HoBOOken 5K Race - USATF Certified Course

The HoBOOken 5K Halloween Race is Hoboken's largest 5K race, with 2,000 runners and many more volunteers, fundraisers, and spectators in attendance. This race is organized by staff members and volunteers from The Hoboken Shelter and is our biggest fundraising event of the year.

Why we organize this race

We tell participants of the HoBOOken that they are running to help us end hunger and homelessness in Hoboken. Did you know? 90% of the guests that stay and eat at the Shelter are former Hoboken residents who have lost their homes. Our mission at the Shelter is to be a community partnership that transforms lives by providing meals for the hungry, shelter for the homeless, & services to support people to become housed. At the Shelter, we sleep 50 people each night, serve 500 meals daily, and host 1,000 showers weekly. 

Did you know?

• We moved 231 guests from the Shelter into permanent homes of their own in 2022. That's 4 getting homes each week!
  
  
• We raised $100,000 with last year’s race. This serves dinner for all of our guests for 333 days—almost the entire year!
  
  
• The HoBOOken5K run is a volunteer-driven initiative—100% of our proceeds directly benefit the Shelter!

$10,000 Wicked Witch Sponsor Level

This SIGNATURE SPONSORSHIP covers the Shelter's nighttime street outreach program ALL YEAR LONG!

PROMINENT LOGO PLACEMENTS ON:

• Start/Finish Line Banner at 5K race
• Special Signage at Water Station at 5K race
• Race T-Shirts for 2,000 runners
• 5K Event Website
• Digital Goodie Bag to all registrants
• Email Marketing to 10,000+ recipients
• Pre-Event Banner hung outside Shelter at 300 Bloomfield St
• Social Media Posts from HoBOOken5K and Hoboken Shelter handle

ADDITIONAL PERKS:

• Prominent Table Location at Race Village
• Special guest judge for the HoBOOKen's Costume Contest
• Signature Sponsor featured in Press, Media, and Newsletters to 10,000 Shelter supporters
• Forty (40) 5K Race Registrations with First Access
• Forty (40) Tickets to the Shelter's 20th Annual Live Auction and Cocktail Party (December 13, 2023)
• Receive a Media Kit

Become a Wicked Witch Sponsor:  Email Us 

$5,000 Great Pumpkin Sponsor Level

This sponsorship provides a Cooling Center in the Summer for all Guests.

LOGO PLACEMENTS ON:

• Start/Finish Line Banner at 5K race
• Pre-Event Banner hung outside Shelter at 300 Bloomfield St
• Race T-Shirts for 2,000 runners
• 5K Event Website
• Digital Goodie Bag to all registrants
• Social Media Posts from HoBOOken5K and Hoboken Shelter handle
• Live Event & Virtual Race Shoutouts

ADDITIONAL PERKS:

• Twenty (20) 5K Race Registrations
• Table in Race Village
• Receive a Media Kit

Become a Great Pumpkin Sponsor:  Email Us 

$2,500 Monster Mile Marker Sponsor Level

This sponsorship shelters 50 guests for 1 evening.

LOGO PLACEMENTS ON:

• Mile Markers in 5K Live Event
• Race T-Shirts for 2,000 runners
• Live Event & Virtual Race Shoutouts
• Social Media Posts from HoBOOken5K and Hoboken Shelter handle
• 5K Event Website
• Digital Goodie Bag to all registrants

ADDITIONAL PERKS:

• Ten (10) 5K Race Registrations
• Table in Race Village
• Receive a Media Kit

Become a Monster Mile Marker Sponsor:  Email Us 

$1,500 Scary Scurry Race Sponsor Level

This sponsorship provides case management for 1 year for 6 housed veterans.

LOGO PLACEMENTS ON:

• Start/Finish Line Banner at Scary Scurry Kids' Race live event
• Race T-Shirts for 2,000 runners
• Live Event & Virtual Race Shoutouts
• Social Media Posts from HoBOOken5K and Hoboken Shelter handle
• 5K Event Website
• Digital Goodie Bag to all registrants

ADDITIONAL PERKS:

• Five (5) Race Registrations
• Table in Race Village
• Receive a Media Kit

Become a Scary Scurry Race Sponsor:  Email Us 

$1,000 Dashing Demons Sponsor Level

This sponsorship moves 1 guest into a permanent home of their own.

LOGO PLACEMENTS ON:

• Race T-Shirts for 2,000 runners
• Live Event & Virtual Race Shoutouts
• Social Media Posts from HoBOOken5K and Hoboken Shelter handle
• 5K Event Website
• Digital Goodie Bag to all registrants

ADDITIONAL PERKS:

• Four (4) 5K Race Registrations
• Table in Race Village
• Receive a Media Kit

Become a Dashing Demons Sponsor:  Email Us 

$500 Graveyard Ghouls Sponsor Level

This sponsorship supports 1 month of skills-building workshops to help guests succeed.

LOGO PLACEMENTS ON:

• Social Media Posts from HoBOOken5K and Hoboken Shelter handle
• 5K Event Website
• Digital Goodie Bag to all registrants

ADDITIONAL PERKS:

• Two (2) 5K Race Registrations
• Table in Race Village
• Receive a Media Kit

Become a Graveyard Ghoul Sponsor:  Email Us 

$300 Little Devils Sponsor Level

This sponsorship provides dinner for all soup kitchen guests.

LOGO PLACEMENTS ON:

• Social Media Posts from HoBOOken5K and Hoboken Shelter handle
• 5K Event Website
• Digital Goodie Bag to all registrants

ADDITIONAL PERKS:

• Table in Race Village
• Receive a Media Kit

Become a Little Devils Sponsor:  Email Us 

Deadline for Committing to a Sponsorship

We appreciate your commitment by or before September 30th to be included on the T-shirt. 

Contact Us

For more information about sponsorship opportunities, contact us at info@hobooken5k.com

You can download a print-ready version of the sponsorships.

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