News
April 19, 2010
Introducing Crest at Work: The Laundry and Dry Cleaning Pickup and Delivery Service for Washington D.C. Area Businesses and Their Employees
New Service from 16-Location D.C. Area Dry Cleaner to Provide One of the Most Popular Employee Benefits to Fairfax County and Montgomery County Businesses
April 19, 2010 - McLean, Va. – Crest Cleaners, a Washington D.C. area dry cleaner with 16 locations throughout the metro area, announced the launch of its Crest at Work service today. Crest at Work provides a fast, flexible and convenient laundry and dry cleaning delivery service to businesses in Fairfax and Montgomery Counties.
“Most business owners would agree that keeping employees happy and looking good is of paramount importance, yet the typical employee cringes at the thought of making an extra stop on the way home from work,” said Mike Conti, chief operating officer of Crest Cleaners. “Crest at Work solves that problem for both the employee and the business, by delivering high quality laundry and dry cleaning services to offices all over the metro area.”
Crest at Work serves a variety of clients throughout the Washington D.C. metro area and can clean everything including restaurant linens, lab coats, service uniforms, and of course the standard shirts, pants, suits and dresses. Businesses interested in taking advantage of Crest at Work’s free pickup and delivery service can get started in three simple steps:
- Set up an appointment with a Crest at Work Service Manager by calling 703.216.5136 in Maryland or 703.483.1775 in Virginia, or by visiting http://www.CrestAtWork.com.
- After your appointment, your Crest at Work Service Manager will leave you with some bags for your employees and ideas for communicating the new employee benefit.
- Your Service Manager comes back to pick up the bags, everything is cleaned at Crest-owned locations, then delivered back to your office within a few days.
“We speak to a lot of customers who tell us that they’d use Crest more if one of our locations was just a bit closer to their home or office, said David Slan, president of Crest Cleaners. “By providing the convenience of delivery right to your office, now there’s a Crest Cleaners wherever you are.”
As it does in its 16 locations, Crest at Work provides environmentally friendly cleaning services to businesses as well. Crest uses only biodegradable, organic cleaning agents and the company’s commitment to reduce its environmental footprint leaves Crest far ahead of even EPA standards. In addition to its Clean Care system, Crest also maintains a hangar recycling program designed to make a dent in the large volume of hangars that end up in US landfills.
April 17, 2009
An Important Message for Good Will Program Card Holders
Exchange Your Old Cards for New Coupons
As you may know, we completely revamped the Crest Cleaners Good Will Program in early 2009. A result is that our new system can no longer process the old Good Will cards. Customers with discounts remaining on their cards can be issued replacement coupon booklets of equal or greater value.
To exchange your old card, just bring it into one of our 16 locations and a customer service representative will help you with a redemption envelope. After turning it in, you’ll receive your replacement coupons by mail within a week or so.
If you prefer, you may also exchange your old cards by mailing them to us at:
Crest Cleaners
Attention: Coupon Redemption
1313 Dolley Madison Blvd., Suite 105
McLean, Virginia 22101
Please note: The new coupon booklets have an expiration date of February 28, 2010. If you feel that you need more time, just ask and we will provide an extended date.
We sincerely regret any inconvenience the changeover of the Good Will Program has caused. Crest Cleaners remains committed to its customers and the worthy charities this program serves.
June 5, 2008
Crest Cleaners Voted “The Best of NoVa” by Northern Virginia Magazine
From Northern Virginia Magazine:
“Crest toothpaste isn’t the only brand of that name that puts smiles on people’s faces. Crest Cleaners offers 24-hour drop-off service, same-day dry cleaning, green cleaning agents and a community service program that gives free discount cards to local organizations to sell for fundraising purposes. Clean clothes, warm hearts!”
February 8, 2008
Crest Cleaners Voted “Best of Fairfax” by the Fairfax Times
We’re delighted to receive this honor from the readers of the Fairfax Times—for the third year in a row!
“Crest sets itself apart from the competition by offering 24/7 drop-off service, same-day turnaround and ‘Express Plus’ home delivery. Crest also uses nonhazardous, biodegradable cleaning agents.”
September 25, 2006
Crest Cleaners and Dress For Success® Unite to Provide Suits for Disadvantaged Women
Partnership Will Assist Women Entering the Workforce by Collecting and Cleaning Professional Attire
Crest Cleaners proudly announces its partnership with Dress for Success®, an international organization that offers professional training and clothing to low-income women.
Beginning Oct. 1, individuals can bring their gently worn women’s suits and business separates to any of our locations throughout Virginia and Maryland. Crest will clean and press the suits before they are collected by Dress for Success.
Crest’s support for community organizations dates back to its founding in 1941. “Of all the organizations we researched, Dress for Success truly stood out as the best fit for a partnership with Crest,” said Mike Conti, chief operating officer of Crest Cleaners. “Dress for Success does so much to help women develop professional careers and succeed. We are thrilled to be part of this program.” Dress for Success will offer tax donation forms to those who supply professional clothes. Donors can drop off suits during normal business hours at any Crest location.
“We are honored to be the selected charity benefiting from Crest Cleaner’s generosity and support of the community,” said Jennifer McNulty, executive director of Dress for Success’s Washington, D.C. affiliate. “Dress for Success Washington, D.C. will be able to better support women in need in the D.C. metropolitan area because of our new partnership with Crest Cleaners.”
About Dress for Success Dress for Success is an international not-for-profit organization with the mission to advance low-income women’s economic and social development and to encourage self-sufficiency through career development and employment retention. Founded in 1996, Dress for Success has expanded to more than 75 cities in the U.S., Canada, New Zealand and the U.K. To date, Dress for Success has helped more than 300,000 women work towards self-sufficiency. Last year, the organization was featured on Oprah, The Today Show, The View, and has appeared in more than 200 newspaper articles. To learn about how you can help Dress for Success, please visit http://www.dressforsuccess.org.
February 3, 2004
Crest Helps Support Boy Scouts—and Community Shelter—by Cleaning Donated Coats
Brian Kobick, a junior at Madison High School and a Life Scout from Reston Troop 1970 wanted to do something good for his community. So he conducted a winter coat drive for his Eagle Project to benefit the residents of the Embry Rucker Community Shelter in Reston.
“I wanted to work on a project that would benefit the community immediately” Brian said. After talking with Faye Leigh Yu, the Volunteer Coordinator at the Embry Rucker Community Shelter, Brian felt he found the perfect mission.
He initiated this program by contacting Jacob Dembin, a District Manager at Crest Cleaners, to see about having the coats cleaned prior to delivering them to the shelter. Brian and his fellow scouts then distributed over 600 flyers in Reston neighborhoods as well as posting flyers at the Reston and Franklin Farms Crest Cleaners stores asking residents to donate used winter coats and jackets for the shelter.
Within a week of posting the flyers, the scouts had collected over 135 coats from various Reston neighborhoods and Crest Cleaners!
Crest Cleaners supported Brian’s efforts and the project by donating cleaning services for all the coats and jackets collected. In fact, in line with Crest’s vision of “giving back to the communities we serve”, the Crest staff at the Franklin Farm location worked after hours for 2 weeks in order to clean all of the coats without interrupting the daily operation of the store.
Mario Majano and Moris Majano coordinated the cleaning of these coats between the 2 stores to ensure delivery of all the coats to the shelter on February 19, 2004. Once received, Faye Leigh Yu of the Embry Rucker Shelter helped with immediate distribution of these coats.
Brian and his troop awarded Crest Cleaners a Certificate of Appreciation for the services they donated to this worthwhile cause. Crest in turn salutes Brian Kobick’s shining example of kindness and compassion put in action to benefit the greater community.