In this edition of Wes's Weekly Wrap Up, Wes Tillett, LUM executive director, gives us a glimpse at the greatest spectacle in rowing — the Purdue Row-A-Thon, which has benefited the LUM Good Samaritan Fund for several years. Please take 59 seconds to watch the video and SHARE with others. See below for more information about We've Got Talent and Row-A-Thon.

In 2022, LUM programs served 3,588 households and provided services to children 13,378 times. The programs offered in 2022 are as follows:

The charts above display the 2022 LUM Program breakdown of the...

Get your tickets for We've Got Talent — an amateur talent competition judged by a panel of local experts. The event features a live show plus refreshments and other surprises. The best part is that 100% of the proceeds from this event go to the LUM Good Samaritan Fund, an emergency financial assistance fund that supports local families and individuals in need.

Want to PERFORM? 

Talk to your church’s representative on the LUM Board of Directors.

NOT able to attend? 

If you aren’t able to attend We’ve Got Talent but wish to make a donation to the LUM Good Samaritan Fund — click the button below.

Thanks to First Farmers Bank & Trust for their generous sponsorship of We’ve Got Talent, which benefits the LUM Good Samaritan Fund.

If you or your group wishes to volunteer at We've Got Talent, click HERE.

A new sub-logo has been created for the LUM Immigration Clinic. The logo was designed to complement the primary LUM logo and brand and better depict the immigrant experience today.

The artist, Florencia Moreira from M-Design (Argentina), shared that, "The new logo represents the welcoming of the immigrants with a modern style and a more integrative vision. As human beings, we can connect and cooperate with each other to make this world a better place."

In this new logo you will see three individuals connecting and cooperating while engaging with LUM to explore a better future. Florencia Moreira also created the new Hunger Hike logo in 2022. The new LUM Immigration Clinic logo will be official introduced at the LUM Gala of Hope — a fundraising event for the LUM Immigration Clinic on Saturday, June 24, 2023, during National Immigrant Heritage Month.

Founded in 2014, the LUM Immigration Clinic helps individuals from other countries, who are legally in the US, to navigate the often difficult and confusing Immigration and Naturalization Service bureaucracy. In 2022, the LUM Immigration Clinic served 291 families & individuals, consulting with them 821 times. Please consider an investment in the LUM Immigration Clinic with a donation today or by attending the LUM Gala of Hope on Saturday, June 24.

This past Saturday, the Purdue Rowing Team held their annual “Row-A-Thon” event. Each member of the co-ed team rowed at least 30K (30,000 meters or 18.64 miles) in three hours on indoor rowing machines while raising funds for the LUM Good Samaritan Fund.

If you missed Row-A-Thon, you may still donate ONLINE (add "Rowathon" in the additional comments section) or by mail (make checks payable to Purdue Crew Club and mail your checks to: Purdue Crew—Row-A-Thon, 355 N. Martin Jischke Dr., West Lafayette, IN 47907).

Thanks to Purdue Crew president, Patrick King; head coach, Nathan Walker; and the entire rowing team and coaching staff for their continued support of Lafayette Urban Ministry.  Please note: the funds raised from Row-a-thon will be split 50/50 between LUM and Purdue Crew Team.

The LUM Good Samaritan Fund provides local individuals, families and children with a financial safety net when in crisis. In 2022, the LUM Good Samaritan Fund helped 1,451 families; provided financial assistance in averting eviction, utility disconnects and other crises 2,084 times; and shared $159,647.