When the Laundry Luv ownership team was first introduced to The LaundryCares Foundation on the convention floor of the Coin Laundry Association Clean Show in 2019, they pledged to build a laundromat business model centered around the LaundryCares Foundation’s mission to enrich communities through programming that addresses unmet needs of laundry customers.
Local Laundromat Works to Bridge Literacy Gap in Oceanside Community – May 17, 2022
Pearl Laundromat welcomed the community of Oceanside, Calif. to experience its transformation to a place of learning and generosity during its first Free Laundry and Literacy Day on May 17, 2022.
LaundryCares Teams with Kansas City Public Schools to Promote Literacy – May 17, 2022
Pre-school students from the Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools recently gathered in front of Leah’s Laundromat on the Q for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to announce the unveiling of a new Family Read, Play & Learn space at the Kansas City store. This initiative is...
SuperSudz Grand Opening Introduces New Read, Play, Learn Center – April 9, 2022
SuperSudz Laundromat is prepared to deliver the best laundry service and now includes a reading and learning area with a Family Read, Play & Learn center.
Bronx Clean Rite Center Unveils Read, Play & Learn Space – April 2, 2022
Clean Rite Center is encouraging children to take home a free book as part of a nationwide movement to bring learning to local public laundries. The laundry unveiled a new reading and learning area for children – a Family Read, Play & Learn (RPL) space – and...
Libraries and laundromats Team Up for a Soapy Literacy Initiative – April 2022
When it comes to literacy in young kids, the pandemic has caused some students to fall behind, which is why the Caldwell Public Library, Boise, Idaho, is getting creative in finding ways for kids to learn when they aren’t at school, or at home. The Caldwell Public...
What’s New at LaundryCares – April 2021
In this brief video, the President/CEO of the Coin Laundry Association Brian Wallace provides an update regarding the 501(c)3 charity of the CLA, the LaundryCares Foundation. Family Read, Play & Learn Spaces Family Read, Play &...
Massachusetts Owner Gives Back to His Neighborhood Through Childhood Literacy Offerings
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...
HappyNest and LaundryCares Team up to ‘Spread the Love of Books’
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...
Soap, Suds, and Stories: Early Literacy at the Laundromat
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 review...