A group of high school students from Downers Grove North High School volunteer every Tuesday for the breakfast and cleanup shift at a DuPagePads overnight site. Learn more about what motivates them.
DuPagePads participants graduated from a new self-empowerment workshop, Transforming the Impossible into Possible (TIP), aimed at increasing a client’s positive outlook for the future.
DuPagePads has earned a 4-star rating, the highest rating possible, from Charity Navigator, America’s largest independent charity evaluator.
DuPagePads Medical Respite program provides a place to recuperate and recover from acute medical conditions. Jennifer Coyer, Client Service Center Director, shares how DuPagePads helps people recover and move toward stability.
Recently, DuPagePads welcomed four new members to the agency’s Board of Directors. Read about why they wanted to be part of our solution to end homelessness.
DuPagePads was one of 36 not-for-profit organizations to receive a grant at the DuPage Foundation’s Spring Grant Awards Breakfast. The grant received will help underwrite DuPagePads Family Outreach program.
Dedicated DuPagePads Volunteer Tony Makes Unexpected Friendships – Tony Melton has a long history of making a difference in the community. Throughout his dedicated years of service, he has created unexpected friendships by bonding with DuPagePads volunteers and clients over football.
Recently, Carol Simler, DuPagePads President and CEO, was inducted into the Delta Omega Public Health Honor Society at Benedictine University. Induction into this society is an honor bestowed upon people who have demonstrated outstanding leadership, scholarship, and achievement in furthering the cause of public health.
Continental Motors of Naperville and DuPagePads present the 8th annual Drive for 95. Fifteen teams will compete with the goal of raising $95,000 for DuPagePads mission to end homelessness. This year’s race will take place on Sunday, June 24th from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Autobahn Country Club in Joliet, IL.
Read about Jessica’s family’s journey with DuPagePads from surviving to thriving and how a chance volunteer encounter changed her son’s life.
What to Do If You See Someone Homeless…Often people ask us what they should do if they see someone unsheltered or homeless on the street. Our answer – call our Street Outreach phone number. Check out our latest video explaining the Street Outreach Program.
DuPagePads Volunteer Receives Award from Exchange Club of Naperville! DuPagePads volunteer Dave was one of two people chosen to receive the club’s prestigious Ervin Kendzora Book of Golden Deeds Award for volunteerism.