Welcome to the TEANECK CREEK CONSERVANCY

We have exciting volunteering opportunities coming up this week and for the rest of the Fall!

Trail Maintenance: It’s a jungle out here! The Conservancy needs volunteers to help keep the trails during the Fall. Join a crew that meets every Wed. from 9 AM – noon or make special arrangements for your group, family, or individual volunteers. Call 201-836-2403 to sign up or for information.

Gardening at the Outdoor Classroom: Volunteers are needed to help Rutgers scientists enhance the environmental health and beauty of Teaneck Creek’s wetlands at the Classroom and in other areas of the eco-park. Garden in a lovely natural setting. Call 201-836-2403 to sign up as a group or individual volunteer.

Meet & Greet for Teaneck Creek! Interested in meeting new people? Enjoy the outdoors? Want to represent the Conservancy here at the eco-park and out in the community? We will train volunteers to fill three openings. Call 201-836-2403 to volunteer:

Greet park visitors on Sunday mornings at the Teaneck Creek Conservancy, 20 East Oakdene Avenue, Teaneck, NJ, off Teaneck Road, 10 AM – noon. Give visitors information about the Conservancy and encourage their participation and support, including membership.

Represent the Conservancy at special events, including possibly tabling at the Teaneck Township Farmers’ Market on Thursday afternoons. Help us spread the word about this county new eco-park!

Become a docent at the Conservancy! Volunteer to be trained to lead guided walks about the natural and cultural features of the park.

Creek Care
Memberships, donations, sponsorships
The Puffin Foundation, Bergen County, and Green Acres already have provided $1,000,000 in
funding and additional in-kind support to build the Teaneck Creek Conservancy’s trail system. However, more funding is needed to complete and maintain this new park.

Your participation in our Creek Care program of memberships, donations, and sponsorships is vital to our ability to provide park programs, services, and facilities. The Conservancy welcomes the participation of individuals, families, businesses, and community organizations.

Please print and fill out a membership application and mail it in today! We also have special sponsorship opportunities. Call our Executive Director at 201-836-2403 to discuss how your
donation can help build and sustain this new park and its programs.

Creek Corps
Park stewardship, volunteer opportunities
Join Creek Corps to find park stewardship and volunteer opportunities to fit your interests and schedule. Email Executive Director Mary Arnold at teaneckcreek@mindspring.com to join the volunteer listserve. Volunteer opportunities at the Teaneck Creek Conservancy for groups and individuals include:

• Adopt-An-Area: Pick a place to adopt and care for at the Conservancy (see 6 of them below!).
We will train you. You can work at times convenient to you.

1. Migration Mileposts: Keep the area cleared of weeds so these artworks can be seen and enjoyed.

2. Labyrinth: Cut the grass between the walking paths. Keep paths mulched. Weed.

3. Labyrinth Garden: Help develop a garden and keep it weeded and watered.

4. Paths: Weed trailside buffers to keep invasive weeds from encroaching on paths and promote the growth of desirable native plants.

5. Bridges: Keep weeds from growing through and over boardwalks. Sweep.

6. Graffiti: Remove. We’ll show you how!

• Wetlands Restoration Team: Work under the guidance of Master Gardeners, Volunteer Leaders,
and Wetlands Scientists from Rutgers University to restore more than 20 acres of wetlands over the next four years. Volunteers remove invasive vegetation and debris, replant with indigenous native plantings, tend the native plant nursery in the Turtle Peace Labyrinth, and create test plots. Your volunteer hours help the Teaneck Creek Conservancy provide required matching in-kind services for a $300,000 NJ Wetlands Mitigation Council grant that the Conservancy received in September 2004.

• Turtle Peace Labyrinth: Gardeners are needed to weed, plant native plantings, and keep the labyrinth’s pathways clear of leaves. This is the Conservancy’s most cultivated garden spot. Take
this opportunity to volunteer in a beautiful forest clearing where you will be able to take a refreshing walk on the labyrinth while you give community service.

• Help-an-Artist: Artists work at the Teaneck Creek Conservancy on facilities, eco-art, and programs. Volunteers are needed to help create and maintain performative eco-art works.

• Help administer the Conservancy’s programs in our Teaneck office. Your help is needed for special events, maintaining our membership database, mailings, filing, and other critical tasks.

• Special Volunteer Days: We welcome the participation of groups in our volunteer and stewardship programs. Call us at 201-836-2403 to schedule a special volunteer event at the Teaneck Creek Conservancy for your corporate, community, school, service, or faith-based group.