Students in Exchange Residence are concerned about the occurrence of widespread laundry theft.
Exchange resident Aditya Bendale said that laundry theft has been occurring since last October. More recently, complaints about laundry theft have surged on Facebook.
“A lot of people have been posting on the Exchange [Facebook] group. That’s why it has gathered a lot more attention and momentum,” Bendale said.
Bendale said that residents were advised by residence management to set a timer for their batch of laundry in order to remind them to retrieve their laundry before theft might occur.
But Bendale claims that setting a timer is not enough for preventing theft. The dryer can be opened mid-cycle, and Bendale thinks that clothes are often stolen before residents’ timers go off to collect their laundry.
Associate Director of Residence Life in Student Housing and Community Services (SHCS) Sean Ryan wrote in a statement that SHHS has seen “more than the typical number of reports” of laundry theft from Exchange Residence.
“As a result we put chairs in the laundry room so residents can stay and wait or we suggest they use an adjacent study room,” Ryan wrote.
But Bendale said that this isn’t an ideal solution.
“That [solution] doesn’t really work since the laundry cycle can last more than an hour, and some of us need a quiet place to study,” Bendale said.
Exchange resident Mehtab Chhina alleges that someone stole his bedsheets and a pillowcase back in January, as they were missing when he went to pick up his laundry.
Chhina agreed with Bendale that a major problem with the Exchange laundry room is that dryers can be opened mid-cycle — something he said hasn’t been the case in other residences he has lived in.
Chhina proposed that cameras be installed inside the laundry room, or at the very least, positioned facing the entrance. He also suggested the possibility of installing locks on the drying machines as a secondary measure.
As for potential privacy concerns around installing cameras, Chhina believes most residents would be fine with it.
“I think that 90 per cent of students wouldn’t mind there being cameras in the laundry room. Our belongings are there, it would make sense,” Chhina said.
SHCS did not comment on the possibility of adding cameras, but Ryan said the department have communicated with Exchange residents about being aware of what others around them are doing.
“Residents use their keycard to access the locked laundry room. Staff have been working through our systems to see if a particular keycard appears to have been used during the reported theft times,” Ryan said.
“We ask affected students to contact us immediately if they notice missing laundry items, or if they witness a crime in progress to call 911.”
Loveland, Ohio – Eighteen families washed 252 loads of laundry at the first #LaundryProject of 2021. On FaceBook the project announced, “The Loveland Laundromat was busy today as families experienced the hope that comes with clean clothes! We heard so many stories of families finally being able to do their laundry after it piling up for far too long. It truly was a day of #SoapandHope!”
They also give a shout-out to their local partner, the Loveland Care Center. “A big shout out goes to our incredible partners: @carecenterloveland – who truly know what it means to partner with your neighbor!”
Kelsey Hammon covers crime and breaking news in Boulder County. She is a University of Northern Colorado journalism graduate. Prior to writing for the Boulder Daily Camera and Longmont Times-Call, she worked for the Niles Daily Star in southwest Michigan. She can be reached at 303-473-1355 or khammon@prairiemountainmedia.com.
Paris: An army of laundry workers tirelessly sorts, washes and dries a colossal wave of brightly coloured linen at Paris's Pitie-Salpetriere hospital every day, in a endless battle to wash away COVID-19. "We consider all laundry potentially contaminated," says Cedric Martin, the head of the hospital's laundry section. Image Credit: AFP
France is currently recording an average of more than 20,000 new coronavirus infections a day, piling pressure onto not only hospital workers, but also the people who wash their clothes. "We handle 33 tonnes of dirty laundry every day: 23,000 sheets, 10,000 mattress protectors, 10,000 pillowcases, 18,000 work clothes, 8,000 patient gowns," says Jean-Charles Grupeli, head of logistics at the Paris public hospital group, AP-HP. Image Credit: AFP
Hundreds of huge orange, blue and red bags filled with laundry from 38 different hospitals wait their turn at the entrance to Pitie-Salpetriere's "dirty zone". Image Credit: AFP
The laundry room first opened in 1898, with the nuns and convalescents giving way to industrial machinery and treatments. Nearly 120 people - and as many machines - now work there from 6.30am to 7.00pm, five days a week. Image Credit: AFP
Grupeli says that in mid-March, during the first wave of the pandemic, "we had to fill a third of the positions with volunteers, many of whom came from the cinema, financial administration or catering". Image Credit: AFP
He recalls the "good atmosphere" during that time, while lamenting that they could not enjoy conviviality such as "having a drink or eating together" due to health safety measures. Image Credit: AFP
At the height of France's outbreak, demand for bedlinen plummeted as non-coronavirus patients avoided the hospital, while the volume of clothes for health workers rose by 25 percent. Image Credit: AFP
The first stop for the dirty laundry is the sorting workshop, where around 10 workers listen to music as they separate the blue scrubs, green mattress covers and the occasional pink maternity gown. "We do not work by dirtiness, but by item," says a laundry worker wearing protective glasses. Image Credit: AFP
The items next head to four giant "washing tunnels", where everything is laundered at 60 degrees Celsius (140 Fahrenheit). The temperature has been cranked up from 40 degrees C since the pandemic began. Then, it's the "clean zone". Image Credit: AFP
"I put the sheets in and the machine sucks them up to hang them up, and directs them to machines that dry and fold," says Angela Couchy, who has been a laundry worker for 15 years. Image Credit: AFP
Suspended in the air, sheets and mattress covers move past each other on rails before entering another machine that folds them perfectly. Yet another machine then wraps everything in plastic, ready to be sent back to the hospital wards. Image Credit: AFP
All this machinery produces a deafening roar throughout the workday. "When that stops, we're happy," says Couchy. Image Credit: AFP
At her confirmation hearing held the day before the presidential inauguration, Janet Yellen sought to justify the incoming administration’s $1.9 trillion pandemic relief plan. Championing the so-called rescue proposal, she revealed what the Biden administration has in mind for the next four years: a big government take-over of the U.S. economy, from dismantling the Trump tax cuts to imposing mandates on small businesses and restructuring the nation’s health care and energy infrastructure.
Although Democrats will control the leadership reins of the first and second branches of the federal government for at least the next two years, they’d do well to lean in on a bit of Midwestern common sense that’s served me well on my family farm and in Congress: Don’t put the cart before the horse.
Using COVID-19 to masquerade a liberal policy agenda won’t get far in a narrowly divided House and Senate. It’s reckless to borrow another $2 trillion on top of $4 trillion already in the pipeline. While more pandemic relief is needed, some of the line items are a political pipe dream for progressives.
For example, mandating a $15 federal minimum wage would wipe out small businesses hanging by a thread. It would cut into already contracted business income, forcing local retailers and restaurants to stop hiring and forget about reopening or expanding a small business. At worst, many may close their doors for good. A shuttered Main Street business diminishes economic vitality and means no jobs, no paychecks and no tax revenue.
When COVID-19 slammed the brakes on the U.S. economy last year, Congress took historic action to send out stimulus checks, boost federal unemployment insurance payments, replenish the financial lifeline to small businesses through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), bolster nutrition programs and lost revenue for family farmers, assist student borrowers, enact a temporary eviction moratorium, and help health care providers on the front lines of the pandemic.
With 400,000 Americans lives lost and counting, there’s clear and present urgency to effectively deploy swift vaccine distribution. However, it’s also clear the Biden administration is taking a cue from the Obama administration’s modis operandi to never “let a serious crisis go to waste.”
At her confirmation hearing, I told the expected Treasury secretary she would have an instrumental opportunity to create an environment for bipartisanship and reasoned debate. Raising taxes on individuals and U.S. businesses won’t grease the wheels of an economy starting to gain traction. To the contrary, they’d slam the brakes on the rebound and unbridled spending would throw taxpayers under the bus.
For his First 100 Days, President Biden also has signaled a radical immigration agenda that would seem to cast the door wide open to amnesty and open borders. As the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, I look forward to scrutinizing the legislative details and working to ensure we have an immigration system that serves the interests of the American people. Again, let’s not put the cart before the horse. An open-borders policy would add significant risks to public health in the middle of a pandemic, exacerbate the costs and logistics of vaccine distribution, and send an alarming message to American workers who have lost their jobs or seen their paychecks and hours reduced during the pandemic.
Candidate Biden campaigned on a platform to heal America and bridge the partisan divisions tearing our country apart. I look forward to working with the Biden administration to get the pandemic behind us and grow the economy back bigger and better than ever.
One last bit of advice as our 46th president takes office. “Go big or go home” could turn out to be a self-fulfilling prophesy. Ramming through a liberal laundry list without building consensus and winning bipartisanship is more than likely a one-way ticket for a one-term presidency.
Janet Raymond of Fast and Fluffy, Stefani Jackson founder of Laundry Love Hamilton and Sarah Fryer, chair of REC's Power of Change Board, discuss the nonprofit serving community members.
Sarah Fryer chair of REC's Power of Change Board (right) hands Stefani Jackson founder of Laundry Love Hamilton a donation as Janet Raymond of Fast and Fluffy cheers the welcome donation that provides free laundry to the community.
When Stefani Jackson founded the nonprofit Laundry Love Hamilton two years ago, she did not realize the depth of community need and the positive impact of providing free laundry.
Laundry Love Hamilton began as a monthly event where homeless and low-income individuals and families would wash and dry their clothes and bedding at no cost. The laundry detergent, fabric softener and quarters were provided for up to three loads at Fast & Fluffy Laundromat in Hamilton.
“It started out as just something small that I said 'I’m going to run with' and, oh my goodness, it has been amazing,” Jackson said. “It has had a lot of growth. I thought I had a handle on it but it keeps on evolving.”
In two years, the nonprofit has served 720 guests and done 4,906 loads of laundry.
“We have served homeless guests who are just passing through to find better places to park and stay to guests that live locally,” Jackson said.
She said new guests often came for the first time with embarrassment.
“We watched them walk through the doors with their heads held down stating they were there for Laundry Love Hamilton,” she said. “We never forced conversation with them but made sure that they felt welcomed, they would not be judged and they were in a safe environment.”
Jackson said the goal of Laundry Love is to treat each guest with dignity.
“As if they were walking through my home doors, to use my own personal washer and dryer and sit down on my couch to visit,” she said. “Restoring dignity is our number one mission. Having clean clothes puts you into a different frame of mind.”
When COVID hit Laundry Love Hamilton took a three-month hiatus but then restarted the service by appointment.
“I can’t just leave people hanging especially during this time,” Jackson said. “We are needed especially with people trying to hold onto their jobs or trying to get jobs. You have to look decent and not smell to get jobs. Plus, people need to wash their bedding.”
She said that with COVID and everyone wearing masks this is a stressful time and clean laundry is a benefit for everyone. She said in schools, children with clean clothes attend school more, experience less bullying, have improved test scores and blend in with their classmates.
“Having kiddos I know blending is important,” Jackson said.
Corvallis School Superintendent Jon Konen said nonprofits such as Laundry Love Hamilton are needed in the Bitterroot Valley as there is a large need to support students.
“When families have to choose between laundry or food, the answer is simple,” he said. “Laundry Love provides free laundry services for families and creates a relationship with these individuals which makes this service so much more than just laundry.”
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Jackson said having laundry sessions by appointment has benefits and will probably continue even after COVID.
“Everyone loves the appointments and I don’t think I’ll go back to the group events,” she said. “There is more confidentiality this way.”
Currently, the process is that guests contact Jackson through Facebook or by phone to set an appointment and let her know how many loads they have. She takes supplies and quarters to Fast and Fluffy where Laundry Love customers come in and get what they need.
“By doing that they blend in with all the other customers,” Jackson said. “This way these appointments fit into their schedule. They can do it at their convenience, perhaps on their day off. I do need 48-hours’ notice. It just seems to be working out. I’m a lot busier which is just part of the growth.”
She said that the appointment method does have disadvantages.
“I miss the one-on-one contact with our guests,” Jackson said. “I miss the children. Before we had to stop having them come to events when COVID-19 happened we would watch them wait for their pj's to get dry, run into the bathroom to put them on to enjoy the warmth of them. We built up relationships with our guests, trust was made, dignity was restored and new friendships were made.”
Laundry Love has responded to increased laundry needs and for families who have experienced a house fire. Laundry Love had a partnership with Walmart that ended in July and private and business donations ran out in January.
“It was the first time in two years that I’ve run out,” Jackson said. “I do write for grants, but the pool is greater for nonprofits needing money because private donations are down and more of us are asking for them.”
On Tuesday, Laundry Love accepted a $1,500 grant from Power of Change, a community outreach program funded by Ravalli Electric Cooperative (REC) members who round up their electric bill payment each month. The POC mission is to help local organizations address unmet needs in the areas of youth, education, public safety, health, community and emergency services.
“The Power of Change grant is such a blessing, their donation was huge,” Jackson said. “It was such an awesome thing for them to pick us. Yay! Thank you. We were down to the bare minimum and I have three big families who were running out of clean clothes.”
Jackson said that in addition to providing laundry service she gives donated items.
The Bombas sock company donates one pair to someone in need for each pair purchased.
“This will be our third year and they like what we do and how we help the community,” Jackson said. “Last March we received 3,500 pairs from super small to extra-large. We have plenty and just throw them into family loads and give them to Head Start.”
She also occasionally receives donations of hygiene products like shampoo, deodorant, toothbrushes and nail clippers from Amazon and REC also gave her their Warming Tree donations of hats, mittens and scarfs.
“Those are going like crazy,” Jackson said.
Individual and business donations are always welcome and can be given by visiting the Laundry Love Hamilton website, Fast and Fluffy Laundromat, or Ravalli Federal Credit Union. Reach Stefanie Jackson at 406-369-3416, laundrylovehamiltonmt@gmail.com, or on Facebook, llhamiltonmt.
Loveland, Ohio – The Ohio Laundry Project is an extension of the Laundry Project by Current Initiatives, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization incorporated in Florida that started with young adults committed to educating others on current social initiatives and mobilizing them to bring about change.
The Laundry Project assists low-income families with meeting a basic need – washing clothes and linens, by turning laundromats into community centers of hope. Laundry fees are paid for while volunteers assist with laundry services, entertain children, and create a caring space at the laundromat.
They will be at the Loveland Cleaners and Laundromat at 910 Loveland Madeira Road on Saturday between the hours of 10 AM – 12:30 PM. (last wash at 12:30 PM)
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January 30, 2021 at 12:53AM
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The Laundry Project assists low-income families with meeting a basic need – washing clothes and linens - Loveland Magazine
An army of laundry workers tirelessly sorts, washes and dries a colossal wave of brightly coloured linen at Paris's Pitie-Salpetriere hospital every day, in a endless battle to wash away Covid-19.
"We consider all laundry potentially contaminated," says Cedric Martin, the head of the hospital's laundry section.
France is currently recording an average of more than 20,000 new coronavirus infections a day, piling pressure onto not only hospital workers, but also the people who wash their clothes.
"We handle 33 tonnes of dirty laundry every day: 23,000 sheets, 10,000 mattress protectors, 10,000 pillowcases, 18,000 work clothes, 8,000 patient gowns," says Jean-Charles Grupeli, head of logistics at the Paris public hospital group, AP-HP.
Hundreds of huge orange, blue and red bags filled with laundry from 38 different hospitals wait their turn at the entrance to Pitie-Salpetriere's "dirty zone".
The laundry room first opened in 1898, with the nuns and convalescents giving way to industrial machinery and treatments.
Nearly 120 people -- and as many machines -- now work there from 6:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. five days a week.
Grupeli says that in mid-March, during the first wave of the pandemic, "we had to fill a third of the positions with volunteers, many of whom came from the cinema, financial administration or catering".
He recalls the "good atmosphere" during that time, while lamenting that they could not enjoy conviviality such as "having a drink or eating together" due to health safety measures.
At the height of France's outbreak, demand for bedlinen plummeted as non-coronavirus patients avoided the hospital, while the volume of clothes for health workers rose by 25 percent.
- From dirty to clean zone -
The first stop for the dirty laundry is the sorting workshop, where around 10 workers listen to music as they separate the blue scrubs, green mattress covers and the occasional pink maternity gown.
"We do not work by dirtiness, but by item," says a laundry worker wearing protective glasses.
The items next head to four giant "washing tunnels", where everything is laundered at 60 degrees Celsius (140 Fahrenheit). The temperature has been cranked up from 40 degrees C since the pandemic began.
Then, it's the "clean zone".
"I put the sheets in and the machine sucks them up to hang them up, and directs them to machines that dry and fold," says Angela Couchy, who has been a laundry worker for 15 years.
Suspended in the air, sheets and mattress covers move past each other on rails before entering another machine that folds them perfectly.
Yet another machine then wraps everything in plastic, ready to be sent back to the hospital wards.
All this machinery produces a deafening roar throughout the workday.
Some mornings Susan Booth, a property developer in Yorkshire, doesn't bother getting dressed.
Instead, she makes herself two cups of tea (to save going up and down the stairs for more) pulls on her favourite baggy grey jumper and, laptop at the ready, watches through the window as the sun rises over Swaledale.
Ms Booth, who until last March worked full-time in an office, but now works for herself, never stays in bed longer than a few hours. Once she's had her sixth cup of tea she knows its time to get up and get on with the rest of the day.
Maybe it's because it's deep mid-winter, and we're all finding it a struggle to drag ourselves out from under the covers already.
Maybe it's that after 10 months of working, living, learning-from-home, we've had enough of every other room in the house (or because your kids are hogging the kitchen table). But working from your bed seems to be in vogue.
Bed tables
A rash of newspaper articles suggest that we're buying "over-bed" tables and pillows to prop ourselves up.
Online retailer Etsy said there has been a 606% increase in searches for laptop stands compared with last year and a 347% rise in laptop tray searches, the Times newspaper reported.
On social media we're confessing to curling up with the cat on the eiderdown, with laptop, phone and notebook to hand. Almost 10,000 people have used the hashtag #workingfrombed on Instagram.
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Another fan of staying tucked up is film maker Stephen Robert Morse.
"I love it," he says "I don't want to get out of bed, so I don't have to."
Since the pandemic started, this is where the New Yorker, now based in London, does most of his work. He can reach the kettle, he checks his email, answers messages, then moves on to previewing film footage or thinking about musical scores.
There may be little more than a pair of boxers between Mr Morse and his duvet, but that doesn't give him pause.
"I've definitely closed deals in bed." he says. "I've definitely talked to lawyers in bed. I've definitely had some pretty intense negotiations from bed."
Stephen Robert Morse: "I don't want to get out of bed, so I don't have to."
And neither he nor Ms Booth find it stops them getting things done. On the contrary.
Over the past year Mr Morse's production company, Lone Wolf Studios, has finished two films started before the pandemic and he's hoping to start filming again soon.
"I'm an Olympic standard procrastinator," Ms Booth says.
"If I have something that needs my whole attention, I find bed is a good place. I'm not side-tracked by the laundry or putting the dishwasher on. It's a good place to really focus."
Bad idea?
The morning she spoke to the BBC she had picked out a bathroom suite for a property - it needs to fit both the space available and the budget - while sitting in bed.
On the other hand, plenty of health practitioners from osteopaths to sleep experts sound the alarm over this new trend.
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"If you have a good relationship with sleep then it's a probability you are going to feel more relaxed and comfortable in your bed which is a good thing in the short term," says Sophie Bostock, founder of The Sleep Scientist.
But over time it can undermine your ability to sleep well, she points out.
"If you don't have a good day at work you start to change your associations with your bed as being about stress, deadlines, an awkward conversation with your boss.
"The positive relationship you used to have can be displaced by a relationship with work. Then when you go to bed those frustrations, thoughts, can start to invade your nights."
Change it up
Ms Bostock always sticks to the rules: "My bedroom is for sleeping and sex but nothing else."
But then she's lucky she admits, that there's room at home for her to choose a different room to work in.
"Some people have no choice. Then it's a matter of how can you psychologically make a separation between your sleep zone and work zone," she says.
She suggests throwing a different coloured bedcover over the bed, changing the lighting, or swapping with your kids - letting them study in your bedroom while you work in theirs. If you have to work in your bedroom, ideally, bring in a desk and put it under the window, she adds.
But that could meaning missing out on some distinct advantages of working from bed, argues Stephen Morse.
Sophie Bostock recommends separating work and sleep
When he's up and about he has a tendency to "jump into things too early" he says, cutting other people off with his thoughts. He's a better listener, he reckons, with his head on the headboard and his legs outstretched.
"At a desk you're very rigid. Maybe that creative edge can come through in bed. You think more clearly when you're calm."
There's certainly a vein of thought that says having a nap, another thing Stephen readily admits to, can boost creativity. And Ms Bostock agrees that sometimes, especially if you're a sleep deprived shift worker or parent of young children, what used to be known as a "power nap" can be just the rejuvenation you need.
"If you need to be alert then 15 minutes gives you lighter levels of sleep, but you don't fall into deep sleep," she advises. "The short nap gives improvement in mood and cognition, but not the deep sleep that gives sleep inertia. When you wake up after 40 minutes deep sleep it could take hour to feel alert."
It's not just us, cooped up in the pandemic either, turning to our beds in extremis. The habit has a long and illustrious history.
The Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, produced masterpieces in hers. American writer Truman Capote claimed he "couldn't think if he wasn't lying down".
Louis XIV of France converted the drawing room at the palace of Versailles into a bedchamber, and gave audiences to dozens of people each day from bed.
Prime Minister Winston Churchill dictated letters propped up on the pillows. And eminent Victorian Florence Nightingale spent nearly half a century bed-ridden yet developing hospital policy from her chamber.
Yet it still isn't wholly respectable. You'd still hesitate to tell your boss you were tuning in for the nine o'clock meeting in your pyjamas.
In fact this could be part of the attraction, Stephen confesses.
"I love being an American in the UK, I love breaking the rules. You have too many rules. When you don't hurt anyone and it's legal you should break rules."
It's a particularly COVID-19 era problem: Putting on a cloth face mask (reusable, please!) right before your journey outside only to realize, well, it doesn't smell that great.
Newsflash: You should be washing your masks after each wear. But instead of turning to good old utilitarian laundry detergent for what just ends up being another household chore, bring a little joy into your life by treating yourself to some luxury laundry detergent.
The logic: You, the wearer of said mask, are breathing in its scent all day. So why not level up your experience by adding a luxury fragrance to your little personal space bubble?
Inspired by the Japanese tradition of forest bathing, this woodsy detergent smells like bright morning in a snowy forest.
05 "Spring"
Dedtergent
$12.00
A biodegradable laundry detergent that reminds us of after dark high school make out sessions at the park.
Coconut Mimosa
Love Home and Planet
$12.99
Part tropical, part floral, this breezy scent will take you mentally on the vacation you couldn't go on this year.
Le Labo Santal 33
The Laundress
$31.50
A classic. Leather comes together with iris, violet, and sandalwood for a scent that's super sexy in all the right ways.
And while fancy detergent can be on the pricer side, by hand-washing in a mixing bowl, you're typically only using about a capful at a time, which means the bottle will last for about 50 to 60 rounds. Regardless of which you choose, your mask game will be next level.
When the world was peak scary at the start of the pandemic, I started washing my sheets with Le Labo detergent as a cozy treat. One night, while I was snuggled up with my cat watching Grey's Anatomy for the first time and slowly inhaling the glory that is Santal 33, it hit me—my masks could smell this good, too.
The next morning I collected all the masks in my house (my personal favorites are the Clare V. masks for running errands and Jill & Ally for when I just need to pop one on quickly to run downstairs), rolled up my sleeves, and got to work.
Almost a year into this habit, here are my washing tips:
For the masks to be clean, you must use hot water. First, I pre-soak my masks for about five minutes in super-hot water, drain them, then make them a nice little bubble bath with my detergent and let them hang out for at least 15 minutes. Then I scrub each for a few minutes, rinse, and hang!
Hand washing can be tricky. Make sure the water runs completely bubble-free when you've finished washing (leftover detergent could irritate your skin!).
I don't own an iron, so the way I dry my masks is essential. Set them out on hangers to air dry (I prefer to do it in the shower in case there's some residual water) overnight—I've also noticed it helps the fabric's fragrance set.
Spot treat if you've got a makeup mark. I like to carry the Tide to Go Wipes to stop the stain as soon as I see it, or let this Stain Solution permeate for a few minutes pre-wash.
If you have sensitive skin, be careful and consult your dermatologist before trying this technique.
And below, a few face masks that pair perfectly with the fanciest of detergents:
Bisous Mask Set
Clare V
$35.00
Rainbow Bright Tie-Dye Fashion Face Mask
Jill Zarinjillzarin.com
$25.00
Silk Face Covering
Slip
$39.00
Jasmine Floral Mask
Island Tribe
$40.00
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LOVELAND, Ohio — A national organization is coming to Loveland on Saturday to do one thing, and one thing only: clean some dirty clothes.
The Laundry Project was started by the nonprofit Current Initiatives in March 2020 around Tampa, Florida, to help hospitality workers and low-income families clean their clothes once the pandemic hit. The project has traveled the country, doing about 29,000 loads of laundry along the way.
"(People) are just so thankful," Denise Hough, the director of Current Initiatives Ohio, said. "You hear great stories about, 'I couldn't afford it so it's been stacking up so finally now I can do my laundry,' and they'll ask, 'Can I get more?' Absolutely go get it! We want to help them in any way that we can."
If you want to get your clothes cleaned, the project will be at the Loveland Cleaners at 910 Loveland Madeira Rd. from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
January 29, 2021 at 06:01PM
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Organization wants to help people by doing their laundry Saturday - WCPO
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Tony's Laundromat, Pontiac, circa 1959, with owners, Catherine Campagna, far left, and Tony Campagna, second from right. Their daughter, Jane, is second from left.
SUSAN HAZLETT For The Pantagraph
Oh, it is a bummer when your washing machine goes ka-put!
Or when you’re out of change for the coin-operated dryer and your socks are still wet.
Or when your ride to the laundromat bails at the last minute and you have no clean underwear.
There’s no woe like a laundry woe.
Our washing machine — the “new” one — decided it didn’t like to spin. It was as if the washer looked at its one-year warranty card, and on the 366th day, said, “I’m done.”
It did not say, “I’ll just finish this last load, and then I’m done.” No, it quit mid-cycle, leaving two throw blankets, a towel and a pair of pants sopping wet.
When was the last time you tried to wring water out of a blanket? Talk about an exercise in futility. No matter how much you squeeze, water still drips out. So I did what any normal person would do with a load of heavy, wet clothes. I threw them in the bathtub.
In the meantime, I called a repair expert and learned the cost to fix the machine would be more than the original purchase price.
“We’re lucky we can even get parts right now,” confided the shop owner. So, with less wear and tear than a surfboard in Central Illinois, the old washer was retired.
That’s when I decided to go big or go home. I got a Speed Queen. Not a lot of bells and whistles, but built like a tank. (No, this is not a paid advertisement, and if the machine konks out, you’ll be the first to know.) My grandparents owned Speed Queens; about 20 of them.
Back in the ‘60s, my mother’s parents owned a laundromat in Pontiac called Tony’s. My memories are of a warm, fresh smelling and happy place. (Although I did get scolded for “drawing” horsies and doggies with my finger on the foggy, condensation-covered windows.)
My grandmother kept the establishment nice and tidy and often helped customers fold clothes. On Sundays, she collected change from the machines and put the coins into paper bank rolls. As a safety precaution, she invited her brother, who worked for the Illinois State Police, to sit nearby while she counted the coins.
Today, depending on the laundry facility, quarters may or may not be essential to having clean clothes. Some pay-per-use machines still require coins, as much as $3 per washer load, while others use a pre-paid card or mobile app.
For example, my uncle Greg, who lives in an apartment complex in Los Angeles, does laundry with machines equipped with card readers. The cards are purchased via a dispenser which is located in another building and only accepts $5 bills. To make sure he has the correct bills, he asks for specific change at the grocery store.
Sounds like a hassle, but it’s still easier than hoarding quarters.
Before the days of card readers, Greg collected coins throughout the week to make sure he had enough to feed the machines — at that time, $3. During the week, he built three stacks of four quarters each on his bedroom dresser.
It’s not easy coming up with 12 quarters every week, but he did. And it wasn’t like he did extra cycles with the dryer in order to wear warm clothes like Kramer in Seinfeld. (See the episode “The Calzone.”)
Then something unsettling happened. Greg discovered his apartment had been robbed. Some of his belongings were knocked over and broken, but one thing was missing: his weekly stack of laundry quarters. The thief had gotten away with $3. The LA police, my uncle recalls, weren’t overly interested in launching an investigation.
The Speed Queen, by the way, is spinning just fine. No quarters, state police escort or card reader required.
Contact Susan Hazlett at susanrhazlett@yahoo.com or write to her in care of The Pantagraph, 205 N. Main St., Bloomington, IL 61702-2907.
January 29, 2021 at 09:30PM
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Hazlett: No woe like a laundry woe - Bloomington Pantagraph
