Project Purpose
A 5,880 square foot addition to the Peru PADS Shelter was built to better serve the homeless in the Illinois Valley. Through generous donors listed and otherwise, IV Pads raised a large portion of $1.1 Million for the build.
The addition:
- improved the living space we provide for the homeless
Click image to download in full resolution - alleviate overcrowding by doubling bed space
- offers dedicated rooms to shelter families as a unit
- provided additional space for individuals with health challenges
- offers a larger classroom space
- provided a private, quiet area for case management professionals to provide support services
- doubled the size of laundry facilities
- offers additional washrooms
Why We Needed to Act
Over the past decade the number of families turning to IV PADS for help has doubled and the number of children has quadrupled.
Data indicates that the poverty rate within families is alarmingly high and increasing. This circumstance adversely affects the day-to-day living including education, nutrition, housing, safety and sense of self-worth.
IV PADS can help improve the lives of the homeless and steer homeless individuals and families toward self-sufficiency.
The following rooms were sponsored for the building addition.
Visionaries Circle
Gary & Deb Dahl $100,000
Miller Group Charitable Trust $100,000
Partners Circle
Illinois Cement $25,000 (5 year Pledge of $5,000 each year) Women’s Room
Eureka Savings Bank $25,000 – Classroom
Robert & Jan Kahl $20,000 – Family Room
The Late Patricia Perch $20,000
Anonymous $20,000
Cornerstone Circle
Exelon Generation – $15,000
City of Peru $10,000
Sarah Loveland Krofsky $10,000
Midland State Bank $10,000
St. Johns Lutheran of Mendota $7,000 Family & Administrative Room
Heritage Circle – $5,000 and Below
Nancy Maze $5000
Elizabeth Bishop $5,000
Roelif Loveland $5,000
Peter & Sandra Loveland $5,000
Nancy Janssen $5,000
Anonymous $5,000
Robert & Kay Redshaw $5,000
Henry & Laurel Maze $5,000
Doug & Rorie Schweickert $5,000
Illinois Cement Company $5,000
Randy & Marzita Setchell $3,000
LaSalle-Peru Township High School Choir $3,018
First State Bank Charity Fund $2,500
D8 Summit In Memory of Rob Silva
Patrons Circle
Heartland Bank $2,000
Hometown National Bank $2,000
Steven & Lu Ann Ludford $2,000
Dennis & Brenda Throneburg $2,000
Jane Lock $2,000
Waking with Hope $1,000
Hennepin United Methodist Church
Warren & Marilyn Cobb
Lou Ann Kaletka Gayan
Linda Roberts
Hi-Way Restaurant, Ottawa IL
LP McGowan
Eugene & Jan Vogelgesang
Mark & Bonnie Urbanowski
Janko Realty
Tony Mautino
Oglesby Lodge BPOE #2360
Greg Himelick
St Johns Lutheran Congregational in Mendota
Steven and Susan Loveland
Duane and Pat Chaon
LaSalle State Bank
Nancy Maze
Kim Keutzer
Grant & Kathy Edwards
Draftech Inc
Joan R Francis
Tiskilwa Community Church
Dona Ostermeyer
