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Mickey McEvoy receiving the Spirit of Giving Award from Paul T. Stalknecht at the 2006 National Convention in San Jose, California

For Immediate Release
April 6, 2006
Contact: Kevin Holland, 703-824-8854

ACCA Southeast Michigan Wins Giving Award

ARLINGTON, VA -The Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) is
pleased to announce that its Southeast Michigan Chapter has been honored
with the association's Spirit of Giving Award. ACCA is the nationwide trade
association representing heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and
refrigeration (HVACR) contracting businesses.

 "ACCA Southeast Michigan has a tradition of serving the community," said
Paul T. Stalknecht, ACCA president and CEO. "All of our chapters do, and
it's difficult to single one of them out, but this year we felt that this
chapter's efforts were outstanding."

The award was presented at the 2006 ACCA Annual Conference and Indoor
Air Expo in San Jose, California.

The chapter was recognized for two projects in particular: the Al Keats
Seniors Day/Project Heat and participation in the 2005 Habitat for
Humanity Blitz Build.

The Al Keats Seniors Day/Project Heat program was begun in 1986. Every
first Saturday in December, ACCA Southeast Michigan contractor and
associate members gather to service, clean, inspect, and repair 50 to 75
heating systems for needy seniors. The group usually finds a few furnaces
in need of replacement and follows up the next weekend with donated
equipment, supplies, and labor.

This year, the chapter received a desperate call from the Redford Seniors
Coordinator on December 16. A family had exhausted all other avenues for
help with a broken 50-year-old steam boiler and had been using electric
space heaters. The chapter delivered and installed a half-price boiler in
time for Christmas.

The chapter also helped Habitat for Humanity during the Blitz Build 2005
in Detroit. The organization built 30 homes in one week; the chapter took
on heating systems for nine of them. The most challenging part of the
project was that the volunteers had to perform 95 percent of the work on
Father's Day. Twenty-four member volunteers put the systems in place.
They returned the following Thursday to install thermostats and
grilles/diffusers, then started and checked each system.

Other finalists for the Spirit of Giving Award were ACCA North Texas and
ACCA National Capital.

"We are very proud of all the finalists in this award program,"
Stalknecht concluded. They are truly the spirit of our industry. They
are committed to serving their customers and their communities with care
and professionalism.  It's an honor to be associated with them."

ACCA is the national non-profit trade association representing the
educational, policy, and technical interests of the small businesses that
design, install, and maintain indoor environmental systems.

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