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Paris has sponsored a wide variety of activities in and around the Springfield community during its 100 years here. The Paris Cavaliers of 1915 are just one example.
 

Camp Butler Flags Saved by Paris!

Paris Dry Cleaners cleaned and pressed over 100 flags for Camp Butler National Cemetery. Paris saved 100% of the flood-damaged flags at no charge to the Cemetery.

Opened on Oct. 1, 1861, during the Civil War, Camp Butler was the second largest military training camp in Illinois. Later, it housed Confederate prisoners of war, 866 of which are buried there. They are buried side-by-side with 776 graves of Union soldiers and enlistees, making a total of 1,642 Civil War graves.

Along with the soldiers who fought on both sides of the Civil War, veterans who lost their lives in the Spanish-American War, both World War I and World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War are also buried at Camp Butler. There are also German and Korean prisoners of war buried there, relocated from a cemetery near Indianapolis, Indiana.

The Cemetery is located at 5063 Camp Butler Road in Springfield, IL.
Read the full story on Wikipedia...
 

Capital Area Independent Business Alliance

Paris is proud to be a charter member of the Capital Area Independent Business Alliance. The CAIBA "exists to help sustain local independent businesses, keep our community vibrant with a wide variety of strong independent businesses and encourage entrepreneurism in future generations."

Read more on the CAIBA website, www.ibuyspi.com.
 

Paris Presses Prom Dresses - for Hope School

Paris Cleaners has cleaned & pressed prom dresses for Hope School for several years. We're pleased to be able to help Hope residents enjoy a their prom.
 

Lutheran Bridal Fashion Show

Paris Cleaners cleans & presses bridal gowns for the Lutheran Bridal Fashion Show annually.
 

Paris Helps Avenue Thrift Shop After Fire

The Avenue Thrift Shop at 719 W. Jefferson St. in Sprinfield, IL suffered a fire on March 7 that caused smoke damage inside their store. Insurance wouldn't pay to clean the clothing in the store, which sells donated clothing and other items to benefit several local social service agencies. When Paris co-owner Shep Franke heard of their plight, he offered the services of Paris Dry Cleaners to clean the clothing without charge. “It’s just neighbors helping neighbors in the business community,” said Shep. “Whatever it takes is what we’re doing."
 

The Avenue Thrift Shop is finishing the clean-up work at their store a week early and expect to be open for business Friday 3/20 or Saturday 3/21. They are appealing to the public for donations of spring and summer clothing and furniture so the shop has a full inventory when it reopens in a couple of weeks.

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Coats for Kids - Boys and Girls Club of Jacksonville

Paris Dry Cleaners will be cleaning all coats received through the Coats for Kids drive, and return them to the Boys and Girls Club of Jacksonville for distribution on Martin Luther King Day, January 19^th, 2009.
 

The Salvation Army Dress for Success Program

The Salvation Army and Paris have teamed up to create the Dress for Success program. The Salvation Army chooses the items to be worn to interviews. Then Paris cleans and presses those items and provides them to job seekers through the Salvation Army's Dress for Success Program. Our hope is that our work will help someone land a job.

Unclaimed Items

Paris donates unclaimed items to charity.

Military Discounts

Military uniforms always receive a 10% discount on cleaning, and standard-sized American Flags are cleaned free.

Camp Franke

Paris sponsored many events for the YMCA, but other than this photo, the details are lost to history.

MacArthur Boulevard Business Association

Paris is a member of the MacArthur Boulevard Business Association, www.ShoponMacArthur.com.

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