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The Arizona Chapter of the Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors’ National Association (SMACNA Arizona) pledged $50,000 to Arizona State University’s Del E. Webb School of Construction, Tempe, Ariz.

The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) raised $2,081,422 in the past year.

Airgas Inc. is partnering with Operation Homefront to train and hire 100 veterans over the next 12 months. The company will offer the Airgas “Welding 101” course at multiple office locations across the United States to any veteran with service experience in Iraq or Afghanistan.

Morris-Jenkins, a residential air conditioning and heating company, is celebrating 50 years of success by supporting Levine Children’s Hospital, pledging $500,000 over the next 10 years.

This fall, Sporlan Valve’s Supermarket Application Group is offering seminars specific to supermarket refrigeration.

Arzel Zoning Technology selected Matt Pearson, a student at the Auburn Career Center, as the recipient of its NATE testing scholarship.

Delmar, a part of Cengage Learning, announced the release of the first book in its HVACR series as part of the publishing collaboration with the Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA), Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors - National Association Educational Foundation, and the Refrigeration Service Engineers Society (RSES).

Precision Coils, a manufacturer of custom heating and cooling coils, is offering a “Coil Buddy” coil-sizing card to help contractors correctly measure tube diameters, steel connection sizes, and the number of fins per inch.

HVACReducation.net, an online industry education site, recently announced a new “103 Basic Sheet Metal” course, designed to provide an introduction to the basics of sheet metal work.

Consultant Charlie Greer offers his four-day Sales Survival School this fall. Greer said the four days are set aside for intense sales training for electricians, plumbers, HVAC techs, and HVAC residential replacement salespeople.