In this edition of Wes's Weekly Wrap Up, Wes Tillett, LUM executive director, reflects on how sleep is so important and an undervalued necessity. LUM offers a safe and warm place to sleep for our neighbors experiencing homelessness. Please take 58 seconds to watch this video and SHARE with others. See below for more details about LUM Homeless Services.

The LUM Emergency Shelter provides short-term, overnight shelter, meals, and showers in a safe and caring environment for up to 44 homeless adults each night of the year. The LUM Winter Warming Station complements these services from November to April, providing basic accommodations for an additional 20-40 individuals. Due to COVID-19, LUM has also been assisting in the management of the Annex Day Shelter, which provides an alternate day shelter during periods of quarantine.

Since 1984, the LUM member churches have been working together to provide a safe, clean, nurturing overnight shelter 365 nights a year to individuals experiencing homelessness. For 38 years, LUM Homeless Services has served and provided the following:

Through the synergistic efforts of so many people in this community, LUM is offering more than just a safe and clean shelter for individuals experiencing homelessness. LUM gives to shelter guests the support, encouragement, and tools needed to live more independent, self-sufficient, and fulfilling lives. 

The mission of Rotary International is to provide service to others, and this past week the members of the Greater Lafayette Rotary Club lived out their mission at the LUM Ray Ewry Center.

Rotary members spent the day putting a new coat of paint on the interior of the LUM Youth Center, home of the LUM After School and 5th Quarter Summer Learning Programs. Pictured L to R are David Zarate, Alicia Dunbar (on the ladder), Bri Madren (club president), Diane Boener, and Jake Franklin (club vice president).

Join us in thanking the members of the Greater Lafayette Rotary Club for their service to LUM and the LUM students. If your organization or business would like to volunteer with LUM, please visit the LUM website or email or call Terri Anderson, LUM Volunteer Coordinator (volunteer@LUMserve.org | 765-423-2691).

The LUM Homeless Services depends on a team of highly skilled, trained & hardworking staff and volunteers. Together they provide a safe space every night of the year for individuals experiencing homelessness.

Jeffrey Auguste is the LUM Homeless Services director. He is responsible for the LUM Emergency Shelter and the Winter Warming Station. Jeffrey grew up in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and currently lives in Lafayette, IN. His mother, father and two younger brothers also live in Lafayette. Jeffrey graduated from Jefferson High School and earned an associate degree in Human Services from Ivy Tech Community College. He is currently enrolled at Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis pursuing a bachelor degree in Social Work. His goal is to complete his Master of Social Work by 2025. To read more about Jeffrey, click HERE.

LUM is excited to introduce the LUM Homeless Services staff members. The LUM shelter staff members manage the nightly operations of the LUM Emergency Shelter & Winter Warming Station. Led by Jeffrey Auguste, LUM Homeless Services director, these frontline LUM shelter staff members are hardworking, caring and dedicated to keeping our shelters open and safe.

Will you help us continue to serve individuals in our community who are experiencing homelessness?

A gift to the LUM Emergency Shelter will help LUM continue to provide help and hope to those experiencing homelessness especially during this global health crisis and today's severe snow storm.

Four Ways YOU can help the LUM Emergency Shelter are as follows:

Your financial generosity is not only an act of hospitality toward those with no home of their own, it is also an investment in the health and safety of the greater community. VOLUNTEERS are also needed each night of the year, and it is a meaningful and unique opportunity. If you’re interested or need more information, click HERE — or email or call Jeffrey Auguste (jauguste@LUMserve.org | 765-423-2691).