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Volunteers met at Clean Laundry at 1420 First Ave. NE to wash laundry for displaced Geneva Tower residents.
The residents were evacuated after an abrupt fire started, and many stayed at a shelter set up by the Red Cross in the Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
The Affordable Housing Network, which owns Geneva Tower, sent professional cleaners into the apartments that had water damage to collect clothing, bedding, stuffed animals and whatever else needed to be washed, according to Debbie Craig, Chief Advocacy Officer for Affordable Housing Network.
The laundry was taken to the laundromat and washed by 15 volunteers from Cedar Rapids Bank and Trust and Trinity Presbyterian Church.
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