Laundry Love Program
Love and dignity through detergent
Laundry Love is a neighboring movement that partnered with Newman Regional Health Community Care Team, The United Way of the Flint Hills, Flint Hills Technical College and Laundry Land in in Emporia to provide the means to wash the clothes and bedding for low-income and/or no-income families and person(s).
Laundry Love views the laundromat as an inclusive and welcoming place where strangers become friends, people are known by name, hope is hustled, and the worth of every human being is acknowledged and celebrated.
LAUNDRY LOVE IS HERE IN EMPORIA!
This is a free service to help low and no-income individuals and families have access to free laundry services in Emporia!
When: Third Thursday of each month.
Time: 9am – Noon (last load in at 11:15am)
Where: Laundry Land 622 East 6th Street Emporia, KS
What: Up to 5 loads per person, spaces are limited
Why: LOVE – is essential for life. DIGNITY – every human being is valued, honored, seen. DETERGENT – fresh and clean feels good on everyone.
Brought to you by Newman Regional Health, United Way of the Flint Hills, and Laundry Love National.
Questions? Want to help?
Contact Emporia’s Laundry Love Team at communitycareteam@newmanrh.org
(620)343-6800 ext. 22102
communitycareteam@newmanrh.org
LAUNDRY LAND – EMPORIA
622 East St, Emporia, KS 66801
2024 Schedule:
- Jan 16, 2025
- Feb 20, 2025
- Mar 20, 2025
- April 18, 2025
- May 15, 2025
- June 19, 2025
- July18, 2025
- Aug 21, 2025
- Sept 18, 2025
- October 16, 2025
- Nov 20, 2025
- Dec 18, 2025
Laundry Love History
Greg Russinger is Laundry Love’s Co-founder and National Board President. Greg and several others were committed to the no/low income person(s) and families in the downtown area of Ventura. The group built relationship with Eric, who went by the name T-Bone. After many conversations and time spent, a question was asked of Eric.
“How can we come alongside your life in a meaningful way?”, in which he replied, “If I had clean clothes people would treat me like a human being.” Laundry Love was born.
Laundry Love Mission
Laundry Love washes the clothes and bedding of low/no income families and person(s) across the US. We brighten the lives of thousands of people through love, dignity, and detergent by partnering with diverse groups and laundromats nationwide — the last 17+ years have taught us time and time again, clean
clothes matter.
Established 2003 in Ventura, California. In its infancy, Laundry Love never planned on becoming a nationwide movement. Since inception Laundry Love has washed close to 2 million loads of Laundry and served over 1.2 million people.