Pool & Hot Tub Alliance Now Accepting Applications for 2025 Greg Garrett Scholarship Award

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July 17, 2025

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POOL & HOT TUB ALLIANCE NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR GREG GARRETT SCHOLARSHIP AWARD
Pool professionals can win $5,000 towards industry education

(Alexandria, Va.) — The Pool & Hot Tub Alliance (PHTA), the trade association representing the swimming pool, hot tub, and spa industry, is now accepting nominations for the 2025 Greg Garrett Scholarship Award. This $5,000 scholarship will be awarded to two PHTA members in the builder or service sector to use for PHTA education or certification.

The Greg Garrett Scholarship Award recognizes individuals who show extraordinary desire in furthering their career through education. The $5,000 may be used towards PHTA and GENESIS® courses, such as Certified Pool & Spa Maintenance Specialist (CMS) and C201: GENESIS® Construction School: Concrete Pools, as well as associated certification fees. PHTA is pleased to announce that Periodic Products, Inc., is again sponsoring one of the two scholarships.

This scholarship was developed by the PHTA Recreational Water Quality & Air Quality Committee (RWAQC) in memory of former member Greg Garrett. Greg Garrett dedicated 45 years to the pool, spa, and hot tub industry and served in many leadership roles in the PHTA RWAQC, Builders Council, and Standard Writing Committees. He held the highest honor within PHTA as an Industry Fellow and was a great advocate for education and standards. His enthusiasm was shared at committee meetings and all the places he traveled around the country to teach for various trade organizations.

“Greg Garrett understood that increasing individuals’ access to continuing education elevates the entire pool, spa, and hot tub industry,” says Dr. Joseph Laurino, President and CEO of Periodic Products, Inc. “He was a dear friend to me and so many others in the industry across his long career. Periodic Products is proud to help PHTA preserve his legacy by continuing to fund this annual scholarship.”

To be considered for the Greg Garrett Scholarship Award, an online application form must be submitted. PHTA members can self-nominate or nominate a fellow member. The application deadline is Friday, August 8.

For more information and to submit an application, visit www.phta.org/garrett-award.

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About the Pool & Hot Tub Alliance:
The Pool & Hot Tub Alliance (PHTA), a non-profit organization with 4,000 members from around the world, was established in 1956 to support, promote, and protect the common interests of the $62B pool, hot tub, and spa industry. PHTA provides education, advocacy, standards development, research, and market growth initiatives to increase our members' professionalism, knowledge, and profitability. Additionally, PHTA promotes the use of pools by expanding swimming, water safety, and related research and outreach activities aimed at introducing more people to swimming, making swimming environments safer, and keeping pools open to serve communities. For more information, visit www.phta.org.

About PHTA’s Recreational Water & Air Quality Committee (RWAQC):
The Pool & Hot Tub Alliance’s RWAQC develops and maintains verifiable science-based information regarding sanitization technology and chemical products for use in pools, spas, and hot tubs. The committee also has an important role in the development of the chemical and sanitation sections for American National Standards Institute (ANSI) PHTA standards, including the ANSI/APSP/ICC-11 American National Standard for Water Quality in Public Pools and Spas. For a current listing of Committee members or more information, email standards@phta.org.