Creating Campus Clothesline: Students doing laundry for students

Last August Dakota Worrell, a business major at USU, came up with the idea of a business for doing students’ laundry.

Students now can either call or email the Campus Clothesline and have their laundry picked up, washed, dried, folded and delivered back to them for between $12 and $18.

Coming from a family that also has a self-owned company, Worrell had enough experience and faith in the idea of Campus Clothesline that he was able to get it off the ground. “My dad built up his own business so I grew up learning about it … I am constantly bouncing new ideas around and people tell me that they don’t think they will work. Eventually I said ‘Screw it, I’m just going to do this.’”

After starting Campus Clothesline, Worrell eventually found a partner.

“I was out of town last summer then came back and found out that Dakota was looking for people to help him and thought it was a good idea so I got on board,” said Alexandra Souvall, a mechanical engineer and physics major at USU.

Campus Clothesline has since taken off, bringing in a profit of about $100 a month, but none of the profit actually goes back to Worrell and Souvall. Instead, the money is used to continue running the business. So far, though, there have been some obstacles Souvall and Worrell have faced.

“We got a lot of feedback from girls saying they don’t like guys doing their laundry so we got a couple girls to help us out,” Souvall said.

Since then, the business has run smoothly.

“I know some people find it awkward but I don’t find doing other people’s laundry awkward at all … We’ve all got dirty laundry and we all know what underwear looks like. It’s not personal at all,” Worrell said.

Despite the confidence from Worrell, Campus Clothesline still makes sure that they wear gloves while sorting the laundry.

In the future Campus Clothesline plans on also helping the homeless in Logan by doing their laundry for free and providing discounts for students in different organizations, such as the Concrete Canoe Club.

“We’re here to help the community and we want to make sure all of our customers happy,” Worrell said.

For more information about the Campus Clothesline, visit: thecampusclothesline.com.

— shaniehoward214@gmail.com