Uplift Cleaning Company Attends Community Events!

Did you know that Uplift Cleaning Company attends events in our community?

We do and we like to meet and talk to people in the Niagara region who we get the chance to talk with at these events.

Some notable community events we have attended:

• November 2025 - Two Christmas Market events, one in Niagara Falls, one in Fort Erie

• November 2025 - Fort Erie Santa Claus Parade

• March 6 and 7, 2026 - Women’s Day events in Ridgeway and Fonthill

While all of these events were interesting and we met a lot of great people there, my personal favourite was the Fort Erie Santa Claus Parade!

One evening in November 2025, we managed to distribute almost 1,500 colouring books to the crowd along the parade route. We ran out, because I thought that 1,500 colouring books would be a ridiculous amount to make. I probably should have made around 4,000 instead. It was my first parade and I think the whole group we had on our float had a great time! We are definitely going to be doing it again this year!

Every time we go to an event we bring new ideas about how to market our services, or at least spread happiness (with colouring books at the parade). Every time we learn new things. Every time we participate in our community, not just as a faceless business, but as a member of our community trying to make the Niagara region cleaner, one home or office at a time!

We will be posting on our Facebook page about where we are for community events in the future. If we happen to meet you at one of them, just let us know that you read our blog. We really appreciate knowing that our efforts are being noticed.

See you out there somewhere, maybe at a table at an event some time soon!

March Break In The Niagara Region

It’s that time of year again for those of us with school-aged children in our lives. March Break! We at Uplift Cleaning Company like some good clean fun. Here are some ideas for keeping your children entertained during March Break:

Fort Erie Public Library

Uplift Cleaning Company appreciates Fort Erie Public Library! Not only do they have a lot of books (obviously), friendly and helpful staff, and spaces to study or have meetings, but also a full schedule of kid-friendly activities for March Break!

The Fort Erie Public Library system is a huge asset to our community and I hope that you get yourself a library card and use their services. 

Tubi

Tubi is a free with ads video streaming service that has a wide variety of movies and TV shows. While it is important to be very aware of what you are watching, as Tubi has content that is definitely not child-friendly, they have a large collection of family-friendly movies and TV shows.

If you don’t have any other streaming service available, or you find something you want to watch on there that can’t be found elsewhere, Tubi can be a great option for watching a movie or TV show!

Computer Projects

For teenagers, Windows 10 End-Of-Life last October may give them a chance to flex their Linux muscles! Or to develop them!

If you have an old computer that can’t upgrade from Windows 10, this might be a great way to have your older children have their first adventure with Linux.

Uplift Cleaning Company would recommend Linux Mint Cinnamon or  Ubuntu 24.04 LTS for regular laptops or desktop computers. We use these for our business and we find them quite satisfactory.

For the more adventurous of us, consider a Raspberry Pi. While a Raspberry Pi 3-series may not be the best for web browsing anymore, there are so many games and useful programs to learn that run on it! If you have a Raspberry Pi 4 or especially a Pi 5, your child can have a desktop replacement experience with it! 

If you are using a Raspberry Pi, you might want to check out Code the Classics 1 & 2, which are free Linux games. There might be something there to keep older children busy for hours!

Outdoor Activities - Weather Permitting

We all know that if you don’t like the weather in the Niagara region, check it again in a few minutes. This time of year it can be difficult to decide what season it’s supposed to be today.

Getting the bicycles ready for spring bike rides and taking them for some long test rides can be a great way to get the family outside and disconnected from technology for a while.

If it’s a nice day, just going for a walk around your neighbourhood, or walking or biking to the library could be a great way to enjoy March Break with your family.

Uplift Cleaning Company hopes that you and your family have a fantastic March Break 2026!

What’s Your Competitive Advantage?

I think that everyone has a special skill where they are particularly good at something. Sometimes it's the thing they do for work. Sometimes it clearly isn’t what they do for work, but is something else they do in their life, like be an excellent parent or have a hobby they are good at. 

Competitive advantage is where you do something better or easier than someone else can. Perhaps you are great with numbers and can do amazing bookkeeping all day. You could be great with mechanical things and be able to fix anything you encounter that's broken. In business, you may be able to get the big sale better than other people can. 

We at Uplift Cleaning Company are particularly good at making homes and offices very clean! A common issue we face when potential clients contact us is price. Yes, our hourly rate is higher than those claiming to be our competition. But, I need to bring you back to the start of this blog. There are people out there doing jobs they are not particularly good at, not interested in doing well, or just doing well enough to make a few quick dollars without regard to the quality of service they provide to their clients. While our competition may be good at what they do, we feel that we can do a better job than they can!

Uplift Cleaning Company’s professional cleaning staff have the knowledge, training, and equipment needed to get your home or office cleaned efficiently, with the results speaking for themselves. Once you see the before and after of one of our jobs, you will see why our clients choose to have us clean for them. 

While you find your competitive advantage in life, or continue practicing it, let us exercise ours by cleaning for you. This frees time you can use on more important things, rather than cleaning. It’s our specialty, so we are very good at it. 

Experience the Uplift difference! Contact us to schedule your home or office cleaning!