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Event Coordinator: Branch Brook Park Fest

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ORGANIZATION: Branch Brook Park Alliance

  • A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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We need volunteers to help us during our annual Branch Brook Park Fest. This will be a fun art & wellness event in the park that will be open to the public to attend. Volunteers will assist in a variety of ways as noted here:

Greeters - you must have the capacity to be welcoming by saying "hello" and "welcome" to over 200 fest guests.

Direction Assistants - volunteers will, with kindness, provide directions from point A to point B. Guiding fest attendees through various tables.

Registration - volunteers will assist in the check-in process of vendors, artist, artisans, and other health/social service organizations.

General Upkeep - picking up trash if you see it on the ground.

You can learn more about the event by clicking here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/branch-brook-park-fest-tickets-360955747357


CONTACT: Kevin@jerseycares.org

Fest Summary:

The community ambassadors of the Branch Brook Park Alliance successfully piloted the event last year for maximum public outreach to ensure a diverse mix of wellness activities, art and artists were featured. The program consists of wellness activations such as Zumba, Yoga, and Bootcamp as well as live performances, live art demonstrations and displays of current art, and wellness throughout the event. The series of events include, (1) participatory workshops that make the connection between social determinants of health and the arts, (2) an arts market featuring local artists such as painters, sculptors and photographers, (3) music and artistic performances.

2 Shifts

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  • Sat Jul 09, 2022 - 02:00 PM to 05:00 PM EST
    Evening Shift
  • Sat Jul 09, 2022 - 10:00 AM to 02:00 PM EST
    Morning Shift
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About Branch Brook Park Alliance

Location:

115 Clifton Avenue, Newark, NJ 07104, US

Mission Statement

The mission of the Branch Brook Park Alliance is to accomplish objectives it considers essential to the restoration and revitalization of Essex County Branch Brook Park, conceived by Frederick Law Olmsted Sr. in 1867 and designed by the Olmsted Firm. These include: to embrace and uplift an undervalued treasure; to commit to restoring this magnificent landscape work of art to its highest standards of use and beauty; to enlist a cadre of visionaries who support and sustain these efforts; to bring together a multitude of people of all ages and diverse backgrounds in the ongoing renewal and care of the park; to unveil a restored masterwork, one with the power to change the character of our city; enhance the appeal of our county; and elicit joy, pride and a sense of ownership in citizens throughout our state; and, to celebrate the revival of what makes cities most vibrant: a special place where the everchanging beauty of nature and artistry and invention can soothe, heal and inspire.

Description

About Branch Brook Park

Branch Brook Park is distinguished by being the first county park to be opened for public use in the United States. It has been placed on both the New Jersey (1980) and National (1981) Registers of Historic Places.

Located in the City of Newark and bordered at the southern end by U.S. Route 280, the park crosses Bloomfield Avenue, Park Avenue, and Heller Parkway, terminating near the Newark/Belleville line.

The park is nearly 4 miles long and averages 1/4 mile in width. At 359.72 acres, it is the largest developed park in the County. It features a combination of open meadowland and small patches of woodland on gently rolling terrain.

Named for a branch brook that flowed through the valley into the Passaic River, the park was originally intended to remain for passive recreation, but today is used largely for athletics activities as well as strolling, birdwatching and more passive activities.

More than 5,000 cherry trees that blossom during April are greater both in variety and number than the famed Washington, D.C., display the result of a 1927 gift from Mrs. Felix Fuld and the Bamberger family. At its height the Cherry Blossom Festival attracts over 10,000 people a day.

CAUSE AREAS

Advocacy & Human Rights
Community
Environment
Advocacy & Human Rights, Community, Environment

WHEN

Sat Jul 09, 2022
10:00 AM - 05:00 PM
This opportunity has 2 shifts

WHERE

115 Clifton AvenueInside Branch Brook Park, across from 115 CliftonNewark, NJ 07104

(40.75331,-74.17796)
 

SKILLS

  • Operations
  • People Skills
  • Problem Solving
  • Project Management
  • Relationship Building
  • Verbal / Written Communication

GOOD FOR

  • Teens
  • People 55+
  • Public Groups

REQUIREMENTS

  • Must be at least 17
  • Commitment of full shift.

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