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Recognition Bench Program

Looking for a way to honor or memorialize a loved one?

For those wishing to honor or memorialize a loved one in this special place. The recognition bench program offers donors an opportunity to install beautiful, sustainable benches across our preserve.

These benches allow for more amenities for our visitors, a naming opportunity for you the donor, and also generate philanthropic support for our programs!

Bench Donation Amount
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    6-ft. Trail Bench $2,000
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    4-ft. Traditional Bench $3,000

Support our mission and honor a loved one by making a Recognition Bench donation to Tenafly Nature Center. Your 100% tax deductible donation goes to provide a beautiful memorial for a loved one or special occasion. These benches will be placed in one of our pre-selected locations throughout our almost 400-acre preserve while creating a uniform look that blends into our natural landscape.

Recognition Bench Details

Quality crafted outdoor benches, made using recycled materials, are the perfect way to remember loved ones.

Products are manufactured from recycled materials. The color is an approximate as actual color may vary.

Installation of Your Bench

It takes about eight weeks from the receipt of your donation to installation of the bench and plaque, though supplies, time of year, weather, and other factors can lengthen this timeframe. We will notify you via email once the installation is complete.

Once you donate a Recognition Bench, the bench becomes the property of Tenafly Nature Center. Best efforts will be made to ensure that your bench is properly maintained. 

Please note that after a bench is installed, Tenafly Nature Center will provide routine maintenance and upkeep but is not responsible for replacement should the bench be damaged or destroyed.

Locations
Our wonderful staff will work with you to choose one of 10 perfect locations, based on need, accessibility, and availability.
Inscriptions

Included with your donation is a 3”x7” bronze plaque that can be personalized in order to share the name of your loved one or celebrate your special event with Tenafly Nature Center’s visitors.

You can select the text that’s just right for you. The inscription will be placed subject to review by TNC.

Except for the plaque included with your bench donation, no additional signage is allowed.

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