Posts Tagged ‘Society and Culture’

  • Of Trees and Tamales!

    Of Trees and Tamales!

    January 10th, 2012 | stories | jjordan | No Comments

      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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  • Putting the Santa in Santa Ana

    Putting the Santa in Santa Ana

    December 14th, 2011 | Volunteers | jjordan | No Comments

    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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  • A Tale of Two Cities (from my youth)

    A Tale of Two Cities (from my youth)

    April 1st, 2010 | stories | jjordan | 1 Comment

    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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  • Weekend Reading

    Weekend Reading

    February 25th, 2010 | stories, Volunteers | Scott Overpeck | No Comments

    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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  • Leadership Team Interview

    Leadership Team Interview

    February 21st, 2010 | stories, Video | Scott Overpeck | No Comments

    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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  • Laundry Love Santa Ana Photos

    Laundry Love Santa Ana Photos

    November 23rd, 2009 | Photo, stories | Scott Overpeck | No Comments

    Some great pictures from Laundry Love Santa Ana on Thurday by Moses and others. Cheers!

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  • Upcoming Events You Should Be At

    Upcoming Events You Should Be At

    November 16th, 2009 | Volunteers | Scott Overpeck | No Comments

    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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  • Stories From Laundry Love Santa Ana

    Stories From Laundry Love Santa Ana

    November 12th, 2009 | stories | Scott Overpeck | No Comments

    Received 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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  • Laudry Love Needs You!

    Laudry Love Needs You!

    November 11th, 2009 | Volunteers | jjordan | No Comments

    Hey Laundry Lovers, in case you haven’t heard, Newsong has officially made Laundry Love part of their Cause Campaign for the upcoming year! Basically this means they will be promoting and supporting Laundry Love as one of their main outreaches.  They want to start by promoting LL this Sunday in the Hub. They asked that [...]

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  • Shattered Stereotypes at Laundry Love Santa Ana

    Shattered Stereotypes at Laundry Love Santa Ana

    September 25th, 2009 | stories | Scott Overpeck | No Comments

    We 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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