TOMORROW - 50th Anniversary Celebration
Wes's Weekly Wrap Up - Excited & Grateful
In this edition of Wes's Weekly Wrap Up, Wes Tillett, LUM executive director, is feeling the rush of excitement and gratitude in anticipation for the LUM 50th Anniversary Celebration TOMORROW at the Long Center. Please take 50 seconds to watch the video and SHARE with others. For more details about the LUM 50th Anniversary Celebration, please see below or go to LUMserve.org/50th-anniversary.
Program Announced - 50th Anniversary Event
LUM 50th Anniversary Celebration details are as follows:

  • DATE: TOMORROW - Friday, April 8
  • TIMES: 7 p.m. celebration begins; 6 p.m. social hour
  • LOCATION: Mars Theatre at the Long Center for the Performing Arts, 111 N 6th Street, Lafayette, IN 47901
  • RESERVATION: $50 per person; $500 for row of ten; limited seating. Available in advance or at the door.
Live Entertainment
HOST - Wes Tillett, LUM executive director

LIVE ENTERTAINMENT
  • ONYX Uzomah & DERRICK Willams-Bacon will sing Wake Up Everybody accompanied by LARRY Guentert & JEFF Goodspeed
  • LINDA Hicks will be performing the song Drop in the Bucket accompanied by Jim BrehmSharon McKnightSam Cody & Hunt Wiley.
  • BRITON Weise will be performing the song Do Something accompanied by LARRY Guentert & JEFF Goodspeed
  • LUM Ecumenical Choir will perform We Are Called, Be Thou My Vision, and Let There Be Peace on Earth - directed by Eileen Weiss accompanied by Jeff Goodspeed on piano
  • LUM Children's Chorus (pictured below) will perform He's Got the Whole World in His Hands

Visual Presentations
VISUAL PRESENTATIONS
  • LUM in 2022
  • The History of LUM with Jud Dolphin & Joe Micon, former executive directors
  • Marlena's Story from camper to social worker & LUM Camp director
  • Patrick's Story from shelter guest to LUM staff member
  • Legacy of Volunteers - presented by the Rev. Dr. Glaydys Nwabah (Memorial Presbyterian Church of Dayton) and Rev. Lucia Oerter (Central Presbyterian Church)
  • Today's Jubilee Christmas
  • LUM Good Samaritan Fund - Giving Help & Hope
  • 50 Years of Impact

RECEPTIONS & MORE
  • 6 p.m. - Social Hour with refreshment and music by the West Lafayette High School String Quartet
  • 6:30 p.m. - Awards presented by community leaders
  • 8:30 p.m. - Reception after the formal event with refreshments & LUM swag
One hundred percent of the proceeds from this event go to the LUM Good Samaritan Fund. This fund provides local individuals, families and children with a financial safety net when in crisis. In 2021, the Good Samaritan Fund helped 1,309 families; provided financial assistance in averting eviction, utility disconnects and other crises 2,018 times; and distributed $196,198. Please support the Good Samaritan Fund by attending the LUM 50th Anniversary Celebration. If you cannot attend but wish to make an investment in the LUM Good Samaritan Fund, click the button below to make a donation. And thanks.
LUM is Planning for the Next Half Century
Ten Year Strategic Plan - "LUM Lift Off"
Here is a glimpse of the plan for the next 50 years. The LUM program directors are one-year into a ten-year strategic plan entitled, LUM Lift Off: A Plan for the Next Half Century. The vision is “Increasing accessibility by removing barriers, increasing awareness of LUM services and opportunities; creating transformative experiences for those LUM serves: and committing to sustainability by focusing on LUM financial, human and physical facility & environmental resources.” The plan consists of five-year goals and one-year, renewable action plans. Progress has been made on the goals, including increasing awareness, removing barriers, enhancing services, breaking the cycle, and exceeding expectations. Stay tuned for more developments.
LUM 50th Anniversary - Event Sponsors
Join us in recognizing the LUM 50th Anniversary Celebration event sponsors, especially our Gold Level sponsors, Cook Medical & the Scheumann Foundation.
GOLD Level – $2,500
Silver Level – $1,000
  • Arni’s
  • Barash Law LLC
  • James L. & Sheila A. Cochran
  • The Morrissey Team - American Mortgage Service Company
  • The Truitt Kingdom Fund – National Christian Foundation
  • Purdue Office of Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging
  • The Russell Company – Cathy Russell
BRONZE Level $250
  • Albregts Team – Keller Williams
  • Cardinal Copier Solutions
  • Chapel of the Good Shepherd – Episcopal Campus Ministry at Purdue, West Lafayette, IN
  • City of Lafayette, Indiana
  • City of West Lafayette, Indiana
  • Committee to Elect Chris Campbell
  • Essential Touch Massage
  • Harrison Kiwanis Club
  • Henriott Group
  • Horizon Bank
  • IGH Steel Fabrication
  • JEMS Design
  • Lafayette Noon Optimist Club
  • Mather Vision Group
  • The National Group
  • Property Solution Contractors, Inc.
  • St. Andrew United Methodist Church, West Lafayette, IN
  • Valley Oaks Health
  • Special Thanks to Cole Crider, videographer; GL Graphix; and Lafayette Brewing Co. for their in-kind donations.

Please show your appreciation by visiting these businesses soon and saying “thanks."