 The 11th annual Rhubarb Festival was successful, raising $62,000 for CHUM programs! Thank you to all who came out to enjoy the day!
We appreciate everyone who made this event possible!
Thank you Sponsors, Rhubarb Festival volunteer coordinators, 200 individual volunteers, congregations and CHUM staff who made this event possible!
You volunteered over 1800 hours for an amazing amount of community support! |
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Please click on the event name for more details
July 1st- 31st
July 14th:
Theology "Brown Bag" Lunch
August 4th:
National Night Out CHUM Picnic
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Our West Duluth Food Shelf location at Our Savior's Lutheran Church is in need of a 13-15 cubic foot upright freezer, as the one they had no longer works. Contact Meg at the Food Shelf if you can help.
We are also trying to round up six functioning microwaves for the Emergency Family Shelter. Please contact CHUM if you can help. A volunteer is needed to work the East Food Shelf at 120 N 1st Avenue West, on Wednesdays or Fridays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. You can help weekly or monthly, for all or part of the four hour shift. Contact Meg a the Food Shelf.
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Are you interested in deepening your political analysis and leadership skills?
CHUM & Take Action Minnesota are kicking off a second round of community organizing skill-based training.
Powerful Asks
July 28th, 5-7PM
This training will teach you skills to powerfully ask others to join in the work you are doing, whether you're asking them to attend a training or to become a leader.
Be sure to register here to save a seat at our next meeting.
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The Awareness Campaign was recently launched in Duluth to help remove limitations from the disability community and give them a chance to unite together to pursue their true potential and move beyond the status quo. The campaign aims to create a world where people with disabilities can build bonds with others by realizing they are not alone in how they feel or what they experience. Read more...
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CHUM Young Adults Network
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"Learn to do good, seek justice, help the oppressed, defend the cause of the orphans. Fight for the rights of the widows."
CYAN is engaging in college and congregational outreach and direct service volunteering. Young adults who express an interest in providing basic needs, fostering stable lives, and organizing for a just and compassionate community are encouraged to join to continue the work of seeking justice. Want to join or learn more? Visit our webpage.
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Celebrate National Night Out with CHUM!
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CHUM invites you to a National Night Out Picnic! Join us for delicious food, live music, and the opportunity to get to know others in your neighborhood and community. 
WHEN: Tuesday, August 4th, 6PM-8PM
WHERE: CHUM Food Shelf Parking Lot, 120 N 1st Avenue West
Print and post this flyer.
Learn more at the
National Association of Town Watch Website
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 CHUM is working with the Duluth School District 709 to ensure school supplies and backpacks are provided for children before the first day of school. We need your help as we collect backpacks and school supplies at CHUM through August 25th. Families with limited resources will be provided school supplies and backpacks at this event.  Nearly 900 backpacks were distributed in 2014. You can donate backpacks and supplies or money so we can purchase backpacks and supplies.
Click here to donate or for more information
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Success Through Collaboration
CHUM Visits Houston
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 In June, CHUM Center Outreach staff members Deb Holman and Mark Engebretsen were part of a group of 5 Duluthians, including 2 Duluth police officers, who shadowed and learned from the Houston police department's Crisis Intervention Training Program (CIT) and Homeless Outreach Team. The group received tremendous hospitality from their hosts and gained insights into communication and crisis intervention strategies between police departments, hospitals, organizations, and shelters. CIT offers training for police officers to communicate, serve, and protect individuals with mental illnesses. The Homeless Outreach team assists homeless individuals in finding proper medical care, shelters, bus fare, and employment.
CHUM staff members were impressed with the amount of mental health training the police officers had and there awareness that people who are homeless and/or dealing with mental health issues need consistent help. Houston is leading by example to show how compassion, understanding, and collaboration can create effective law enforcement and promote healthier lives.For more information, check out this article about the Houston Police Department which is bringing hope to the homeless. |
| Theology Brown Bag Lunch Series |
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Join CHUM in theological reflection and hear from diverse faith perspectives to deepen our community commitment to faith-based justice. Please bring your own lunch as we strengthen and grow our power as an interfaith organization.
Tuesday, July 14th, from 12-1PM at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Duluth: "Closing the Circle: Social Action, Prayer, and Theological Reflection" Led by UUCD Minister Rev. Bruce Johnson
At this brown-bag lunch, we'll learn a simple and practical model for theological reflection, and apply it to the work we do for CHUM and in other areas of our lives. How do we balance the inner and outer dimensions of spiritual practice as we move between action and contemplation?
Tuesday, July 21st, from 12-1PM at St. Michael's Catholic Church: "Beauty In Worship," led by "traveling scholar" and Notre Dame PhD Candidate Audrey Seah.
Beauty is one of three transcendental means by which Christians throughout the ages have used to contemplate the mystery of God. In doing so, they render the infinite and invisible discernible to our finite natures. Thus, it is reasonable to expect beauty in worship, the locus of our encounter with the divine. However, what should beauty look like in a diverse world where it is often said that beauty is in the eye of the beholder? Join us to discuss! Read more...
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Blue Cross Foundation offers CHUM Grant to Help Early Childhood Programs
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CHUM is pleased to announce a grant of $82,000 from the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation to help the children at the Steve O'Neil Apartments reach their full health potential. The overarching goal of the Steve O'Neil Apartments is to break the cycle of homelessness and foster strong families by creating a culturally diverse community that keeps the well-being of children and their families at the very center of community life. The funds will be used for early childhood programs at the Steve O'Neil Apartments.
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Make a difference for families in Duluth who are hungry by accepting the 2015 Food Shelf Challenge from Open Your Heart to the Hungry and Homeless and the CHUM Food Shelf during July. When school is out for summer vacation, many children miss out on free school meals and their families turn to us for support. The Food Shelf served 1,834 children during the summer months last year. The Open Your Heart challenge funds will proportionally match all cash donations received by the Food Shelf, resulting in more money to help families in need.
To Donate and Read more...
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218-720-6521 | Administration
218-720-2391 | Food Shelf
218-726-0153 | CHUM Center
102 West 2nd Street
Duluth, MN 55802
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