Community Involvement

As owner of ESI Heating, Nick knows the realities of working in and running a business in the skilled trades. With fewer men and women pursuing careers in these fields, these positions have become very valuable to construction trade businesses like ESI Heating. This month he has chosen to donate to the Hengesbach Family Foundation,…

Our youngest employee is Chase Bengel, Nick and Brandi’s son. Chase’s hours after school are mostly spent working in our sheet metal shop as well as performing other miscellaneous tasks such as checking in orders and putting away deliveries. He has hopes of one day owning ESI Heating and working on a consistent basis has…

Aaron Rutka is our newest hire and has been with ESI Heating since August 2023.
Aaron rotates between installation and service, and he is training with his twin brother,
Sean, in our service department.

Jenni Little is ESI’s Office Manager and has been with us since February 2022. When you call the office, she’s the friendly voice on the line. Jenni chose to donate to the Portland Area Service Group (also known as the Senior Center) in memory of her grandma, Doris Shoen.  Jenni said, “Gram used to spend…

Sean Rutka has been with ESI since February 2022. He is our Service Technician; he spends his days performing service calls as well as maintenance checkups for our wonderful customers. We’ve kept Sean on his toes the past couple of months during the cold snap. Sean has chosen to donate $250 to Guiding Light of…

Our December donation was made by Tristin Huhn, he’s been with ESI for about 2 ½ years. Tristin is a member of our Installation Crew. Tristin chose to donate $250 to the American Cancer Society. Many families have been afflicted by this horrible disease; Tristin’s family is no different. He lost his grandfather to cancer…

Terry Quillan has been with ESI for almost 4 years. He is a member of our Installation crew. Terry grew up in the Lake Odessa area. He chose to donate $250.00 to the Sunfield Area SPYs (Sunfield Area Sponsors of Programs for Youth) organization. The Sunfield Area SPYs program was founded in 1975 to support…

Randy Martin, aka Turtle, has been with our company for almost 23 years and is our Installation Manager. Randy has chosen to donate to the VFW Post 4090. The VFW uses donations like this to support veterans throughout our community. Randy donated in memory of his Grandpa, Fred Dorner, who served in the Army Infantry…

Brandi is our newest employee and the wife of the owner, Nick Bengel. She’s been behind the scenes for the past 20 years and decided to get involved in the day-to-day operations of our office. She has chosen to donate to the ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) Association in memory of her uncle, John Arens. John…

The first donation is a very sensitive subject and something that is very important to the Bengel family, the owners of ESI Heating. Nick, Brandi, Marlie, Maggie, and Chase have decided to increase the first donation to $1,000.00, to the 3rd Annual John “Grizzly” Hillis Kickball Tournament. All proceeds from this tournament will be donated…