The World’s Largest Laundromat in Berwyn is partnering up with a local homeless-help organization that serves Oak Park.
The Laundromat announced Thursday that it plans to start doing laundry for West Suburban Pads, a Maywood-based nonprofit fighting homelessness in 20 near-west suburbs.
Specifically, the Laundromat will wash items from PADS’ emergency shelter program, which provides immediate assistance to 40 to 70 homeless men, women and children each night between October and May.
“We are uniquely equipped to handle such a big job for PADS,” Mark Benson, an Oak Park resident and manager of the Laundromat said in a press release. “About 50 beds worth of linens a day, seven days a week for most of the year? You’ve got to have a big, efficient and professionally run operation to handle that. And that’s just what we bring to the table.”