Mathew Johnson 123 Report post Posted August 8, 2005 Well.... It was a huge success. I want to take a quick note to thank everyone who helped with this project. Thanks to Henry Bockman - King of Marketing - Germantown, Maryland. What can I say... I couldn't and wouldn't have done this without your enthusiasm, experience and belief that this was possible. Again thanks for all of your support and assistance with the project. To Tom Vogel of ACR Products.. your contribution of technical service, expertise kept our machines and equipment running flawlessly. Thanks for providing the extra pressure washing hose and turbo nozzles... who would have thought we would have had 1/3 mile of pressure washing hose out. Having an onsite technician and distributor with a full parts inventory was perfect. John Tornabene. Long Island, King of the $21.00 lunch: Your lift truck, faithful assistant and experience was invaluable. Thanks to both of you. Look forward to our next joint venture. Cujo Cooley - Covington, Ga with Pams Pressure Clean- you southern boys can sure clean a lot of property in a short amount of time. It was a real pleasure having you up... I hope to see you again soon... Thanks for the help! Jack Kramer, A brilliant Solution, New Jersey.. Thanks a million to both you and your son... You had one of the toughest areas... And it looks excellent. It's "brilliant". Mike Brown, All Brite Pressure Washing Service, Rome New York... Thanks to both you and your son for helping out. The first base line look's great. Wow! Cleveland, OH - Bob Williamson with Pressure Tek, Ohio. Bob, thanks a million for your generous donation and support. I will be in touch soon. Again thanks for your support and making this a huge success. Pete Marentay with Sun Brite Supply, Lawrenceville, GA, Pete, you support and input was great. Thanks for the chemical offer and sharing your knowledge both with the execution of the project and with the assistance with the PR and media. Jim Palmer with Hydro Tek Systems, Redlands, CA. I truely appreciate your donation of 2 surface cleaners for the project. Without them, we would still be cleaning the concrete there. It was great to see you show up at the project. Thanks for your offer of future support. Very rough statistics: We had a staff of about 16 people 8 Machines running, 9 Pressurized lines Had just about 1800-1900 feet of pressure hose in use 2 Staff just using power blowers to remove and dispose of large debris. Water, thousands of gallons of water - 5 inch hydrant line split to 2 inch and a half lines. 2 inch feed line inside the park. Arrived at 6 AM departed at 6:40 PM 2 TV stations / 2, ?3 Newspaper WOW... More to Come See photos Here.... http://pwscleaning.com/doubleday.htm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squirtgun 122 Report post Posted August 9, 2005 Great Job Mathew and everyone else involved. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mathew Johnson 123 Report post Posted August 9, 2005 Thanks... It was fun.. Rumour is... We might get a writeup in Cleaner Times. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crispy crittr 14 Report post Posted August 9, 2005 Mathew, Quit spreading rumors. Spread the facts. The pictorial is scheduled for the October issue of Cleaner Times. Stay hydrated, Chuck Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beth n Rod 1,279 Report post Posted August 9, 2005 Chuck, Are you going to feature all the Clean Across America participants and their respective individual projects? I think everyones project deserves some recognition. Beth Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beth n Rod 1,279 Report post Posted August 9, 2005 Here's one I tried to post on PWNA but couldn't the file was too big. Jim Foley and his wife did a really special thing a couple of years back. Jim, take a bow! I remember your project a couple years back. I remember you winning the very first Member Spotlight Award for it too, the first year PWNA had it. I came up with the award and the concept and worked with Doc on it. The Member Spotlight Award was to recognize members who did charitable things for their communities, didn't have to be cleaning, but it could be. It seems to have evolved since then...which was the plan. Yours was a stellar project. Jim correct me if I am wrong, but I'm going to toot your horn here... didn't you and your wife raise money - like over 200,000.00 in grants and donations to build a playground for special needs kids to be able to play on? I have a file about it, let's see if I can upload it or if I have to break it down to do it. I am sure others would love to read about this project as well. I also remember Charlie Arnold from Delaware doing a wonderful project, he and his church did disaster relief work for a week for flood victims. I'll look for those files too. Beth Letter to PWNA.pdf Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Celeste 341 Report post Posted August 9, 2005 Hey Chuck, Is this write up about the campaign as a whole or focusing on the Cooperstown project. Lots of other members participated in the CAA as well as the Cooperstown group :) Celeste Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Celeste 341 Report post Posted August 9, 2005 OOPs, didn't mean to repeat....got a reply started and got sidetracked :) Celeste Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beth n Rod 1,279 Report post Posted August 9, 2005 Here are some photos of the work Charlie Arnold did that year as well. He lead a team to help with flood damage in Ohio, and helped to save people's homes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike 64 Report post Posted August 9, 2005 It's nice to know there are others helping others out there in this crazy world, thanks to everyone for doing their part. A special thanks to Jim and his wife, the story about the playground is great! Sometimes its the things you do, not for recognition, that mean so much to others. :cheers: :D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Celeste 341 Report post Posted August 9, 2005 Well while we've got the silent admiration committee going, I'm going to throw Scott & Angela Karvonen in the mix. Scott & Angela, while dealing with family tragedies on what seemed to be a monthly basis and raising about a half a dozen kids, routinely clean for their community and church members in need. Roofs, houses, yards, whatever the family needs, Scott & Angela are there with their time, equipment and unselfish love in their hearts. Kudos to Karvonen Pro Clean :) Celeste Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beth n Rod 1,279 Report post Posted August 9, 2005 There are some VERY good folks out there, doing some very good things that you rarely hear about. I wonder how many folks are aware that the President of PWNA, Paul Horsley in Canada, went to...Thailand I believe it was...a couple years back and help to build a school. That was the year of the PWNA's first Member Spotlight Award. (the one Jim won) Paul didn't enter. He told me that's not why he did it and that the recognition didn't matter to him. Helping to build a school is cool. Beth Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squirtgun 122 Report post Posted August 10, 2005 Well while we've got the silent admiration committee going, I'm going to throw Scott & Angela Karvonen in the mix. Scott & Angela, while dealing with family tragedies on what seemed to be a monthly basis and raising about a half a dozen kids, routinely clean for their community and church members in need. Roofs, houses, yards, whatever the family needs, Scott & Angela are there with their time, equipment and unselfish love in their hearts. Kudos to Karvonen Pro Clean :)Celeste We do what we can to help people who need it.Things have been rough this year both personally and finacially.Often times it seems we are the one that could use the help but without fail we somehow manage through the difficult times. It takes some sacrifices to do the things we do but if it were mine and Angela's families or our friends we would hope someone could help them in the same way. Most people we have helped don't know where it comes from because we don't do it for the recognition and only a few on the BBS know some of what we have done. I have often thought about using the good deeds for PR but for us it's about the joy of helping someone in need.I can't force myself to use it as a form of marketing. We do very much appreciate the acknowledgement.Thanks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
John T 744 Report post Posted August 10, 2005 Scott your ticket to Heaven will be waiting for you many years from now. The odd thing about marketing good deeds is that you can generate more income to do more of the good deeds. Its like a double edged sword but I admire your reasoning for not wanting to Take this road. As for the PWNA its a great marketing tool where both sides can win. The people who spend the $$$$ for our services and the people who get serviced by us free of charge....Hence the double edged sword. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tropical wave 22 Report post Posted August 10, 2005 We do what we can to help people who need it.Things have been rough this year both personally and finacially.Often times it seems we are the one that could use the help but without fail we somehow manage through the difficult times.It takes some sacrifices to do the things we do but if it were mine and Angela's families or our friends we would hope someone could help them in the same way. Most people we have helped don't know where it comes from because we don't do it for the recognition and only a few on the BBS know some of what we have done. I have often thought about using the good deeds for PR but for us it's about the joy of helping someone in need.I can't force myself to use it as a form of marketing. We do very much appreciate the acknowledgement.Thanks. that ROCKS.....just "keep on keeping on".... :cool: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mathew Johnson 123 Report post Posted August 10, 2005 Scott.... That is over the top!!! God Bless you and your wife!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
newlook 265 Report post Posted August 10, 2005 All good deeds ...yes ... very good people in this industry. How about that power wash company in N. Calif. that traveled down to S. Calif. 2 years ago during the "Fire Storm" and donated power wash services to homes that were covered with soot and ash? :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beth n Rod 1,279 Report post Posted August 10, 2005 Carlos did you do that? BRAVO! I have had friends in past years who have lost everything to one of those. Beth Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
