Helping Habitat for Humanity Get a Clean Slate

I am a bit of a cleaning fanatic. I have a (mental ) checklist of daily chores that need to be done for my peace of mind. The kids don’t agree with me and think their peace of mind involves less cleaning and more relaxing, but they are wrong. Over the past year, I’ve been a Swiffer fanatic (although I was already one before I officially received the title. My kids are not sure how I can use my Swiffer sweeper and Swiffer vac everyday. Trust me, with kids and cats it would be possible to use them multiple times a day.)  One of my favorite things about the program has been Swiffer’s willingness to partner with Habitat for Humanity to give back to others who are experiencing the joy of home ownership, often for the first time.
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To help celebrate Swiffer’s partnership with the Property Brothers’ Jonathon Scott and their Clean Slate program, I volunteered to donate a box of Swiffer products to our local Habitat to Humanity.  At the present time our local office has 10 houses they are building or refurbishing.  When I dropped off our supplies, including Swiffer dusters, a Swiffer, a Swiffer Wet Jet, Mr. Clean Erasers and more, I was pleased to learn the products were going to a lady who was thrilled to be having her home refurbished.
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Wondering how to make a clean start in your new home? Mr. Scott has made a video of easy tips and hacks to make your new house a home.

Swiffer has shared a few more cleaning hacks to get the house cleaned and move in ready.
*Have new drinking glasses or plates with those annoying price tags you need to remove? Use a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser to wipe the tags right off.
*Keep all the cleaning supplies you use often in one place.  Add a adhesive hook to the wall to hang up your Swiffer products. 
*Place a basket by the door to encourage people to remove their shoes whenever they came into the house. This is especially good for my kids and hubby, as they seem to find mud.
*Use felt pads on the bottom of your furniture to keep scratches off the new wood floors.
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Do you have any tips or tricks to make moving into the new home, sweet home easier? Share them with us!

36 Comments

  1. Swiffer and Habitat for Humanity — now that’s a perfect combination!

  2. I’ve heard a lot of good things about Swiffer lately and because of this, I want to try their products. By the way, great moving tips!

  3. These are great moving tips! I will share it with one of my friend who is looking to move next month!

  4. That’s a great idea. I love that you can help out Habitat for Humanity!

  5. That’s so fantastic! Habitat for Humanity is a great organization, and I love what you did to help them!

  6. I’m so in need of cleaning tips right now. My home is a mess and I don’t know where to start. I’ve been on the go so much it has been pushed to the back burner. Now it is time to deal with it, I will be using these tips.

  7. I had no idea that Swiffer had a partnership with Habitat for Humanity. That’s wonderful!

  8. Very nice moving tips. I hate to see mess during moving, Swiffer seems to be so nice!

  9. I too love Swiffer and have their Wet Jet armed and ready at all times. What a great donation to HFH! Such a great cause. Love your tips too! Does the Eraser leave marks on the glass?

  10. I don’t think we could live without our Swiffer. With a dog and cat in the house, and a crawling baby, we always seem to be cleaning the floor.

  11. We have a local Habitat for Humanity ReStore that I visit quite often. I love to shop there, and I love that it helps to build homes for those in need. I totally support their efforts.

  12. Want to know something crazy? I purposedully leave the price tag on the bottoms of things. I think it’ll be funny to look at them in thirty years and laugh at how inexpensive they were. When I’m ready I’ll be glad to know how to get off decades-old tags.

  13. Swiffer has great products for cleaning the house. I will have to share these tips with my parents. They are moving next month.

  14. What a great idea! I get more supplies than I can use, so donating them is the perfect solution to help someone else and pare down!

  15. These are all great tips. Love Jonathan. I think its great that Swiffer has partnered with Habit for Humanity as it really is a great organization.

  16. What a great thing for Swiffer to do!! It is so exciting to get a new house and is always way more exciting to keep a new one clean. Thanks for sharing.

  17. I am a huge swiffer fanatic. I could not live without my wet jet. Mopping the floors has never been easier!

  18. Robin Ruehrwein

    This is such a great project! I swear that these products have saved my life even when I wasn’t making a move.

  19. loving all your tips, plan to save this post for a move I have planned in few months. And yes I am a big Swiffer fan. Mr. Clean Magic Eraser was life saver through my daughter’s toddler years.

  20. sounds like swiffer are doing an amazing job and such loving tips you’ve shared.

  21. What a great partnership. I really commend everything that Habitat for Humanity does and stands for.

  22. Great tips! Moving can be so hard. I always clean before moving anything in to the new home.

  23. Thanks for the moving tips, I won’t be moving anytime soon but Swiffer really is a great product to have!

  24. Great tips, moving sucks. Period. LOL Next time I have to move, I am using some of these tips though!

  25. Swiffer products are SO great and I love that they work for great causes too! We have a ton of them in our house!

  26. Just the word “move” gives me anxiety. When we moved we cleaned our house from top to bottom but then arrived to our new house to find the previous owners had hardly cleaned it. Even a dirty fridge… so frustrating.

  27. I love Swiffer and I love these moving tips! Great post!!

  28. I hate moving. I think it might be because I don’t have any tips or tricks. But I do love Swiffer, that is a time saver.

  29. I love swiffer products in my home, especially the dusters!

  30. This is such a sweet gesture and a wonderful way to give back. Now a family can ensure their beautiful new home stays in tip top shape!

  31. I did think about using Mr. Clean Magic Erasers to wipe the tags off. I will definitely be trying that!

  32. It’s awesome that those products are going to help someone! I like those cleaning hacks! I have to try them.

  33. Great tips! We moved last summer which was the biggest stressful event with 6 kids…. We love swiffer and before we took possession of our new house I came into the new house and swiffered every floor and did a good scrub.

  34. We moved last year and it was stressful with two young kids. Luckily, we had some help and we learned some tricks along the way. These are great moving tips!

  35. Great moving tips, I am moving soon so def need all the tips i can get!

  36. I use Mr. Clean magic eraser daily, but I’d never thought to use them to remove those horrible, sticky price tags on new items. I love that Swiffer has partnered with Habitat for Humanity. I love supporting companies that give back to the community.