Vanguard Cleaning Systems Opens Virginia Office

Chesapeake, VA, April 10, 2006--Commercial cleaning franchisor Vanguard Cleaning Systems announcing the opening of the Chesapeake, Virginia office. Edward L. Sanford will be the regional director for this new office. In addition, Velvet A. Sanford will be the director of business operations. Vanguard Cleaning Systems of Hampton Roads will offer the traditional cleaning services that Vanguard provides in its other operating regions, including office cleaning, carpet cleaning, stripping and waxing of floors, and pre-cleaning. "Vanguard Cleaning Systems is pleased to open our regional office in Virginia. Ed has over 30 years of sales, marketing and management leadership experience with AT&T and its spin-off Lucent Technologies. Velvet's career includes more than 25 years of network operations management and software development with Verizon Communications. We are thrilled to have Ed and Velvet join the Vanguard team," stated Will Greene, spokesperson for Vanguard. Vanguard Cleaning Systems provides commercial cleaning services for more than 2,500 corporate customers through an organization of 21 regional offices and over 600 franchisees. Established in 1984, Vanguard is recognized for franchising excellence, including ranking in Entrepreneur Magazine's Franchise 500 and Success Magazine's Franchise Gold 200.