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Tackling basic human needs and uplifting the people of Greater Lafayette.

How We Serve

Housing

Food

Justice

Children & Family

Specialized Assistance

Volunteer

There are many different opportunities for volunteering, from working one-on-one with a child in Youth Programs to helping out at the 44-bed emergency homeless shelter.

Give

LUM receives most of its financial support from individual gifts, member church contributions, and donations from church & civic groups and businesses.

Get Help

LUM’s many programs serve the needs of children, families, and others in the community throughout the year.

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Thank You!

What YOU do for LUM is so important in enabling us to accomplish our mission – and restores dignity to families, encourages and educates children, is a positive force in our community – offering peace, hope & love to the families we serve. Thank You for choosing us as your community partner this year. Here’s to another day of service to the people of this great community.

Volunteer With Us

LUM continues to be right on the front lines of this crisis, helping local families with emergency financial assistance, nutritious food, and helping individuals with safer shelter. If you have decoded to use stimulus money to help others less fortunate and don’t know that LUM is a great option.

LUM enables YOU to give anonymously and with the peace of mind that your gift will be well-utilized to help people in our local community.

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Welcome To LUM

Lafayette Urban Ministry is an organization of more than 45 Christian churches that serves as a social safety net for our community’s children and families.

For more than 50 years, LUM has worked to give back the hope, the future, and self-respect to low-income people in the Greater Lafayette area. LUM takes an active role in trying to change social injustices and improve the quality of life for the poor of Indiana.

LUM invites you to learn about LUM and keep up to date with the latest LUM news and developments.

Welcome!

LUM Info

LUM Office
420 N 4th Street
Lafayette IN 47901-2213

Phone: 765.423.2691
E-mail: lum@LUMserve.org
Website: LUMserve.org

LUM Emergency Shelter
525 N 4th Street, Lafayette, IN

LUM Ray Ewry Center
525 N 4th Street, Lafayette, IN

LUM Protein Food Pantry
6th Street between Ferry & North Streets, Lafayette, IN
LUM Westside Food Pantry
333 Meridian Street, West Lafayette, IN

Federal Tax ID number: 35-1182938

Nondiscrimination Statement – LUM does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, age, religion, creed, disability, veteran’s status, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, parental status, political association or belief, or union affiliation or activity, in any of its activities or operations.

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