Fifth Annual Iron Range Housekeeping Olympics

For Immediate Release: September 8, 2009
Contact: Jim Makowsky, AmericInn Lodge & Suites
(218) 741-7839

Fifth Annual Iron Range Housekeeping Olympics to Be Held

Virginia, MN - The AmericInn Lodge & Suites in Virginia/Mountain Iron will host the 5th annual Iron Range Housekeeping Olympics on Monday, September 14, at 11:00am. Housekeeping teams from lodging properties across the Iron Range will participate in such events as laundry folding, bed making and the popular obstacle course race.

Jim Makowsky, General Manager of the AmericInn Lodge & Suites, is thrilled to play host once again to the Iron Range Housekeeping Olympics in honor of International Housekeepers Week.

“It’s becoming an annual tradition where business competitors are able to showcase their exceptional housekeeping skills,” said Makowsky. “It has really become an opportunity for establishing friendships among employees of different hotels and businesses across the area.”

The Housekeeping Olympics will begin with a parade of competitors followed by official opening ceremonies and the games, complete with a presentation of the flag by the American Legion Color Guard. The games include timed events in bed making and laundry folding. The obstacle course event is the grand finale. In this particular race, team wind their way through an obstacle course with a maids cart having to zig-zag through a maze of cones, scrub toilets and shower stalls, make beds and race to the finish line. The event is concluded by a presentation of awards. The Co-Masters of Ceremonies this year will be Shannon Gunderson and Jim Currie, President and CEO of the Laurentian Chamber of Commerce.

The Olympics are held in conjunction with International Housekeepers Week. "The Housekeeping Olympics are a fun way to show recognition to the housekeepers of our industry for a job that often goes unrecognized," said Jim Makowsky, General Manager of the AmericInn Lodge & Suites of Mt. Iron.

Special Thanks to Sponsors: Iron Range Tourism Bureau, Anderson Furniture of Virginia, Floor to Ceiling in Mt. Iron, and the Sawmill Restaurant & Saloon.

For more information, please contact Jim Makowsky or Sheila Nyberg at the AmericInn of Mt. Iron at (218) 741-7839.