Churches United in Ministry

Updated Donation Information:

Items we Accept: Food that is new or unopened; Housewares; Baby Care Supplies (especially size 4 & 5 diapers and pull-ups!); Bath towels; Clean bedding
in twin, full and queen sizes; Household cleaning products; Hygiene products w/o alcohol; Playing cards, games, books and greeting cards; Postage stamps and
bus passes; and Computers and furniture (please call first to check on need for these items and/or make arrangements)

Items that we don't Accept: Outdated or open food; Any appliances that need repairs; Paper Grocery Bags and used plastic bottles; Used clothing and
bath soap; Outdated calendars; Magazines; Liquor & Tobacco products; Prescription & Nonprescription medications; Rubbing alcohol and hydrogen peroxide

CHUM donation drop-off site: CHUM Food Shelf; 120 N. First Avenue West; 727-2391

Making a Donation: Please contact Distributive Services Director Meg Kearns at 727-2391 if you have items to donate. Kearns can be emailed at
chumfs@chumduluth.org. Please bring donations to the East Food Shelf at 120 North First Avenue West where they can be more efficiently processed and
inventoried. Drive up to the door located in the alley on the south side of the building and ring the doorbell. The easiest option is to take Lake Avenue and turn into
the alley between 1st and 2nd Streets and head west until you are alongside our building.

If you or your group wants to solicit donations as a service project for CHUM, please first contact Meg Kearns at 727-2391.
Thank You!!

Drop-In Center/Emergency Shelter ongoing needs. . . .
Fishing equipment (especially rods and reels) is need for outings at the Drop-In Center - please make sure they go to either Al Albino or Max Proetz. We also
need bath towels and personal hygiene items (especially shampoo), two steel bunk bed frames, and work crews that could help with cleaning projects. If you have
used Karaoke CDs, we could use them for occasional social events.

Family Shelter & Stabilization. . . .
We really need cleaning supplies, brooms, dustpans and mops. Other needs include: laundromat gift cards, bath towels, twin and full size blankets, size 4 &
5 diapers, baby hygiene items (body wash and shampoo, lotion, wipes), frying pans and skillets, spatulas, and cereal bowls.

Drop-In Center Nurse Clinic. . . .
The nurse clinic needs clean, gently used women's bras in all sizes and NEW ONLY men's and women's underwear in all sizes!

Housing Stabilization. . . .
Monthly bus passes; brief cases & portfolios; wallets & small purses, work gloves; and thermoses & lunch boxes are needed. Thank you!

Telecare Friends. . . .
Telecare Friends needs volunteers to provide phone reassurance and occasional transportation for people who live in their own homes, are isolated, and could
benefit from having a friend and support. Volunteers who provide this service receive mileage reimbursement and may be eligible for supplemental auto insurance. If
interested, please contact new CHUM Telecare Friends Coordinator Ellen Altman at 727-2391 or ealtman@chumduluth.org. Also contact Ellen if you know of an
isolated elder who could benefit from this phone reassurance and assisted transportation program.

CHUM Church. . . .
The August CHUM Church will be at the National Night Out Celebration on Tuesday, Aug. 7 at the CHUM Drop-In Center. Members of the public are invited to join
us as we would love to have more CHUM Church participants. A date and time for the September CHUM Church will be announced at a later date.

Many CHUM Church members who have developmental disabilities would love to receive cards or letters to brighten their day. We could also use a volunteer to
organize materials and supplies for CHUM Church activities, and this work can be done at home. If you would like to volunteer, participate and be included in an
email group to receive CHUM Church information, contact Meg Kearns.

Food Shelves. . . .
>> Food packers are needed at the East Food Shelf on Wednesdays and Fridays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Volunteers can come weekly or once a month for all or
part of a shift.

>> Until further notice the Food Shelf will not be accepting used plastic bottles, but will be accepting egg cartons.

>> The Food Shelf is seeking individuals or groups to help with the following one-time volunteer projects when the weather warms up: 1.) Replacement of
individual glass brick windows, and 2.) Painting of Food Shelf exterior concrete block

>> A few youth groups are needed to sort food weekday mornings after the first week of August.

Please contact Sharon Kirtley or Meg Kearns at 727-2391 or chumfs@chumduluth.org about Food Shelf volunteer opportunities.

Volunteer Opportunities. . . .

Advisory Committee Members. . .CHUM Church and the Distributive Services (Food Shelf) Advisory Committtees both need additional members. Please
contact Meg Kearns at 727-2391 or chumfs@chumduluth.org to volunteer.

CHUM Horizons Distribution and Mailing Preparation Helpers. . .CHUM development could use someone with a vehicle to help distribute the quarterly
CHUM Horizons newsletter around the community (typically early November, January, April and July). Call David Clanaugh at 720-6521 x214 or email
dclanaugh@chumduluth.org.

National Night Out Tuesday, Aug. 7; Volunteers Needed!
CHUM will host its annual National Night Out gathering on Tuesday, Aug. 7 on First Avenue West between the Drop-In Center and Food Shelf from 6-8 p.m. Once
again the event will feature summertime food and musical entertainment with food served between 6-7 p.m.

Approximately 20 volunteers are needed to help with set-up, serving and clean-up. Please contact Ellen Altman at 727-2391 or ealtman@chumduluth.org if you
can help with CHUM's National Night Out gathering.

Three organizations that partnered to convert the vacant former Lake Superior Community Health Center into permanent supportive housing will bless and dedicate the
four unit apartment building the afternoon of Wednesday, July 25. The Benedictine Sisters of Saint Scholastica, Habitat for Humanity, and CHUM will co-host the
gathering and celebration from 1-3 p.m. at 2 East Fifth Street. Gathering and introductions will take place from 1-1:30 p.m. with the blessing and dedication ceremony
at 1:30 p.m. Tours, socializing and refreshments will be available after the ceremony.
A special thank you goes to the St. Scholastica Sisters who provided major financial support, CHUM congregations that provided additional financial support and
volunteer labor, Habitat for Humanity that coordinated volunteers and the rehabilitation process, countless volunteers and donors from the community, and the Lake
Superior Community Healthy Center.
"RUAH is an ancient Hebrew word meaning breath of God," CHUM Congregational Outreach Director Steve O'Neil commented. "We've added to our understanding of
ruah as people of faith who have been Rehabilitating Urban Affordable Housing with direction from our Creator. The Benedictine Sisters breathed the dollars into a
dream of CHUM volunteers breathing new life into old buildings, kind of a Habitat for apartments. Habitat folks led the way for us on our first endeavor.
"Now these newly created four apartments will serve families struggling with homelessness," O'Neil continued. "RUAH thus becomes part of our city/county effort to
end homelessness over the next 10 years." O'Neil co-chairs the Mayor's Commission to End Homelessness and is a county commissioner.
CHUM will manage the building as part of its on-going efforts to help families and individuals exit the cycle of repeat homelessness. Families who have been housed
in CHUM's emergency family shelter and are ready for their next step toward permanent housing, yet which may have major obstacles to obtaining and retaining
permanent independent housing will be the primary occupants of the RUAH building. In addition to stable on-going housing these families will receive intensive
supportive services from Gabriel Project social worker Veronica Gaidelis-Langer with direction and support from CHUM Family Stabilization Advocate Mary Lu Larsen.

CHUM to again distribute backpacks & school supplies to children in need
CHUM will again distribute backpacks and school supplies to students in need at the Duluth School District "Back for School Fair" on Tuesday, Aug. 21. The
deadline for school supply and monetary donations is August 10. Please drop off donations during weekdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the CHUM Food Shelf, 120
N. First Ave. West. Call 727-2391 for more information or see included flyer with this mailing/email. Click here for Flyer about the Backpack Distribution.

A Huge Rhubarb Thank You - 3rd Festival a Great Success!
Countless people contributed to the continued growth of CHUM's Rhubarb Festival on June 23. Yes, proceeds were up 25% to almost $17,000, yet the community
spirit and awareness around this event took a huge step forward as well.

Thanks to all who contributed time, talent, materials, money and moral support during this great effort. And should you be interested, we have a few items still
available from the silent auction. Click here for a list. You can also call 720-6521 for details.