2024 Annual Report
Our Commitment and Our Impact:
In 2024, Uplift Laundry Truck has committed to transforming lives by providing laundry security to thousands of low-income North Carolinians.
As we reflect on 2024, we are overwhelmed with gratitude. This year has been a testament to the power of valuing the inherent dignity of all people; and the understanding that providing laundry security for those in need can change people’s lives. Uplift Laundry Truck (ULT) has expanded its reach throughout the Triangle Region, empowering communities in Durham, Wake, Orange, and Johnston County, North Carolina through your unwavering support.
From Our Regional Direct Laundry Service program, Monthly Free Laundry events, to our partnerships with local organizations, each initiative has been driven by our mission to improve people’s lives through the act of ensuring that they have clean clothes. Each branch of our programming has helped improve the physical health, emotional health, and financial health of community members.
ULT AREAS OF PROGRAMMING
DIRECT SERVICE LAUNDRY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM:
ULT’s Rapid Direct Laundry Service (RDLS) program has flourished and expanded. In 2024, the program served over 400 families in the Triangle Region. The RDLS program’s impact has gained notoriety in the Triangle and has helped Uplift Laundry Truck create vital partnerships with local non-profit organizations, including World-Relief Durham, Open Table Ministries (Durham), Step Up Durham, Duke University, and Durham’s Local Re-entry Council.
Over 400 families served in the Triangle Region
Expansion of services to Wake County
Expansion of service to Johnston County
Partnership with “NC Wash-House” Laundromat Chain
Partnership with “Rise and Rinse” Laundromat
(Durham)
Expansion of Durham-based intake via the following notable organizations: World-Relief-Durham, Open Table Ministries, Durham LRC, Step-Up Durham, Nurturing Durham, Duke Well.
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS:
ULT AREAS OF PROGRAMMING
MONTHLY FREE LAUNDRY EVENTS:
ULT’s monthly laundry events have served the community in Durham, Raleigh, and Smithfield, NC. Through our events, ULT has served hundreds of families in need, provided critical laundry supplies, and provided personal hygiene supplies to families. Through our “Women’s Health Connection” sub-programming we have committed to providing feminine hygiene products at all of our free laundry events.
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS:
Created a vital partnership with “The NC Wash House” laundromat chain, which streamlined the logistics of our monthly event programming.
Served over 520 families in need
Distributed over $1,000 of laundry detergent and hygiene products to community members.
Provided vital public health information to our service population via our sponsorship from AmeriHealth Caritas, NC.
Local Organization Shared-Initiatives
ULT/OPEN TABLE MINISTRIES WASH CENTER
Throughout the summer of 2024, ULT purchased, installed, and operated a community wash center at Open-Table Ministries’ main site at Trinity United Methodist Church in Durham, NC.
As a result of this initiative, ULT provided laundry services and laundry supplies to Durham’s unhoused community for 12 weeks, every Tuesday morning. This initiative provided services to over 200 unhoused community members, grew ULT’s community outreach, and expanded our service impact via our Rapid Direct Laundry assistance program.
ONBOARDING OF WORLD RELIEF DURHAM TO ULT DIRECT SERVICE PROGRAM:
In December 2024, ULT began working with World-Relief Durham by onboarding the organization into the Rapid Direct Relief laundry service program. Through this program, we have provided laundry financial assistance, laundry supplies and hygiene supplies to refugees from war-torn countries, including Sudan, Ukraine, and Afghanistan.