Laundry Love support

Laundry Love is an outreach ministry of Saint Philip’s that partners with Interfaith Community Services (ICS), Northgate Laundromat, and Northwest Community Friends Church. Volunteers assemble individual packages that contain a sheet with details (instructions, directions, times, etc.), 3 detergent pods or detergent sheets*, and 3 dryer sheets. Up to 3 prepaid “gift cards” worth $4.00 each are now provided separately because some clients have access to laundry supplies but not washers and dryers, while others have access to washers and dryers, but not the supplies. The packages are distributed by ICS (Craycroft location) every week on Wednesdays from 10:00am-12:00pm, and the gift cards are redeemable for one regular wash and one regular dryer load at Northgate Laundromat.

Thanks are due once again to the members of Northwest Community Friends Church who made another generous donation to Saint Philip’s Laundry Love ministry. (Saint Philip’s and Northwest Community Friends are both members of ICS.)

Friends Church parishioner, Siew Lilley, coordinates the parish’s donations and packages. Last week Siew delivered 12 packages and an additional $144.00. The partnership of Northwest Friends Community Church and its significant donations in 2022 have enabled Laundry Love to increase the impact and success of this vital ministry to help those in financial need.

Do you have loose coins (US currency only) that you’d like to put to good use but don’t want to count? Laundry Love volunteers will be delighted to count, roll, and donate them to this ministry. Email parishioner Marilyn Lindell at captmarilynusnr@gmail.com and she’ll be happy to take them off your hands.

Of course, checks can be made payable to “Saint Philip’s Church” with “Laundry Love” written in the memo line. Online donations can be made through Saint Philip’s secure website when you select “Laundry Love” from the drop-down menu.

Thank you!

*The national Laundry Love organization now provides Earth Breeze eco-friendly detergent sheets to all Laundry Love ministries free of charge. These are essentially 3 1/2" x 4 1/2” sheets of concentrated detergent minus the water in liquid detergents. Saint Philip’s Laundry Love ministry is in the process of transitioning from pods to sheets as current pod supplies are used up. As always, all funds raised by parishioners for this project will be used for pre-pay laundromat gift cards.