Jacky Costello is the founder and owner of Custom Cleanups, LLC, a house cleaning company serving the greater Tampa Bay area. As a cancer survivor, Costello also partnered her company in 2016 with nonprofit Cleaning for a Reason to donate free house cleaning to local cancer patients. For the sixth year running, Costello is eager to continue paying it forward to more local cancer patients in need.
“As a cancer survivor, I understand firsthand what it feels like to endure treatments and what a gift helping hands can be,” said Costello. “That is why we contribute our time and services as a partner with Cleaning for a Reason and why I am committed to helping as many cancer patients as I can. A clean, sanitized home is a safe, healthy environment, allowing cancer patients to focus on healing and family. Cancer can be quite isolating and we hope to help these patients and families feel connected and supported during this difficult time.”
Since 2016, Custom Cleanups has donated services to 70 cancer patients with total cleanings valued at $19,500. Through their partnership with Cleaning for a Reason, Custom Cleanups will continue to clean for at least four local cancer patients’ homes each month for two consecutive months free of charge. This will be an ongoing service to patients residing in Lithia, Riverview, and Valrico.
About Owner Jacky Costello and Custom Cleanups, LLC
After battling and beating cancer and emigrating from Germany to America with her family, Costello began shaping a chapter in her life that has surpassed anything she could have ever dreamed of.
“The journey after arriving in Florida has earned me many titles—wife, mom, Christian believer, cancer survivor, entrepreneur, author of How Far I Have Risen: Coming Clean About Cancer, God and My American Dream, and tireless volunteer,” said Costello.
“With my background in customer service and administrative support, I have always had a passion for serving people and a commitment to excellence. In 2014, I realized my dream of being an entrepreneur and launched Custom Cleanups with one mission in mind—helping people through delivery of trustworthy, detailed, and personable residential cleaning services. In 2022, I successfully launched our second location in the Tri State area of northern Virginia, Maryland, and West Virginia. To me, the secret to being happy is to help others. We can all be creative in finding ways to do that, both personally and professionally.”
Custom Cleanups was recognized in 2019 and 2021’s Best of the Best Cleaning Business in Tampa Bay as well as a Top 100 Cleaning for a Reason Partner since 2018 for most cancer patients served. For more information about this company, go to customcleanups.com.
About Cleaning for a Reason
Cleaning for a Reason partners with more than 1,200 residential cleaners throughout the United States and Canada to offer free house cleaning to any household battling cancer. Since 2006, the nonprofit and its partners have donated more than $15.5 million in services, helping more than 46,000 cancer patients. In 2017, Cleaning for a Reason was adopted by ISSA Charities, the charitable arm of ISSA, The Worldwide Cleaning Industry Association. To learn more about Cleaning for a Reason and to apply for free house cleaning, see customcleanups.com.