Flint Pastor Builds Laundromat to Help Families Experiencing “Hygiene Poverty
“’We started doing food because everybody during COVID was relying on the schools for food,’ Robinson said, adding that the schools only offered breakfast and lunch. ‘So we started going into these areas to offer dinner and they were like, ‘Food is great, but we really need a place to do our laundry.’
Robinson had never considered a nearby, affordable laundry facility could be of greater importance than dinner, but he has since learned about ‘hygiene poverty’ — or the condition of being unable to afford hygiene products — and its effects on the Flint community.”