Empowering lives, one load at a time.

Our mission goes beyond laundry. It's about dignity, confidence, and the quiet struggles our neighbors face every day.

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The choice no one should have to make.

Buy food, or wash the family's clothes? In corners of our city, neighbors weigh that every week.

Our mission is about those often unseen, unspoken struggles. Something as basic as clean clothes and linens shapes a person's dignity, confidence and sense of belonging, and that's where we step in.

Clean clothes change the whole day.

They're about more than appearance. In hard times, they're a sign of normalcy and self-respect.

For a child at school

Clean clothes can be the difference between embarrassment and confidence in the classroom.

For someone looking for work

Showing up fresh for an interview can be the fine line between despair and hope.

For a family at night

Clean linens offer security and a peaceful night's sleep, comforts that are easy to overlook.

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The From Soap To Hope Challenge

More than a charitable service, it's a lifeline. It's how we tell our neighbors: we see your struggles, and we understand.

We believe everyone, whatever their circumstances, deserves to feel clean, confident and cared for. The challenge is our commitment to more than clean clothes. It's a commitment to the well-being of every person we serve.

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We're dedicated to more than clean clothes. We're here to cleanse doubts and insecurities, dry tears of despair, and iron out the wrinkles of daily challenges.

  • Cleanse doubts
  • Dry tears
  • Iron out the wrinkles

More than laundry. A place to belong.

Laundry is the entry point. Relationship, dignity and stability are the outcomes.

Our facility has become a trusted community hub, offering personal support, conflict de-escalation, workforce referrals and family stabilization. By lowering barriers to work, improving public health and preventing crisis, we help families stand stronger for the long run.

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A trusted community hub

Compassion, care and unity.

The values we weave into the fabric of our community.

Compassion

Meeting every neighbor where they are. It's not about why, or what happened. It's about how we can help.

Care

Personal support and a team that knows your name, bringing comfort, stability and dignity to everyone we serve.

Unity

A Springfield where no one feels left out or overlooked, and every neighbor feels seen, supported and cherished.

Where the mission comes from.

Clean Slate Advocates grew out of a neighborhood laundry that was already helping people long before it had a name.

  1. 2019

    All In One opens its doors

    Robert and Pamela Frazier's laundry on South Grand Avenue East becomes the place people with nowhere else to turn come for clean clothes.

  2. 2022

    A Good Neighbor Award

    Robert and Pamela receive the Springfield ICON Good Neighbor Award for the laundry's community outreach.

  3. Summer 2023

    700+ families after the storms

    When storms knock out power across Springfield, the laundry teams up with Springfield Clinic to wash for more than 700 families.

  4. September 2023

    Clean Slate Advocates is founded

    Robert makes the work official, founding the nonprofit and launching the From Soap To Hope Challenge.

  5. 2025

    99,688 neighbors served

    In one year, Clean Slate Advocates washes and dries 667,704 loads across Springfield and Sangamon County. See the data.

  6. April 2026

    Roberto Orozco Memorial Award

    The Illinois Department of Transportation honors Robert and Pamela, of All In One Management & Services, at its 35th Today's Challenge, Tomorrow's Reward conference.

Roberto Orozco Memorial AwardIDOT, 2026 ICON Good Neighbor AwardSpringfield, 2022
Clean Slate Advocates out in the community.

Meet Robert Frazier

Founder and Executive Director

Robert and his wife, Pamela, run All In One Laundry Center & Services, the place where Clean Slate Advocates began. Beyond the laundry, Robert serves Springfield in several roles.

  • Board member, Lincoln Land Workforce DevelopmentServing his second term
  • City of Springfield Planning and Zoning CommitteeCurrent member
  • NAACP at-large executive committeeNominated

In the spotlight

Watch Clean Slate Advocates' story, told on camera.

Be a beacon of hope.

In every community there are unsung heroes, hearts that care deeply and hands that lift others up. Sponsoring Clean Slate Advocates brings comfort and dignity to neighbors going through hard times.

$12.50

Sponsor one load

A full wash and dry, supplies included, for a neighbor who needs it.

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Through Zeffy, 100% of your gift goes to the mission, and you'll receive a tax receipt.

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Whether you're an individual or an organization, let's build a sponsorship that fits you.

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Clean Slate Advocates is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

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