The Lambrinides brothers of Window Cleaning Resource (WCR)give a years round-up to window cleaning events & what's occurred in the last year. A new promotion for the end of December.. Purchase a subscription to the new window cleaning magazine (WCBO), and you could be the lucky winner. Issue #2 is now shipping, get in before the end of the year to beat the 2011 price increase. Go here to see the video.
It's a film about people. A portrait of human courage: the resourcefulness of window cleaners, operating in London with its windows blown out. The courage of shopkeepers who pick up their decapitated mannequins and start the day again. We're used to reading about the courage of the Blitz, but never seen before as presented in this film. Enjoy..
Harold Garnaat, left, helps lift 97-year-old Nettie Lakso into her family's house on Christmas morning with the help of Nettie's nephew, Charles Chase. Garnaat, who has been honored for his volunteerism by the STAR (Sharing Time and Resources) Awards program, said his reward comes in the form of the responses of those he helps. "At Christmas, you pick Grandma up at the nursing home and then when you get her home the family's out in the driveway waiting, and they've got tears in their eyes," he said.
Garnaat, 62, worked for the city of Kalamazoo for 33 years, retiring as a heavy-equipment operator in 2002. Since then, he has continued operating a window-cleaning business that he started 40 years ago and also works part time for Langeland Family Funeral Homes. He said his desire to help others was passed down from his parents, who were both active volunteers. "Mom was always helping people out down at the Kalamazoo Gospel Mission," he said. "I guess I followed in her footsteps." As far as not spending Thanksgiving or Christmas at home, Garnaat said he and Vicki are OK with that.
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