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DuPage Foundation, county and PADS fund emergency winter shelter for 70 people
Summary
DuPage County joined the DuPage Foundation and nonprofit DuPage PADS to combine public and private funding to shelter about 70 people through the coldest part of winter; foundation raised about $190,000 and the county previously allocated $200,000 from its affordable housing fund.
DuPage County, the DuPage Foundation and DuPage PADS announced a combined public-private effort to shelter about 70 people through the coldest weeks of winter.
The county’s chair, Deborah A. Conroy, said the county provided $200,000 from the affordable housing fund in December and that the DuPage Foundation raised about $190,000 after an appeal to donors. “When Chair Conroy’s office called for assistance, Barb Sapaniak, my colleague and our staff sprung into action and we reached out to our network of donors,” DuPage Foundation CEO Mike Citrick said. “Within just one week we had $190,000 committed,…
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