LAKEWOOD, Ohio — Dave Willett is the proprietor of STEM Handmade Cleaning soap. He compares his cleaning soap molds to lengthy loaves of bread.

“So, it really does [sic], is sort of a loaf of bread aside from dough, it is really cleaning soap,” Willett stated.

He stated the loaves should undergo a particular course of earlier than they’re remodeled into bars of cleaning soap on the market.

“We let it treatment for 4 weeks,” Willett stated. “Then after the curing course of is finished, we simply take away the perimeters, the sharp edges of the cleaning soap, to make a extra snug use.”

 Some bars of cleaning soap don’t at all times prove completely formed, so Willett stated they donate them.

“They’re superb cleaning soap, nonetheless an ideal cleaning soap to make use of,” he stated. “They’re simply not one thing that sort of suits our desired packaging, so to talk.”

The store goes on donation drop-offs and in addition has charities come to the shop to choose up the provides. Willett stated it’s all part of their mission as enterprise.

“We have now three pillars of our enterprise,” he stated. “It is care of self, care of neighborhood and care of planet.”

Trish Rooney is the manager director of Lakewood Neighborhood Providers Middle and stated it thrills her purchasers at any time when they obtain the donations.

“Properly, you already know, you possibly can’t use meals stamps for private care merchandise,” Rooney stated.

 Willett stated the store is completely happy to assist.

“Lakewood’s very supportive of small companies, so is Shaker Heights,” he stated. “So it is vital to us to truly give again to these communities which can be supporting us.”