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title: "U.S. Air Force Veteran Family Opens Office Pride Cleaning Franchise"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/b2591a9a-fde5-4479-a247-f81b60147141
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/articles/us_air_force_veteran_family_opens_office_pride_cleaning_franchise.html
author: "Franchise Update Media"
category: "Cleaning & maid"
industry: "Home Services"
segment: "Cleaning & maid"
topics: ["Development & multi-unit"]
published: 2023-09-14T08:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-10-31T20:04:04.267Z
image: https://imgs.franchising.com/art/articles/7933_plate.jpg
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# U.S. Air Force Veteran Family Opens Office Pride Cleaning Franchise

**TL;DR:** Deborah Kennedy and her family have launched an Office Pride Commercial Cleaning Services franchise in East Virginia, bringing their experience in the U.S. Air Force to the business. The family-owned franchise provides a full range of janitorial services to various industries in the local area.

*By Franchise Update Media, originally published in Franchising.com on 2023-09-14. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/articles/us_air_force_veteran_family_opens_office_pride_cleaning_franchise.html).*

## Story

Deborah Kennedy and her family have launched Office Pride Commercial Cleaning Services of Springfield-Woodbridge, an independently owned and operated commercial cleaning franchise serving businesses in East Virginia. The family members are Deborah and Marshall Kennedy and their daughters Chikara Kennedy, Niki Scott, and Kalesha Hester. The five work together to provide a full range of janitorial services for industries that have a focus on military, government, medical, educational, religious, and financial facilities in the local and surrounding areas.

Before joining Office Pride, four of the five family members served in the U.S. Air Force and are experienced at working with large companies and the federal government.

“Our goal is to earn the trust and respect of our community, colleagues, and partners to become the commercial cleaning service provider of choice in our territory—one ZIP Code at a time,” said Niki Scott, one of the family members involved in the franchise. “Our business philosophy is, ‘We are all in this together.’ We are personally invested in the cleanliness of every facility we service,” she added.

Those services include touchless sanitizing, sweeping and vacuuming, wet and dry mopping, secure trash removal, restroom sanitization, disinfection, dusting, blinds cleaning, restroom replenishment, glass cleaning and the cleaning of walls, ceilings, and baseboards. “We understand what it means to entrust the keys to your business to someone else and we will work every day to earn that trust and keep you and your team healthy and safe at work,” said Chikara Kennedy. Office Pride Commercial Cleaning Services, based in Palm Harbor, Florida, is a 30-year-old brand serving more than 300 cities, and has cleaned nearly 2 million offices.

## Entities

- Franchising.com (publication)
- Home Services (sector)
- franchise launch (topic)
- commercial cleaning (topic)
- Office Pride (company)
- veteran-owned business (topic)
- U.S. Air Force (regulator)
- East Virginia (location)

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Originally reported by Franchise Update Media, Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/articles/us_air_force_veteran_family_opens_office_pride_cleaning_franchise.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/b2591a9a-fde5-4479-a247-f81b60147141).