FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 8, 2024 [Orlando, FL] One Purse, a leading organization dedicated to empowering vulnerable women overcoming abuse, addiction, exploitation and trafficking, announced a groundbreaking partnership with Orlando Cleaners, a multi-location dry cleaning and laundry service that offers convenient pick up and delivery service in the greater Orlando metro area.
This collaboration is amidst the launch of a national campaign, the #onebeautifulbagchallenge, and is set to impact the collection efforts of pre-loved designer purses in Central Florida. The collection of gently used purses is part of a social enterprise created by One Purse called The rePURPOSE Project, a program that provides education and employment to vulnerable women helping them rebuild their lives with dignity and purpose. Orlando Cleaners customers can now donate pre-loved designer purses alongside their dry cleaning drop offs, making it easier and more convenient to donate purses. Orlando Cleaners will start by offering purse donation supplies at 6 out of their 18 locations. Whether someone is a current customer or just wants to stop by and drop off a purse, the technology makes dropping off clothes, or a purse, quick and easy and is open 24 hours a day.
“Many women who utilize dry cleaning services within their households are likely to have a designer purse sitting in their closet that they may no longer use. Those purses are valuable to One Purse because they fuel our employment program and help vulnerable women rebuild their lives,” said Heather Case, Founder and CEO of One Purse. “With this new partnership, Orlando Cleaners dry cleaning drop off and delivery clients will be encouraged to donate their purses. We’ll provide a simple online form and instructions to make it easy to place the purse inside a poly mailer bag before sending the purse through the dry cleaning drop off slot with a unique tracking number. The purses will be collected from Orlando Cleaners and checked in by a member of our team and a tax receipt will be provided for the donation. Orlando Cleaners clients can donate with confidence that their bag will be safe and will make it to us.”
The rePURPOSE project is close to the heart of Orlando Cleaners’ owner Tricia Alexander. She serves on the board of directors for One Purse and understands how every bag donated offers employment, education and hope to women rebuilding their lives. Without access to programs like One Purse, 80% of survivors of trafficking are at risk for re-exploitation.
“By leveraging our logistics and customer network, it is my hope that this partnership with One Purse will not only jumpstart the collection of purses to sell in the e-commerce shop but will lead to increased awareness about The Power of a Purse message, the challenges vulnerable women face and the various barriers to economic freedom. We want to help the donation process become top of mind and we’re calling for more action overall. We need funding towards scholarships and education programs too and having more purses for The rePURPOSE Project is one piece of that puzzle we think we can really impact,” said Tricia Alexander of Orlando Cleaners.
Together, One Purse and Orlando Cleaners are poised to make a lasting difference in the lives of vulnerable women, one purse at a time. This partnership exemplifies the power of collaboration in driving positive social change and underscores both organizations’ unwavering commitment to serving the community.
List of Drop Off Locations:
Orlando Cleaners Lakeside- 24/7
7848 Winter Garden Vineland Rd Windermere 34786
Orlando Cleaners Stoneybrook West- 24/7
15502 Stoneybrook West Parkway WG 34787
Orlando Cleaners Lake Nona- 24/7
13864 Narcoossee Rd.
Orlando 32832
Orlando Cleaners Heathrow- 24/7
1210 S International Parkway
Lake Mary 32746
Orlando Cleaners Isleworth- 24/7
4848 S. Apopka Vineland Rd
Orlando 32819
Orlando Cleaners Baldwin Park- 24/7
4848 New Broad St
Orlando, FL 32814
ABOUT ORLANDO CLEANERS
With 18 locations throughout central Florida, Orlando Cleaners prides themselves on their investment in state of the art equipment, exceptional quality, and the importance of environmental stewardship. The company offers both dry cleaning and laundry services for pickup and delivery or drop off and pick up in one of their conveniently located locations, many of which are open 24/7.
ABOUT ONE PURSE
One Purse is a 501c3 serving women overcoming abuse, addiction, exploitation and trafficking. One purse has a social enterprise called The rePURPOSE Project that employs women to run an ecommerce purse shop. Through their employment they learn in-demand job skills within a safe, trauma-informed workplace.