LUM Winter Needs – Meals & Essential Items
Help Keep LUM Shelter Guests Warm and Healthy
As winter approaches, LUM is preparing to ensure our shelter guests stay safe, warm, healthy, and well-fed. Cash donations are especially helpful, allowing LUM to purchase exactly what is needed, when it is needed. You can help through donations of essential items, meals, or cash.
- Hygiene: Combs, hair brushes, body wash (male & female), travel-size deodorant (Degree & Secret)
- Warm Clothing: Sweatpants/jogging pants (S–4X), T-shirts (S–4X), women’s underwear (all sizes), hand and feet warmers
- Cleaning Supplies: Lysol disinfectant spray, Clorox/Lysol wipes
- Meals:
- Emergency Shelter: Pick a month and sign up online for specific dates.
- Winter Warming Station (Nov 15–Apr 15): Needs bagged meals nightly. Great for families, church, campus, or civic groups. Long-term or no-contact options available.
Drop-off Locations: LUM Emergency Shelter nightly at 8 p.m. or LUM Office, Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. You can also ship items from our Amazon Wish List: LUM Amazon Wish List
Every donation helps provide a safe, warm, and nourishing space this winter.
HOW TO HELP
- VOLUNTEER – Shovel snow, provide a meal, or assist staff with check in, meal service, and more. To sign up, click HERE.
- DONATE – Make a monetary donation. To donate online, click HERE.
- NEEDED ITEMS – Donate “needed items” from the LUM Wish List
- MORE INFO – Go to LUMserve.org/shelter
The LUM Winter Warming Station complements the services of the LUM Emergency Shelter from November to April. Located in the LUM Ray Ewry Center (525 N 4th Street, Lafayette), it is open from 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. every night from November 15 until April 15. Other contingency plans are in place during stormy weather or if temperatures get dangerously low. The LUM Winter Warming Station also gives individuals an opportunity to learn about other services offered by LUM and other local agencies for which they may be eligible. Individuals are encouraged to make a donation or provide bagged meals for the Winter Warming Station guests. For more information, please go to LUMserve.org/winter-warming-station/.
Volunteers are needed 365 evenings a year. LUM Homeless Services could not operate without the help of hundreds of volunteers. Some volunteers stay overnight, while others make a monetary donation, donate “needed items,” or prepare and serve meals. Some groups pitch in during the monthly LUM Deep Cleaning Days. For more information, please go to LUMserve.org/shelter.