TAMPA, Fla. — The quantity in your title tag was just about the one quantity folks needed to fear about on the Laundrolab on Monday.
“I believe we were put on this earth for one reason and that is to help people,” mentioned the proprietor John Fry.
And for in the future, the new business on North Armenia Avenue helped by letting folks wash and dry no matter they wanted free of charge.
“It’s a basic need that everybody has and it’s our little way to give back to the community,” mentioned Fry.
It’s assist that got here at a time when money is tight for a lot of, like Annie Haney.
“It’s a blessing because I had a lot of laundry, I mean like linen, and that’s the heaviest stuff to wash,” she mentioned.
Haney mentioned this journey would have set her again about $30 if she paid out of pocket, which is rather a lot for her and different folks like her—seniors on a hard and fast revenue.
And now, she mentioned she does not have to fret about laundry for a least one other 30 days.
“I’m good for the month,” she mentioned.
The laundromat’s house owners estimate that by the tip of the day they will have washed 1000’s of kilos of free laundry.
And they hope to do it once more in the future.
“We have seen a lot of smiling faces. We’ve received hugs and kisses and we have given those hugs and kisses right back. It’s been pretty awesome,” mentioned Fry.