[NJAISA] New Jersey Arborists, Chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture

NEW JERSEY ARBORISTS, CHAPTER ISA, INC.

NJAISA WORK DAY

The New Jersey Arborists, Chapter of ISA (NJAISA) hosts an annual Work Day Project to provide high quality tree care to deserving properties, landowners and associations, who in turn provide a monetary donation back to NJAISA. This unique partnership provides cooperating organizations that cannot afford tens of thousands of dollars worth of tree work an opportunity to have the bulk of the work completed by some of New Jersey's best professional arborists. In return, the selected site donates to NJAISA a fraction of the value of tree care provided. Recent projects have been valued at well over $100,000, showing quite a return for a donation of $17,000.

This "work day" is truly a partnership for the betterment of the property, the trees, and the associations - meetings are held early in the year to identify applicant properties and suitable candidates, determine the scope and need of tree care, the amount to be completed that day, highest priority areas and tasks, property access, the need for specialty equipment or services (cranes, skidders, fertilization rigs, stump grinders), locations of staging areas for equipment, chips and logs, and lunch and refreshments for the volunteers. The NJAISA and its membership provide the expertise, manpower, and equipment, assisting the selected properties, associations, and landowners who may have fallen behind in their necessary tree care, or who have a great need for tree care to continue their efforts in serving the public or their clientele (camps, parks, cemeteries are a few examples). In addition to the donation, host facilities provide morning refreshments, lunch, and afternoon refreshments for the attending arborists, along with locations for dumping the processed wood chips and logs.

Previous recipients of the NJAISA Work Day Project include:

1994 Washington Rock Overlook, South Orange (Essex County)
1995 Temple B-nai Abraham Memorial Park, Union (Union County)
1996 Woodland Cemetery, Newark (Essex County)
1997 Verona Park, Verona (Essex County)
1998 Riverside Cemetery, Trenton (Mercer County)
1999 Cadwalader Park, Trenton (Mercer County)
2000 Arlington Cemetery, Kearny (Hudson County)
2001 Camp Deeny Riback, Mount Olive (Morris County)
2002 Camp Kiddie Keep Well, Edison (Middlesex County)
2003 Rutgers University, New Brunswick (Middlesex County)
2004 Branch Brook Park, Newark (Essex County)
2005 Greenwood Gardens, Short Hills (Essex County)
2006 The Duke Estate, Hillsborough (Somerset County)
2007 Rutgers University, New Brunswick (Middlesex County)
2008 Cross Estate Gardens, Bernardsville (Somerset County)
2009 Branch Brook Park, Newark (Essex County)
2010 Ocean County Park, Lakewood (Ocean County)
2011 ???

Are you interested in adding your location to this prestigious list? If so, please complete the Work Day application and submit it to NJAISA at the address listed above. For further information, please contact the NJAISA at trees4nj@aol.com or 732-574-9100.

NJAISA Work Day Application (PDF 116K)
Potential hosts, please complete and return the form to us in order for the committee to review the property and the suitability of the project for the chapter.
Thank you!