Volunteers
Information on this page current as of January 03, 2009If your group or company would like to organize a volunteer service project in the Park, we will be happy to help you arrange it. Please call 201 768-1360 ext. 107 or send an email to volunteer "at" njpalisades.org.
Individuals can sign up to be notified of major volunteer projects, to request a volunteer position at one of our historic sites or in some other capacity in the Park, or to complete a community service requirement for their school or organization.
Click here to download a copy of our volunteer application in .pdf format.
If you cannot download or print the application, please call or send an email to request a copy be sent in the mail: 201 768-1360 ext. 107 or volunteer "at" njpalisades.org .
Completed applications should be sent to Palisades Interstate Park, Box 155, Alpine, NJ 07620, attn: Anthony Taranto, or faxed to 201 767-3842, attn: Anthony Taranto.
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New!
Join the
Palisades Garden Club!
The NJ Section of the Palisades
Interstate Park is starting a garden club open to the public. There are many
areas throughout the park where we would love to establish flower beds to
help beautify the scenery. As a member of the Palisades Garden Club, you
would be responsible for your own flower bed in the park. Types of beds
include sign posts, picnic areas, areas in front of Park buildings, and
trailside gardens. Dedicated members will also receive volunteer
identification cards, which will give them special park benefits.
Garden Club members can choose
where and when they would like to work, and they will be responsible for
maintaining their beds. This includes planting flowers and/or shrubs
and keeping up the bed's appearance throughout the summer and fall. Park
personnel will help members with more difficult tasks such as removing large
amounts of weeds or old shrubs and mulching. Meetings with park
personnel will be held about once a month where members can offer
their ideas (though attendance is not mandatory). So if you're interested in
helping make the Palisades a more beautiful place for all, please join!
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Volunteers in action in the NJ Section…
In 2008…
Our trail crew worked with volunteers from the New York–New Jersey Trail Conference to construct a bridge over the gorge crossed by the Long Path just north of its intersection with the Forest View Trail (click here to see more photos of this project).
In 2007…
Volunteers from NBA's corporate office cleaned up the old bathhouse and beach at the Bloomer's area at the Englewood Boat Basin & Picnic Area, top. Above, some before-and-after shots taken the day of the project. Below, volunteers from Northern Valley Regional High School–Old Tappan built steps on the Long Path as part of their senior service work.
In other years…
Volunteers from Volvo Cars of North America, LLC, based in neighboring Rockleigh, New Jersey, help reclaim the long disused picnic grounds north of the pavilion at the Alpine Picnic Area. (Thanks, neighbors!)
Volunteers from CNBC in Englewood Cliffs help spruce up the Bloomer's Beach area at the Englewood Picnic Area. (Thanks, neighbors!)
Volunteers from the Air Force ROTC clean up trash along the beach at the Alpine Picnic Area; a volunteer group from Pearson Education takes a break in front of the Kearney House.
