I just read this blog post by Jay Schmidt, a Prudential Realtor in Gettysburg, PA, titled Cleaning for a Reason - Helping Women Undergoing Cancer Treatment. His post briefly discussed an organization called Cleaning For A Reason.Their tag line is "We focus on your home so you can focus on your health (TM)".
Here's a blurb from the site:
"Making A Difference One Home At A TimeTM. Fighting cancer is difficult enough, but living with it is even tougher - and that's where the Cleaning for A Reason Foundation steps in. This nonprofit offers free professional housecleaning, and maid services to improve the lives of women undergoing treatment for cancer - any type of cancer."
Cleaning For A Reason partners with local cleaning services throughout the US & Canada to provide women undergoing cancer treatment with free housecleaning services. They currently have 682 generous housecleaning partners throughout North America. All the housecleaning services are licensed and bonded, and agree to provide free house cleaning for 2 cancer patients once per month for 4 months during their treatment (4 free cleanings).
I am often asked by my Los Angeles, Pasadena and Arcadia home staging clients for names of cleaning services. I will start referring Cleaning For A Reason partner cleaning services. Any company that provides free cleaning services to women with cancer is a winner in my book.
Thanks, Jay, for making me aware of this wonderful organization!
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Thank you for sharing this Michelle. I have three friends recently diagnosed with cancer and discovered this organization has a presence here in Tampa. It will be a tremendous help to them.
I wish your friends the best of luck and good care while fighting their battle with cancer. I hope they are able to get some relief through Cleaning For A Reason.
Michelle- I'm researching Cleaning for a Reason partners in my area as well. Thank you for sharing this information. We all look for something we can do to help those undergoing treatment and this is definitely one way.
What a wonderful idea! I will have to check and see if there is an organization like this in our area.
Kathy & Team Honeycutt: With 682 partner cleaning companies, I hope there is one near you.
Thanks for the reblog~very important information!! Great company.
Michelle, thanks for this information, I also have a friend in Coaticook QC that was just diagnosed with cancer. When talking with her yesterday I realized how weak she is from the treatments and medication. I am going to suggest this organization with her tomorrow and see if there is a service in her area. Thanks for sharing.
Michelle,
Thanks for this informative post. A woman in our community just lost a year long struggle with cancer. Throughout her struggle we all worked to provide meals to her family. I continually worried about her state of mind as she worked to keep her home tidy. I think this is a wonderful organization and I will look for them in Cincinnati.
Cathy Lee: Spread the word!
Linda: I hope they have a cleaning service provider in her area.
Jo: Support Cleaning For A Reason by supporting the cleaning companies that provide free cleaning for women with cancer.
I have to check into this too, I've had several clients that have had cancer and would love to recommend a service like this to them...thanks! I just had a friend who lost his mother last week to cancer and had her funeral the Sat. before Mother's Day...heartbreaking!!
Cindy: I think its a valuable service and the service providers should be applauded (and recommended)
Hi Michelle, Glad to see this post. I just partnered with Cleaning for a Reason. Ready, Set, Stage! is the first provider in our area! My staging company offers cleaning services so I am excited to become one of their service providers.
Congratulations Donna! That's something you should be very proud of. I hope your community recognizes your generosity.