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Contact: Sabeena Hickman
Phone: (703) 736-9666
E-mail: Sabeena Hickman  

For Immediate Release

PLANET EXPANDS STUDENT MEMBERSHIP BASE

HERNDON, Va., August 5, 2008 — In keeping with one of the Professional Landcare Network’s (PLANET’s) strategic goals — to grow the green industry workforce — PLANET is pleased to announce that students who register and participate at the 2009 PLANET Student Career Days, are members of a school’s PLANET Student Chapter, or are students at a PLANET-accredited school will receive a one-year complimentary PLANET e-student membership. Currently, there are 565 student members, 74 student chapter members, and 25 PLANET-accredited schools.

Among the benefits of an e-student membership is free attendance at PLANET’s premier Green Industry Conference (GIC) and GIE+EXPO, October 22–25, 2008, in Louisville, Kentucky. Attendance at this event includes education sessions, networking venues, a huge trade show floor with cutting-edge industry products and services, and participation in the Student/Employer Roundtable Recruiting Session. Introducing students to the industry through PLANET membership will increase their enthusiasm for the industry and their future.

For more information about e-student memberships, contact Membership Manager Gail Rogers at (800) 395-2522 or visit LandcareNetwork.org.

PLANET is the association of members who create and maintain the QUALITY OF LIFE in communities across America. With more than 4,200 member companies and affiliates, these firms and their employees represent more than 100,000 green industry professionals.