Each year since 1999, carpet cleaners and their families have come together to take a long weekend for some R&R and to learn new tricks of the trade. This year's WinterFest is an opportunity to meet and hang out with other cleaners to have fun, learn from each other and also get useful information shared among the group.

This year, Phoenix, Ariz., has been chosen to be the WinterFest host where low humidity, warm and sunny weather, no snow and little rain makes for a great place to clean carpets.

The three-day event, January 26 through 29, will include free courses - Stone Care Basics and Heat Drying - and activities such as rug plant tours, duct cleaning demonstrations, a carpet and spot cleaning competition, a tour of Content Rest and Cleaning Facility and the appropriate PPE needed for every job.

For more information, contact Norma McCormick, CFI AZ Chapter Director at 480-283-5597 or visit www.facebook.com/groups/cleanersfest/.