On April 29, 2026, at the Awards Celebration held at Prudential Financial, 655 Broad Street, Newark, NJ, Woodland Cemetery received a second grant from The Prudential Foundation and the Community Foundation of New Jersey.
The grant funds beautification work, including:
- Resetting headstones
- Clearing weed trees, overgrowth and vegetation
- Removing stumps
- Cleaning up trash
- Repairing fencing
- Preventing illegal dumping
- Expanding ecological initiatives like beekeeping
Some of this work is happening across the cemetery. A concentrated beautification area is along Rose Street.
Woodland Cemetery proudly acknowledges the generous support of The Prudential Foundation through its Community Grants Program, in partnership with the Community Foundation of New Jersey, which helps make this work possible for the Newark community. Thank you, Prudential, for this grant.
Help us keep Woodland Cemetery a place of beauty and remembrance for generations to come.
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