This was sent to the Friends Of The Lord's Rain this morning. A special appeal -- as if people don't have enough hands reaching out for "special donations to remember the ******** in this Festive Season". But it's something that just came up, so I'm putting this on the SkyTrain to see if it gets off at Metrotown.
Our clothes dryer, a valuable donation when we opened The Lord's Rain 2-1/2 years ago, has packed it in. As John Cleese might put it, it has dried its last towel, shed its final lint, shuffled off its heating coil and gone to join the Choir Invisibule: it is an ex-dryer.
In a street outreach for which the very raison d’être involves showers and therefore clean, dry towels, the dryer is a necessity. In the earliest days, we did attempt to hang the towels around the facility, but that was unreliable and did tend to leave the towels rather hard, reminding one of the dialogue from the old "Barney Miller" TV series:
BARNEY: What happened to the towel in the bathroom?
YEMANA: It broke.
Given our space and electrical constraints, the solution is a stacking washer-dryer unit that can fit into the space where the washer and dryer are currently located.
SO ... would any of you be willing to contribute towards the purchase of such a unit? Are you aware of any companies that could donate or offer a discount on one? We're grateful for any suggestions or leads you might have.
Any such donations or leads can be directed to Gospel Mission -- http://www.gospelmission.net/ -- 604-684-3097 ... or leave a comment on this blog.
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