• November: Coats for Kids

    Our Coats for Kids program is a labor of love for our team of over 170 employees. Every year since 1988 kind people in our community have donated coats of all shapes and sizes at their neighborhood Puritan Cleaners.  Every November, in addition to cleaning and pressing thousands of garments, our team stays late and […]

  • Thomas Jennings, born 1791

    National Dry Cleaning Day – March 3rd

    We celebrate National Dry Cleaning Day on March 3rd every year! Dry cleaning is a process that’s been around for centuries, but the process as we know it was pioneered by an African-American tradesman and abolitionist in New York City by the name of Thomas Jennings. Mr. Jennings was born to a free family in […]

  • Where’d That Stain Come From?

    Your favorite perfumes or colognes make you ‘scent’-sational, but their high alcohol content can stain your garments. When you apply the fragrance, the alcohol evaporates quickly, leaving the oil scent base.  If your clothing comes in contact with the alcohol before it’s dry, a chemical reaction can occur, leaving faded or discolored spots. On white […]

  • What if you were hungry?

    FeedMore distributes over 75,000 lbs. of food EVERY DAY and the need for food increases in the summer months as children are out of school. Every Spring we partner with our community to collect funds and food donations for FeedMore and the Central Virginia Food Bank.   Our goal each year is to collect enough funds and food to […]

In addition to being named the Best Dry Cleaner in Richmond, VA for over 2 decades and one of America's Best Cleaners, we're also committed to doing our part for our neighborhood, and we are proud of our community programs. Through our signature program, Puritan Cleaners Coats For Kids, we've collected well over 300,000 coats for the Salvation Army since we started in 1988. We've also partnered with the Central Virginia Food Bank to raise over 400,000 meals through our 100K Meals program. We also have programs that support our troops, the Junior Women's League, and the Cancer Society. We love the Richmond community, and appreciate your support.

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Milk, it Does A Body Good for Clothing?

We’ve all heard that milk is good for our bodies, but how about to clothe our bodies. An organic clothing fiber has been taken to a new level. Check out the newest breakthrough in eco-friendly clothing made from milk – you read that right – milk! It has been woven into a silky fiber as […]

Puritan Cleaners 100,000 Meals donations

And the Total Is…

70,247 Meals! Thank you so much to everyone who donated food & funds to support our 100,000 Meals campaign for 2011.  We are so privileged to be a part of such a caring community.   Your donations make a real difference in the lives of needy kids and their families through the efforts of the Central […]

Matt's Great 8 Tailgate at Puritan Cleaners Staples Mill 2011

Thank You! – Helping Feed Kids in Central Virginia

Thanks to everyone who came out on Wednesday April 27th for Matt’s Great8 Tailgate!  Food and fund donations for the day totaled 30,147 meals.  That’s a nearly 6 percent increase over last year’s Tailgate, way to go!  All those donations went directly to the Central Virginia Food Bank to provide much needed meals for kids, […]