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Laundry House Partners With Laundry Cares

At Laundry House NYC, we are excited to partner with the Laundry Cares network to support our beloved Brooklyn community. Together, we’re dedicated to making a positive impact and addressing the unmet needs of our neighbors.

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Making a difference, one
day at a time

252+

Free Laundry & Literacy Days

199,232

Families Impacted

1,790,700

Pounds of Free Laundry Provided

431,700

Books Gifted

Here’s what we have in the spin cycle for you

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Annual Free Laundry Day

Join us for our annual Community Giveback Day, where we’re offering free laundry services to our amazing community. Experience a day of celebration with delicious food, exciting games, and a lively DJ. Stay tuned for exciting collaborations with local businesses, police, and fire departments.

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Build your Library

We’re turning our laundromat into a mini-library! Each month, we’ll be receiving a new batch of bilingual picture books through LaundryCare’s partnership with Scholastic. These books are yours to enjoy in-store and to take home, encouraging literacy and a love of reading in young minds.

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Storytelling with Local Librarians

We’re partnering with local libraries to host storytelling sessions right here in our laundromat. This means exciting tales, memorable characters, and a whole lot of imagination, right in between your wash and dry cycles.

Growing Together

We’ve always known that our laundromat is more than just a place to wash clothes. It’s a hub where communities gather, stories unfold, and connections are made. We’re taking it a step further by introducing innovative programming in collaboration with LaundryCares.

Who knew laundry could change the world?

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The Importance of promoting early childhoods literacy

Children with enhanced early literacy spaces in their laundromat engage in 30 times more literacy activities.
60% of parents reported there are fewer than 20 books in their home.
98% of families report no access to the public library or high-quality early childhood programming.
With an early literacy provider in the laundromat space, 85 minutes of sustained early literacy activity was achieved.
Reading time increases by 31% when new books are presented in the Read, Play, Learn space.
Literacy increases vocabulary and increased parent-child interactions
When a children’s librarian or provider is in the space, children are engaged 62% longer in activities

Results are data based on 2020 “Evaluation of Chicago Laundromats” study performed by Dr. Susan Neuman of New York Univeristy.