Laundry Love

Laundry Love is a free laundry washing service helping our community live healthier and brighter lives. We meet twice a month at Super Wash on 256 S Sandusky St, Delaware, Ohio 43015 providing free laundry assistance to Delaware County residents with the help of our many local partners. We are a partner of Laundry Love National, laundrylove.org, a non-profit organization who believes that “the laundromat is 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.” With over 300 locations across the U.S.,the Laundry Love initiative consists of regular opportunities to come alongside people who are struggling financially by assisting them with their laundry. Visit laundrylove.org for more information and how to find a Laundry Love location near you! Light food or snacks are often offered while waiting for laundry services to finish. We only require registration upon arrival between the posted registration times. Visit us on facebook where we regularly post our upcoming Laundry Love days and how to attend. Have questions? Call or email the FPC office and we’ll gladly give you all you need to know about Laundry Love!

Our Laundry Love program was founded in 2017 out of the discovered need and lack of accessibility of clean clothing for many in our community. But Laundry Love is about so much more than helping our neighbors do their laundry. Laundry Love is about building relationships and our guests have developed a real community at the laundry mat. They welcome us into their lives, and we become a part of their family. We share our blessings with one another, share stories of our lives, we laugh together, and sometimes we cry. We are there for each other while we do laundry together. In 2025, Laundry Love (LL), with an average of 15 volunteers, representing area churches and individuals, met on the 2nd and 4th Mondays every month at Delaware’s only laundromat. We assisted with almost 3000 loads of laundry, averaging 48 guests and 123 loads per gathering. The Delaware Diaper Bank are present at many Laundry Love dates providing free diapers and dozens of fresh wet wipes to patrons. The need for a service of this type is known across the country, however it had previously gone unaddressed in Delaware County. Our work since 2017 has proven this need and we have been given firsthand witness to the impact that it has for the families we partner with. There are clear health benefits, both mental and physical, that clean clothes and bedding provide.

As Laundry Love.org puts it – LOVE – Love is the reason; DIGNITY – Every person seen, valued, honored; DETERGENT – Fresh and clean feels good on everyone.
Obviously 3000 loads of laundry, nutritious meals, thousands of diapers and hundreds of wipes are critical to our guests, and yet, the sense of community that happens at each gathering may be the most important thing that we do. The laundromat is a place where strangers become friends, people are known by name, hope is hustled, and the worth of every human being is acknowledged and celebrated. We celebrate good times together; we grieve heartaches, losses, challenging medical conditions /diagnosis together; we pray together; all very quietly, and without condition. One of our regular volunteers put it this way:

“Hearing people’s stories and interacting with them is extremely powerful. It’s just so real
there. So beautiful. I feel like we are acknowledging the people that are otherwise invisible
and under-appreciated in our society.”

We cannot thank our community of supporters and volunteers enough for how this ministry blesses each and every volunteer and supporter. We look forward to 2026 and continuing this vital ministry. We invite anyone who hasn’t yet volunteered to come and check us out. You will never be the same.