Volunteer at Summer Festivals for DuPagePads
Looking for an activity for your family & friends this summer? Volunteer at Summer Festivals for DuPagePads! Many benefits, sign up now-shifts are filling.

Looking for an activity for your family & friends this summer? Volunteer at Summer Festivals for DuPagePads! Many benefits, sign up now-shifts are filling.

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 – Adult Winners: Paul Kalinich, Maureen Parker, Cindy Sheely; Youth Winner: Riyah Basha.

Summer Volunteers Needed-can you help us? We have many crucial overnight shifts to fill at our Overnight sites – including this WEEK and next week. Read below to learn about all of the exciting fundraisers you can enjoy which will support our mission to end homelessness.

DuPage Pads Earns Highest Ratings from Non-Profit Evaluators: 4 Stars from Charity Navigator and the Standards of Excellence Seal of Approval.

DuPage Pads Employment Program experienced great success last fiscal year. Among the 171 individuals seeking employment assistance from DuPage Pads, 139 (81%) secured jobs.

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. This year’s race will take place on Sunday, June 29th from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Autobahn Country Club in Joliet, IL.

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.

This year was the first year that we were sold out using all 30 lanes at Fox Bowl. These thirty teams collected donations, assisting in our mission to end homelessness in DuPage County.
DuPagePads Strikes Back! April 12, 2014, 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Fox Bowl, Wheaton, IL The Galaxy Bowl is a fun, family bowling event open to all! So gather your team and help us STRIKE BACK against homelessness in DuPage…

National Volunteer Week is April 6-12, 2014; however we are celebrating our volunteers all month long. DuPagePads 4,000 volunteers are a force of positive change in our community and are the heart and soul of our mission to end homelessness.

12th Annual Galaxy Bowl…DuPagePads Strikes Back on April 12, 2014 at the Fox Bowl in Wheaton, noon-3:00pm. This fun, family bowling event raises funds for DuPagePads solution to end homelessness: housing coupled with support services and employment.

Our 8th Annual Taste of Hope was a great success! We were so thankful to have our 26 participating restaurants. A great time was had by all and raised needed funds to support DuPagePads Housing Programs and Support Services.