L U M I N A Sharing Gods love with people experiencing poverty and hardship by empowering them toward abundant life LUMINA is a 501c3 nonprofit organization located in Lancaster PA We offer food education opportunities encouragement and friendship to those experiencing the darkness of poverty hardship and loneliness What We Do Kids Ministries LUMINA currently conducts home visits with families whose children enroll in our extracurricular programs. When and where it is safe to do so during the pandemic we hold weekly evening programs a summer day camp kids cooking classes and provide funds gear and transportation to overnight camp Super Cupboard LUMINA partners with Penn State Extension in offering free nutrition education courses to caregivers of children under 18 who rely on food stamps and food pantries to feed their families Housing LUMINA is a member of Manifest an alliance of United Methodist Churches together with IMPACT. Missions and other community organizations which transforms condemned city houses into safe decent affordable homes for lowincome firsttime buyers Food Distribution LUMINA continues to partner with Ross Street United Methodist Church in distributing free food to the hungry each month Building Trades Students LUMINA and other Manifest partners support McCaskey seniors in the building trades program by sponsoring awards of new tools at graduation Crisis Aid LUMINA maintains longlasting relationships with many of the families whose children have attended our after school programs. We walk alongside them even as they experience a crisis Get Involved Pray Your prayers for those in poverty and despair are needed around the clock.