PALM HARBOR, Fla. (June 4, 2024) – Office Pride Commercial Cleaning Services honored top-performing franchisees and those who reached sales milestones during the annual owners’ retreat, which was held May 1-3 in Orlando.

Office Pride of Visalia-Tulare (California), owned by Kris and Mitch Lareau, was named the Franchise of the Year.

Other individual awards presented were: 

Integrity Award: Lee Weeks, Office Pride of Huntsville, Alabama

Core Value Award: Bobby Halbrook, Office Pride of Tyler-Whitehouse, Texas

Beverly McQueen Brand Ambassador Award: Damaris Coles, Office Pride of San Antonio-Helotes, Texas

Richard Ollek Training Award: Olon Hyde, Office Pride of Pensacola-Downtown, Florida

Salt & Light Award for community service (3 winners):

  • Office Pride of Pensacola-Downtown (Florida) for raising $1,260 at the staff Christmas party to donate to the Escambia County School District’s lunch debt fund, which pays off students’ negative lunchroom balances. 
  • Office Pride of Huntsville (Alabama) for monthly donations of cleaning and paper products to the Lincoln Village Ministry.
  • Office Pride of Richmond-Sandston (Virginia) for their commitment to hiring people with disabilities, people who are homeless, people on parole and people in drug and alcohol recovery programs.

Rookie of the Year: Stephanie and Andrew Farnsworth, Office Pride of Fort Wayne-Columbia City, Indiana

Managers of the Year (2 winners): Dan Ford, Office Pride of Tyler, Texas, and Erika Duncan, Office Pride of Paducah-Murray, Kentucky

Standards of Excellence Awards, which recognize promotion of the core values, sales growth and revenue retention, engagement and reporting: Jason Courtney, Simon Courtney, Mathew Davis and Olon Hyde, Office Pride of Pensacola-Downtown (Florida); Aaron and Grace Dykhuizen, Office Pride of Fort Wayne-Auburn (Indiana); Tom and Julie Hoover, Office Pride of Indianapolis-Greenfield (Indiana); Kris and Mitch Lareau, Office Pride of Visalia-Tulare (California); Nick and Morgan Morris, Office Pride of Paducah-Murray (Kentucky); James Roeder, Office Pride of Nashville-Hendersonville (Tennessee); Van Sims, Office Pride of Birmingham-Trussville (Alabama); Mike Straszheim, Office Pride of Richmond-Centerville (Indiana); Drew and Ashley Wedding, Office Pride of Owensboro, Kentucky-Rockport, Indiana

The following franchisees were recognized for billing a milestone amount in a calendar year:

Eight Million Dollar Club: Jason Courtney, Simon Courtney, Mathew Davis and Olon Hyde, Office Pride of Pensacola-Downtown, Florida

Four Million Dollar Club: Jose Bravo, Office Pride of Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana

Three Million Dollar Club: Kris and Mitch Lareau, Office Pride of Visalia-Tulare, California, and Matt Mays, Office Pride of Louisville-Jeffersontown, Kentucky

Two Million Dollar Club: Chris and Kim Middleton, Office Pride of Noblesville-Fishers, Indiana; Todd and Valerie Jones, Office Pride of Virginia Beach, Virginia; and Lee and Melissa Weeks, Office Pride of Huntsville, Alabama

Million Dollar Club: Greg Carr and Ken Morris, Office Pride of Tampa-Clearwater (Florida); Aaron and Grace Dykhuizen, Office Pride of Fort Wayne-Auburn (Indiana); Bobby Halbrook, Office Pride of Tyler-Whitehouse (Texas); Matt Mays, Office Pride of Lexington-Georgetown; Nick and Morgan Morris, Office Pride of Paducah-Murray (Kentucky); James Roeder, Office Pride of Nashville-Hendersonville (Tennessee); Bill and Crystal Staggs, Office Pride of Fort Myers-Cape Coral (Florida); David Stein, Office Pride of Tyler-Jackson (Texas); and Ashley and Steve Winkle, Office Pride of Birmingham-Homewood and Office Pride of The Shoals-Florence (Alabama)

About Office Pride

Office Pride Commercial Cleaning Services, based in Palm Harbor, Fla., is one of the most respected full-service commercial cleaning companies in the nation. Office Pride’s business was built on a strong set of core values that ensures business is conducted with integrity and that every customer receives the highest level of commercial cleaning and janitorial services. To learn more about Office Pride, please visit OfficePride.com. For franchise opportunities, visit OfficePrideFranchise.com.

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