DuPagePads 12th Annual Wake Up Your Spirit Breakfast was a huge success. DuPagePads welcomed more than 450 attendees to Benedictine University and raised approximately $100,000 toward the agency’s mission to end homelessness.
Tickets are now on sale for DuPagePads’ most inspirational event, the 12th Annual Wake Up Your Spirit Breakfast. This year’s breakfast will take place on Wednesday, November 5th at Benedictine University in Lisle from 7:00-8:30am. The entire community is invited to begin their day wit
DuPage Pads is calling all walkers and runners, individuals and families to the 10th Annual Run 4 Home on Saturday, September 6, 2014 at 8am, beginning at 703 West Liberty in Wheaton. This 10K and 5K CARA approved course will appeal to serious runners, casual joggers and walkers.
Four Inspirational Volunteers Selected out of 4,000, DuPage Pads 2014 Volunteer of the Year Announced. DuPagePads requested that supporters submit nominations for the Volunteer of the Year Award in two categories: Adult and Youth (age 13 to 17). A committee selected the winners - Adu
Wheaton, IL (April 29, 2014) Continental Motors Group of Naperville and DuPagePads have teamed up for the fourth annual karting enduro for charity! Fifteen teams will compete in raising money for DuPagePads mission to end homelessness with a goal of reaching $75,000 by race day. Thi
Carol Simler, Executive Director of DuPage Pads, spoke at the board's regular meeting recently and warned of the growth of poverty in DuPage over the course of the last decade.
DuPage Pads Online Volunteer Training is Now Live! For the first time in DuPage Pad’s 28 year history, volunteers can be trained at their own convenience.
This winter, ABC 7 Chicago came out to our Interim (Overnight) Housing site, reporting on the effects of the Arctic Blast on families and individuals who are homeless and seeking emergency shelter. Watch the video by clicking here.
Tickets are now available for the 8th Annual DuPagePads Taste of Hope that will be held on Thursday, March 6, 2014 from 5:30pm - 9:30pm at Abbington Banquets in Glen Ellyn, IL.
2014 Received Four Star Rating from Charity Navigator
2013 Recertification of Standards for Excellence Seal of Excellence
Receives 2013 Award from Spirit of Volunteerism Fund of The DuPage Community Foundation to create and implement new online volunteer training.
2013 winner of $10,000 worth of in-kind items from Ikea as a result of an online voting contest for items in DuPage Pads’ Permanent Supportive Housing apartments.
Glancer Magazine’s 2012 Reader’s Choice Award Winner for Favorite Charity, Wheaton-Glen Ellyn
2012 Edwin Deicke Large Not-for-Profit of the Year Gamon Award from the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce
2011 Community Builder Award from Elmhurst Masonic Lodge #941
2011 Naperville Junior Woman’s Club Community Improvement Partner
2010 Annual Award for Business Excellence/Notable Nonprofit
2010 Glen Ellyn Chamber of Commerce Nonprofit of the Year
2009 Standards for Excellence Institute’s Seal of Excellence
2008 Robert Christ Affordable Housing Award by the DuPage Homeownership Center
2006 Annual Fund Achievement Awards Honorable Mention
2005 Agency Partner of the Year by United Way of Metropolitan Chicago
2005 Annual Award for Business Excellence/Notable Not-For-Profit by the Business Ledger
2002 Not-for-Profit Organization of the Year by the Naperville Area Chamber of Commerce