P&G’s Tide Loads of Hope and Comforts of Home Mobile Relief to Arrive in San Marcos, June 1
PROCTER & GAMBLE BRINGS MOBILE RELIEF TO TEXAS RESIDENTS AFFECTED BY RECENT FLOODING WITH TIDE LOADS OF HOPE AND P&G COMFORTS OF HOME
WHO: Families, individuals and first responders in need of personal care items or laundry services in the wake of the recent Central Texas flooding.
WHAT: Beginning Monday, June 1st at 3:00 p.m., the P&G Comforts of Home truck will be stationed in San Marcos, Texas, to provide personal care and cleaning kits to residents impacted by the floods. This service will be free to these residents, responders and their families.
P&G’s Tide Loads of Hope will join the Comforts of Home truck at the same location to provide free full-service laundry to relief workers and residents of San Marcos who are encouraged to drop off their laundry to be washed, dried and folded, free of charge. Two loads of laundry per family per day can be accepted. All washable clothing types can be accepted with the exception of heavy bedding.
WHY: Recent storms have devastated Texas and surrounding areas and have forced many residents from their homes, leaving them without basic needs and resources. In an effort to help families with everyday essentials, P&G Comforts of Home and Tide Loads of Hope will offer personal care kits, cleaning kits and laundry services to those affected by the Texas flooding.
These services are free and available to people affected by the disaster and the many volunteers that are helping to respond.
WHERE: Tide Loads of Hope and the P&G Comforts of Home truck will be located at 1015 Highway 80, San Marcos, TX in the Walmart parking lot.
WHEN: P&G Comforts of Home services available Monday, June 1st, 3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., then beginning Tuesday, June 2nd services will be available 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Tide Loads of Hope services available beginning June 2nd from 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
We expect to stay on location for about five days or until the immediate needs of the local population are met. If we find that the demand for our services continues, we will try to stay until people’s needs are met by more long-term services. Once we find that the demand for our services is low and people no longer need our help, we will provide 24-hour notice before we discontinue services and leave the area.
ABOUT: P&G has a long history of responding to natural disasters. Ten years ago, we launched Tide Loads of Hope to provide much needed free laundry services to families affected by Hurricane Katrina. Today, the program includes the Tide Loads of Hope truck outfitted with 32 energy-efficient Whirlpool® Duet™ washers and dryers. Tide Loads of Hope has washed over 60,000 loads of laundry for more than 43,000 families impacted by disasters around the world since the program launched.
BRANDS: Brands included in relief effort: Always, Crest, Head & Shoulders, Ivory, Gillette, Old Spice, Oral-B, Pampers, Pantene, Secret, Venus, Bounty, Charmin, Dawn, Mr. Clean, Febreze, Swiffer and Tide.
HELP: People across the country can help support Tide Loads of Hope by purchasing a Tide Loads of Hope vintage t-shirt at www.tideloadsofhope.com. All profits from the shirts go to helping families affected by disaster.
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If you need any help with checking in laundry, folding, etc post your request on the FB group San Marcos Flood 2015. LOTS of people will be happy to come out and help you guys! Thanks Tide!!!