Professional Services in Montgomery

At its three locations, Martinizing Dry Cleaning gives linens and clothes no excuse to remain unbathed thanks to a mélange of grime-obliterating services. Caked-on dirt and hotdog-shaped mustard stains leap from blouses, skirts, and suits thanks to a waterless solution that leaves garments pristine. Martinizing Dry Cleaning's team of experienced and meticulous cleansers handles each task with care, preparing newly revivified items for pickup, delivery, or teleportation.

Essenza Studio describes itself as a "fine-art portrait studio," a distinction illustrated by its portfolio of crisp, framable shots of children, weddings, and high-school seniors. When capturing nuptials, the photographers blend their fine-art approach with photojournalism, immortalizing the events with a blend of candid shots and studied composition.

Glory Years's memory preservationists transfer media from outdated formats onto DVDs. Specializing in sports media, the film gurus ably preserve action shots of any variety, from recordings of last weekend's swim meet to games featuring Mike Ditka, Joe Namath, and other stars before they were famous. An online database of high-school sports, organized by school and coach, help graduates relive favorite games years later and prove once and for all that the mascot and the quarterback were the same person. The shop also transfers heirloom slides to DVD to abolish the need for projectors and converts 8 mm or 16 mm home-movie reels for easy viewing. Glory Years's team can even repair VHS tapes with broken reels before transferring them to DVD.

Since 1989, 1-800-GOT-JUNK? has saved more than 1.5 billion pounds of possessions from nearby landfills, earning mentions on Dr. Phil and a starring role on A&E's Hoarders. After booking appointments, clients receive a two-hour window during which the crew will arrive, as well as a warning phone call 15–30 minutes before its actual appearance. Once onsite, the team quickly clears away 19 types of undesirable items from cluttered homes, businesses, and construction sites, loading them into their truck before thoroughly cleaning the vacated area to make way for life-size statues of Felix Unger, the patron saint of cleanliness. Once loaded, the bric-a-brac makes its way to recycling centers, donation drops, and safe disposal sites, preventing usable furniture, computer monitors, and worn-out banana suits from languishing in landfills.

The Meals on Wheels program administered by Cincinnati Area Senior Services (CASS) provides homebound seniors with nutritious meals prepared according to FDA guidelines and the dietary needs of the recipients. Two thousand seniors in greater Cincinnati rely on CASS for a daily meal, and for some it may be the only meal they eat that day. CASS staff members deliver food on a daily or weekly basis for clients depending on their preference. The arrangement also provides the homebound seniors with regular check-ins and friendly visits. As the largest Meals on Wheels provider in the Cincinnati area, CASS delivers more than 250,000 meals a year, helping seniors remain independent and live in their own homes.

Rosanna Jacobson fell in love with photography as she held her newborn baby girl for the first time and wished she could capture the moment forever. Rosanna’s dream became a reality when she and Carla Jacobson, her mother-in-law and a lifelong student of photography, founded Photography by Jacobson. The Jacobsons' lively candid portraits of expectant mothers, families, high school seniors, and cabbage patches teeming with babies combine Rosanna’s artistic New York perspective and Carla’s appreciation for the Midwest’s natural beauty. In their professional studio, they use natural light to produce beautiful, true-to-life portraits.