VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES:

It is only with the support of our generous volunteers that we can continue to further our mission of providing a safe haven for homeless men & women.

Dinner Seven Evenings a Week:

Dinner is served every evening at 7:30pm.  We feed approximately 80 to 100 people each night.  There are several ways to help with this evening meal.

1.  Come and serve 6:00pm to 8:00pm.  (The entrance is down a wheelchair accessible ramp on 3^rd Street.)

2.  Donate food for 100 guests for dinner. (You can come & cook it with your friends or deliver it for us to serve.)

3.  Donate money for the cost of dinner nightly ($300.00).  (You can drop-off or mail a check to JACLYN’s attn).

4.  Donate frozen meats such as hams or turkeys or canned tuna fish.

Lunch on Fridays:

We serve lunch at 1:30pm on Fridays & offer showers & clothing to our unsheltered homeless.  We need help sorting clothes for distribution, serving lunch, and cleaning-up.  2 to 4 volunteers are welcome to come and help from 11:00am to 3:00pm, with the need mostly being from 12:30pm-2:30pm.

Residents’ Daily Sandwiches:

50 brown-bagged lunches are given-out to our shelter residents every day.  We always appreciate the delivery of sandwiches that groups thankfully take the time to make, wrap, & deliver.

Food Donations:

1.      Lunch meat / cheeses / tuna fish   6.   Frozen Meat

2.      Sliced bread                                7.   Rice

3.      Coffee                                        8.   Instant Potatoes

4.      Sugar                                          9.   Cereal

5.      Marinara Sauce                            10. Juice Mix

Supply Donations:

1.      Hot/Cold Cups                            4.   Laundry Detergent

2.      Paper/Plastic Plates                     5.   Toilet Paper

3.      Napkins                                      6.   Paper Towels

Toiletries Donations:

1.      Soap                                           6.   Spray Deodorant

2.      Shampoo                                     7.   Socks

3.      Toothbrushes                               8.   Underpants

4.      Toothpaste                                   9.   Towels

5.      Razors (disposable)                       10. Sheets

Workshops:

We offer creative, recreational, and educational workshops in the evenings to our guests.  If you have any ideas for a workshop that you would like to volunteer to lead, please email Theo Francis, Program Manager, at theo.francis@hobokenshelter.org.

Tutoring / Mentoring:

We offer Tutoring & Mentoring for our guests.  We need people to help with teaching ESL, GED preparation, English, simple Math, Resume Writing, Job-Searching, etc.  We have the books (even the answers).  If interested, please email Theo Francis, Program Manager, at theo.francis@hobokenshelter.org.

Additional Opportunities:

There are additional opportunities in fundraising/development and other projects.  Also, we would consider new volunteer possibilities if you have any ideas on other ways to share your talents and time with our guests.  Please call Jaclyn Cherubini, Executive Director, at 201-656-5069 at the shelter.

* Call JACLYN, Executive Director, at 201-656-5069 to schedule volunteer groups or if you have any questions or new ideas. *

THANK YOU!

 If you are interested in volunteering,

 please call Jaclyn Cherubini at

201-656-5069.  

New Volunteer Opportunities!

Any Chess Enthusiasts Out There???  If so, please come and participate with our guests in a Chess Workshop. 
 

How can young people better understand the work of the Hoboken Shelter?  One way is for their school to do a service learning project with the Shelter.  Click on the link below to learn more about service learning.

More about Service Learning.

You can also contact us through Volunteer Match: