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Vision Statement

The PLANET Academic Excellence Foundation will be recognized as the leading educational foundation in the green industry.

Every contribution makes a difference

Since its inception, the PLANET Academic Excellence Foundation (PLANET AEF), formerly the ALCA Educational Foundation, has funded educational excellence by awarding scholarships to students of the green industry. Committed to the advancement of green industry services, the Foundation raised more than $1 million during the initial launch year through the generous support of individual landscape contractors, industry suppliers, and from the students themselves. Donate Online. Download Pledge Form.

Here’s what we can accomplish

These future leaders will define the standards of professionalism and use their education to meet inevitable challenges. We have an opportunity to show our students that we support them in a meaningful way by providing them with financial means to move ahead. Every contribution counts. The Foundation is a way to make a difference in the green industry and to be recognized as a visionary who continues to help the industry grow.

Please support our industry’s Foundation

Your gift to the PLANET AEF will strengthen our students, so they will succeed and, in turn, become leaders who are well prepared for all facets of landscape and lawn care contracting in this rapidly changing environment. Looking to the future is critical and you can play a vital role.

Each year the PLANET AEF awards scholarships to students who are enrolled in the landscape contracting and horticulture programs at two-year and four-year colleges and universities across the nation.

The 2010 scholarships and educator of the year award will be presented during Student Career Days, which will be held April 8-11, 2010, at Chattahoochee Technical College, North Metro Campus, in Atlanta, GA.

2010 PLANET AEF Scholarship Application

2010 PLANET AEF Outstanding Educator of the Year Nomination Form

2009 AEF Scholarship Recipients

Donate Online   Download Pledge Form

The PLANET Academic Excellence Foundation is a 501(c)3 organization, and gifts are tax deductible to the extent of the law. PLANET AEF Federal Tax ID is # 39-1871776.

Check out the latest details on the PLANET Academic Excellence Foundation (PLANET AEF) in its PLANET AEF Annual Report 2008 now available.

 

Scott Byron & Company, Inc.*
Ron and Sara Damgaard*
JOHN DEERE*

 

Individuals
Richard and Peggy Akerman*
Jack and Georgia Dirksing
Rick and Peggy Doesburg*
Steve and Beverly Glover*
Mike Glowacki*
Debra Holder and Family
Bruce and Cammie Hunt*
Glenn and Melissa Jacobsen
Ron and Sally Kujawa*
Tom and Carol Lied
Shirley B. Mangum Family*
David and Terry Minor*
Victor and Eric Moore*
Bill and Mary Murdy*
Dick and Suzanne Ott*
PLANET 2008/2009 Board of Directors and Sabeena Hickman, COO
Ed and Carol Sinnott*
Harry Vignocchi and Family*

Companies
The Ariens Company
Brickman*
The Bruce Company of Wisconsin, Inc.
CNA
Chapel Valley Landscape, The Reeve Family*
CoCal Landscape
The Davey Tree Expert Company, Commercial Grounds Management Division
David J. Frank Landscape Contracting, Inc.
Dennis' Seven Dees Landscaping, Inc.
Five Seasons Landscape Management, Inc.
Gachina Landscape Management, Inc., and the Gachina Family
GroundMasters, Inc.
HighGrove Partners, LLC
Hunter Industries*
Husqvarna*
Mariani Landscape*
James Martin Associates, and The James Martin Family
R.P. Marzilli and Co.
OneSource Landscape & Golf*
The Pattie Group, Inc.
Sousa’s Landscape Management Co. Ltd., and the Sousa Family
STIHL Inc.*
Toro/Exmark*
TruGreen Landcare* 
Vila & Son Landscaping Corp.

 

Click here to download a copy of the 2009 PLANET AEF Board of Directors list.