Contact: Valerie Goodwin Cooke Company Name: Classy Living Society, LLC Email: valerieg@cls-volunteer.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 26, 2018
CLASSY LIVING SOCIETY PRESENTS:
LAUNDRY LOVE! Atlanta, GA, [March 28, 2018] – Classy Living Society, LLC (CLS) a premier women's community service organization, is kicking off this year’s 2018 National Volunteer Week, by partnering with Laundry Love, an organization whose sole mission is to partner with laundromats to assist low-income or no-income families and individuals by providing resources and opportunities for them to launder their clothing and linens. On April 15, 2018, CLS and Laundry Love will collaborate with Cozy Clean Laundry”, a laundromat located in Decatur, Georgia at 4065 Memorial Drive and invites those in need to come out and launder their clothing free of charge. CLS is requesting donations to include a laundry basket complete with laundry detergent and fabric softener for the visitors to use onsite, as well as to take home for future use. Through this event, CLS is helping to bring awareness to the causes that matter -- by forming partnerships with various non-profit organizations, such as Laundry Love, with an eye toward giving a hand up to those in need and to ease and eradicate the burdens of the people in our communities. This event and the manner in which Laundry Love partners with local laundromats to clean the clothes and linens of low-income or no-income families and individuals is amazing. “Laundry Loves sees the laundromat as a place where strangers become friends, kids are known by name, hope is being fostered, and the worth of every human is acknowledged and celebrated.”(http://laundrylove.org/) “When I came across this amazing organization I couldn’t pass up the opportunity for our CLS sisters to become a part of this initiative. A message which we consistently share is we should each do what we can to make a difference, and the mere act of helping someone have clean clothes will make a difference more than we could ever imagine.” -LaShanda D. Pitts, Founder & CEO of CLS To understand the reason this cause is truly important, is to understand the story of Laundry Love and how 14 years ago it began with T-Bone (Eric), a houseless gentleman living in Ventura Calif. In one particular conversation, a question was asked of him: “T-Bone, how can we come alongside your life in a way that would matter to you?” His
response was honest and practical. “If I had clean clothes I think people would treat me like a human being.” Every single Laundry Love effort, or Laundry Love spin off and/or partnership around the U.S. is attached to this man. His desire for worth and welcome is found in us all. Please come out and bring your donation of a laundry basket, detergent and fabric softener to Cozy Clean Laundry” on Sunday, April 15th between 3:00 pm and 5:00 pm and help further spread Laundry Love! The event will also be sponsored by Umi Feeds – who will provide food for our laundry “patrons” and the Law Firm of Council & Associates.
About Classy Living Society, LLC (CLS) Classy Living Society was founded in 2013 as a multi-faceted women’s community service organization with a commitment to change the world! With a hands-on approach to volunteerism, CLS partners with charities and nonprofit organizations and provides them with resources to carry out their mission and vision. As a membershipdriven private social club, CLS strongly promotes sisterhood and inspires women to connect with other like-minded women, by hosting high-end, exciting and premier events, galas and social functions throughout the year. Customized educational forums and workshops are fashioned for members and member business owners to empower, rejuvenate and promote growth. To learn more about Classy Living Society, LLC visit: www.clsvolunteer.org About Laundry Love Laundry Love is a neighboring movement that partners with groups, schools and local laundromats to care for the low-income families and individuals. Laundry Love believes that through the neutral space of a laundromat, every guest and stranger can become a friend. Our dream is for one day in all the 30,000+ laundromats nationwide, in the various cities and towns that a Laundry Love location can be established in every one of them. To date: over 1,000,000 loads of laundry, over 750,000 people cared for. To learn more about Laundry Love visit:www.LaundryLove.org