Sounding the Alarm: Local Need is Increasing
Financial Assistance Needs Surge Since January The LUM Financial Assistance Program is facing a dramatic increase in demand. LUM uses year-over-year trend analysis to forecast demand—and this year’s data is sounding the alarm.
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
Row-A-Thon 2024 Raises $10,485 for LUM
Purdue Crew – Single Largest Donation Each Year! The Purdue Crew Team raised $10,485.50 for the LUM Good Samaritan Fund through the annual Row-A-Thon event which took place February. At the Purdue Crew Spring Banquet, Julia Hopper, treasurer, and Kara
Row-A-Thon 2023 Raises $11,135 for LUM
Purdue Crew – Single Largest Donation Each Year! The Purdue Crew Team raised $11,135 for the LUM Good Samaritan Fund through the annual Row-A-Thon event which took place February. At the Purdue Crew Spring Banquet, quartermasters Ellie Heaney and Josh Reilly-Grim presented a
Row-A-Thon 2022 Raises $8,732 for LUM
The Purdue Crew Team raised $8,732 for the LUM Good Samaritan Fund through the annual Row-A-Thon event which took place on February 12 at the local shopping mall. At the Purdue Crew Spring Banquet, Jack DeFuria, president, and Layne Harbourt,
COVID-19 Response to Local Financial Need
LUM Offers Direct Financial Assistance plus Hope In 2019, the last “normal” year that any of us experienced, the LUM Good Samaritan Program disbursed $103,617 to 1,783 individuals. That money was
Mission Moment – The Story of Tina
LUM Helps Divert the Eviction of a Local Family Her tears of desperation turned into tears of gratitude. Tina came to Lafayette Urban Ministry looking for some financial assistance with her rent.
Mission Moment – The Story of Beth’s Journey
As Told by Linda Hicks, LUM Program Director Beth came to the LUM Office seeking assistance with the LUM Good Samaritan Program. She needed help with the deposit on her new apartment. Over the past
Purdue Crew Team Raises $20,029 for LUM
Row-A-Thon 2021 Succeeds Despite COVID-19 At a recent private ceremony, Purdue Crew athletes, leadership & coaches presented LUM with a check for $20,028.78 (half of what was raised through their annual Row-A-Thon) for the
Linda’s Reflections On COVID-19 from the Frontlines
Good Samaritan Program “Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote, ‘Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope.’ The ability to help others through the Good Samaritan Program has felt hopeful during