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Help us make sure everyone counts! | HOPE Count '19
ORGANIZATION: Breaking Ground
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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1 person is interested
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.
Whether conducting the count outside, or performing administrative tasks indoors, volunteers like you make this census possible, so please sign up today at https://cground.wufoo.com/forms/s1bdpaz50ba3rpy/ and indicate your preference for either street-outreach or admin roles.
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 ( volunteer@breakingground.org) or give us a call at (212) 389-9395.
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About Breaking Ground
Location:
505 8th Avenue, New York, NY 10018, US
Mission Statement
Breaking Ground’s mission is to strengthen individuals, families and communities by developing and sustaining exceptional supportive and affordable housing as well as programs for homeless and other vulnerable New Yorkers.
Description
At Breaking Ground, we believe that everyone deserves a home.
That’s why, since 1990, we have been providing permanent affordable housing for individuals and families who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.
Beginning with a single building, we are now New York City’s largest provider of supportive housing. We own and/or operate 24 properties with over 3,530 apartments in New York City and beyond.
- For chronically homeless people, we create safe, secure housing with essential on-site support services to help them address the psychosocial, mental, and physical health problems that are obstacles to independent living.
- For those at risk of homelessness, our affordable housing provides an all-important safety net.
Our work has enabled more than 13,000 people to overcome or avoid homelessness since 1990, and we increase that number every single day. At the start of 2016, we have nearly 1,000 units of housing in various stages of development in the Bronx and Brooklyn, and are significantly expanding our Street to Home homelessness outreach program so that we can offer help to every single homeless person we meet.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
255 West 43rd StreetNew YorkNew York, NY 10036
DATE POSTED
January 16, 2019
SKILLS
- Organization
- People Skills
- Reading Comprehension
- Verbal / Written Communication
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- You MUST register at https://cground.wufoo.com/forms/s1bdpaz50ba3rpy/