With great enthusiasm, we invite you to join us on the Asbury Park Boardwalk for our 5th annual Walk In Their Shoes on Sunday, November 2, from 9 am to 11 am. This year, we are joined by the Ocean Avenue Stompers,
and we walk to support the residents and the programs of The SHORE House and National Youth Homelessness Awareness Month.

As you well know, the roots of youth homelessness are many and complex, and the numbers of unhoused youth rise 28% year-over-year.
We live in unprecedented times. Consider this:
• 1 in 4 youth aging out of foster care will experience homelessness within four years.
• 40% of those evicted and living on the streets are children and teens between the ages of 8 and 18.
• In Monmouth and Ocean Counties, the 2025 Point in Time counted over 1200 homeless individuals, a 70% increase between 2021 and 2025.
• Statewide, 872 persons were between the ages of 18 -24.
• Black and Latino youth are 83% and 33% more likely, respectively, to experience homelessness than their white peers.
• LGBTQ+ youth are 120% more likely to suffer abuse, abandonment, and homelessness.

These aren’t just numbers. These are lives—teens and young adults from our neighborhoods who are slipping through the cracks. The SHORE House exists to catch them.
At Ocean’s Harbor House, we believe every young person deserves more than survival—they deserve the chance to thrive.

22 years ago, The SHORE House was built to provide safety, shelter, stability and a way forward to young people in crisis in Ocean and Monmouth Counties. Today, our SHORE House continues this vital mission. In this House, we celebrate young people who now not only have a safe place to live, but also have the tools to heal, learn, grow, and become self-sufficient through education and job readiness. Their sense of hope, identity, and future sustains us.

We would love you to sponsor us, walk with us, and walk for our young people – and we thank you for your generous support of our continued commitment to program excellence and positive outcomes for our youth populations.

So –
Grab your sneakers and meet us and The Ocean Avenue Stompers on the Boardwalk at the Asbury Carousel!
Bring your friends, bring your family, bring your puppies!