Four Companies Join Ranks of PLANET AEF Platinum Ambassadors

The PLANET Academic Excellence Foundation (PLANET AEF) has inducted four companies into its PLANET AEF Platinum Ambassadors.

Each of the companies recently pledged an additional $25,000, bringing the total each has pledged to the Foundation to $50,000.

The donations will go toward scholarships for students enrolled in landscape contracting and/or horticulture programs at two or four-year colleges and universities. 

The following companies bring the number of PLANET AEF Platinum Ambassadors to 11:

• CNA Insurance, Eustis, Florida
• Go iLawn and The Rorie Family, Loveland, Ohio
• HighGrove Partners and The McCutcheon Family, Austell, Georgia
• Husqvarna Professional Products, Charlotte, North Carolina

PLANET AEF scholarships will be awarded at the annual PLANET Student Career Days, a National Collegiate Landscape Competition, March 20–23, 2014, at Colorado State University, during a PLANET AEF Scholarship reception.