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NEW YORK — A new program in Queens is helping keep some kids in school, but it’s not what you might expect. It provides free laundry services to low-income families to help keep attendance up. Demetrios Vasiadis, co-owner 14th Laundry, told CBS2 his customers often have to contemplate…

NEW YORK — A new program in Queens is helping keep some kids in school, but it’s not what you might expect. It provides free laundry services to low-income families to help keep attendance up. Demetrios Vasiadis, co-owner 14th Laundry, told CBS2 his customers often have to contemplate…

ASTORIA, Queens (WABC) — Organizers of a new program say dirty clothes can keep lower income children from attending class, and now they have a plan to help remove that obstacle for some students in Queens. “Feeling about yourself is what’s going to help our children continue to…

ASTORIA, QUEENS — A laundromat in Astoria will provide free laundry services to 30 low-income families in the neighborhood. The services, funded with the Blackstone-backed Champlain Hudson Power Express project, will run out of 14th Laundry located at 3067 14th St. The families in Zone 126 will be…

“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” – Maya Angelou  Earlier this year, Zone 126 marked a significant milestone in the organization’s history when we turned 10 years old. Just…