PLANET AEF Announces Newest Group of Ambassadors

PLANET, the Professional Landcare Network, has announced its newest PLANET Academic Foundation (PLANET AEF) Ambassadors.

Each of the ambassadors recently pledge $25,000 to the Foundation, which awards scholarships to students enrolled in landscape contracting and/or horticulture programs at two-year or four-year college and universities.

The ambassadors include:

• Lifescape Colorado and the Hupf Family, Denver, Colorado
• Marty Grunder!, Miamisburg, Ohio
• Schill Grounds Management and Jerry and Jim Schill Family Scholarship, North Ridgeville, Ohio
• The LaurelRock Company, Wilton, Connecticut
• The Todd Williams Memorial Scholarship, Denver, Colorado (through the ALCC/ AEF State Association Partnership)

PLANET AEF is halfway through its five-year campaign, developed by the PLANET AEF Board of Directors, to raise the fund balance from $2 million to $5 million. To date, the fund has grown to $3.8 million.