Posts Tagged ‘laundromat’
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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Hey everyone, just a reminder! Laundry Love Christmas party is THIS Thursday night, December 15th. If you haven’t been to one you are missing out. Just look at what others are saying about it, “It’s a Christmas party,” OC Weekly. So see? Bring on out the TIDE-ings of great Joy. If you want to dress [...]
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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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Yes. It was THAT kind of night. Amazing. Thanks to Moses for the pictures and videos!
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Just a reminder Laundry Love is this Thursday! Don’t forget to come out and say hi! Special thanks to Fleur De Lys in Costa Mesa for donating 20% of their weekend sales to Laundry Love Santa Ana! If you need another reason to come out to Laundry Love, watch the video, THIS COULD BE YOU!
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Guess who is turning 2 next week? That’s right, your favorite laundry service in the greater Santa Ana area – us! And that means another Laundry Love party! But of course WE aren’t turning 2 so much as you are! This wouldn’t be possible without all our awesome friends and volunteers who show up faithfully [...]
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Hey everyone, just a reminder to come on out to Laundry Love tonight for our August and Everything After (anyone name that reference?) If you want a gig with us be there at 7:30 sharp, we are starting promptly at 8. As per usual, we can use quarters and powder soap. Thanks!
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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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Moses has delivered another amazing set of photos from Laundry Love Santa Ana.
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A huge thank you to Moses for these incredible photographs!
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Ladies and Gentlemen, this Thursday night at 7:30 P.M. it’s a can’t miss, one night only, Battle of the Stains! That’s right sports fans, time for a wet and soapy battle royale to see which stains can endure the metal machine of death. Will it be Scott Overpeck’s baby vomit stain, Jeff Jordan’s Arby’s sauce [...]
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What do you get when you take a handful of quarters, pour in some magic cleaning poweder, mix with awesome volunteers and set to bake every third Thursday of the month? Laundry Love! That’s right folks, it’s that time again, the third Thursday of the month and we need you from 7:30 – 10:15 PM [...]
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Thanks to Moses for this spectacular photo set.
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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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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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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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