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Extreme Home Cleaning Contest Results
What began as a contest to find a deserving person to win a complete top to bottom home cleaning and carpet cleaning, certainly turned out to be much more. The spirit of our community really came through. First of all, here is the winning nomination.
I would like to nominate Judy Dann of DuPont. Judy is a young woman who was injured, by an uninsured motorist as she crossed a street in Seattle, just as she was beginning a career as an engineer. She spent 6 months in the hospital after the accident. She now has to depend on a walker and wheelchair to get around. Even with her limited mobility, eyesight and speech she has managed to live independently for a number of years. This past year she has had surgery and is now on kidney dialysis three times per week. Even through all of this Judy maintains a sense of humor and love for others. Winning your Extreme Home Cleaning Holiday Giveaway would be a special treat for this brave young woman.
Sincerely,
Frances Anderson
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When I visited Judy's home to congratulate her, she was not what I expected. Besides being gracious and warm, I met one of the most positive people I have ever had the pleasure of meeting. I could not agree more with a comment made about her from a person who cared for her at the time of her accident. She said: "Throughout time she showed tremendous courage, strength, faith, and perseverance and it has resulted in her ability to live independently." What I saw in her apartment did not reflect what such a courageous positive person was deserving of.
Together, many of our neighbors and businesses banded together to not only clean her home, but also completely re-decorate and refurbish as much as we could. To her surprise on what she thought was her cleaning appointment she was picked up in a stretch limo and taken to our new luxury hotel in town where she was pampered. The money from a fund raiser and some generous private donations went to pay off a debt on a power wheelchair and make the improvements on her apartment. On New Years Eve, the limo brought her home to the huge surprise. I could not be more proud of our community and what we did.
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I want to thank the following businesses from the bottom of my heart and for Judy.
- Randy Sherman for his tremendous help and hard work
- The Liberty Inn for their gracious hospitality
- Angie Sherman & Sheri Crumbaker (Re/Max Real Estate) for buying her a new computer and donating a beautiful desk.
- Mervyn's of Tacoma Mall for donating so much home decor
- Evergreen Money Source of Lakewood for cash donation
- Yon's Floral for beautiful flower arrangements
- Farrelli's Pizza for the fund raiser and matching contributions
- Marie Oberg Decorative Painting for the beautiful wall paintings
- Northwest Closet for customizing her storage areas and making them accessible for her
- House Doctor for a new wheelchair ramp for her front door
- Taylor Made Limousines for the luxury transportation (icing on the cake)
- Moda Salon for her make over
- Patriots Landing for their cash contribution
- DuPont Dental for their cash contribution
- South Sound Wheelchair and D.M.E. for a new walker, wheelchair tune up and much more
- Country Insurance (Gina Palmer) for hard work and cash contribution
- Francisca Beaver Store Manager Mervyn's (and my wife) for her time, decorating skills and support
- Ardie Herbel, Suzanne Cannon for cash contribution
- Francis Anderson and Clyde Miller for support and hard work
- Last but not least, her mom Louise Dann for making it work.
- King 5 News and The News Tribune for covering the event.
Here is a link to the News Tribune Story - Click Here
Sincerely
Rick Beaver
Owner Home Town Housekeeping
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