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I hold fast to my commitment to provide opportunities for my employees to
advance. Like my grandmother, many of them come from low income or immigrant
backgrounds. The coaching, personal and financial development support we provide
is a part of my pledge to honor my grandmother's memory by helping others like
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Founder and CEO, Greenhouse Eco Cleaning

Founder and CEO, Greenhouse Eco Cleaning
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"To you and your kind much has been given, and from you much should be
expected." Theodore Roosevelt, Citizenship in a Republic

Wise words, and an accurate reflection of the directive myself and other
attendees of the 2013 Aspen Leaders Action Forum were given throughout the
event. We have a responsibility to ourselves, our communities and to those that
came before us to be pioneers of change.

My Action pledge? I will change my community by providing jobs to 50 low income
and immigrant women over the next 2 years, and offer them financial literacy
education as a part of training.

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I make this pledge in the name of my grandmother, the woman that inspired my
battle cry for natural living, eco-cleaning products and environmental change. I
didn't start this journey as an activist for green cleaning; instead, like so
many of my fellow attendees, this cause chose me through her.

A housekeeper from the West Indies, my life changed when she lost her battle to
cancer; an illness she contracted after spending decades inhaling toxic cleaning
fumes. My drive to honor her, bring meaning to the life she lived and the memory
she left, led to the launch of GreenHouse Eco-Cleaning. To paraphrase Victoria
Safford's words in The Small Work in the Great Work, with her senseless death I
was called to stand on this plot of ground. To the world it may seem like a
small step - green cleaning - toward a momentous goal - toxin-free environments
- but to me, my staff and our clients it is sacred ground because we honor it
and bring to it a blessing of sacrifice and risk.

With our eco-battle cry in mind, each day we service client homes and offices
for the purpose of making life better for ourselves and our customers. Because
of Greenhouse Eco-Cleaning, my employees work in a toxin-free environment, and
the people that live in the spaces they clean enjoy better health and a better
quality of life because we exist; because we took up this battle cry.

Victoria Safford noted the challenge of running, accepting your calling and
doing good in the world at the same time is difficult. As a small business owner
I face challenges every day, yet I know I was called to do this work. I rely on
the guidance of mentors and corporate leaders such as the Goldman Sachs
Foundation to stay strong in my commitment to mentorship and leadership within
my community. Not content to simply co-sponsor events such as the Aspen Leaders
Action Forum, Goldman Sachs Foundation leads by example with their commitment to
the 10,000 Small Businesses and 10, 000 Women programs they offer. They are
attempting to live up to and be the modern example of the words Teddy Roosevelt
spoke years ago.

Following their example, I hold fast to my commitment to provide opportunities
for my employees to advance. Like my grandmother, many of them come from low
income or immigrant backgrounds. The coaching, personal and financial
development support we provide is a part of my pledge to honor my grandmother's
memory by helping others like her lead better lives.

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My journey to make and keep this pledge has put me on a path that is not always
easy, but it must be done if we are to create change in our communities and the
world.

I think Teddy Roosevelt would agree.

This blogger graduated from Goldman Sachs' 10,000 Small Businesses program.
Goldman Sachs is a partner of the What Is Working: Small Businesses section.


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