The Joy of LUM Camp – Janaleesa’s Story
Message from Wes Tillett, LUM Executive Director
Janaleesa will attend her third and final LUM Camp this July. For the past few months, nearly every time I see her, she expresses to me her excitement for LUM Camp. Take a look through the photos of this newsletter and you’ll see why she’s so enthusiastic.
Just look at the joy, adventure, and wonder LUM Camp provides this child.
Now multiply that joy, adventure, and wonder by 84.
LUM Camp (my favorite week of the year) is a world-class camp experience available to our local children. And it’s only possible because of you. LUM Campers get to swim, ride horses, enjoy arts and crafts, paddle canoes, attend morning chapel around a campfire, climb walls, zip-line, eat delicious snacks
and meals, participate in educational activities, and flourish in the care of diverse and nurturing counselors. This experience is almost entirely paid for by kind-hearted sponsors such as you. The children at LUM Camp come from families served throughout the year by Lafayette Urban Ministry. We ask the campers’ parents to pay $5 per child (while the actual cost is more than $300 per camper), and ask our generous donors to cover the rest.
LUM is eager to host LUM Camp once again this July 28-August 1 at the fabulous Hanging Rock Christian Camp in Warren County, Indiana. I love LUM Camp because I know it has immediate benefits (fun, education) and long-term impact (interpersonal skills, self-confidence, gross and fine motor skills, positive outlook and more) in each camper’s life.
LUM Camp provides 84 local boys and girls (ages 8, 9, and 10) with an educational, super-fun, weeklong, overnight camp. It’s a key component of the year-round LUM Youth Programs (which also include the After School Program and the 5th Quarter Summer Learning Program).
Would you please consider a gift to support the LUM Youth Programs and send a child to LUM Camp? Your contribution will help pay for a child’s transportation, room and board, food, camp activities, educational programs, and supplies.
- $300 = sponsor 1 LUM camper
- $600 = sponsor 2 LUM campers
- $150 = ½ LUM Camp sponsorship
- Any gift to support LUM Youth Programs
Janaleesa and 83 other children are jumping at the chance to attend LUM Camp. Would you please invest in both their short-term fun and their long-term life skills by providing them with an amazing gift – a week at LUM Camp?
With gratitude,
Wes Tillett, LUM Executive Director
P.S. Because LUM asks parents to pay only $5/camper, we need supporters to help cover the rest. Please contribute online at LUMserve.org/donate. Thank you!