Help us make sure everyone counts! | HOPE Count '19

Hosted by: BREAKING GROUND

Date

January 28 - January 29, 2019

Time

Past Opportunity

Contact

Erin Williams
[email protected]
212-389-9395

This is a past opportunity

About Help us make sure everyone counts! | HOPE Count '19

Each January, Breaking Ground partners with the New York City Department of Homeless Services in their annual Homeless Outreach Population Estimate (HOPE), a unique overnight event during which volunteers fan out across the city and conduct a census of New Yorkers sleeping outside. This year, HOPE will take place on January 28, 2019, from late Monday night to early Tuesday morning, and Breaking Ground volunteers will be covering a section of midtown, Manhattan, including Times Square.

Many volunteers return year after year for an experience they describe as “rewarding” and “enlightening.” It’s truly a chance to connect with New York City and its inhabitants like never before.

Volunteers like you make this census possible, so please sign up today at https://cground.wufoo.com/forms/s1bdpaz50ba3rpy/

After you complete the registration form, we’ll send you all the details about where to meet and what to expect. We’ll provide night-of training, pair you with experienced volunteers, and feed you coffee, breakfast, and snacks.

We hope to see you out on January 28.

Warmly,

Your friends at Breaking Ground

p.s. Do you have questions or need more information before signing up? Visit our event page (https://breakingground.org/news-events/event/hope-2019-save-the-date/), reach out to us via email ([email protected]) or give us a call at (212) 389-9395.

Application Process

All volunteers must be over the age of 18, and sign up here: https://cground.wufoo.com/forms/s1bdpaz50ba3rpy/


We're looking for volunteers who:

Care about:

  • Homelessness & Housing

We need volunteers to help with:

Administrative

January 28, 2019 10:00pm January 29, 2019 4:00am
This task is filled or completed
An additional three volunteers are needed to look over paperwork and make any necessary corrections before sending off the collected data to the Department of Homeless Services.

Street Outreach Volunteers

January 28, 2019 10:00pm January 29, 2019 4:00am
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Street outreach volunteers meet in the lobby of Breaking Ground’s Times Square residence on Monday, January 28th, engage in a brief training, and then break into teams (each with an experienced Team Leader) to head for designated sections of Midtown. The teams comb the streets (and select subway platforms) looking for individuals sleeping on the street and report back the data. Teams usually finish between 2-3 am.

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