National Volunteer Week
The Hoboken Shelter's National Volunteer Week Challenge is a great way to show love to your community! We've created theme days for the week with suggestions of Acts of Kindness you can complete as part of your challenge. Be sure to share with friends, family, and on social media. Please tag us in all of your posts on Facebook, and Instagram (@hoboken_shelter) and Twitter (@hobokenshelter)! #hobokenshelter #backtothe80s #nationalvolunteerweek
APRIL 18TH (Sunday) – Sunday Funday
A big Shelter thank you to Royal Alliance who have volunteered in our kitchen and supported us with generous donations!
- Do something to help out your neighbors
- Donate items to the Shelter
- Cook dinner for friends
- Send items directly to The Hoboken Shelter from our WishList on Amazon.com
APRIL 19TH (Monday)- Pay It Forward + Clothing Drive Day
- Donate clothing you no longer wear! Follow Brooke + Bel’s example of giving back to the community. True to their belief that shopping is about connecting with people, they are participating in donating items from their store to the Hoboken Shelter.
- Do something nice for a stranger today
- Hold open a door for someone
- Give money in a tip jar
- Smile! Even if wearing a mask!
APRIL 20TH (Tuesday) - “No Cook Tuesday”
Take the day off from cooking and let a local Hoboken Eatery do all the work.
The Brass Rail will be donating 10% of it’s proceeds for the evening to The Hoboken Shelter’s Back To The 80s Fundraiser! CLICK HERE to check out their menu and order a delicious meal that gives back!
Feeding our community has taken each and every one of you and we could not have pulled it off in 2020 without the generosity of restaurants like these:
- Anthony David’s
- Salt & Seed JC
- Hybrid Coffee
- JP’s Bagel Express
- Quality Greens Kitchen, Hoboken
- Napoli’s Pizza
- Hudson Tavern
- Tony Boloney’s
- Belo Bar
- Court Street
- Carpe Diem
- Mikie Squared
- Karma Kafe
- Cafe Michelina
- Bwe Kafe
APRIL 21ST (Wednesday) – "Check in on someone you love today"
Enormous thank you to Debbie Toney and Linda Scarlett of Keller Williams City Life Hoboken! They participated in our "Check In On Someone" Day and wrote 70 notes of inspiration to our guests and included gift cards for Panera and Dunkin' Donuts!
- Check in with someone you love
- Write a letter or send a card to a friend or family member
- Send a note to Shelter Guests to lift their spirits
- Go for socially distant walk with a friend
- Have a picnic in the park
APRIL 22ND (Thursday) – "Kid’s Day"
- Bake or Cook items to bring to the shelter
- Host a lemonade Stand and donate proceed
- Sell crafts and items you make to donate proceeds
APRIL 23RD (Friday) – "Cheers To The Weekend"
Check out THE SHEP for a celebratory drink! Support local business and your community!
The Hoboken Shelter is built on a history of the community coming together to help serve those most in need. The founding congregations that established the Shelter in 1982 sought to meet a growing need in the community by working together. One local restaurant & bar is honoring that history with a unique donation that acknowledges the Shelter’s founding. Joseph Schiavo, owner of The Shepard and The Knucklehead has acknowledged the Shelter’s history with donations to the founding congregations that support the work of the Hoboken Shelter.
This week “The Shep” is joining The Hoboken Shelter to encourage volunteering. The Shelter’s National Volunteer Week Challenge is a great way to show love to your community! When you sign up, you’ll be encouraged to complete acts of service, and log them on your personal results page. After a week of volunteering, The Shelter is encouraging you to head over to The Shep to “Cheers to Weekend” and celebrate a week of volunteering and Hoboken eateries.
The Shepherd & the Knucklehead, aka “The Shep,” is a family-owned business with two pubs in New Jersey with one of the widest craft beer selections in the tristate area. The original Haldon pub was established in 1998 and is run by owner Chris Schiavo. Located in Hoboken, the family’s second pub was established in 2016 and is headed up by Chris’s son, Joe. The unique name describes the duality which makes humans complex and is also the title of a book, written by Chis, in 2001. The Shep’s goal is for a wide variety of patrons to enjoy excellent beer and food! They also enjoy giving back to our community and support charities both locally and globally.
We would like to thank The Shep for this unique donation that acknowledges our organization’s rich history, pays tribute to our founding congregations and furthers efforts to help end homelessness.
