If Jim Whitmore had any doubt about the positive impact that his laundromat’s literacy program was having on the surrounding neighborhood, all uncertainty was erased one morning by the simple comment of a little girl. “This young girl and her mother were in to do...
This February, HappyNest is joining hands with the LaundryCares Foundation to highlight our mission of promoting literacy and family wellbeing in underserved communities. HappyNest has locations throughout the United States which provide laundry pickup and delivery...
LaundryCares’ Early Childhood and Community Partnerships Consultant, Liz McChesney, along with Marissa Conner who Co-Chairs the Baltimore Country Early Childhood Advisory Council and serves as a consultant for Too Small To Fail teamed up to produce the latest...
The 2020 LaundryCares Literacy Summit took place in Sep. 15, 17, and 22, 2020 as a virtual event bringing hundreds of early childhood development experts, literacy advocates, and laundry business owners together. Participants at the 2020 LaundryCares Literacy Summit...
On November 11, 2020, Chenmed, a national senior healthcare organization, sponsored the “Lighter Loads” initiative supported by the LaundryCares Foundation. This one-day program featured free-laundry events hosted by fourteen laundromat owners in various parts of the...
The LaundryCares Foundation alongside Too Small to Fail, an initiative of the Clinton Foundation, hosted its 3rd Annual Literacy Summit among three separate dates this past September. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the conference switched to a virtual format. With...
Laundry Cares Foundation and Too Small To Fail, the early childhood initiative of the Clinton Foundation, are proud to announce a fall webinar series. The three-part series will be made available free of cost for laundromat owners, early childhood providers and the...
The LaundryCares Foundation beat its goal by adding more than 650 laundromat locations to the LaundryCares Network. The initiative launched in early 2020 and has already surpassed expectations thanks to support from hundreds of laundromat professionals willing to join...
Coin Laundry Association President and CEO Brian Wallace recently joined Helen Osborne, the host of Health Literacy Out Loud Podcast, to discuss the work of the LaundryCares Foundation in promoting early childhood literacy through laundromats. LaundryCares...
The Laundry Literacy Coalition – a collaboration among several like-minded organizations, including the LaundryCares Foundation, Too Small to Fail, and a growing list of libraries and learning institutions – is excited to welcome and recognize participating...
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