Free laundry service is being offered to Fort McMurray evacuees, first responders and their families in the Edmonton area for the next week.
Tide has partnered with the Days Inn Hotel in Leduc to offer the service until next Friday, from 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. The Tide Loads of Hope service will allow those displaced from Fort McMurray to drop off their laundry to be washed, dried and folded, free of charge.
The services is free to all evacuees, responders and their families.
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Tide asked that only essential items be washed and no bedding, jackets, or other large pieces will be accepted. The limit was set at two loads per family.
The Days Inn Hotel is located at 5705 50 St. in Leduc.
Fort McMurray evacuees may not be able to return home for several weeks or even months, as the community is not yet safe for residents.
On Friday Municipal Affairs Minister Danielle Larivee said several main things have to happen before evacuees can return:
- Ensure the danger of the fire to the community has passed
- Repair critical infrastructure
- Restore essential services like gas, water, sewer, healthcare, EMS, fire and police
- Secure hazardous areas
- Re-establish local government
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P&G Canada said it has been providing the Tide Loads of Hope ever since Hurricane Katrina. The program came to Canada for the first time in June 2013 following the southern Alberta floods.
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