<p>About 50 pounds of soap used by tenants of The Roosevelt Inn is piled up, ready to be shipped to the non-profit Global Soap. The soap will be melted and reformed, then distributed to populations without access to soap, in an effort to combat deaths and illnesses associated with improper hygiene.</p>
April 5, 2016
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April 5, 2016 9 p.m.
A new use for old soap
Roosevelt Inn donating used bars to help Third-World countries in need
COEUR d’ALENE — Tina Hough was shocked and saddened by the poor quality of life she found in Indonesia when she visited her daughter there in 2011. When Hough, owner of the Roosevelt Inn, learned of a nonprofit called Global Soap that recycles and distributes used soaps to Third-World countries, she jumped on the opportunity to help.