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Twenty five percent of all Storybook Soap collection sales will be donated to the Dayton Children’s Hospital.
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The idea started when a representative from the hospital had asked Hall if she would add a collection jar on her counter.
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“I wanted to have a bigger give than that,” she said. “The wheels started turning.”
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The whimsical soap packaging pays homage to four classic children’s books: “Winnie the Pooh,” “Alice in Wonderland,” “Treasure Island” and “James and the Giant Peach.”
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Scents include oatmeal and sweet honey, lilac and coconut and peach.
The soap set retails for $35 at the recently opened Fox in Socks booth in 2nd Street Market, 1121 E. 3rd Street, The Dayton Children's gift shop, 1 Children's Plaza in Dayton, and the Little Exchange, Fine Gifts, 45 Park Ave., Oakwood.
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Hall, a graduate of Miami Valley Career Technology Center and Sinclair Community College where she studied biotechnology, launched her business in 2016 and quit her job at a blood and tissue bank.
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The Beavercreek resident says she takes pride in using local suppliers like Marco paper.
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Irvin Honey provides the honey used for the soaps. Blairquiest Specialty Meats supplies the Omega-3 enriched raw milk.
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"He's the one who started my passion to (acquire) my ingredients locally," Hall said of Blairquiest co-owner Tim Blair. "He said he thought his milk would make a really amazing soap."
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It is important that small businesses support small businesses, she said.
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When you become a small business owner, you start making those connections with other small businesses. I think our business community is very small and tight knit,” she said.
Hall wants to use her business to make a difference in the world.
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“I want to support and change the community one bar at a time,” she said.
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