Board Chair Responds to Rauner’s Budget Cuts – In a My Suburban Life Community Voice article published yesterday, Jane Doyle, DuPage Pads Board Chair, responded to Governor Rauner’s proposed budget, which severely cuts supportive housing programs that save money for the state.
Tickets are now available for the 9th Annual DuPagePads Taste of Hope that will be held on Thursday, March 5, 2015 from 5:30pm – 9:00pm at Abbington Banquets in Glen Ellyn, IL.
DuPagePads collaborates with Walgreens to help prevent the families and individuals who are homeless in the county from catching the flu this winter. Walgreens pharmacists came out to DuPagePads Client Service Center and provided vouchers for DuPagePads program participants to either redeem on the spot or to be used at any Walgreens.
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 with this truly uplifting event!
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.
DuPage Pads received a grant from the 2014 Spring Community Needs Grant Cycle of The DuPage Community Foundation for their Family Outreach Program.
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.
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.
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.