Posts Tagged ‘California’
Hey everyone, just a reminder, Laundry Love is next Thursday night at 7:30! Make it a clean start to the new year! Please be there at 7:30 so we can assign roles and get started on time. Hope to see you there!
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Think the Holidays can be lonely? Try being on the streets with no real friends or family. It doesn’t really make for having a Merry Christmas but hey, maybe you can find some comfort in the shelters now that they are finally open. That being said, we do have a chance to make things a [...]
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If you love the hip but comfortable contemporary urban lifestyle, and who doesn’t, then come out to the Fleur de Lys boutique in Costa Mesa THIS Saturday and Sunday. Now you are probably thinking, “how does this help Laundry Love Santa Ana you might ask?” I’m glad you did. You see, the fine folks at [...]
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Saturday, the great folks from the National Association of Asian American Professionals of Orange County, put on a great golf tournament followed by a mixer. Several folks from our leadership team were able to make it out and share a bit about what you guys are doing in Santa Ana. It was an incredible event [...]
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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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Congratulations to Laundry Love Santa Ana for earning an official Certificate of Recognition from the City of Santa Ana! A special thanks as well goes to Council Woman Martinez for noticing us and thinking enough of us to hand us this award. As it turns out our Laundromat is in her ward and she said [...]
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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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The National Association of Asian American Professionals of Orange County (NAAAP-OC) are hosting a golf tournament that you are all invited to. The proceeds from the event will go towards Laundry Love Santa Ana as well as a great organization called Design Stars that does home improvements for disadvantaged families in Orange County. It will [...]
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Stumbled across this amazing blog entry from several months ago and realized it was never shared with all of you. This is tragic as it is quite moving. An excerpt: Sometimes I can feel like I don’t have much… especially as I see all of the wealth that surrounds me in Newport Beach and Irvine. [...]
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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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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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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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Thank you so much for everyone’s continued support and interest in Laundry Love Santa Ana. That being said, as we begin to plan more Laundry Loves per month we will need more people who can step up and help lead them. It can be once a month, once a quarter or once year, but we [...]
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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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I posted some incorrect and confusing information regarding our Monday Training Session. It was a terrible oversight and I am deeply sorry, especially to anyone who may have not made it with the expectation that the event was on a different day. I hope to see you on Thursday at Laundry Love. If you would [...]
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From LLP oct 09 Tomorrow (Monday) we will kick off our first of several informational/training sessions for those who want to get more involved with Laundry Love Santa Ana. We are at capacity with our existing site/time and want to get more people ready to help run the project so we can launch some additional [...]
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