Gala Honors Cleaning for a Reason, Donors

Contributed by BSM Staff

ROSEMONT, IL -- CBF Live, a training and networking event for residential cleaning business owners, recently hosted the second annual Gala Benefitting Cleaning for a Reason, which provides house cleaning services to families battling cancer.

With over 400 attendees from across the globe, the event served as a testament to Cleaning for a Reason founder and cleaning industry consultant Debbie Sardone's commitment to philanthropy.

“We are elated to announce that our 2023 goal for the 3rd annual CBF Live ‘Count on Me’ Challenge, benefiting Cleaning for a Reason, is to raise over $120,000,” said Sardone. “We cannot reach this goal or continue our mission to serve even more patients without the generous contributions of our donors and sponsors or without the hard work of our cleaning company partners and fundraisers.”

This year’s Gala celebrated the remarkable contributions of the companies that supported Cleaning for a Reason in 2022. The esteemed recognition went to:
•     Triple Star Awards (Fundraising, Service, Awareness): Buckets and Bows Maid Service, Lewisville, TX (1st place, raised $18,004); Jeannie Cleaning, Kalamazoo, MI (2nd place, raised $11,917); and The Cleaning Authority of Concord, St. Louis, MO (3rd place, raised $6,000) .

•     Fundraising Excellence Awards: 81 companies collectively raised $108,159 in the past year; 15 companies were recognized for raising $2,000 or more.

•     Top 100 Cleaning Partners for Serving Most Patients in 2022 with the Top 3 being: #1 Buckets and Bows Maid Service, Lewisville, TX (served 50 cancer patients); #2 Executive Maids of South Florida, Boynton Beach, FL owner Dawn Zapf (served 36 patients); and #3 Two Maids of Gilbert, AZ, owners Ryan and Lorena Myers (served 26 patients).

Cleaning for a Reason and Sardone's unwavering dedication to the cleaning industry has left an indelible mark on countless patients and business owners.

Learn more about Cleaning for a Reason at cleaningforareason.org.

To become a corporate sponsor or donate, visit cleaningforareason.org/donors or contact Sandy Wolfrum at sandyw@issacharities.org.

Cleaning for a Reason partners with more than 1,200 residential cleaners throughout the United States and Canada to offer free house cleaning to any household battling cancer. Since 2006, the nonprofit and its partners have donated more than $16 million in services, helping more than 50,000 cancer patients.

For more on Cleaning for a Reason, go to cleaningforareason.org.