Welcome to the first edition of our Sweeps Blog!

We’ll try to keep you updated with fresh Sweeps news and other good stuff, starting with how we got here.

Mary Lou & Morris, 2006

Mother and son Mary Lou and Morris Gelblum started Sweeps way back in 2004 when baby Morris was cleaning mom’s office every Sunday.  Our family had always used NC State students to help us around the house, many of whom we recommended to friends and family.  We often maintained close relationships with these students and hated to see them go, but there were always more needing work.  One weekend as Morris and Mary Lou cleaned up her office, it dawned on them that they could take off the rubber gloves, hand them to NC State students and start a business!

Sweeps was born soon after, with business plans and logos scribbled on napkins on the way to Wadesboro and the beach.  We started small and sent a few hundred brochures to friends and family, offering an affordable cleaning performed by students.  Sweeps was a hit, and we quickly realized running a business was a lot harder, and a lot more fun than we ever realized.  We somehow kept up as Mary Lou continued her therapy work and Morris left Broughton High School to be a Tar Heel in Chapel Hill.

We figured a few things out in the last few years, worked with a lot of outstanding customers, and created jobs for dozens of Raleigh students.  These students are the reason we’re still around, and its been a pleasure to help them succeed.  We hate to see our Sweepers move on, but we’re proud of all our alumni and are always excited to meet the next batch!

Stay tuned for Part 2, the New Sweeps!