Posts from the ‘stories’ Category
Christmas has so many memories for so many of us. Things like food, family, more food, and sometimes more family, the exciting expectation of a long road trip to the grandparent’s house. Going and picking out a tree, then coming home to drink hot chocolate while we decorated it. For any kid, the best [...]
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We had quite a turnout from all of you. Thanks so much for your continued support. Thanks to all of our special guests, sponsors and partners who made the party even more fun (if that is even possible) than our regular events. A few of my favorite pictures are featured here. Thanks to Moses for [...]
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2 whole years. Pretty incredible stuff. Through it all the thing that stands out most to me are the amazing deep relationships that have been formed. For myself and my family one of the dear friendships formed over the last couple years has been with Chris. An Emmy nominated lighting designer with numerous awards to [...]
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A few years ago I went on a trip to New Orleans to do some volunteer work with local homeless charities. It was actually the spring before Katrina struck, and I have often wondered how many of those we met made it through alive. Anyway, one of the things we did was to serve food [...]
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A few months ago I met a woman at Laundry Love that I had never seen before. She had gray hair and was a little older, if I had to wager a guess, I’d say she was in her sixties. I introduced myself and we talked for a few minutes. Then she said something that [...]
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I met Michelle three months ago at Laundry Love. According to the standards we often judge them by, Michelle didn’t “look” homeless. (In fact many of our homeless friends don’t look that way.) Her hair was well groomed and her clothes were in decent shape and it was obvious she was trying to take care [...]
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511 Movie Nights are back! Its a great place to further relationships with your friends from Laundry Love Santa Ana. Feel free to invite your friends for a great night in the community. Details at 511
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Well laundry lovers, it is almost that time of year again, the time when joy, peace, fresh mountain breeze fabric softener and other such pleasantries are in the air. Of course I am talking about the holidays coming up and in particular Christmas. Which can only mean one thing. It’s almost time for the Laundry [...]
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One of out volunteers shared on their personal website their experience from the last Laundry Love Santa Ana event. …the thing that I have been most excited about Laundry Love Santa Ana is the intersection point it has become. A community of so many different people from so many different backgrounds. And as communities grow, [...]
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The Good Helped one of our highest turnouts of all time Did over a hundred loads of laundry Had a lot of folks from Civic Center we hadn’t seen for a few months out Some volunteers brought rain ponchos which folks were stoked on Pourio and Moses were out taking pictures The Bad One of [...]
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For most of us, rain is merely a small inconvenience. Cars travel more slowly, hair gets damp and frizzy, and perhaps it’s time to change the windshield wipers. However, for many of the people we help out at Laundry Love, rain is one of their worst enemies. For those living on the streets, rain means [...]
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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