Solar Innovations, Inc., a custom manufacturer of residential and commercial greenhouses; garden windows; conservatories; folding, sliding, and stacking walls, doors, windows, and screens; sunrooms; and skylights; enhances their greenhouse initiative to provide team members with fresh produce.

Pine Grove, PA, June 17, 2013 - Solar Innovations, Inc., a custom manufacturer of residential and commercial greenhouses; garden windows; conservatories; folding, sliding, and stacking walls, doors, windows, and screens; sunrooms; and skylights; enhances their greenhouse initiative to provide team members with fresh produce. Solar Innovations, Inc. has enhanced their greenhouse initiative to provide its employees and their families with fresh produce. The LEED gold certified corporate office and manufacturing facility features numerous working greenhouses, cold frames, and outside gardens that serve as learning tools for potential customers. A byproduct of this learning experience is the greenhouses' production of fresh fruit and vegetables.

In recent years, collective gardens have been transforming communities around the world and Solar Innovations, Inc. hopes its greenhouses are able to provide team members with the same sense of community and connection to the environment. These greenhouses are maintained by Solar team members and the produce that is generated is distributed throughout the company during lunch hours and break time.

In the spring of 2012, a strawberry patch was planted which yielded its first harvest of 4 quarts of strawberries in May of this year. A week later, when the second pick took place, an additional two quarts of berries were harvested. The strawberries were distributed in the cafeteria where employees enjoyed the fruit over lunch breaks and some team members even brought some home to their families.

Lettuce has also recently been made available to the Solar Innovations, Inc. team. The lettuce was grown in a cold frame manufactured by Solar Innovations, Inc. to extend growing seasons. The cold frames are used in conjunction with greenhouses and consist of an aluminum frame with a sloped glass lid which traps heat and encourages plants to grow while protecting them from dew and frost. In early April the Solar Innovations, Inc.'s team members planted broccoli, cauliflower, lettuce, artichoke, and flowers in the cold frame. Each week approximately twenty lettuce plants are harvested and distributed to team members to enjoy for lunch or share with their families.

Solar Innovations, Inc.'s onsite greenhouses are the same high quality glazed structures which customers will experience at their homes and are designed to be turn-key projects. Solar can provide a greenhouse for gardeners of any skill level, at any production level, and can create a greenhouse to fulfill any customers' needs.

Solar Innovations, Inc. strives to be an environmentally conscious leader not only within the manufacturing industry, but also within the community. By providing team members locally grown organic produce, Solar Innovations, Inc. not only hopes to reduce its carbon footprint and increase self sufficencey, but to contribute to its employees' personal health.

For more information on Solar's greenhouses and corporate green initiatives, visit Solar Innovations, Inc's website. If you would like information or are interested in receiving marketing materials, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call 800-618-0669.

McCann School of Business & Technology will be hosting an Information Technology
Career Expo and Open House on Thursday, June 20th from 3-7p.m.
This event is free and open to the public. Visitors will get the
opportunity to learn about programs offered at McCann and career opportunities
in the IT Field! Information Technology professionals and local employers
from Crossroad Computers, Bradley Caldwell, Geisinger, IMR, and the Greater
Hazleton Health Alliance along with graduates from the program at McCann will
be on site to talk to prospective students.

This Career Expo is open to the public and can participate in a variety of workshops
and demonstrations ranging from cleaning a computer from the inside out,
setting up a network to link all devices in a home, and using a malware cleaner
and anti-virus to your advantage.

Admissions and Financial Aid representatives will be on site to provide informational
sessions to those interested in learning more about the programs offered at
McCann.

About McCann School of Business & Technology

The McCann School of Business and Technology has been committed to excellence in education since 1897. We offer
Associate and Diploma programs in fields including: Accounting, Business Administration, Administrative Office Technology, Computer Science and Programming, Criminal Justice, Early Childhood Education, Medical Assisting, Massage Therapy, Commercial and Industrial Maintenance, and Welding. The mission of McCann is to help students acquire the essential knowledge, career, and interpersonal skills necessary to secure employment in their chosen fields. Please visit us online at www.mccann.edu for more information.

At McCann School of Business & Technology, We Change Futures, We Change Lives!

BY AMY MARCHIANO
Published: February 19, 2013
The Pottsville Republican-Herald

ORWIGSBURG - A division of Schaeffer's Harley-Davidson plans to service cars.
Denise Calderone and Cherie Bogotuik, daughters of Dennis and Carol Schaeffer, owners of the company that sells the world-famous motorcycles in West Brunswick Township, recently founded Schaeffer's MotorSports, an offshoot of Schaeffer's Harley-Davidson. Taking over the former Heritage Ford building at 1194 Centre Turnpike, they hope to take advantage of the car lift in the former dealership and expand the family business.
Schaeffer's Harley-Davidson's need for more space was the impetus for the Feb. 21, 2012, purchase of the Heritage Ford building, which closed its doors in 2007.
"We're landlocked at our location," Bogotuik said last week.
Bogotuik is the controller and Calderone the marketing manager at Schaeffer's.
Starting up in January under the name Schaeffer's MotorSports, the company is using the former dealership as a work site for basic car maintenance, inspections and motorcycle work.
The $950,000 purchase from the Lawrence Organization last year brought 21,203 square feet of space. Cleaning and prep work began in November 2012 and took two months.
Combined, the showroom and service facility are 15,328 square feet. The other 5,875-square-foot area on the property is used to store motorcycles.
Cars are not serviced at Schaeffer's Harley-Davidson, 1123 Brick Hill Road. Customers have yet to bring in cars to service, Bogotuik said. Hours are not set for the Centre Turnpike address.
The sisters' business is part of the parent company.
"We're one company yet. It's one place," Bogotuik said.
With the expansion, eight additional lifts are available to service motorcycles, said Bruce Croneberger, technician.
A total of 24 lifts are available for use at the Brick Hill Road location, he said.
"We do anything from engine upgrades to complete race bikes," he said.
In addition to the aforementioned services, a motorcycle safety rider course might be something that is offered at the new site.
"We think it would be exciting to have the training course here," Calderone said, adding that a course could be up and running by spring.
The noise from a waste oil furnace could be heard in the background of the service area last week.
"If we do an oil change on your car or your bike, we'll save the oil and put that oil in our tank and then we have a heater that heats the service department and it runs strictly off used motor oil," Croneberger said.
The furnace was already in the building when purchased. The area where the bikes are stored is also heated using the same method with another furnace.