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Home Front Molly Maid franchisees unite to help domestic violence victims.

By Lori Francisco

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Since 1979, Molly Maid Inc. franchisees have been cleaning homes. But now they're taking their jobs one step further--they're also making homes safer.

Molly Maid created the Ms. Molly Foundation in 1996 to help families affected by domestic violence. Every year, the foundation holds "Making a Difference" donation drives in October. It also contributes part of the proceeds from its book, Clean Like the Pros: Ms. Molly's Guide to a Clean Home (self-published), to local shelters.

"Domestic violence [impacts] every area of our society and even some of our home service professionals," says Karen McKinnon, chair of the Ms. Molly Foundation. "We wanted to help people in our community as well as people within the Molly Maid family."