Queens Library outreach assistant Hal Schrieve says the new space allows families to use laundry time to boost learning, literacy and more. Last fall, it partnered with Libraries Without Borders and a Clinton Foundation program to bring learning spaces into laundromats. Eventually, it started giving away books, and that sparked an idea. So Wallace's trade group formed a foundation to sponsor events, like free laundry days and food giveaways. MCCABE: All that laundry can run hundreds of dollars a month. He says there are about 30,000 laundromats nationwide, and families with limited time and money make up a large share of their customers.īRIAN WALLACE: And they're coming to us with, you know, anywhere from, you know, 50 pounds of laundry to maybe a hundred or even a couple hundred pounds of laundry, depending on the size of their family. MCCABE: Brian Wallace is president and CEO of the Coin Laundry Association. I think that more laundromats should reinforce this sort of idea not only because it helps the children but because it also helps the parents in a way. I was like, what? I'm like - it's really the first laundromat that I've seen that has a center like this for kids. But at Lavanderia XI, there's a comfy couch, toys and lots of books in English and Spanish. MCCABE: Pineda says most laundromats don't have anywhere for her son to play while she does the laundry. NADINE PINEDA: It's - my working schedule is, like, off the charts, so I try to do laundry when I can. MCCABE: Nadine Pineda (ph) says that's tough, especially with an active 16-month-old toddler in tow. But if you don't have access to a washer and dryer in your home, chances are that means spending a lot of time at a self-service laundromat. But Allyson McCabe takes us to Queens, N.Y., where there is a growing effort to help families use laundry time to get more than just clean clothes.ĪLLYSON MCCABE, BYLINE: The laundry must be done. That time is not easy on working families with kids. But first let's go to the laundromat, where the average visit takes 2 1/2 hours. We'll try to bring you that conversation as soon as we can.
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