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Wednesday, November 26th, 2025 This afternoon, six members of the Lumina Project, board members Parker, Evan, and Drew, alongside general body members Jack, Lucas, and Nick, returned to the Adelaide and Gravel Pits unhoused encampments to deliver a warm, home-cooked meal to our neighbors in need. As temperatures begin to drop and the winter season approaches, our team feels a renewed urgency to continue addressing food insecurity within the Bloomington-Normal community. Today

Sunday, November 23rd, 2025 This past Sunday, the Lumina Project conducted another outreach event at the Adelaide encampment, this time delivering the food and other essential items allocated via the St. Vincent De Paul Food Pantry Proxy Registration detailed in a previous post. This program ensures that individuals without transportation or those with physical impairments can receive food from the pantry’s weekly or bi-weekly drives, delivered directly to them by a Lumina P

Sunday, November 16th, 2025 This past Sunday, The Lumina Project hosted its third unhoused encampment outreach event in Bloomington-Normal, IL, visiting two locations we had previously worked with. It had been nearly a month since our last outreach, and we were eager to return and continue our mission. The success of this event was made possible thanks to the incredible generosity of local food pantries, as well as a significant portion of donations from the Illinois State

Saturday, October 11th, 2025 This past Saturday, three of our LP board members dedicated their time to partnering with the St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry in another biweekly food drive. Working with this established organization to package food and other necessities demonstrates our ongoing efforts to collaborate and establish a presence in the community. LP Board Members: Parker, Drew, & Quentin (Left to Right) Following this event, Parker and Quentin conducted our second