St. Pete artists and bikers host Saturday benefit for nonprofit that does laundry for free

Current Initiatives Laundry Project Credit: Courtesy / Current Initiatives For most of us, a pile of laundry is an annoyance. For others, it’s one of the many barriers to a better quality of life. Over the last 17 years, Tampa-born nonprofit Current Initiatives has helped families climb that mountain with a simple act of kindness: doing their laundry for free. Founder Jason Sowell recently told Creative Loafing Tampa Bay that to date during 1,241 events, Current’s Laundry Project has dropped into 76 cities in 22 states, worked with 183 laundromats and served nearly 34,000 families. Along the way, they’ve processed 357,562 loads weighing nearly 3.6 million pounds. That kind of work takes money, however, and Tampa Bay artists are chipping in this weekend during a helmet art show and motorcycle raffle featuring the work of folks like Derek Donnelly, Saori Murphy, Josh Pearson, Zulu Painter and the Vitale Bros. Proceeds benefit Current Initiatives. The Soap N’ Hope Chari