Come together with Hoboken Girl Helps to assist in preparing and serving a meal to our homeless neighbors. For more than 15 years, the Hoboken Shelter on Bloomfield Street has been providing essential services to Hoboken residents in need – including serving 530 meals a day. Join us to be a small part of that this Friday.
Event Details:
Date: Friday, July 20th
Time: 6:00PM-8:30PM
Location: Hoboken Shelter | 300 Bloomfield Street
RSVP: We can accommodate a max of 15 volunteers this time around so email [email protected] to claim your spot!
Please note, volunteers need to dress casually, wear a hat, and wear closed-toe shoes {save the sandals for later in the weekend}!
More about the Hoboken Shelter:
The Hoboken Shelter was founded in 1982 and strives to take a holistic approach to serve people in need. In addition to serving 530 meals daily, they shelter 50 people each night and provide support services like counseling, job and life skill training, creative arts workshops, and referrals to permanent housing or addiction treatment programs. Their mission s to be a community partnership that transforms lives by providing meals for the hungry, shelter for the homeless, and services to help people in need gain housing.
If you can’t make it on Friday, consider making a donation to support this incredible organization – a list of most-needed items can be found here. You can also learn more about their history, programming, and make a monetary donation, here.
Here are a few photos from our last volunteering event at the Hoboken Homeless Shelter:
Be sure to keep an eye out for more opportunities to volunteer through Hoboken Girl Helps! <3
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2025 Blood Drive Dates for the Hoboken + Jersey City Area
According to the American Red Cross, the hardest time to collect blood is at the start of the new year. While we are almost two months into 2025, it is still the cold and flu season, which means it's more important now than ever for Hudson County locals to take their time to donate blood. Luckily, there are blood drives happening all across our community over the next few months. The Hoboken Girl has compiled a list of blood drives and locations to give blood in the local area. Keep reading for a list of blood drives in Hoboken, Jersey City, + beyond.
Types of Blood Donations
According to the American Red Cross, there are four types of blood donations — all of which are necessary to save lives.
Whole Blood Donation: This kind of donation is the most common type of donation and consists of collecting a full pint of blood — plasma, red cells, platelets, and all. This donation typically takes one hour to complete.
Power Red Donation + Double Red Blood Cell: Power red donations, which are also referred to as double red blood cell donations, involve safely giving two units of red blood cells instead of one, which is the usual amount collected during a regular red blood cell donation. During this process, which can take about one and a half hours, the cells become separated from the other components of the blood. The red cells collected from a power red donation are usually given to trauma patients, and newborns, and used in emergency transfusions.
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Platelet Donation: In a platelet donation, only the platelets are taken from the blood. This process can take anywhere from two and a half hours to three hours. "A single donation of platelets can yield several transfusable units, whereas it takes about five whole blood donations to make up a single transfusable unit of platelets," according to the American Red Cross.
Plasma Donation: This kind of donation involves donating just the plasma, which is separated from the other blood components during the process. Plasma donations take about an hour and 15 minutes and are used during trauma situations to help stop a patient from bleeding.
Blood Drives in Hudson County
March
Stevens Institute of Technology | 1 Castle Point Terrace, Hoboken
March 14th | 12PM - 5PM
This blood drive takes place on March 14th at the University Center Complex at Stevens Institute of Technology. This drive will run from 12PM to 5PM. The American Red Cross will collect both whole blood and power red. See here to schedule an appointment.
Catholic War Veterans Post 1612 | 18 West 23rd Street, Bayonne
March 22nd | 8AM - 2PM
The American Red Cross will collect whole blood and power red donations at the Catholic War Veterans Post 1612 in Bayonne on March 22nd. This drive will occur from 8AM to 2PM. To schedule an appointment to donate, see this link.
Union City High School | 2500 John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Union City
March 26th | 7AM - 4PM
Union City High School on JFK Boulevard will host an American Red Cross Blood Drive on March 26th. The drive will collect both whole blood and power red donations from 7AM to 4PM. To learn more and to schedule an appointment, click here.
Hoboken Public Library | 500 Park Avenue Hoboken
March 31st | 12PM - 6PM
The New York Blood Center will host a blood drive in the meeting room of the Hoboken Public Library on March 31st. The drive will collect whole blood and double red cells and take place from 12PM to 6PM. Time slots are available every 15 minutes. To schedule an appointment, see this link.
May
Peninsula Lodge No. 99 F. & A. M. | 888 Avenue C, Bayonne
May 6th | 12PM - 5PM
Hudson County locals can head to the Peninsula Lodge No. 99 F. + A.M. on May 6th for an American Red Cross blood drive. Both whole blood and power red donations will be collected from 12PM-7PM. To learn more and to sign up, click here.
July
Peninsula Lodge No. 99 F. & A. M. | 888 Avenue C, Bayonne
July 25th | 2PM - 5PM
The Peninsula Lodge No. 99 F. + A.M. will host another blood drive on July 25th. The American Red Cross will collect whole blood and power red donations from 12PM-7PM. To learn more and to sign up, click here.
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Bonus
American Red Cross | 257 Cornelison Avenue, Jersey City
American Red Cross has a donation center on Cornelison Avenue in Jersey City. Unlike a donation drive, locals can donate blood at any time at a designated center. This location is open Monday to Friday from 8:30AM to 4:30PM.
