Mardi Gras was a huge success with almost 1000 people walking through the doors and connecting with others in the industry. This year we hosted a trade show in the afternoon and the party that night. Complete with manufacturer products and booths, live music, food, armadillo races, the Saintsation Cheerleaders and Mountain Man from Duck Dynasty.
We’re proud to provide the venue, and are thankful for those that attended. See you next year, on the first Thursday in March.
As we prepare to kickoff our 2013 Charitable Giving initiatives, I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincerest appreciation to the Charitable Giving Committee for their work during the last year. I am sure I can speak on behalf of the recipients of their efforts and say a big heart-felt “Thank You” to the committee and all TAS associates that volunteered their time and talents for the benefit of those less fortunate. With the Committee’s help, Texas AirSystems donated over $80,000 and 1443 hours to non-profit organizations throughout the state of Texas. These organizations include; The Ronald McDonald House, North Texas Food Bank, Hearts and Hammers, Grapevine Santa Cops, TEXO Poker Run, and many more.
One of the greatest joys and rewards of charitable giving is the opportunity to make others happy and to make a difference in their life. We look forward to another year of opportunities to make a difference in the communities we serve.
Texas AirSystems Forms Air Distribution Group Adding Price and Pottorff to North Texas product line-up.
Texas AirSystems has formed an Air Distribution Group to serve the HVAC market in North Texas. This group, led by industry-veteran John Beatty, will operate out of both their Dallas and Fort Worth offices, and will specialize in air distribution products.
Key to this group’s formation was the addition of the Price line of air distribution products including grilles, registers, diffusers and VAV boxes, as well as the addition of Pottorff louvers and dampers. Price is based in Winnipeg, Canada with US headquarters in Atlanta, GA and manufacturing plants in both Georgia and Arizona. Pottorff’s headquarters and manufacturing operations are in Fort Worth, Texas. The two new lines will be joined with existing Texas AirSystems manufacturers including Cook, ETI and Vibro-Acoustics to form the foundation of the Air Distribution group. Additional air distribution manufacturers with complementary lines will also be added to the product portfolio to better serve the market.
Jerry Braun, President of Texas AirSystems, said “Texas AirSystems is always exploring ways to best serve the market and our clients. Air Distribution products have been on our radar for some time, and we are thrilled to partner with Price and Pottorff. Adding these premier manufacturers to our present portfolio of great HVAC equipment lines, combined with the best sales team in each market, means our customers can look to us for expertise in all facets of HVAC products and systems.”
Thanks to all of the associates of Texas AirSystems and friends. Because of their incredible efforts, Ben looks like a new man. We announced the “Ben Bain Clean-Cut Cancer Challenge” at 2:46 pm Wednesday, October 31st. Ben agreed that if we could raise $5,000.00 a Texas AirSystems associate could shave his head and beard.
I am proud to announce that as of 4:00 pm Thursday, November 1st we had received 46 pledges and contributions totaling $7,337.00 to the Prostate Cancer Foundation. Raising more money than expected.
I would venture to say that there are very few individuals anywhere who could garner the type of enthusiasm we saw for Ben. Anyone who knows him considers him a friend and I know of very few people who would subject themselves to something like this for charity. In his selfless act, he was able to raise a lot of money for a great cause.
Ben walked into the training room at Texas AirSystems at 4:01 pm yesterday (Thursday, November 1st) with a smile on his face and took his seat in the chair at the center of the room. We hired a professional barber to come in to handle the honors and in front of approximately 80 people, Ray the Barber took a #2 to Ben’s luxurious hair. The whole affair took less than 30 minutes.
Because it’s Movember, Ray shaved Ben’s beard leaving a nice mustache behind.
I am amazed by the support that everyone has showed towards this effort, $7,337.00 is a lot of money collected in 24 hours!
Thanks to the hard work of the Texas AirSystems associates we were able to finish the work on Mrs. Johnson’s house. The associates went above and beyond to fix up her yard and house. We built her a garden that she can share with her community and church. This will encourage people to come and visit her and hopefully produce some food for the area.
Mrs. Johnson plans to throw a big party this month to show off her yard to her friends and family. She is going to have a DJ and cook a brisket for her guests. I’m in awe of our 95 year old firecracker. She promised to do the jitter bug across her patio.
This was not the only project that went on this year. With the help of other companies Hearts and Hammers Dallas helped over 100 houses around Dallas. Texas AirSystems is planning on doing this again next year!
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Mrs. Johnson is a 95 year old firecracker with more spunk than most! When I met her I couldn’t believe my eyes! She had her full make up on, including her signature red lipstick. A black silk scarf wrapped around her neck with her hair fixed secured with a white polka dot headband – let’s not forget the big dangle earrings. She wore a red blouse (red is her signature color) and red fuzzy socks. I asked her why she was dressed so fancy and her reply to me was “because I knew y’all was comin’ to my house!” After talking to her I realized that Mrs. Johnson gets up every morning and dresses to the nines, even if she is just staying home.
I had the opportunity to sit down and talk with Mrs. Johnson. She has been living in the same house since it was built by her late husband 1946. They moved to Dallas in 1935 from Cottonport, LA, her Dad told her that she could move here if she promised to go to church, she kept her word and has been attending the same church for 60 years. Up until a couple of years ago she drove herself everywhere and did her own yard work. She told me stories about the Hogs that were raised in her back yard. They used to sell these hogs for a living, she said that they once sold a prized hog for $75.00 and said that hog would have been worth over $300.00 today. She can remember when they used to be the only ones on the block and how she used to sleep outside on the front porch because it was nice and cool. Unfortunately there are now bars surrounding her patio. There is also a water pump in her front yard (it no longer works) but she used to sell buckets of water from it for 25 cents – in order for people to wash their cars. They were the only ones on the street who were lucky enough to have a water pump. She makes you want to grab a glass of iced tea and listen to everything she has to say.
Texas AirSystems has a unique opportunity to help Mrs. Johnson spruce up the outside of her home to meet city codes. On day one we had so many volunteers that we were able to accomplish most of our goals. We dug up dead bushes, refinished some chairs, fixed an old garage, laid pavestone and more. We will be heading back this Saturday to finish up.
I hope that Mrs. Johnson has some more stories to share!
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60 plus Texas AirSystems’ associates, family and friends are getting ready to put in 100 plus hours of community service over the next 2 Saturdays. We will be working in conjunction with Hearts and Hammers – Dallas Area Chapter to bring a home up to city codes. Texas AirSystems and our associates feel privileged to give back to the community where we are lucky to work.
Thank you to the Charitable Giving Committee -who have worked hard to put this event together. We have received support from other companies in the community such as Albertsons, Arrington Roofing Co., Inc., Big City Crushed Concrete, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Jersey Mike’s Subs & Lowe’s Home Improvement. Thank you for supporting our efforts!
Texas AirSystems (Dallas) had an outstanding show for our August Carter BloodCare Donor Drive held on August 28. We greeted 26 donors and collected 18 units of whole blood and 10 units of double reds, making it a total of 28 units collected. We can’t thank each and every one of our associates enough for their participation. At Texas AirSystems we are helping save lives!
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Texas AirSystems employees gave back this past weekend by cooking lunch for the families at the Ronald McDonald House in Dallas. They cooked enough food to feed 80 people. To learn more visit: Ronald McDonald House.
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Did you know that yesterday was the 110th birthday of modern air conditioning?
History shows that on July 17th 1902 the first modern air conditioner was invented. On this day 110 years ago, Willis H. Carrier cranked up the first air conditioner at a printing plant to keep ink impressions on paper during a particularly hot, humid summer in Brooklyn, N.Y. Air conditioners didn’t actually start making their way into Fort Worth homes until the ’40s and ’50s. By the 1980s Nearly 75 percent of all educational buildings in the U.S. had air-conditioning. I can’t imagine living, studying or working in Texas without it!
