Charles (Chuck) Tosovsky receives the Albert Cassen?s Award for Community Achievement

Saint Louis, MO (Stl Press Releases) February 21, 2007 - Charles (Chuck) Tosovsky, president of Home Nursery Inc., received Edwardsville/Glen Carbon Chamber of Commerce?s highest honor for his leadership in helping to establish a major horticultural facility on the campus of Southern Illinois University ? Edwardsville.

According to the Chamber, the Albert Cassen?s Award for community achievement is reserved each year for an exceptional individual who has significantly impacted the quality of life in the community outside their normal scope of work. Tosovsky has put numerous hours, funds and plant contributions towards the development of The Gardens at SIU-E, a 40-acre signature garden of the Missouri Botanical Garden.

?I am honored to receive this award, but even more importantly, I am thrilled to have members of the community excited about this project,? says Tosovsky, who is also the past president of the SIU-E Foundation.

Home Nursery has been a leader in wholesale plant production since 1921. Headquartered in Edwardsville, IL, the company serves a 12-state area. Home Nursery facilities include a 500-acre farm in Albers, IL and two distribution centers, one in Albers and the other in O?Fallon, MO. For more information, call 1-800-628-1966 or visit www.homenursery.com.

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