Posts from the ‘stories’ Category
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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What happens when a group of elementary school kids gets together to raise money for Laundry Love? A lot happens, $543 dollars worth to be precise. Every year classes from the Harbor Day School pick a different charity to support. This year one girl suggested to her class that they help Laundry Love and the [...]
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The children of Irvine Baptist Church Lifesavers Ministry start their support for Laundry Love Santa Ana by creating a “Laundry Love Piggy Bank” to collect donations. After hearing about Laundry Love Santa Ana by volunteer/patron Wilson Tseng, and by their pastor/one-time-visitor to the site, Sally Kim, the children wholeheartedly dug deep into their pockets to [...]
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A big thanks to everyone who came out this month. You guys helped local families do nearly 100 loads of laundry. Our new friend Pourio caught a lot of the action on film (ok not film, the admin is just REALLY old). Check out his great photos here.
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George has been coming out to Laundry Love Santa Ana for almost the whole time it has existed. He is dedicated and in this video he sent us, he shares a little bit of his story of what makes it all worthwhile. Laundry Love Santa Ana 02.18.10 from George Miyamoto on Vimeo.
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As you head into the weekend, and have a bit of extra time, why not look at some our best How To posts from the archives to give you an idea of some ways you can continue to fuel this movement you have started to care for the poor with no strings attached. How To: [...]
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Kadi Prescott had a chance to talk to Helen when she came out on Thursday to Laundry Love Santa Ana. Check it out.
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Help A Mother Out had Kadi Prescott share her experience at Laundry Love Santa Ana. It was a great reflection of the amazing thing you guys have helped create here in Santa Ana. People are watching and are inspired. Thank you for your INCREDIBLE partnership in making this happen. Please do check out the story, [...]
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Love that we keep finding videos on Youtube from you guys! Please do send them our way if you make them so we can share them.
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A great post on using social media to pull off things like Laundry Love Santa Ana.
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What does Laundry Love Santa Ana mean to you? Here is how our friend and SUPERSTAR volunteer answered that question. One amazing thing about this project is just how many people from so many different perspectives come out. If you have pictures, video or stories to share about your experience at Laundry Love Santa Ana, [...]
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The Past About 6 months ago, a group of us sat down and talked about trying to learn more about the folks in Santa Ana and get to know them and what we could do to help. Laundry Love Santa Ana was born out that conversation. We looked at some of this in this post from [...]
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One of the best things about Laundry Love is the friends I have made over the last few months. I look forward to seeing them each time and talking to them has really changed my perspective on some things. Recently I asked one of them if I could pick his brain a little bit about [...]
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Check out the Orange County Partnership’s profile of Laundry Love Santa Ana. They are a great organization bringing agencies trying to help the homeless together to strategize and learn best practices.
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Thanks to all of your hard work, Laundry Love Santa Ana was featured in Riviera Magazine’s annual Best of Orange County feature. Go pick up a bunch of copies today and autograph page 84, because you are all famous now. If you’d like to check it out online they have a really interesting flash based [...]
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As many of you know Newsong has been a big supporter of Laundry Love Santa Ana, sending us a large percentage of our volunteer base. They recently sat down with a member of our leadership team to talk about the project and put together this video. Unleash Campaign – Laundry Love from Newsong Church on [...]
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Parsons Brinckerhoff local office reached out to us this week. They are doing a new recycling program around the office and donating the proceeds to Laundry Love Santa Ana. Seems like a huge win for everyone. Good for the environment and good for the community in which they work. They are also putting up a flyer at [...]
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Volunteers talk about their connection with some of Santa Ana’s community at a Laundry Love event.
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