Laundry Love Sussex helps to wash the clothes and bedding of low/no income families and persons in Sussex County Delaware. Its mission is to bring economic relief to those with limited resources by giving them the option to redirect funds toward food, rent and other basic everyday necessities. We believe it's crucial to create a way for all people to live with dignity, and for our guests/friends to be afforded the opportunity to care for themselves and their families.

• Laundry Love Sussex is strictly a voluntary program. The facilitators and volunteers receive no income. Every dollar goes directly into a machine.

• Laundry Love Sussex is a very practical outreach. It provides immediate assistance that is important in many ways.

• Regular washing of clothes and bedding helps to remove any bacteria, dirt, fleas, mites and other irritants or infection. Students are spared teasing from not wearing stained or odor emitting clothes. For parents to seek and maintain employment, clean clothes are a necessity.

• It is what happens inside the laundromat that makes it so special. When you spend several hours a month in a laundromat, relationships are built and your heart is blessed. It is the ideal location where communities can foster and demonstrate our human capacity for love, kindness, and generosity.

• The cost of washing clothes is just another financial burden on low-income families and individuals. $8.75 or more to wash a single load, and $.75 for (8) minutes to dry adds up quickly. Skyrocketing housing costs along the Delaware beaches are putting families, single parents with children and individuals under tremendous daily economic pressures. Laundry Love Sussex, in a very practical way, is assisting with helping to defray these costs.