One can define success a bit different during a pandemic like the one we are in the midst of. For some, it’s merely maintaining some semblance of normal day-to-day life. In business, it may be more about surviving.
For The Laundry Station (Wichita, Kan.) owner, Sharon Brinks, success is about staying open to serve customers, while also giving back to the community. When she learned that the crisis had severely limited HumanKind Ministries volunteers’ ability to launder homeless shelter linens, she decided to help.
She opened a Speed Queen App account for volunteers to use in leveraging the large load capacity machines to launder linens from the three shelters. The previous method had volunteers laundering single loads because of reduced access at the shelter.
“So now employees are able to get it done quickly in our huge machines, and the homeless continue to have fresh bedding each night,” Brinks said.
To-date, the Laundry Station donation has totaled $1,000 in wash and dry cycles, with another three weeks to go.
Brinks and The Laundry Station show that success can take many forms and that businesses can effectively balance service and serving their communities.
