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7 Ways to Win at DuPagePads Run 4 Home

August 7, 2018 ArchiveBlog

There are many ways to win at this year’s Run 4 Home on Saturday, September 15th. This 10K & 5K Run and 5K & 1K Walk has something for everyone, discover all of the ways you can win!

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The Dark Cloud is Lifting – Cenaca’s Family Journey

August 1, 2018 ArchiveBlog

Under-employed, Ceneca and her two young sons found themselves in need of housing. DuPagePads Housing Now program assisted Cenaca in moving from a pad on the floor to a key in the door.

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Downers Grove High School Students Wake Up Early to Serve Homeless

July 25, 2018 ArchiveBlog

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.

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Clients Graduate From New Self-Empowerment Workshop

July 13, 2018 ArchiveBlog

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.

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DuPagePads Earns Coveted 4-Star Rating from Charity Navigator

July 10, 2018 ArchiveBlog

DuPagePads has earned a 4-star rating, the highest rating possible, from Charity Navigator, America’s largest independent charity evaluator.

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DuPagePads Medical Respite Program Video

June 29, 2018 ArchiveBlog

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.

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DuPagePads Welcomes Four New Members to Board of Directors

June 29, 2018 ArchiveBlog

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.

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8th Annual Drive for 95

June 24, 2018 Events

8th Annual Drive for 95. Sunday, June 24th 2018, 10:00am at Autobahn Country Club. Continental Motors Group of Naperville, Autobahn Country Club and DuPagePads have teamed up for the eighth annual 4-hour karting enduro, where fifteen teams will compete in raising money for DuPagePads.

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DuPage Foundation Funds DuPagePads Family Outreach

June 19, 2018 ArchiveBlogPress Releases and Media

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.

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Dedicated DuPagePads Volunteer Tony Makes Unexpected Friendships

June 13, 2018 ArchiveBlog

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.

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DuPagePads Meal Needs

June 7, 2018 Blog

Meals Needed   Please click on the images below for instructions and available dates to provide meals for our Interim (Overnight) Housing sites.   Breakfast Breakfast is served at 6:00am. Meal items can be delivered to the Interim Housing Site…

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Carol Simler Inducted into Public Health Honor Society

June 7, 2018 ArchiveBlog

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.

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