Thanks to our amazing Flair Cleaners customers the 2017 Annual Flair Cares Clothing and Shoe Drive was a success. We appreciate the hundreds of items of clothing, gloves, hats, and blankets that were donated to MEND, The Los Angeles Mission, and Helping Hands For The Blind. As a result, many in our community were given access to clothing they need for work, school, home, and holiday gifts. These Continue Reading
Donate to Flair Cleaners’ 15th Annual Clothing and Shoe Drive
Flair Cleaners 15th Annual Clothing and Shoe Drive begins Friday, November 24 and runs through December 31, 2017. This is the time of year when we ask you to be generous when going through your closets and bureaus. All five Flair Cleaner’s locations are participating in this drive that will benefit MEND, the Los Angeles Mission, and Helping Hands for the Blind. What to Donate? Clothing and shoes Continue Reading
Cleaning the American Flag
It’s summertime and that brings an increase in the display of the American flag in our communities. Beginning this week, with Independence Day and straight on to Labor Day, Old Glory flies proudly across the neighborhoods. And, like any other fabric, your American flag needs care and attention. Cleaning the American Flag Properly displaying and caring for the American flag can be confusing. Fortunately, “4 U.S. Code, Chapter Continue Reading
Flair Cares Spring Food Drive Ends May 31
It is not too late to donate food to the Flair Cares Spring Food Drive. All month long we have been collecting non-perishable food to replenish the shelves of the local food banks that serve our communities. Bring your food to any of the five Flair locations by May 31. Hunger exists in every corner of Los Angeles County. An estimated 1.5 million people in our county live Continue Reading
Local Food Bank Profiles
The Flair Cares Spring Food Drive continues through May 31, 2017. All five Flair locations, Santa Monica, Valencia, Studio City, Burbank, and Redondo Beach, are collecting non-perishable food items. We deliver the food weekly to nonprofits in our communities we serve. Here are two of the organizations we support. North Hollywood Interfaith Food Pantry Founded in 1983 by 10 local religious congregations, the North Hollywood Interfaith Food Pantry Continue Reading
Hunger in Los Angeles County
Los Angeles County has more people than almost anywhere in our country. In addition, it has one of the largest populations of food insecure individuals. Food insecurity arises when people do not have access to the food needed to survive in good health or without going hungry. Feeding America reported that hunger exists in every area of Los Angeles County, and affects an estimated 1.5 million people. That Continue Reading
2017 Flair Cares Spring Food Drive Profiles
The Flair Cares Spring Food Drive starts next week. All five Flair locations, Santa Monica, Valencia, Studio City, Burbank and Redondo Beach, will be collecting non-perishable food items the entire month. These will be donated to four nonprofits in our communities that provide food to those in need. Here are two of the organizations we’re supporting. 2017 Profile: Westside Food Bank The Westside Food Bank was founded in Continue Reading
Flair Cares Spring Food Drive Benefits Local Communities
Flair Cleaners will host its second Flair Cares Spring Food Drive, May 1 – 31, at each of its five locations. The food drive will benefit local food banks in the communities where Flair is located. Flair will make matching contributions up to 1,000 pounds of food donated by customers at each locations. In addition, everyone who donates will receive a coupon for 50% off a future visit Continue Reading
Profile: Los Angeles Mission
The 14th Annual Flair Cares Holiday Clothing and Shoe Drive supports The Los Angeles Mission, as well as other local nonprofits. The faith-based, private, nonprofit Los Angeles Mission was founded in 1936. Since then, it has served the needs of homeless and disadvantaged in our communities. As such, the Los Angeles Mission is among the nation’s largest service providers to the homeless. The Los Angeles Mission: Provides residential Continue Reading
Helping Hands for the Blind
As we continue our 14th Annual Holiday Clothing and Shoe Drive, we wish to share more about one of the charities we support, Helping hands for the Blind. Founded in 1990, Helping Hands is a non-profit organization whose goal is to promote social, economic and educational opportunities for the blind. Much of their funding comes from their thrift stores, which sell gently used clothing and other items. One Continue Reading