SOAP FOR HOPE
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Philanthropy group mixes 1,000 pounds of detergent for food pantries
Claire Dunne, left, and Rissa Yaddof, both PBnJ (Philanthropy Board of Jackson County) members, chat as they empty boxes of baking soda and borax into stainless-steel bowls. They were only a couple of the ingredients combined to make homemade laundry detergent. The group donated the 1,000 or so pounds of detergent to food pantries in Jackson County.
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Katie Peterson, right, pours a cup filled with newly made detergent into a baggie held by Mariah Hueneke. Baggies were filled with a measured mix of powdered cleaning agents, bagged, with a plastic spoon inserted before being sealed and delivered.
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Claire Dunne, left, and Rissa Yaddof, both PBnJ (Philanthropy Board of Jackson County) members, chat as they empty boxes of baking soda and borax into stainless-steel bowls. They were only a couple of the ingredients combined to make homemade laundry detergent. The group donated the 1,000 or so pounds of detergent to food pantries in Jackson County.
- MSP photos by Kelly Gerlach
Katie Peterson, right, pours a cup filled with newly made detergent into a baggie held by Mariah Hueneke. Baggies were filled with a measured mix of powdered cleaning agents, bagged, with a plastic spoon inserted before being sealed and delivered.
- MSP photos by Kelly Gerlach
Karter Yarolim adds essential oil to the detergent mixture to improve its scent before handing off the bowl to Trevor Klein. About a dozen Philanthropy Board members from across Jackson County participated.
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Boxes of multiple cleaning agents filled bowls inside Boyer Hall.
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Youths packed about 450 baggies with homemade detergent.
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