LightHouse PBC hosts pop-up laundromat to help women in crisis
A local nonprofit is spinning hope one load at a time, using laundry to connect with some of the most vulnerable women in the community. Volunteers set up chairs and signs reading: “If you're a woman living a life you never wanted to live and a place you never wanted to be, we will do your laundry for you.”
“It's serving a felt need and it creates an opportunity to build community,” founder Becky Dymond said. “Victims are helpless, hopeless and powerless, but you're only a victim for as long as you embrace that idea.”
Lindsay Owens, a trafficking survivor and volunteer, plays a huge role in connecting with women in crisis. “Having the ability to speak to somebody who's not judging you, who's offering a hand that's not going to slap you in a few minutes or down the road, and not going to retreat from trying to help. Just having the ability to communicate, it just opens the door.”
