Have Brunch during February at
Zeitgeist Arts Cafe.
CHUM will receive 5% or more of profits on weekend brunches during February.
Enjoy Zeitgeist's Huevos Rancheros: black beans in toasted tortilla bowl, topped with eggs to order, melted cheese and served with a house-made chipotle sauce and tortilla strips.Mmmm!
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You Can Help!
The Food Shelf needs non- perishable food AND gifts of money in order to purchase the most-needed foods! Plastic & Paper GROCERY BAGS are needed so clients who walk home with their groceries have strong enough bags to make the journey. A 7-to- 8 cubic foot freezer which costs between $250 and $300. If you can help, contact Meg Kearns.The CHUM Center is looking for LARGE microwaves and cell phones with batteries and a charger. Cell phones with out a calling plan can be used for 911 calls. Those we serve often have no phones and no way to make emergency calls. The Nurse Clinic can use
new lip balm/chapstick, denture cleaner and adhesive, women's underwear size 5 & 6,andnew women's white crew socks.
Many CHUM clients have no or inadequate Health Insurance, so, the Nurse Clinic has partnered with other agencies to provide a fund to assist in obtaining emergency medicines. Additions to the fund are welcome. Checks should be made payable to the "CHUM Fund" and mailed to the CHUM Nurse Clinic. |
do justice, love much, walk humbly
Micah 6:8
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Help CHUM Fight Hunger in Duluth!
CHUM Food Shelf shelves are emptier than they have been in many years, and food donations are being distributed to clients as soon as they are delivered.  Every donation receives matching incentive funds from th e Minnesota FoodShare March Campaign and the Feinstein Foundation.
Cash donations are especially welcome. They allow the Food Shelf to take advantage of lower prices available through local vendors.
The campaign begins March 1 and runs for the entire month, so March is the best time of the year to help stock the Food Shelf.
For more information, contact Meg Kearns, or call 727-2391.
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CHUM Community
The CHUM Community Organizing Steering Committee continues its work to ensure affordable and accessible health care for all Minnesotans. To host a presentation on the Health Care Exchange and Affordable Care Act by one of CHUM's Steering Committee members at you congregation, civic group, school or other group , contact Alyssa at 740-2496.
CHUM Community Organizer, Alyssa Hoppe, has been accepted as one of the four Duluth apprentices, to be trained by the Organizing Apprenticeship Project (OAP) of the Twin Cities. Watch for the OAP 2011 Minnesota Legislative Report Card on Racial Equality being released on February 14, 2012.
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Democracy For All?
The Barriers of Photo ID
 Things are not always what they seem, and that is the case with calls to require photo ID from voters, including those already registered.
Approximately 10% of eligible voters do not have photo IDs and would have significant barriers to getting one in order to vote. This includes the population served by CHUM.
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 Raising Awareness of White Privilege
Racism is an issue that we don't like talking about. The Un-Fair Campaign was developed to look at racism and to encourage a community dialogue about the causes and solutions.
Racism is a complex social issue and depending upon what you see as the causes of racism you have ideas about the solutions.
See it. Know it. Stop it.
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