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June 21, 2017
New Prices
Effective
April 1, 2017
O PINION
Martin
Cleaning
Service
Carpet & Upholstery
Cleaning
Residential &
Commercial Services
Minimum Service CHG.
$50.00
A small distance/travel
charge may be applied
CARPET CLEANING
2 Cleaning Areas or more
$30.00 each Area
Pre-Spray Traffic Areas
(Includes: 1 small Hallway)
1 Cleaning Area (only)
$50.00
Includes Pre-Spray Traffic Area
(Hallway Extra)
Stairs (12-16 stairs - With
Other Services) : $30.00
Area/Oriental Rugs:
$25.00 Minimum
Area/Oriental Rugs (Wool) :
$40.00 Minimum
Heavily Soiled Area:
$10.00 each area
(Requiring Extensive Pre-Spraying)
UPHOLSTERY
CLEANING
Sofa: $69.00
Loveseat: $49.00
Sectional: $109 - $139
Chair or Recliner:
$25.00 - $49.00
Throw Pillows (With
Other Services) : $5.00
ADDITIONAL
SERVICES
• Auto/Boat/RV Cleaning
• Deodorizing & Pet
Odor Treatment
• Spot & Stain
Removal Service
• Scotchguard Protection
• Minor Water Damage
Services
SEE CURRENT FLYER
FOR ADDITIONAL
PRICES & SERVICES
Call for Appointment
(503) 281-3949
An Assault on the Least Among Us
We cannot let
our neighbors go
hungry
S uZanne W aShington
With President Trump’s
budget, Congress has now
seen his plans for low
income Americans, and
Congress must wholly re-
ject his vision in their own
upcoming budget.
The scale and size of the pro-
posed funding cuts are not just
staggering: they would shred de-
cades of federal bipartisan sup-
port to ensure that the least among
us - especially poor, elderly, and
disabled Americans -- can main-
tain basic standards of living, like
food to eat and a roof overhead, as
well as the ability to maintain their
health and dignity.
Having enough food to eat is
a real problem for our nation’s
seniors: the National Council on
Aging estimates that 10.2 million
older Americans (15.8 percent of
people age 60+) faced hunger in
2014. Thanks to funding from the
Older Americans Act, which par-
tially funds Meals on Wheels Peo-
ple, we are able to delivery fresh,
by
nourishing meals to 5,000 older
adults every weekday.
Many Meals on Wheels pro-
grams also rely on both Commu-
nity Development Block Grants
and Community Ser-
vice Block Grants. The
president’s budget elim-
inates the CDBG pro-
gram, which will have
a devastating impact on
the ability to serve and
deliver meals. It is the
combination of funding sources
that allows Meals on Wheels pro-
grams to feed our most vulnerable
elders.
Making it even more difficult
for our participants to get the nu-
trition they need, Trump’s budget
also dramatically shrinks and al-
ters SNAP (food stamps), another
key source of nutrition for our low
income seniors -- and for more
than 676,00 Oregonians statewide.
Trump’s budget not only cuts
$193 billion from SNAP over the
next 10 years, it also ends the fed-
eral commitment to provide food
assistance to low income people
by shifting 25 percent of SNAP’s
cost to states over 10 years.
The cost to Oregon alone would
be more than $1.8 billion. If, as is
likely, our state could not fill the
hole created by these cuts, states
would be allowed to slash bene-
fits, including eliminating the min-
imum benefit -- currently $16 per
month. This would result in 57,000
people in Oregon, mostly elderly
and people with disabilities, losing
SNAP benefits altogether.
Even with the support of Meals
on Wheels People, we know it’s
not enough for many of our par-
ticipants and they rely on the ad-
ditional support of SNAP to make
sure they have enough to eat every
day. Norma, who lives alone in a
small home in southeast Portland,
survives on her income from Social
Security. She relies on both SNAP
benefits and her daily meal deliv-
ery from Meals on Wheels People
for the majority of her food. If one
or both are eliminated, Lois will go
hungry. We cannot let this happen
to our elderly neighbors.
Adding insult to injury, Trump’s
budget doesn’t just eliminate food
assistance for seniors -- by break-
ing his promise not to cut Social
Security and slashing Social Se-
curity Disability Income and Sup-
plemental Security Income by $72
billion over 10 years, this budget
cuts a critical source of income for
some of our participants. These
benefits are essential for people
with disabilities who can’t earn a
living wage. According to Federal
Center on Budget and Policy, just
over 95,000 working-age Orego-
nians with disabilities (3.8 per-
cent of Oregon’s 18-64 year olds)
received SSDI and/or SSI in De-
cember 2015.
We see every day how this net
of services created with bipartisan
support over the years ensures
that our clients can be healthy and
live independently with dignity.
Meals on Wheels People depends
on more than just federal funds
to make our program work -- our
local and state governments con-
tribute their share, as do more than
450 volunteers who show up ev-
ery weekday to help their neigh-
bors in need.
Far too many Americans are
just one illness or one accident
away from financial disaster or
physical incapacity. Congress
must not ignore the evidence that
these programs work. Congress
must propose a budget that pro-
vides a reliable foundation our
community’s health and well be-
ing for anyone facing disability,
illness or old age.
Suzanne Washington is the
executive director of Means on
Wheels People.