Row-A-Thon 2025 Raises $13,505 for LUM
Purdue Crew – Single Largest Donation Each Year!
The Purdue Crew Team raised $13,505 for the LUM Good Samaritan Fund through the annual Row-A-Thon event which took place February. At the Purdue Crew Spring Banquet, Benjamin Schultz, treasurer, and John Lucas, president, presented a “big” check to Wes Tillett, LUM executive director (pictured).
Each year, the Purdue Crew student athletes solicit donations for Row-A-Thon from their family and friends, mostly from outside of this community; and this donation each year is the single largest gift to the LUM Good Samaritan Fund from any group or individual. LUM is grateful for the continued support over the years from the leadership, athletes and coaches of the Purdue Crew Team. Boiler Up!
The LUM Good Samaritan Fund is an emergency financial assistance program which provides our neighbors in need with a strong and reliable safety net. Help is offered for utility bills, rent, and prescription medications. In 2024, the LUM Good Samaritan Fund provided financial assistance for essential needs which includes averting eviction, utility disconnects and other crises to 1,168 households, 1,780 times, totaling $115,301.35.