Happy New Year to You & Your Family
Dear Friend,
Let’s take a moment this New Year to reflect and be THANKFUL — because there is so much to be thankful for.
At LUM, we’re thankful for YOU and each individual who contributed to the successes at LUM in 2018. May you have a blessed New Year full of family, success, friends, and service.
Gratefully yours,
LUM Board of Directors,
Joe Micon, LUM executive director, &
LUM staff members
“It’s up to us, to be the change. And even though we all can still do more.
There’s so much to be thankful for.”
Thank You…
- For your generous financial support of the program & services of LUM
Thank You…
- If you contributed to the LUM Good Samaritan Fund, helping 2,200 families to avert utility disconnect or eviction from their homes
- If you served on the LUM Board of Directors
- If you prepared a meal for the homeless and delivered it to the LUM Emergency Shelter
- If you fought hunger in our community by volunteering to feed 2,900 individuals through St. John’s/LUM Food Pantry — or by participating in Hunger Hike
- If you served as a LUM tax preparer and helped return millions of dollars in refunds and credits to low-income households in our community
- If you volunteered as a LUM Camp counselor, After School Program tutor or in one of LUM’s other youth programs that are successfully narrowing the academic achievement gap
- If you attended the Port of Hope event or volunteered with the LUM Immigration Clinic
- If you ran in the Turkey Trot 5K Run, worked at the Community Thanksgiving Celebration, or participated in Jubilee Christmas or contributed to one of 1,831 children impacted
Thank you for being a friend in 2018. LUM has impacted a significant number of children and families in our community this year because of YOU. What YOU do for LUM is so important for enabling us to accomplish our mission — and gives hope to families, encourages and educates children, and is a positive force in our community.
Thank you for choosing us as your community partner this year — there’s so much to be THANKFUL for!
THANKFUL
Somedays, we forget to look around us
Somedays, we can’t see the joy that surrounds us
So caught up inside ourselves
We take when we should give
So for tonight we pray for
What we know can be
And on this day we hope for
What we still can’t see
It’s up to us, to be the change
And even though we all can still do more
There’s so much to be thankful for
Look beyond ourselves
There’s so much sorrow
It’s way to late to say, I’ll cry tomorrow
Each of us must find our truth
It’s so long overdue
So for tonight we pray for
What we know can be
And everyday, we hope for
What we still can’t see
It’s up to us, to be the change
And even though we all can still do more
There’s so much to be thankful for
Even with our differences
There is a place we’re all connected
Each of us can find each others light
So for tonight, we pray for
What we know can be
And on this day, we hope for
What we still can’t see
It’s up to us, to be the change, and
Even though this world needs so much more
There’s so much to be thankful for
~ David W Foster, Richard James Page &
Carole Bayer Sager
