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2022 Give A Kid A Coat Campaign

The older I get, the more I dislike winter. It’s not that I mind the change in seasons; it’s that I just get cold so easily, and once I’m cold, it takes a long time for that chill to leave my bones. Imagine how I …

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Why Give A Kid A Coat Kicks Off in January

Thirty-five years ago, A Cleaner World kicked off the first ever Give A Kid A Coat campaign in October 1987, and for twenty-nine years, we followed the tradition of kicking off the campaign at various times throughout the month of October. The collection period would run for 5 to 6 weeks and would end anywhere from mid to late November. …

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2022 Give A Kid A Coat 35th Campaign Weekend Kickoff

The 2022 Give A Kid A Coat campaign kicked off this past Friday during a live event with WGHP/FOX8 and 1075KZL/Rock92 at A Cleaner World locations in Winston-Salem, High Point, and Greensboro. This year’s kickoff garnered 2,009 coats! Since its inception in 1987, the campaign …

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2022 Give A Kid A Coat 35th Campaign Begins

The 2022 Give A Kid A Coat campaign kicked off this morning by collecting coats during live events with The Salvation Army, WGHP/Fox8, and WKZL/ROCK 92 at three different A Cleaner World locations in Greensboro, High Point, and Winston Salem. “Winter is here and the …

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Give A Kid A Coat Announces 35th Campaign Dates

The Give A Kid A Coat campaign, a program that solicits coat donations from area residents to give to those in need, has announced the official dates for its 35th campaign as January 7 through February 12, 2022. "We JUST had snow, so making sure …

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Cleaning Up After the Holidays

The party is over, leaving us in the month of January feeling letdown. Fall Festivals that begin in October lead to a big Thanksgiving feast followed by an entire month of holiday dinners and office parties with the grand finale on New Year’s Eve. All …

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Caring for Bedsheets

Mattress Advisor, in an online article from May 2021, shared results of a survey from over 1,000 people about their bed-cleaning habits. I found the results both disturbing and disgusting. First, the average person changes their sheets approximately every 24 days. Second, survey participants stated it could take up to 35 days before they considered their unwashed sheets gross. After reading that second statistic, I stopped reading the article; I couldn’t stomach the thought of learning more. …

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Last Minute Gift: A Cleaner World Gift Card

Every year, I struggle with what to purchase my sister-in-law for Christmas. Do you have someone like that in your family? That person that has everything they want, and if they discover something new, they just go out and purchase it? That’s my sister-in-law, but …

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Laundry-Related Gift Ideas

Once upon a time, utilitarian gifts would have offended me. Not anymore. These days I’m all about convenient, timesaving, useful products, and I’ve discovered three laundry-related items I decided I cannot live without. Front Load Washer Door Prop – I often complain about the mildew …

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Preparing for Out-of-Town Guests

Matt’s sister has a wonderful setup for guests. When they built their house a few years ago, they chose to put in two master bedroom suites on the main floor. The second suite is near the back of the house, close to the garage, so …

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5 Tips for Successful Holiday Entertaining

My husband said to me a few weeks ago that he would like to invite his team over to our house for a holiday celebration. Instantly I was full of questions. When? How many? What kind of celebration? Dinner or hors d'oeuvres? Just staff or …

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What If I Don’t Have a Closet?

When Matt and I first got married, we lived in a 341 square foot, one bedroom garage apartment. What it lacked in space, it made up for in charm. That’s how I choose to look back at it, but at the time, I was keenly …

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Cleaning Neckties

I’ve mentioned before that Gray wears a tie to school once a week. Now that he’s in high school, he’s graduated to the better-quality tie, so we had to purchase new ties at the beginning of the school year. After his first day of wearing …

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Forsyth County Home Delivery Service

Once upon a time, having your clothes dry cleaned or professionally laundered meant you had to get into your car, drive to the store while fighting traffic, and wait in line to drop off your clothes, and then you had to repeat the process when picking up your clean clothes. Not anymore. Not only does A Cleaner World offer Home Pick Up & Deliver Service in Guilford County, we now offer it in Forsyth County as well! Consider yourself lucky if you live in Winston-Salem, Kernersville, Lewisville, Clemmons, Advance, Bermuda Run, and Pfafftown. …

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How to Keep Laundry Under Control

If I skip even one day of doing laundry, I end up regretting it the next day. For a family of three, we seem to produce a lot of dirty clothing. On a typical day, I dirty a set of running clothes, a set of …

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