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HoBOOken 5K Race - USATF Certified Course

Saturday, Oct 25, 2025 (Virtual Race is 10/25-10/26)

Why We Race

The HoBOOken5K Halloween Race is Hoboken's largest 5K (and only costumed) race!

The race is organized by staff members and volunteers from The Hoboken Shelter. Originally founded in 2010 by the Elysianettes Running Society, the race has become the Shelter's biggest fundraising event of the year. Proceeds from this race allows the Shelter to continue to:

    •    Sleep 50 people each night
    •    Serve 500 meals daily
    •    Host 1,000 showers weekly

The Hoboken Shelter’s mission is to be a community partnership that transforms lives by providing meals for the hungry, shelter for the homeless, and services to support people to become housed.

In 2024, the Shelter helped find permanent housing for 157 formerly homeless Guests — moving people from the streets, into the Shelter, then into their homes of their own. 

To learn more about the Hoboken Shelter, view their impact in the community, and find ways to get involved, visit their website at The Hoboken Shelter.

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