Flair Cares Spring Food Drive Benefits Local Communities

Flair Cleaners, Southern California’s leading eco-friendly dry cleaners, will host a Flair Cares Spring Food Drive, May 1 – 31, at each of its five locations. The food drive will benefit local food banks in each of the communities where Flair is located. Flair will make a matching contribution of up to 1,000 pounds of food donated by customers at each of its locations.

“It’s important to all of us at Flair to give back to the communities who support us,” said Gary Futterman. “When we learned that nearly 1.5 million people in Los Angeles County don’t have enough money to buy adequate food for their families, we knew we had to act quickly to help our local food banks replenish their shelves.”

Flair customers and members of the community wishing to contribute can bring unopened, non-perishable commercially prepared, canned or boxed food to any Flair Cleaners – Burbank, Studio City, Santa Monica, Redondo Beach and Valencia. Food items that have passed their expiration dates or items in glass jars cannot be accepted. For a complete list of recommended food items, visit Flair Cleaners’ Facebook page.

In appreciation, every customer who donates will receive a coupon for 50% off their Flair dry cleaning order.

Donations will be delivered by Flair Cleaners to the following charities:

· The Westside Food Bank is an independent nonprofit corporation that provides food that enables low-income people to stay in their homes, deterring the problem of homelessness, and saving them from making the agonizing choice between paying for rent or food when they can’t afford both.

· The Santa Clarita Valley Food Pantry strives to alleviate hunger throughout the Santa Clarita Valley. Their dynamic group of volunteers sources donations, packages nutritious food to stretch a family's food supply and distributes that food to qualifying residents of the Santa Clarita Valley.

· Established in 1983, the North Hollywood Interfaith Food Pantry is a 100% volunteer coalition of diverse religious institutions working together to address the problem of hunger in the community.

· Burbank Temporary Aide Center is dedicated to providing the poor, working poor, and homeless of the local community with basic services they need to live with dignity, and to serve citizens of the city in times of emergency and disaster.

About Flair Cleaners

With a reputation built on innovation and customer service, Flair has been your Southern California dry cleaner for more than 50 years. And, while times and fashion may have changed, one thing hasn’t: Flair’s commitment to help customers look their best. Flair’s commitment to impeccable quality and customer service began when the Futterman and Singer families first opened a dry cleaning business in Chicago in 1958. Their tradition of excellence continued when the families’ first Southern California cleaners opened in 1963. Today, Flair Cleaners has five Southern California locations – Burbank, Redondo Beach, Santa Monica, Studio City and Valencia.

Flair was one of the first cleaners in Southern California to adopt the GreenEarth dry cleaning process, the industry’s premier all-natural cleaning method. Its state-of-the-art, highly efficient equipment conserves resources and safely cleans garments and household items. For more information on Flair Cleaners, its community service or its green environmental practices and awards, visit FlairCleaners.com, or like us on Facebook at Facebook.com/FlairDryCleaners.