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Jacobsen Landscape Design and Construction employees at
Children's Aid and Family Services' Healing Garden in Ridgewood.
Back row (l. – r.): Bob Jones, Ph.D., president & CEO of Children's Aid
and Family Services; Jim Van Heemst, CLT – general manager,
Jacobsen Landscape Design and Construction; Glenn J. Jacobsen, CLP – president. Front row (l. – r.): Fernelly Navarro, Antonio Vasquez
and Felipe Marin.
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(Paramus, NJ) April 23, 2010 – For the second year, Jacobsen Landscape Design and Construction employees volunteered at three of the properties of Children's Aid and Family Services as part of the Professional Landcare Network PLANET Day of Service. They provided all labor and materials needed for a spring cleanup of two of the agency's Ridgewood locations: the Healing Garden and the grounds of one of its therapeutic foster care residences. The company also improved part of the property of the agency's administrative office in Paramus, to commemorate Earth Day, April 22.
"We are grateful to Jacobsen Landscape Design and Construction for their generous donation and tremendous job on our properties," said Bob Jones, Ph.D., president & CEO of Children's Aid and Family Services. "Our Healing Garden is revitalized and looks especially inviting and beautiful."
"Jacobsen Landscape is committed to environmental stewardship and giving back to the non-profit organizations we work with, such as Children's Aid and Family Services," said Glenn H. Jacobsen, CLP, president.
Jacobsen Landscape Design and Construction, is located at 413 Godwin Avenue, Midland Park.The Jacobsen Landscape Gallery is located at11 Barnstable Court Saddle River. For more information on Jacobsen Landscape, you can visit their website, www.jacobsenlandscape .com.
The Professional Landcare Network (PLANET) launched its first annual nationwide PLANET Day of Service for the lawn care and landscape projects in communities across the country in 2009. The network has more than 3,500 member companies and affiliates and represents more than 100,000 green industry professionals.
Children's Aid and Family Services is one of the leading nonprofit human services organizations serving northern New Jersey. The agency is fully accredited and has served the community for more than 110 years. Its mission is to preserve, protect and, when needed, provide families. Motivated by compassion for vulnerable children, young adults, frail elderly and their families, it provides high-quality and innovative services that meet their social, educational and emotional needs. For more information on Children's Aid and Family Services, call 201.261.2800 or visit www.cafsnj.org. | 
