Summerlin Couple Donates Time and Resources to Help Rid Elderly Woman’s Home of Bed Bugs

It’s not a subject most people even want to think about but creepy, crawly bed bugs are real and it can be a real chore to rid one’s house of them.

Summerlin couple Beckie and George Shudinis are all too familiar with bed bugs.  Not only does the couple take pride in knowing all they can about Bed Bugs but it has also given them an extraordinary way to give back.

As the Branch Manager for Burns Pest Elimination Beckie Shudinis routinely helps customers get rid of the pesky pest.  While most are able to get their homes ready for treatments, recently Shudinis came in contact with an elderly woman in Henderson who didn’t have the resources or the physical strength to prepare her home for treatment.

“Everything in her home was infected with bed bugs, the situation had gotten so out control we knew we had to step in and help this sweet lady before the situation got much worse,” said Shudinis.

So the Burns Pest Elimination manager and her husband volunteered to help. The couple spent their day off on a Saturday buying supplies and prepping the woman’s home so it would be ready for treatment.  They did it free of charge not because they had to, but because it was the right thing to do.

“I just kept thinking what if this was my grandmother, I would want someone to help her,” Shudinis said.  “There is no doubt this sweet elderly lady needed our help or she would not be ready to have the home treated.”

After the house was prepared by the couple, A Burns Pest Elimination tech came in and heated the house so they could chemically kill all the bed bugs.

Shudinis said the woman later wrote a review on the company’s website and she cried.

This is not the first time The Burns Pest Elimination Manager has stepped in to help a neighbor in need.  The couple often works with management companies around the Valley heling veterans and others in need.

“Whether it’s through your job or a charity organization we all need to step in and help one another,” Shudinis said. “It’s an emotional journey when you put someone else’s needs in front of your own and you roll up your sleeve to help. I’m glad we could make a difference that Saturday,” she said.