The 2% Fund

Join the 2% Fund today!

If you had the opportunity to make a difference by contributing just 2% of your monthly housing costs to someone who is homeless...would you?

The opportunity is here. Become a sustaining donor by committing a small percentage of the cost of your monthly housing as an ongoing pledge to the West Suburban PADS 2% Fund.

Here's how it works. If your mortgage or rent is $1,000 per month, pledge just 2% of that amount. That's $20 per month. And it can make an incredible difference in the lives of those who are homeless in your community.

For more information or to arrange monthly payment, contact PADS Business Manager Misti Faust at 708-338-1724, ext. 263.

On behalf of those who place their trust in us to help them break the cycle of homelessness, we thank you.

10 Things You Can Do

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To Help Reduce Homelessness in Our Community...

Remember that everyone deserves to be treated with dignity and respect, whether or not they have a home.
Encourage your congregation to offer tithes for donation to West Suburban PADS, to help prevent and shorten the experience of homelessness for the growing number of people in need.
Donate a used bicycle or transportation passes (CTA, Pace) to the PADS Support Center in Maywood.
Read "Breakfast at Sally's: One Homeless Man's Inspirational Journey" with your book club. (It's available at The Book Table, 1045 Lake Street in Oak Park.)
Volunteer your time and talents to help those who face the risk, or the reality, of homelessness. Check out current volunteer opportunities.
Honor the special friends, teachers and people who make your life happier by making a $10, $20, $25 or $50 donation to West Suburban PADS in their honor, as a "thank you" or a holiday gift. Call us at 708-338-1724 extension 262 to purchase, and we'll send you a gift card you can give to the one you're honoring.
Host a movie party and watch "Pursuit of Happyness," "Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story" and "Easy Street."
Donate Walmart gift certificates that PADS clients can use to purchase household goods when they move into our interim, transitional or permanent supportive housing units.
Hold a collection drive for new clothing, socks and underwear, travel-size toiletry items and lotion. Call us to arrange drop off at our new Support Center on Ninth Avenue in Maywood.
Join West Suburban PADS' 2% Fund and contribute two percent of your monthly housing costs to ending homelessness in near-west suburban Cook County.