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Honoring Our Heroes For Flag Day

Village View Flag Day 6-4-13In appreciation for our Heroes and in honor of Flag Day on June 14, 2013, HAYS Cleaning is extending the  Memorial Day promotion of a 3-hour complimentary housecleaning for local Veterans, active Military and their spouses and parents.

The current promotion, in honor of Memorial Day, runs through June 30, 2013. Simply call 708-598-3819 or email mary@hayscleaning.com to schedule the cleaning.

Through a partnership with the St. Patricia Holy Name Society, in Hickory Hills, Illinois, the company is also collecting care pack items to ship to the troops overseas.

Download the information packet here for details on the cleaning and the collection of care pack items. 

Memorial Day 2013: Serving Those Who Serve Us

Memorial Day 2013 FREE 3-hour cleaning promotion
Memorial Day 2013 FREE 3-hour cleaning promotion

Since 2010, HAYS Cleaning, Inc. has provided 3-hour complimentary housecleanings for local Veterans, active Military and their spouses and parents. The service is offered for Memorial Day and Veterans Day.

The current promotion, in honor of Memorial Day, has been extended through June 30, 2013. Simply call 708-598-3819 or email mary@hayscleaning.com to schedule the cleaning.

Through a partnership with the St. Patricia Holy Name Society, in Hickory Hills, Illinois, the company is also collecting care pack items to ship to the troops overseas.

Download the information packet here for details on the cleaning and the collection of care pack items. 

Helping Our Heroes Tagline Poll

HeroHello Fans, take a moment and vote in the poll for adding a new tagline to the “Helping Our Heroes” program. Many of our fans have told us that the “Helping Our Heroes” name says it all – and we agree! 

So, instead of renaming the entire program, we are making the contest about choosing a new tagline. Cast your vote! Voting is open through May 3, 2013.

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Help Us Rename HOH

Help Rename Helping Our HeroesWe have been looking for suggestions to rename the Helping Our Heroes Program for the past few weeks. We recently placed this print ad in the Village View Newspaper to help gather more suggestions.

Art and Mary James, owners of HAYS Cleaning, based in Hickory Hills, started the “Helping Our Heroes” program, in May 2010. The original goal of the program was to provide a 3-hour complimentary house cleaning to US Veterans, active Military and their spouses.

The website, www.helping-our-heroes.com, was launched in October 2011. With the Veterans Day 2011 promotion, collection of care package items was added to the program.

In 2012, they partnered with the St. Patricia Holy Name Society, for the collection and shipment of care package items. The HNS has an affiliation with Jim Kruse and Adopt-A-Platoon. Jim is in charge of the organization, based in Hickory Hills. They collect and ship packages monthly to the troops overseas. HAYS and Helping Our Heroes will continue this partnership.

The name was chosen as a compliment to Veterans and active Military. Along this journey, it has been pointed out that many Veterans and active Military do not like the word hero nor any reference to being a hero. They are SOLDIERS and that is how they prefer to be recognized.

Art and Mary want to rename the program, with the word “Soldiers” or “Military” in the name and they would like help from the community to choose the new name. Through Friday, April 12, 2013, they are asking readers to share their ideas for a name change. Submit suggestions via email (mary@hayscleaning.com), on Facebook (www.facebook.com/hayscleaning) or on the “Heroes” website (www.helping-our-heroes.com). Once they have a selection of suggestions, they will create a poll to choose the new name.

Guidelines

  1. Five finalist name suggestions will be chosen by HAYS Cleaning and will be placed into a poll.
  2. Voting on five finalist names will take place on the website from April 15, 2013 through April 22, 2013.
  3. Top three winners will be awarded prizes as follows:
    • Third Place Winner – A bucket of cleaning supplies
    • Second Place Winner – Eureka Canister Vacuum
    • First Place Winner – 3 Hour Housecleaning (limited to our geographical service area)
  4. Winners will be announced in the end of April.