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Ex-police officer helps homeless people do laundry

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After over two decades in law enforcement, Wade Milyard Jr. retired as a K-9 police officer for Maryland's Frederick department. He took up a different kind of service to his community, becoming the founder of Fresh Step Laundry, a nonprofit that offers free laundry services to people experiencing homelessness.

In his bus, nicknamed Lucy, retrofitted with washers and dryers, he offers a free laundry service to those in his neighborhood.

Host Scott Tong speaks to Milyard Jr. about the work he is doing now.

This segment aired on November 28, 2025.

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