Updates as of January 20, 2021
Both Peru PADS and Ottawa PADS are fully staffed and open 24 hours a day to assist individuals and families who find themselves in need of services. Lily Pads and Lily Pads Too remain open for business and donations.
New Covid Precaution Protocols for Clients Entering the Program:
- Need to go to a local testing site to be tested for Covid PRIOR to admission.
- A negative test result allows you to be admitted where you will remain in a separate space and be masked for 5 days when you will be tested again to be allowed in congregate setting.
- A positive test result will be sent to LaSalle County Health Department. We will provide transportation for you to a location in Streator for isolation and will provide food for your your first day and night.
- You will be provided with supplies from another organization until your isolation period is over and you can safely be transported to PADS.
- If there is no testing immediately available and you have no safe place to wait to be tested we will provide a hotel room for you for one night until we can get you to an open testing site.
*These new regulations may change if we are able to obtain on-site testing which we are working on.
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This is Billy.
Billy recently bought lunch from The Cheese Shop for our shelter guests.
Be like Billy!
Thank you, Billy!
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Nice job, young man👍🏻
How thoughtful. Thank you for being so generous.
Ty very kind of you !!!America its self is hurting all over the world god bless you!! Children animals ,elderly etc. Ty for your donations to help others !! I do my best helping where I can !
You’re awesome Billy
Great job, Billy!! Thank you!! 👏🏼👏🏼
Wow! Billy rocks!
Great guy!! Billy Johnson
So nice
He’s a great person ♥️
So Awesome!
Awesome, Billy!
This is wonderful Billy Johnson
The sun is out and shining this week and there's plenty of YELLOW to be seen inside as well. All YELLOW tags and labels are 50% off all this week. Stop in this week and find some YELLOW.
Employees from OSF St. Elizabeth Medical Center hosted a Jeans Day fundraiser and chose us at Ottawa PADS to receive their collected funds. Pictured here is Barb from Ottawa PADS receiving $170 in cash from Lindsey from OSF St. Elizabeth Medical Center. We are humbled and proud of the many ways in which OSF St. Elizabeth Medical Center employees support our mission here at Ottawa PADS. Thank you for your kindness and your generosity!
Due to Inclement weather we will be closed on Tuesday. Stay home and stay safe.
Thank you to Berta's Tap and Polancic's Bill Meat Market for putting together lunch for our shelter guests today! The hot dogs were a big hit.
Comment on Facebook Thank you to Berta's...
That’s fantastic ! Even the small businesses have helped even through these tough times. Bless there hearts
Awesome job thank you all for helping !!
How thoughtful. ❤
How nice !!!
Good job Berta’s n polancics !!! Thanks for helping out the cause 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Sweet❣
Awesome
We are open today 9-5 and the donation center is 9-4. All BLUE tags and labels are 50% off. Stop in out of the cold and look for BLUE.
Hello. We are OPEN today. The store hours are 9-5, Donation Center 9-4. All VALENTINE'S DAY items are 50% off.
ANSWER: 18,742 Meals
HINT: We have served less than the population of Ottawa in meals from August through December of last year.
We want to see your guesses!
From August 15th of 2020 through December 31st of 2020, how many meals do you think we served between both of our Illinois Valley PADS Homeless Shelters?
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50,000
16,547
6000
The store is OPEN today 9-5, Donation Center is 9-4. Items with a PINK tag or label is 50% off. Come on in out of the cold and start looking for PINK!
Epworth United Methodist Church of Ottawa has recently blessed us with a large donation of toilet paper, hand sewn masks, and disinfectant cleaner. Check out our comment below to see the masks being put to work to keep our staff, volunteers, and clients safe. We appreciate your generosity, the time that you put into collecting and making these donations for us, and the love that is behind your actions.
May God Bless each and every member of Epworth United Methodist Church of Ottawa!
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Pictured here are Shelter Monitor, Ken, and Volunteer, Serena, rocking the new masks that were provided by Epworth UMC Ottawa.
OUR LOCATIONS
Peru PADS Shelter
(815) 224-3047
Perupads@gmail.com
Ottawa PADS Shelter
(815) 433-1292
Ottawapads@gmail.com
Lily Pads Resale Boutique
(815) 224-7970
lilypadsresaleboutique@yahoo.com
Store Hours 9:00am- 5:00pm Mon-Sat
Donation Center 9:00am- 4:00pm Mon-Sat
Lily Pads Too Resale Boutique
(815) 313-5776
lilypadstooboutique@gmail.com
Store Hours 9:00am- 5:00pm Mon-Sat
Donation Center 9:00am- 4:00pm Mon-Sat
