Short Summary
I have been broke. I
have faced homelessness. While I was struggling with my financial and
personal situation, I learned a skill. I know how to make soap with a
few simple ingredients.
Once I learned how to make my
own soap, I started selling it at the local Farmer's Market and
through Facebook. It is thrilling, the ability to produce something
out of a few ingredients and being able to buy groceries or pay for
school expenses for my children! I figured if I can do this on a
small scale, perhaps I can also make my enterprise a little larger
and give something back to the community in the process. So, I came
up with the idea of using soap making to help others who are facing
the same situation I am. What if I had a lot of ingredients and I
could make a lot of soap? What if I could teach others to make soap?
Would that help people in homeless and domestic violence shelters? It
would be one less expense for them and it would be a way for me to
continue improving my manufacturing process! I think that would
qualify as a win-win situation, don't you? We are ready to pay it
forward by donating our soap and providing free workshops to those
living in homeless and domestic violence shelters. We will provide
educational resources and teach those interested in learning and
developing their own small business.
Our goal is to help
individuals transitioning out of shelters move from a life of
dependence/homelessness to one of self-reliance, overcoming barriers
to employment through the fruits of their own labor. Reaching out to
the Volusia/Flagler Coalition for the Homeless and the Volusia County
Domestic Violence Coalition, we will identify individuals who are
ready to make this transition to a new phase in their lives.
I would like to
invite you to contribute to my campaign and my idea. Perhaps together
we can build my humble soap co into something that will help a
homeless person or a victim of domestic violence take a step towards
overcoming their difficulties and regaining their independence. Won't
you join me?
What We Need &
What You Get
The funding from
this campaign will help to:
-Make a bulk
purchase of ingredients needed to make bigger batches of soap for
both local shelters and humble soap co to pursue wholesale accounts,
which will enable us to help more people. Ingredients are plant oils
and shea butter, essential oils, clays, herbs, sodium hydroxide.
$2000
-Fund the purchase
of packaging and promotional material that highlights local
organizations that provide help and services to the homeless and victims of domestic violence, insurance, website and
branding design. $1500
-Upgrade our
equipment to handle production! Using our current equipment, (a
stick blender, 4 ice cube bins and an old bucket)we can make batches
of 40 bars at a time, new equipment will allow us to move towards
160+ bar batches. This includes molds, stick blenders, cutters,
class/teaching supplies. $1500
You get awesome,
handmade, natural and organic soap, as well as a sense of happiness,
inner peace and satisfaction. Our humble soaps are made with organic
coconut oil, sunflower seed oil, unrefined shea butter, avocado oil,
castor oil, essential oils, hemp oil, love and good intentions. Every
batch is handmade by me, using the cold process method. Our soaps do
not contain any of the following ingredients: parabens, detergents,
artificial colorants, synthetic fragrances, SLS, SLES, palm oil,
preservatives. Most of our soaps are also vegan!
Our Humble Soaps:
lemongrass +
calendula
rosehips + coconut
milk
rosemary + olive oil
the 3 butters(mango,
cocoa, shea butter)
lavender + rosemary
+ calendula
rosemary + sage +
tea tree shampoo bar
detox(activated
charcoal, lavender, tea tree,fuller's earth clay)
lemon + honey +
basil
sweet orange +
vanilla
the greens(parsley
seed oil, spirulina, cucumber seed oil, broccoli seed oil)
nekkid
grapefruit vanilla
stout shampoo bar
green tea + jasmine
capt. Jack (a yummy
blend of bay, rosemary, sweet orange, hints of black pepper, lime and
RUM!)
enlighten-MINT
patchouli
lavender
fir + sandalwood
tea tree + mint
pumpkin
tangerine + pink
grapefruit
We are a happy
family passionate about natural, organic soaps and doing some good
in this world by giving back to the local community. Ensure Good
Karma, join us, contribute and share this campaign!
What happens if the
campaign is over funded?
What happens if we
exceed our goal? WE KEEP GOING.
More molds. More
classes. More soap. More equipment. We expand our outreach area to shelters in other counties. We
hire an employee. A proper soap studio open to the public. Marketing
to the local community and selling our products. A permanent,
on-going project for years to come.
Risks &
Challenges
It will take a lot
of effort and collaboration to make this a successful project, but I
have been making soap and selling it for over 3 years and am
confident we can make the humble soap project a great success!
Other Ways You Can
Help
Contribute! If you
can't, please like, share and tweet this campaign!
I believe that the
world needs my soap. It brings happiness, simplicity and beauty to
people. I hope this campaign encourages you to reach out to those in
need in your community!
