AS ONE OF THE NATION'S PREMIER SERVICE SECTOR COMPANIES MERRY MAIDS HAS ESTABLISHED AN IDENTITY
THAT IS WELL YOU MIGHT SAY, "CLEANING UP IN THE WORLD" OF HOME PERSONAL SERVICES. THEIR
COMMITMENT TO GREAT CAUSES LIKE THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATIONS GO RED FOR WOMEN CAMPAIGN
IS EQUALLY EVIDENT. AND WITH US DISCUSSING WHAT MERRY MAIDS AND THOUSANDS OF ITS DEDICATED
WORKERS ARE ACCOMPLISHING FOR BOTH THE HOMES AND THE HEARTS OF AMERICA IS AMY BATES, A
MERRY MAIDS FRANCHISE OWNER FROM TULSA, OKLAHOMA. AND JOINING US LATER A VERY VERY SPECIAL WOMAN
WHOSE HEART WARMING STORY WILL CAPTURE YOUR OWN HEART. I WANT TO WELCOME YOU AMY. IT'S
SO GREAT TO HAVE YOU GUYS HERE TODAY. THANK YOU.
FIRST OF ALL MERRY MAIDS AND I LOVE THIS QUOTE IS DESCRIBED AS, "AN INVESTMENT IN SAVING
TIME IMPROVING THE LIVES OF OUR CUSTOMERS" AND HOW ARE YOU MAKING THAT WORK FOR YOU KNOW
WOMEN AND MEN IN TULSA AND NATIONWIDE. WE ARE HELPING JUST THE WORK LIFE BALANCE.
WITH MORE AND MORE TWO PARENT WORKING FAMILIES THERE IS LESS TIME TO SPEND WITH FAMILY TIME
AND SO WE ARE ALLOWING WOMEN TO HAVE A BIT OF A BREAK AND TO NOT SPEND THEIR SATURDAY
CLEANING THEIR HOME. AND SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF AN INVESTMENT IN HAVING SOME EXTRA
RELAXATION AND LESS STRESS. AND I THINK WOMEN ARE JOINING THE WORK FORCE
IN DROVES AND YOU ARE RIGHT THOSE WEEKENDS ARE SACRED AND WOMEN AND MEN WANT TO SPEND
TIME WITH THEIR FAMILIES NOT NECESSARILY CLEANING THE HOUSE.
THEY DO THEY DO. I THINK WE HAVE BECOME MORE OF A NECESSITY THAN A LUXURY FOR MANY FAMILIES.
I AGREE. AND FOR THOSE CONTEMPLATING A CLEANING SERVICE WHAT'S SETS FRANCHISES LIKE MERRY
MAIDS APART FROM ANYTHING ELSE? WE ARE PROFESSIONALS, WE ARE TRAINED PROFESSIONALS.
WE BRING WITH US A VERY EXTENSIVE TRAINING PROGRAM FOR EVERYBODY WHO WORKS FOR US. OUR
STAFF IS VERY WELL SCREENED. WE ARE DRUG FREE. WE TAKE CARE OF ALL THE LIABILITY SO YOUR
LIABILITY, YOUR WORKERS' COMPENSATION, YOUR TAXES, WE TRULY TAKE THE STRESS OUT OF BEING
AN EMPLOYER, WHICH DOES SET US APART. WE DON'T CALL IN SICK, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DISCIPLINE
US... (LAUGHTER).
...AND WE BRING EVERYTHING WITH IS. SO TRULY YOU CAN COME HOME FROM WORK AND HAVE A NICE
CLEAN FRESH SMELLING HOME. THAT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT YOU BRING EVERYTHING
WITH YOU TOO THAT'S A KEY... IT IS.
...YOU KNOW MERRY MAIDS IS A NATIONAL SPONSOR OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION GO RED FOR
WOMEN CAMPAIGN. HOW EXACTLY IS THAT HELPING AND ARE YOU HELPING THE EFFORT ACROSS THE
COUNTRY? WELL WITH OUR 600 OFFICES THAT WE HAVE, WE
HAVE EIGHT THOUSAND EMPLOYEES, EIGHT THOUSAND TEAM MEMBERS...
WOW. ...AND MANY OF THOSE ARE WOMEN. AND SO WE
REALLY FELT THAT WE SHOULD GET BEHIND A CAUSE THAT HELPS WOMEN AND SO WE ARE ABLE TO GO
AND RAISE MONEY AND BRING SOME EDUCATION. WE BRING IN THINGS FOR OUR TEAM MEMBERS TO
HELP EDUCATE THEM ON HAVING A HEALTHY HEART AND HEALTHY LIFESTYLE...
GREAT. ...SO IT GOES FULL CIRCLE WITH US.
MERRY MAIDS IS DOING SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL IN SOUTH FLORIDA. I WANT YOU TO TELL ME ABOUT
THAT. WE ARE HELPING A HEART PATIENT. SHE HAS HAD
A COUPLE OF HEART SURGERIES OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS AND WE REALLY WANTED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
AND RELIEVE SOME OF THE STRESS FOR HER AND YOU KNOW TAKE GOOD CARE OF MADELINE...
THAT... ...SO...
...IS SO GREAT. A PERFECT SEGWAY AMY AND THAT'S WHAT'S COMING UP NEXT BECAUSE IN JUST A MOMENT
WE ARE GOING TO TALK ONE ON ONE WITH MADELINE, A HEART PATIENT WHO IN RECENT YEARS HAS UNDERGONE
TWO OPEN HEART SURGERIES. THE FIRST BY FAMED CARDIOLOGIST AND MEDIA CELEBRITY DR. OZ. MADELINE
IS A SURVIVOR AND HER STORY IS NEXT SO DON'T GO AWAY.
(MUSIC). WE ARE BACK AND TALKING WITH AMY BATES, A
MERRY MAIDS FRANCHISE OWNER BASED IN TULSA, OKLAHOMA WHO HAS SHARED WHAT THAT COMPANY
IS DOING TO SUPPORT NATIONAL HEART MONTH AND THE GO RED FOR WOMEN CAMPAIGN. ALSO JOINING
US A WOMAN. A HEART PATIENT SURVIVOR AND AN INDIVIDUAL CHAMPION FOR THE GREAT WORK BEING
DONE BY THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION. WELCOME MADELINE AND IT'S SO GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH
US TOO. MADELINE YOU HAVE ENDURED SO MUCH, BUT BEFORE WE GET INTO YOUR HEALTH STORY I
KNOW SOMETHING REALLY FUN AND EXCITING GREAT HAPPENED TO YOU YESTERDAY I WANT YOU TO TELL
ME ABOUT IT. WELL MY HUSBAND CALLED ME I WAS WORKING MY
HUSBAND CALLED ME TO GET HOME AS SOON AS I CAN AND WHEN I GOT THERE WHEN I ENTERED MY
HOME IT SMELLED... WOW.
...SO NICE AND LOOKED SO CLEAN I WAS SO SURPRISED AND IT WAS REALLY NICE TO HAVE A HOUSE CLEAN.
OH HONEY HAVE YOU SEEN THE HOUSE? I HAVE A DOG WHO SHEDS ALL THE TIME...
(LAUGHTER). ...A TEENAGER. SO IT WAS REALLY NICE TO SEE
THAT. THAT'S SO GREAT I MEAN ESPECIALLY YOU KNOW
AFTER YOU KNOW I KNOW YOU HAVE HAD TWO HEART SURGERIES, YOU ARE WORKING. IT MUST BE GREAT
TO WALK IN AND SEE A CLEAN HOUSE. I MEAN WHAT BETTER GIFT THAN THAT?
THAT'S FOR SURE. (LAUGHTER).
NOW I HEAR THAT ONE OF THOSE SURGERIES WAS PERFORMED BY A VERY FAMOUS DOCTOR THAT WE
CAN ALL SEE ON TV TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT CONNECTION IN YOUR FIRST SURGERY.
WELL, I WENT FOR A PHYSICAL AND THE DOCTOR HAD MENTIONED THAT MY HEART SOUNDED VERY LOUD.
I HAD MET A CARDIOLOGIST AND THEY FOUND I HAD ANEURYSM.
WOW. AND THERE WAS NO DOCTOR IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA
THAT PERFORMED THAT SURGERY SO MY HUSBAND WENT ONLINE AND FOUND DR. OZ.
SO DR. OZ, WHO WE CAN ALL SEE EVERYDAY. THAT DR. OZ?
THAT DR. OZ. YOUR HUSBAND FOUND HIM ONLINE.
YES HE DID. AND WE MET WITH HIM. AND WE ARRANGED EVERYTHING TO BE DONE IN NEW YORK. AND WE
DID THE SURGERY IN NEW YORK WITH DR. OZ AND EVERYTHING WENT WELL. WELL OBVIOUSLY EVERYTHING
WENT WELL... YEAH.
...AND THAT WAS BEFORE HE WAS REALLY FAMOUS RIGHT?
I THINK A YEAR BEFORE HE BECAME FAMOUS. (LAUGHTER).
AND NOW WHEN YOU SEE HIM ON TV WHAT DO YOU THINK?
IT'S GREAT. I MEAN HE IS A GREAT DOCTOR AND I AM HAPPY THAT HE IS OUT THERE TEACHING WOMEN
ABOUT ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF HEALTH SITUATIONS. SO I AM REALLY HAPPY.
IT'S GREAT AND YOU SAID SOMETHING TO ME EARLIER THAT HE IS THE SAME ON TV AS HE WAS FOR YOU
IN PERSON. THAT EVERYTHING YOU SEE IS TRULY HOW HE IS.
YEAH WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT HE IS. HE'S VERY NICE, GENTLE, HE WILL HOLD YOUR HAND AND TELL
YOU EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE OK. IT WAS VERY COMFORTING.
THAT'S GREAT... MHM.
...AND HE ALSO EDUCATED YOU AND YOU ARE TRYING TO EDUCATE OTHER WOMEN AND AMY I WANT TO WE
TALKED ABOUT THE GO RED CAMPAIGN. WE HAVE GOT SOME THINGS AND SOME ITEMS OUT HERE. TELL
US ABOUT THESE. WE DO. WELL DURING THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY ALL
OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS WEAR AWARENESS SHIRTS. THEY WEAR GO RED...
OH GO RED FOR WOMEN. GREAT. ...YEAH SO AS THEY ARE SHOPPING AS THEY ARE
OUT CLEANING HOMES IT BRINGS THAT AWARENESS... PERFECT.
...TO ALL THE DIFFERENT WOMEN. AND THIS IS ALSO KIND OF COOL RIGHT?
YES AND THAT IS PART OF OUR FUNDRAISING EFFORT. WE LEAVE THOSE BEHIND IN OUR CLIENTS' HOMES
DURING THAT MONTH AND SO THEY CAN FILL THEM WITH THEIR CHANGE, THEIR DOLLAR BILLS, AND
THEN WE TAKE THOSE ALL AND WE GIVE THEM TO THE GO RED CAMPAIGN AT THE END OF THE MONTH.
OH GOOD WELL I AM GOING TO TAKE THIS AND PUT THIS IN MY HOUSE...
OH FANTASTIC. ...AND REMEMBER TO PUT MY SPARE CHANGE IN
THIS WHAT A GREAT IDEA. THAT IS WONDERFUL.
AND MY DAUGHTERS WILL LIKE THAT TOO. IT'S KIND OF LIKE KIDS CAN HELP IT'S A GREAT FUNDRAISING
EFFORT. IT IS.
YOU KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT GO RED AND I KNOW THAT IT REALLY STANDS FOR SOMETHING...
IT DOES. ...G O R E D...
IT DOES. ...YOU CAN USE YOUR CHEAT SHEET RIGHT THERE.
(LAUGHTER). AND TELL ME WHAT IT STANDS FOR.
THE 'G' IS FOR GETTING YOUR NUMBERS YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE IS AND YOUR
CHOLESTEROL LEVELS SO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU ARE AND IF YOU NEED TO HAVE SOME IMPROVEMENT THERE.
THE 'O' IS FOR OWNING YOUR LIFESTYLE. YOU NEED TO INCORPORATE HEALTHY EXERCISE, EATING
HABITS, MAINTAIN A HEALTHY WEIGHT. AND 'R' IS FOR REALIZING YOUR RISK. YOU NEED TO KNOW
YOUR FAMILY HISTORY... SO IMPORTANT.
...AND THAT WAY YOU CAN. YES. AND KNOW IF YOU NEED TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE VIGILANT
WITH YOUR CARE. 'E' IS FOR EDUCATING YOUR FAMILY. FROM OUR PARENTS DOWN TO OUR CHILDREN,
WE NEED TO BE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THE RISK THAT ARE POSED BY HEART DISEASE AND
TO PREVENT THEM... YES.
...AND 'D' IS FOR DON'T BE SILENT. TELL EVERYONE THAT HEART DISEASE IS THE NUMBER ONE KILLER
OF WOMEN. DON'T BE SILENT YOU WOULD AGREE WITH THAT.
DID YOU REALIZE HEART DISEASE WAS THE NUMBER ONE KILLER OF WOMEN?
NO I DID NOT. YEAH. THAT WAS SOMETHING I LEARNED LATER IN
LIFE AND IT'S AMAZING THAT IT IS YOU KNOW MORE PREVALENT IN WOMEN THAN MEN.
MHM. WELL THANK YOU FOR RAISING AWARENESS. THANK
YOU FOR BEING WHO YOU ARE AND I THINK YOU WHAT HAVE YOU GOT ANOTHER SURPRISE?
WE DO. WE HAVE A SURPRISE FOR MADELINE. WE THINK THAT SHE IS ABSOLUTELY THE MOST DESERVING
AND NEEDS A YEAR FULL OF FREE HOUSE CLEANING FROM MERRY MAIDS.
(IN UNISON). OH MY GOSH.
THANK YOU. SO WE ARE GOING TO HELP YOU RELIEVE THAT STRESS
AND... THANK YOU SO MUCH.
...YES YOU ARE WELCOME. WE ARE EXCITED. WOW.
YOU KNOW YOU DESERVE IT. FULL OF SURPRISES. AND THANK YOU FOR JUST BEING GENEROUS AND
YOUR GREAT SERVICE AND YOU KNOW MERRY MAIDS I LOVE THE NAME...
(LAUGHTER). ...AND I LOVE WHAT YOU ARE DOING TO RAISE
AWARENESS FOR THIS VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE... THANK YOU.
...THANK YOU BOTH FOR COMING BY TODAY. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. ALRIGHT AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE
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