Byrne, a Fayetteville native, and her mother, Jeri, are fronting Laundry Moms, a pick-up-and-deliver laundry service that covers a large chunk of Onondaga County.

On a pay-as-you-go or package-price basis, Byrne will arrange to pick up your dirty laundry, wash it, fold it, iron it or attend to its special needs. Then it’s returned to wherever: your home, your office.

Laundry Moms, headquartered in Solvay, started in July. It accelerated in October and Laundry Moms has a laundry list of regulars.

“I was a (job) recruiter before this,” said Byrne. “When the economy dried up and I obviously needed to make a change, we came up with this. It was a blessing in disguise, really. I was tired of recruiting, sitting at a desk and being on a phone all day.”

Now, Byrne spends her days interacting with customers and washing, drying, folding, etc.

Rates vary. A 12-week “large” — 20 pounds of laundry –package is $364, or $30.33 per week. An extra large package – 25 pounds – is $399 for 12 weeks, or $33.25 per week. Pay-as-you go is $1.30 per pound.

Customers receive a laundry bag, which is also washed. Byrne said customers’ laundry is not mixed with that of other customers when the washing is done. Clean laundry is returned folded and sorted according to type: shirts with shirts, socks with socks, etc.

And the laundry moms are accommodating.

“One customer broke her foot, so we came to her house, went into her bedroom, got her laundry and when we returned it, we put it in her bedroom,” said Byrne. “We have one customer that is a family of five, and each family member gets their own laundry bag so there’s no, ‘hey, that’s my shirt,’ going on.”

Still, there’s the haunting sock problem. It doesn’t go away for the pros.

“We return the socks all matched up, even though that can be not so much fun,” said Byrne. “It’s amazing how socks go missing.”

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