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Laundry Love Year 1

I can hardly believe it was almost a year ago that we launched this crazy little thing called Laundry Love. The time has gone by so fast that it doesn’t seem possible. Yet here it is, this September we will be celebrating our 1 year anniversary.  It’s funny because when we launched this thing I [...]

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What are we doing here?

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A friend shared this quote from Mother Teresa and mentioned it reminded her of Laundry Love Santa Ana.  What an honor… “Many people are hungry not for bread only, but they are hungry for … love. Many people are not only naked for want of a piece of cloth, but they are naked for human [...]

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West Coast Story

I met a man at Laundry Love last month who reminded me just how easy it can be to end up on the streets. For the sake of privacy let’s call him Antonio. Antonio is now on the streets and unable to work. He wasn’t always this way, in fact just a few months before [...]

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A Story from the Street

I met a man at Laundry Love last month who reminded me just how easy it can be to end up on the streets. For the sake of privacy let’s call him Antonio. Antonio is now on the streets and unable to work. He wasn’t always this way, in fact just a few months before [...]

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So much to tell you!

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With so much to tell you, we had better get right down to business! We are throwing you, our dedicated supporters a party on Sunday, May 23rd at 7pm.  Details and RSVP available here. Our top secret small Laundry Love Santa Ana site has a few openings for June.  If you are interested please email [...]

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What happens at Laundry Love Santa Ana?

All of the answers you seek are contained in this video.  Cheers! A huge thanks to our friends at Animoto for giving us a free upgrade.  If you need to make slide shows you should check them out.

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Friendship

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This is where it all begins.  The leadership team gets asked what happens at Laundry Love Santa Ana quite a bit.  It feels like our friend Pourio captured this quite well on Thursday.  It starts here, with people lining up for hours.  For clean clothes.  Something many folks have magically appear in their drawers. But [...]

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The Simple Things

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One of our volunteers recently wrote some interesting thoughts regarding a friendship that formed out of Laundry Love Santa Ana.  Here is an excerpt: He wasn’t my “homeless friend.”  He IS my friend.  At one point he was homeless.  Sometimes he helps me with yard work.  We met at Laundry Love Santa Ana.  All those things [...]

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Some amazing things you all have done

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So you may not have known this, but tonight YOU were presented with an award for outstanding community service by the Mayor and City Council of Santa Ana. Several members of the leadership team were there to pick it up and share a bit of the amazing stories of what YOU do in the community. [...]

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A Tale of Two Cities (from my youth)

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Once when I was in elementary school my mom, brother and I were driving through a very affluent and prestigious neighborhood in Dallas, TX (Yep, I’m from there) known as Highland Park. It’s an older neighborhood with luxurious houses near the SMU campus that gives host to such names as Jerry Jones and George W. [...]

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