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Popular CASA speaker series returns
CASA of Marion County will resume
the Light of Hope speaker series after
having to pause for the past two years.
This fundraiser will held at the
Salem Convention Center, May 14 at
6 pm and will feature author Stefanie
Land. Stefanie is the author of the best-
seller, Maid. Her story was also turned
into a Netflix series by the same name.
The series broke Netflix records as the
#1 most watched with over 67 million
accounts watching in the first 28 days of
its release.
Stefanie, will share her story, which is
one of hard work, perseverance, struggle,
and a will to survive. Her story is of a
woman who wanted to leave behind her
hometown in the Pacific Northwest to
head to college and become a writer. Her
plans and dreams were sidelined when
she ended up pregnant. Stefanie began
working in housekeeping to provide for
her and her daughter, while experienc-
ing firsthand the struggles of navigating
the systems in place to support those
in poverty. Stefanie’s story will provide
hope, but not without sharing the reali-
ties of a single parent, without support
and resources, trying to create a different
life for her own child. In her book, she
also shares what it was like to serve the
upper-middle class in America and how
it made her feel like a nameless ghost.
CASA of Marion County, through its
volunteers, advocates for abused and
neglected children who need safe and
permanent homes. With a CASA volun-
teer, a child is half as likely to languish in
the foster care and child welfare system,
and that much more likely to find a safe
permanent home.
Stefanie shares her story to help give
an awareness of the government systems
in place and the difficulty to navigate
them. Her story compliments CASA’s
mission to be a voice for children in care.
Tickets are currently on sale for this
event and may be purchased at casamar-
ionor.org. Tickets are $45 per person
or a table of ten for $400. Sponsorship
opportunities are still available, contact
Shaney Starr at CASA of Marion County
for more information.
Local company honored for work with cancer patients
Since 2018, Salem-Keizer's Serenity
Cleaning Services has supported 30 can-
cer patients with a total donated value
of $8,174 in cleanings. The company
has been recognized by Cleaning for a
Reason as a Top 10 Cleaning Partner for
most cancer patients served in 2021.
“Quite a few years back, I had an
employee whose mom was battling breast
cancer for the third time and feeling very
depressed over her inability to keep
up her home,” said Brenda Oleman,
owner and founder of Serenity Cleaning
Services. “Myself and several other
employees spent an afternoon clean-
ing for her—what a sparkle it brought to
her eyes. You could see her whole spirit
brighten; and oh, how that blessed us as
“I feel it a privilege to be trusted in
peoples’ homes and private spaces,”
said Oleman. “I also feel honored and
obligated to provide meaningful jobs
and joyful workplaces to my staff. I also
believe that to whom much is given,
much is required. We have been blessed
and want to bless others. We feel hon-
ored to serve cancer patients and their
families in their hour of need.”
Serenity Cleaning Services, LLC
remains committed to helping cancer
patients through their partnership with
Cleaning for a Reason, a nonprofit pro-
viding free home cleanings to house-
holds battling cancer.
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well. She eventually lost her battle, but I
have never forgotten how blessed we all
were in doing what seemed like such a
small and simple thing to us.
“When I read about Cleaning for a
Reason years ago, that whole experience
came flooding back and I knew immedi-
ately that this was something I wanted
Serenity Cleaning Services to do as just
one way of giving back.”
In partnership with Cleaning for a
Reason, Serenity Cleaning Services
supports cancer patients in Salem by
cleaning up to five homes per month for
two consecutive months at no charge.
Serenity Cleaning Services is the only
company in Marion and Polk counties
that partners with Cleaning for a Reason.
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