sustainable economic stability.