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Maggie Steele Makes Laundry Soap for Joplin Tornado Victims |
Maggie Steele determined a way to put her time and know-how to work stretching donated resources to help the most people for the least cost. She tweaked a homemade laundry soap recipe to fit current needs and resources, coming up with a way for people to collectively wash more than 35,000 loads of laundry and save thousands of dollars in the process.
On the phone before my visit, I chatted with Maggie about how she made the project happen, even comparing homemade laundry soap recipes. The one I was using, from WVE, called for vegetable based Castile soap. She hadn't tried that, so I excitedly cleared most of my local store shelf to take her some bars.
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Grating Ivory Soap |
No doubt I can't imagine how great the hurt and need still is in Joplin, especially for those who lost loved ones. I do understand that the simplest acts of kindest, even things easily overlooked, can serve to heal the human spirit.
What a wonderful and inspiring story!
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