NCA schedule adds course on pressing and finishing
Even the cleanest garment in the world fails to impress its wearer if it is
wrinkled and badly presented. Thus, the National Cleaners Association
recognizes the importance for cleaners to master the basic principles of
pressing and finishing garments.
Fortunately, the association’s New York School of Dry Cleaning will be offering a three-day course on the
subject beginning on Friday, April 20.
The hands-on class will meet from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on three consecutive days,
for a total of 24 hours of class time. Attendees will learn the proper way to
finish a garment and how to correct the pressing mistakes of others, among
other things.
Tuition is $455 for members and $595 for non-members.
Also on tap from NCA will be a Korean session of its two-day DEC certification
course. Those who sign up will meet from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 13 and 20. The
cost is $595 for members and $1,095 for non-members.
On May 6, NCA will host a course on “The Art of Wedding Gown Cleaning.” It will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and cost $250 for members.
Non-members must pay $275 each.
In addition to the educational courses provided by NCA, the association will
also offer several upcoming webinars.
Cleaners pay only $69 for telephone and Web-based participation. All webinars
take place on Wednesdays and begin at 6 p.m. EST.
Upcoming sessions include: “Routes: Customer Strategy” on April 4; “Draperies: Take Down and Re-Hang” on April 18; “Finishing - Part II” on May 2; and “Solvent Breakthroughs” on May 16.
Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information on any
of NCA
’s upcoming events, call (800) 888-1622 or visit www.nca-i.com.
Anton’s tallies final numbers for this year’s Coats for Kids
Anton’s Cleaners wrapped up its 2006-07 Coats for Kids drive on January 15, finishing
with one coat shy of 57,000 coats collected. That figure raised the 12-year
program
’s total to 429,120 warm winter garments given to families throughout the New
England region.
This year, support was provided by promotional partners FOX25, the Boston Bruins
and Jordan
’s Furniture. Several supporting and corporate partners played an instrumental
role in the distribution of the garments.
Perhaps the biggest boost to the drive was the help of over 250 schools who
joined in on the collection effort. In fact, all participating elementary and
middle schools competed for school furnishing and special events.
The winners were based on the the number of coats collected per students
enrolled.
Elementary school winners included: Massachusetts Hospital School of Canton, MA,
first place; South Elementary School, Stoneham, MA, second place; and Malcolm
White Elementary School, Woburn, MA, third place.
For middle schools, first place went to Broad Meadows Middle School of Quincy,
MA. They were joined by Watertown Middle School of Watertown, MA, who won
second place, and
Parker Middle School of Reading, MA, who came in third.
