One Week Left to Vote in the 2021 Cintas Custodian of the Year Contest

Voting for the 2021 Custodian of the Year contest hosted by Cintas Corporation (NASDAQ: CTAS) closes at 11:59 p.m. PDT on Friday, April 16. The nation’s top 10 finalists include a diverse group of committed school custodians. Vote for your favorite custodian at www.custodianoftheyear.com.

The winner will receive a $10,000 cash prize along with $5,000 in products and services for his or her school from Cintas and Rubbermaid Commercial Products. The winner’s school will receive a comprehensive training and development package from ISSA, The Worldwide Cleaning Industry Association, valued at $20,000. The school will also receive enrollment in the GBAC Fundamentals Online Course that teaches cleaning professionals to prepare for, respond to and recover from biohazards in the workplace from the Global Biorisk Advisory Council (GBAC), a Division of ISSA. The remaining nine finalists will each receive a cash prize of $1,000 and free tuition to one ISSA Cleaning Management Institute (CMI) training event, valued at $1,500.

The top 10 finalists in the 2021 Custodian of the Year contest include:

1. Christopher Bowman – Bellflower Elementary School (Mentor, Ohio)
   Bellflower Elementary considers its custodian Mr. Bowman a true blessing. He approaches his cleaning and repair tasks with the utmost care. He’s always one step ahead with his solutions to problems and keeps detailed schedules and checklists for himself and team members to ensure the school is in excellent condition. The first one to arrive and always the last one to leave, Mr. Bowman is reliable, trustworthy and hardworking – representing all of the qualities of a true everyday hero.
    
2. Bobbi Sue Burbey – Wrightstown High School (Wrightstown, Wisc.)
   Bobbi Sue is more than just a custodian to the students at Wrightstown High School. To some, she’s a saving grace. She once saved a student by performing the Heimlich maneuver. Aside from being on top of the school’s cleanliness, Bobbi Sue assumes the duties of counselor, friend and mother to students and staff. She even temporarily opened her home to students in unfortunate living situations to ensure they had a safe space to return to once they left school. Whether she’s volunteering to hand out free lunches to accommodate students during the pandemic or baking delicious desserts for the staff, she always shows up with a smile.