Local Celebrities Volunteer For Cleaning Service Benefitting Cancer Patients

Sept. 24, 2009 - PRLog -- Austin, TX.     When you are undergoing surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, and other treatments as a cancer patient, the last thing you want to worry about is keeping your home clean.  Thanks to a local cleaning company, their worries have been lessened; and thanks to local celebrities and restaurant owners, funding for the non-profit business will, for one night, come in the form of tips and good service.

Tokyo Steak House & Sushi Bar in Round Rock is proud to host “Serving for a Reason” benefiting the “Cleaning for a Reason Foundation,” the only national non-profit providing free housecleaning services for women undergoing cancer treatment.  During the event, Austin area notable personalities will serve as bartenders at Tokyo Steak House & Sushi Bar. All of their tips and 10 percent of sales will go directly to Cleaning for a Reason and the American Cancer Society.

Organized by Aroma-Chic Cleaning of Austin, the event is something its local woman business owner has wanted to do for some time.

“Through my cleaning service, I’ve been a long-time supporter of Cleaning for a Reason,” says Aroma-Chic owner Susana Garza. “By partnering with Phoenix Pai, owner of Tokyo Steak House & Sushi Bar and some of our city’s well-known faces, we are helping cancer patients and involving numerous participants like Social Thinker, a non-profit designed to encourage the service industry to create new donations for local and national charitable organizations.  It’s a win-win for everyone.”

While grateful to be the benefactor of a local fundraiser, Cleaning for a Reason’s founder is also impressed by the coming together of local business entities.  

"I am continually amazed at the profound generosity of the companies involved in Cleaning for a Reason,” says the company’s founder Debbie Sardone.   “Aroma-Chic Cleaning is an example of how businesses should be interacting with their community. They are giving away what they do for a living, and making a real difference in Austin to women in need. I am so proud to be associated with them."

“Serving For A Reason” is scheduled for Wednesday, October 7 from 5-8 p.m.  The public is welcome to purchase anything from sodas to water to cocktails, all served by celebrities from the Penfold Theatre Company, Gwen Cash, president and founder of The Austin Diners Club, and Georges Schemagin, co-founder of Social Thinker.