Posts Tagged ‘poverty’
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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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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Thanks to Moses for this spectacular photo set.
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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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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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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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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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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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Here 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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Those 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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