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How to Contribute to a "Midnight Run" for New York City's Homeless

Donations of clothing, goods and food can be given to organizations now driving at night and on weekend mornings to Manhattan. 

"Midnight Run" volunteers are also sought to deliver assistance and relief to New York City's homeless poor. 

During the next 30-day period, the Midnight Run volunteers that will provide help to New York City's hopeless poor are identified below. About 150 organizations including churches, synagogues and schools support Midnight Run, headquartered in Dobbs Ferry.

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Individuals or groups interested in contributing clothing, goods, or food for one of these coming runs, can send an e-mail directly to the organization conducting the run or they can contact Midnight Run executive director Dale Williams. 

To e-mail a specific run organizer (shown in the list below) directly, click here. For suggestions about what items to contribute, click here. 

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For evening runs, the first drop-off time is around 10 p.m. with drops continuing to about 1 a.m. All runs mentioned below are evening runs unless identified otherwise with "AM" in the listing. Breakfast runs (conducted on Saturdays and Sundays) are scheduled for arrival at 8 or 9 a.m.

Locations where items can be dropped off (dates of trips are shown):

  • Ardsley: St. Barnabas Church, July 19
  • Bedford: Bedford Presbyterian Church, Aug. 2
  • Bedford: Westchester Youth Initiative, Aug. 2
  • Carmel: Gilead Presbyterian Church, July 19
  • Croton: Holy Name of Mary, July 13
  • Dobbs Ferry: Greenburgh Hebrew Center, July 20 and Aug. 4
  • Hastings-on-Hudson: Hastings KIDS/Grace Church, AM, July 14
  • Katonah: St. Mary of the Assumption, July 19
  • Larchmont: Larchmont Ave. Presbyterian Church, July 13
  • Larchmont: St. Augustine's Church, July 19
  • Larchmont: St. John and St. Paul, AM, Aug. 4
  • Mount Kisco: Mount Kisco Presbyterian Church, July 16
  • N. Salem: St. James Episcopal, July 13
  • Nyack: CBC, Aug. 3
  • Pleasantville: Holy Innocents, July 20
  • Scarsdale: Hitchcock Presbyterian Church, AM, July 28
  • Scarsdale: Immaculate Heart of Mary, Aug. 10
  • Suffern: International Christian Fellowship, July 19
  • Tarrytown: Egloff Family, July 26
  • Tarrytown: Temple Beth Abraham, July 27
  • White Plains: Bethel Baptist Young Adults, AM, July 27
  • White Plains: YMCA, Aug. 2
  • White Plains: Bet AM Shalom Synagogue, Aug. 3

Other locations with runs during the next 30 days include:

  • Demarest, NJ: St. Joseph's Korean Catholic Church, July 13 and Aug. 10
  • Hightstown, NJ: First Presbyterian Church, Aug. 10
  • McLean, VA: St. John's Episcopal Church, July 27
  • Merrick: Cure of Arts, July 18
  • Queens: St. Francis Prep., July 18
  • Queens: St. John's University, July 18
  • Setauket: Setauket Presbyterian Church, AM, July 28

Midnight Run is located at 97 Main Street, Dobbs Ferry and is open on Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. 914-693-7817. www.midnightrun.org/

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