Hunger Hike 2005
Presented by Bison Financial Group
An annual event to help feed the hungry
Sunday, September 18
12:30-1:30 pm Registration at Riehle Plaza. Come early for door prizes!
2:00 pm 2-mile hike begins on the Wabash Heritage Trail. New this year—extended 4.5-mile route for joggers: you will enjoy jogging this path which includes the new West Lafayette Brown Street Overlook on the Wabash Heritage Trail.
3:00 pm Party time! Live music by the Hot Club of Colfax, clowns, balloons, hot dogs, popcorn, watermelon,Coke products. ALSO—free massages by Myotherapy Family Massage Center!
NEW! Personal fundraising webpages -- an exciting way to help
This year you can create your own personal fundraising webpage to raise funds for Hunger Hike. Send it to friends and relatives by e-mail—they can make online donations and your page will automatically keep track of how much you've raised. Personal fundraising pages are free, fun and easy.
Learn more at www.hungerhike.org.
Other ways to participate...
- Plan to hike and collect donations. Bring the money with you on the day of the hike!
- Organize a group of friends, family, or co-workers and participate as a group!
- Need registration forms or collection envelopes? They are available at LUM, at many participating churches, and online at www.hungerhike.org.
- Make a donation to the hike. Give your donationto a hiker or give online atwww.hungerhike.org.
Local Business Benefit Night for Hunger Hike
Wednesday,September 7, 4:00-8:00pm
The following businesses will donate a portion of all purchases on this evening
- All local Burger Kings
- All Dairy Queen locations
- Culver's
- Pepe's Mexican Restaurant
- Nature's Pharm
- Border's Bookstore W. L.*
* 10% discount off entire purchase to Borders customers with coupon and 10% of the final purchase amount, excluding Gift Cards, will be donated to Hunger Hike. All day 9/7/05. Check website or call LUM for coupon details.
LUM campers rock to a new beat!
The Lafayette Urban Ministry's annual summer camp for children was filled with a whole new attitude this year! Along with a new camp location, LUM Camp took place at a new time and included an exciting new schedule of activities for the campers. Because of a generous grant from Lafayette's McAllister Foundation we were able to increase the size of LUM Camp by 30 percent!
From August 8-12, 101 boys and girls, ages 8 to 10, enjoyed a memorable week of swimming, hiking, boating, singing, arts and crafts, campfires and sleeping in cabins at beautiful Hanging Rock Camp near West Lebanon in Warren County.
The children came from families who have been recently served by the Lafayette Urban Ministry. Their parents may not have the means to provide a trip to Disney World or the Grand Canyon, but they were able to send their children to LUM Camp thanks to over 250 individual Lafayette Urban Ministry donors.
Along with all the traditional summer camp activities, we focused our 2005 enrichment programs around earth and atmospheric science. Under the expert guidance of several Purdue faculty and staff members, the children participated in a paleontological dig, studied soil and water, broke open their own geodes, and even got to tour a working sand and gravel quarry! Prior to LUM Camp very few of the children knew much about geology. But now, 101 children have been inspired to consider the possibilities of a career in science.
LUM Camp included morning chapel, nutritious food, great entertainment, a 30 foot high indoor rock climbing wall, and the world's best camp counselors. And even though LUM Camp was filled with new and exciting activities this year, our focus remained the same—the growth and development of our campers. Each LUM Camper made new friends, met new challenges, grew in confidence and developed greater self-esteem. It was the most memorable week of their summer.
Everyone involved with LUM Camp is grateful for each donor and volunteer who helped to make our new LUM Camp the biggest and best ever!
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Needed: complete meals for the shelter. Many groups, families, and individuals volunteer to prepare and bring in meals for the homeless shelter throughout the year. However, from time to time shelter staff must prepare a meal using items that arestored in the freezer. Most helpful are main dishes that are frozen and will serve at least 46 people. Please bring items in disposable storage containers that can be frozen.
Items such as spaghetti and sauce, hot dogs & buns, hamburgers, casserole items, and barbeque are very useful. You may bring your donation to LUM anytime during regularoffice hours, M-F, 8:15am- 4:30pm. Thank you!
Please remember to bring your empty inkjet printer cartridges to LUM. We recycle them and receive money for each one (all brands except Epson).
LUM welcomes Caralyn West to the staff as week-night shelter coordinator. Caralyn, who goes by"Cara," is a Master's Degree candidate at Purdue. Cara brings experience and enthusiasm to her new position. Welcome!
"Handel's Messiah (Part 1) & Hallelujah Chorus, with Carols by the Audience"
Saturday, Dec. 17, 2005
Long Center for the Performing Arts
$21 General, $19 Seniors, $10 Students/Children
Buy tickets at LUM and 50% of your purchase will benefit LUM
Tickets are RESERVED, designated seating. Note: Only tickets purchased AT LUM will benefit LUM.
The SEED, SEPTEMBER 2005