The Rotary Club of Crook County in Oregon recently presented the Family Access Network with a grant of $2,000 to support laundry services at Express Eco Laundromat in Prineville, Ore.
The laundromat partially matched the grant funding to help support the purchase of pre-loaded laundry cards for local families in need.
The Family Access Network began this initiative in 2018 to help children and family members without access to laundry facilities. And those FAN advocates have seen a growing need during the COVID-19 pandemic and now with the current inflationary pressures. Access to laundry facilities ensures students can arrive at school in clean clothes, ready to focus on learning.
“We are grateful that Rotary Club of Crook County is once again partnering with FAN to meet this need for families living in poverty,” said Julie N. Lyche, executive director of FAN. “Partnerships like those between the Rotary Club of Crook County and Express Eco Laundromat are both inspiring and also vital to continuing FAN’s work to help students flourish.”
