Three New Year’s Resolutions that Help End Homelessness A new year is a great time to not only recommit to yourself but your community. Every day, DuPagePads has opportunities for you to join in the mission to end homelessness in DuPage County. Here are three ways you can make a diffe
DuPagePads is Growing to Better Support Our Clients The Client Service Center is the only daytime facility available for people who are homeless in DuPage County. Here, families and individuals can work with their Case Manager on goal setting, planning and achievement. They can access
“I had to learn to trust people”, Cleveland’s story of Transforming Impossible into Possible Cleveland came to DuPagePads in 2012, after being homeless for 8 years. During his time in the Interim (Overnight) Housing program, he was reluctant to use our services and didn’t attend group
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Why Care? To create dialogue, reduce stigma, and prompt action regarding mental health, the National Alliance on Mental Illness has launched their “Why Care?” initiative, challenging everyone, including us at DuPagePads, to come up with answers.
DuPagePads Young Professionals Since 2015, DuPagePads Young Professionals have played a key role in supporting our mission to end homelessness in DuPage County. The network of professionals 50 years and younger have a strong presence at all DuPagePads events and several times a
Over 20 Years of Service: Celebrating Ginny Ginny is a faithful volunteer at DuPagePads for more than 23 years now. She was first introduced to DuPagePads by a friend, who encouraged her to help serve dinner at Trinity Episcopal Church in Wheaton, an Interim (Overnight) Housing site o
Thank You Volunteers! – National Volunteer Week 2019 National Volunteer Week is here – April 7th-13th! We want to thank our 4,000 volunteers for their dedicated support of our mission to end homelessness. Last year these volunteers donated 68,549 hours of service, the equivalent of 33
DuPagePads Celebrates Volunteers in April! National Volunteer Week, April 7th-13th, is too short for DuPagePads to fully celebrate our volunteers.Instead, we are celebrating YOU for the entire month of April! We are excited to celebrate the time and effort each of our volunteers dedic
Islamic Foundation School “Serve their Community” and Early Morning Breakfast for DuPagePads Clients Volunteer Spotlight on Students from Islamic Foundation School Students from the Islamic Foundation School in Villa Park assist at First Church of Lombard, an Interim (Overnight) Housi
Two Years into Housing … Leslie and Charlie’s Story Keeps Getting Better At the Wake Up Your Spirit Breakfast in November 2017, Leslie shared how DuPagePads Changed Two Lives by helping her family move from a pad on the floor, to a key in the door. Recently, Leslie and Charlie wante