Midnight Run

Midnight Run is a volunteer organization dedicated to finding common ground between the housed and the homeless.

In over 900 relief missions per year, Midnight Run volunteers from churches, synagogues, schools and other civic groups distribute food, clothing, blankets and personal care items to the homeless poor on the streets of New York City. The late-night relief efforts create a forum for trust, sharing, understanding and affection. That human exchange, rather than the exchange of goods, is the essence of the Midnight Run mission.

Midnight Run is not a solution to homelessness. Our goal is to forge a bond between housed and homeless people by establishing a foundation of sharing and caring from which solutions may evolve. Through Midnight Run, volunteers come to see the homeless as real people, not a commodity. And homeless men and women learn that many mainstream adults and teenagers have commitments and concerns that go beyond their own lives and families.

UMC sponsors six Midnight Runs a year to provide fellowship, as well as food and clothing, to the homeless in NYC.  

Midnight Runs 2009 Schedule:
July 7, 2009: Team Leaders: Keith Housman & Jack Kenaga
October 7, 2009: Team Leader: Bill Krivoshik

To find out how you can participate, contact Midnight Run's Coodinator.