Of all the worries affecting a cancer patient’s present process of chemotherapy and radiation, the closing issue you might consider is getting the house smooth. But Dawn Zapf, fifty-four, of Cheltenham, thinks approximately it all the time.
Zapf began a house cleansing carrier 25 years ago called Executive Maids, whose 15 personnel smooth homes in Northwest Philadelphia, Eastern Bernard Law Montgomery County, and other components of the Delaware Valley. But she is likewise part of a nationwide network, Cleaning For A Reason, whose participants provide professional services free from charge to girls undergoing most cancer remedies.
According to the Cleaning for a Reason website, based in Lewisville, Texas, the collaborating 1,200 cleaning organizations like Zapf’s have donated $11 million well worth of residence cleanings to 33,000 girls with most cancers. The carrier hasme honorbeen ed by Ellenres on her “Ellen” TV show. A lady from Philly’s Port Richmond section, Raylene Arko, proprietor of Keep it Clean with Raylene, regarded on the display and generic a significant donation from Ellen on behalf of Cleaning for a Reason.
Zapf grew up in Burholme and moved to Cheltenham in 200. Whenn her kids were small, she owned and operated a nationally registered daycare for six years, but in 199,3, one of the mothers suggested that I work as she did. She wiped clean houses for a living. “She might drop her little girl off at 8 a.m. andd would be again for her around 2 p.m. She referred to the fact that I changed into running for longer hours.
“So I took on one task and then every other. A friend stuffed it in for me even as I attempted it out. I became actually at it and enjoyed it, so I gave the daycare parents more than one month to locate new daycare vendors for their kids.
“I commenced cleansing one domestic an afternoon, then two houses daily. Soon, I had so many customers that I had to hire personnel.”
Zapf estimates she has had approximately 40 to 60 clients in Northwest Philadelphia and Eastern Montgomery County. The typical cost of a house cleaning is $one hundred fifty to $two hundred and takes about one to 2 hours with three professional, insured, and bonded house cleaners.
But Zapf has been offering free house cleanings for most cancer patients, thanks to Cleaning for a Reason, since 2002.
“I remember seeing a commercial for cancer that affected one in 3 women,” she defined. “When I went to work the following day, I regarded across the room at my control team, three of us, and wondered which one of us might that be.
“It was then that I looked for an application I ought to get worried with to assist. I observed Cleaning for a Reason and notion it would be a perfect fit for them and us.”
Cleaning for a Reason contacts a participating cleaning service everywhere within the U.S when they get a new patient in that firm’s provider place.
Maureen Robinson of Dresher is one satisfied consumer who received complimentary cleanings from Executive Maids. “Dawn’s company did provide four cleansing visits after I changed into going via my remedy for most cancers in 2011-2012,” she informed us. “I became thankful to have them come because my youngsters were 12, 10, and 8 on time. Their assistance allowed me not to fear one extra thing. I was in the domestic when they were there because I was getting better from the facet consequences of treatment, and they had been very respectful of my domestic and of my presence. They did a fantastic task!”
Greg Santamaria is another glad consumer who is now not a part of the Cleaning for a Reason application. He said, “I am a Philly Homicide Detective, and my spouse is a Philly Police Officer. As you may consider, our schedules are pretty busy. We have a son, daughter, three small dogs, and a cat, and while we do discover time to break far away from work, we like to entertain, so Executive Maids has been a true blessing. They are thorough and expert, leaving the house always looking and smelling right. We have used them for years and have usually been happy.”
What is the excellent recommendation Zapf ever acquired? “When you examine human beings, look for the coolest in them. If you search for the horrific, you may discover it. If you search for the good, you’ll find it. So search for the good. My grandmother used to say that constantly.”
