James Gallet, owner of Envirotech Heating and Cooling has found great enjoyment in being involved in community activities. James enjoys meeting new people and working with kids. Here are a few ways that he stays connected to the community.

TONGANOXIE & BASEHOR WRESTLING CLUBS

James was an active wrestler throughout his youth and continued being involved with the sport after his wrestling career came to an end. James worked his way up the ladder as a kids club, middle school and high school official or referee and decided to step away from this part time gig when he became a father in 2001. After taking a short break from the sport, in 2007 he was pulled back in to help coach his two nephews who were just starting to wrestle. Well that next season he was asked to be the head coach of the Tonganoxie Kids wrestling club and has helped the club double in size. He helped develope this program into one of the biggest kids clubs in the area and was active with the Tonganoxie Club through the 2010-2011 season. There was a calling though pulling him back to his roots so starting this season (2011-2012) James is assisting in getting the Basehor Club established and running again. There has been no kids club in Basehor for quit a few years and it only makes sense for this to happen. Even though he has left the Tonganoxie Club, James still is looking forward to watching them grow and become even stronger. If you would like more information on any of the clubs, please visit the Tonganoxie Kids Wrestling Facebook Page or the Bobcat Wrestling Club Facebook Page. 

GIRLS SOFTBALL

In 2005, James and a few of his buddies with kids around the same age began coaching a t-ball team. Well 7 seasons have passed now and the girls are moving into competitive softball. Most of the original team is still together and over the 2009-2011 seasons the girls have posted an impressive 36-7 record. In the 2009 season the team went 12-0. They had a very successful 2010 season as well and won a fall 2010 league title by only losing one game in that season. The girls are now getting into tournaments and competitive ball and James is excited to see what they can do in 2011. James enjoys coaching his two daughters and working with all of the kids on the team.

JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

James joined the Johnson County Community College advisory board in 1999. The board is made up of local business owners, suppliers and former students. The overall mission of the board is to better the college’s program and make high school students aware of the opportunities in our trade. If you have interest in knowing more about a career in heating, ventilation, and air conditioning technology you can visit www.jccc.edu/home/depts.php/1225

BUSINESS NETWORK INTERNATIONAL

James has been meeting with the Shawnee/Lenexa BNI, Business Network International, group since 2007. This group has been an excellent way to meet and gain business relationships with other business owners throughout the Kansas City area.

ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY BUSINESS

We have and always will take every precaution to protect our environment and ozone. One of the best ways that we do this is by reclaiming all of the old refrigerant out of air conditioning systems that we replace. This refrigerant is then taken back to a distributor and sent from there to the original manufacture. The refrigerant is then either destroyed of properly or cleaned so it can be resold and reused. If refrigerant is leaked into the atmosphere it can be harmful to the ozone. In addition all of the equipment that we remove is brought back to our shop where an independent scrap metal handling company tears down the equipment and recycles it. Our office staff also recycles all of our paper products, cans, plastics and cardboard. In addition to all of the above we try to educate our customers on the importance of installing high efficiency, ozone friendly equipment, which can reduce ozone emissions from 20-50%.