Getting the word out!
December 12th, 2009 | stories, Video | Tim | No CommentsA couple share their experience of reaching out to the homeless community as they let them know about Laundry Love in Santa Ana.
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Doug Irving and the OC Register
December 11th, 2009 | Media, stories | Scott Overpeck | No CommentsDoug was the first reporter to actually print a story about Laundry Love Santa Ana. Several had talked to me, but he followed through and lots of cool things have come that. He wrote about the project again, this time on the OC Register blog. Please do click through and leave a comment thanking Doug [...]
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An Addicting Soundtrack and Some Cool Pictures
November 27th, 2009 | Photo, stories, Video | Scott Overpeck | No CommentsHere is a slide show created with some pictures from this month’s Laundry Love Santa Ana event. Be warned, the soundtrack is addicting. Feel free to watch it over and over again like I did.
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Slideshow From Laundry Love Santa Ana
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Laundry Love Santa Ana: The Numbers
November 23rd, 2009 | stories, Volunteers | Scott Overpeck | No CommentsSorry to take so long to get this out to you all. Thank you so much to all of you who help make this thing a reality month after month. The leadership team who plan, organize and set up everything. The operations teams who help to run the individual events. The volunteer teams who come [...]
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Laundry Love Santa Ana Photos
November 23rd, 2009 | Photo, stories | Scott Overpeck | No CommentsSome great pictures from Laundry Love Santa Ana on Thurday by Moses and others. Cheers!
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Stories From Laundry Love Santa Ana
November 12th, 2009 | stories | Scott Overpeck | No CommentsReceived this amazing collection of stories via email. Somehow neglected to share them with you all (site admin FAIL). From what I saw last night….Laundry Love had a great start. Its an awesome concept that I truly appreciate. Mr. B was our first guest we spoke to, he lives in his RV and presently is [...]
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You’re Never Too Young To Start Changing The World
October 30th, 2009 | stories | shannonoverpeck | No CommentsMy friend’s son is only 2 1/2 years old, but is already helping to impact the lives others for the good! She brought me this jar today filled with quarters to donate to Laundry Love Santa Ana. When I saw the lable I was MOVED! It truly was BEAUTIFUL to me, because it symbolized the [...]
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Pictures From September
October 21st, 2009 | Photo, stories | Scott Overpeck | 2 CommentsNot sure if you saw these, but we totally missed getting them up on the site and they are pretty amazing. Check out Allen Fu’s great camera work and inspiring blog post regarding his experience back in September.
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An AMAZING Set of Pictures
October 19th, 2009 | Photo, stories | Scott Overpeck | 1 CommentCheck out these amazing pictures Moses took the other night. We are super excited he came out and is sharing these with the world.
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October 15th Recap
October 18th, 2009 | stories, Volunteers | Scott Overpeck | No CommentsFrom LLP oct 09 A huge thanks to everyone who came out on Thursday. It was an amazing night filled with food provided by the Catholic Workers, books provided by Think Together and read by several of you, music mostly paid for out of the laundromat owner’s pocket (which led to an epic dance off), [...]
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Pictures From Laundry Love Santa Ana
October 18th, 2009 | Photo, stories | Scott Overpeck | 1 CommentHere is a link to some pictures taken at our October event.
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Orange County Register and MSNBC
October 17th, 2009 | Media, stories | Scott Overpeck | No CommentsWe hope you will take a few minutes to read and comment on this OC Register article about us, which was syndicated on MSNBC as well.
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Laundry Love Santa Ana Dance Off: extended remix!
October 16th, 2009 | stories, Video | Scott Overpeck | 7 CommentsAnother video of the Laundry Love Santa Ana Dance Off. Check it out here or click through to see it in all of its High Definition glory. Laundry Love Santa Ana Dance Off from Scott Overpeck on Vimeo.
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The Most Fun You Can Have at a Laundromat
October 16th, 2009 | stories, Video | Scott Overpeck | 2 CommentsCheck out the Laundry Love Santa Ana Dance Off!!!
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The Smell of Dignity
October 1st, 2009 | stories | jjordan | 5 CommentsBy Jeff Jordan Laundry, it’s one of the chores I oh-so hated as a kid, one of those things I might have done once a month in college and usually at my mother’s behest. Washing clothes sounds like it should be a fairly simple task yet here in America we’ve found ways to make [...]
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Shattered Stereotypes at Laundry Love Santa Ana
September 25th, 2009 | stories | Scott Overpeck | No CommentsWe received an email from Tim Moore asking us to share his experience with Laundry Love Santa Ana. I met “Johnny” (I won’t use his real name) during a Laundry Love event in Santa Ana in the Fall of 2009. If there is a typical image one would have when imagining a homeless person, Johnny [...]
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Upcoming Film: Unleashing Beauty
September 23rd, 2009 | stories, Video | Scott Overpeck | No CommentsSam Song came out to the laundromat a few days before we launched to shoot a segment for the in progress film, Unleashing Beauty. Check it out! “Unleash Beauty” Film: Laundry Love Santa Ana from Newsong Church on Vimeo.
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Launch Recap
September 18th, 2009 | stories, Volunteers | Scott Overpeck | 4 CommentsYou were all awesome!!! Thank you so much to everyone who invested time, money, soap, dryer sheets, thoughts, ideas, prayers and anything else. I appreciate it and more importantly, the individuals and families who you helped last night appreciate it. The Numbers ~35 families ~100 loads ~$210 ~30 volunteers If anyone has pictures from last [...]
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Why Santa Ana? Why Laundry Love?
August 26th, 2009 | stories, Volunteers | Scott Overpeck | 4 CommentsThose are some fantastic questions. I am glad you asked (Ok, so maybe you didn’t ask, uh, per say, but I am going to tell you anyway–so there). Why Santa Ana? The Los Angeles Times ranked Santa Ana as number one in the nation for “urban hardship” and “the nation’s toughest place to survive.” Santa [...]
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