With the holidays rapidly approaching, the need for warm coats, clothing, and toys has donation boxes popping up at stores and businesses around your city. Hosting a donation drive in cooperation with a local charity is a great way to give back to your community and help promote your business. With some preparation and organization, your laundromat can serve as a collection place in your community and provide a valuable service during this season of giving. For affordable laundry equipment in North Carolina, please call T & L for big savings.
Here's how to plan a donation drive for your laundromat:
- Choose a Charity - Work with a charitable organization that can benefit from the services you provide. Offer to host a coat drive and launder all the coats for free before they are dropped off for donation. Collecting clothes also offers you a chance to clean and prepare the items for the charity.
- Organize Logistics - Have collection boxes ready and prep your staff on how to handle and process donations. If you are offering coupons or any type of promotional item as a thank you for the contributions, be sure to have plenty on hand. Set up a schedule for laundering and dropping off items so that collection boxes don't overflow and your staff doesn't become overwhelmed.
- Promote the Event - Take to your social media channels, your website, or your monthly newsletter or print flyers to let people know where they can donate their items. Think about creating a press release for local media to use so that more people can be made aware of your collection efforts.
- Have Clear Cutoff Dates - Be firm about the cutoff date for your donations. You don't want to have people dumping bags of clothes or piles of coats in your business after the collection time has passed.
- Share the Good News - Once your donation drive has ended be sure to talk up the generosity of your customers and the community. Share the number of items donated on your media channels and post the number proudly in your laundromat.
Communities love to support businesses that support them. After the donation drive, find ways to continue to partner with various organizations in the community. This will allow you to establish yourself as a business that cares. Making the donating drive an annual event helps create a sense of commitment to the community as well.
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