Experts Creating Experts in Rochester

We all have interests that we develop during our lives. Some people may a love of landscaping, for others possibly it’s a sport, or if you’re anything like us, it’s heating and cooling. Just like we enjoy working to keep you comfy throughout the year, we also love helping others pursue their passions to become experts.

Recently, we completed our “Experts Creating Experts” contest in which we gave away $25,000 to acquire expertise and education in one area you are most passionate about. Entries ranged from lifelong dreams of becoming a chef to creating a line of children’s books to inspire big dreams. The Grand Prize winners, Mike and Jillian, entered to become expert foragers, collecting wild plants and foods from nature. After being one of five finalists chosen from a panel of judges, the public voted through Facebook and now, Mike and Jillian are traveling all around New York and Massachusetts to learn with artisan farmers, a dairy farm and even a distillery.

Take a few moments to watch the video above and follow them on their journey!

We realize that heating and cooling likely isn’t everyone’s passion, but it is obviously a passion of ours to give back to communities like Rochester. After all, you have helped make us the heating and cooling experts in this neck of the woods. And for that, we thank you.

Remember them?

Mike and Jillian won $25,000 in Service Experts Heating & Air Conditioning’s Experts Creating Experts Contest so they could become expert foragers. Foragers accumulate wild plants and foods from nature.

This fall, they’ll leave for the first leg of their trip. Mike & Jillian will be traveling around New York and Massachusetts meeting small artisan farmers, going to the High Lawn Farms Dairy, working at the first legal distillery in the Berkshires since Prohibition and learning about extracts from a company in business for 125 years. They’ll even forage for mushrooms. And we’ll be with them, sharing their adventures with you along the way.

In January 2016, we’ll head out to California for the next part of their adventure.

Like us on Facebook and Pinterest so you can follow Mike and Jillian on their great journey.