clifton wood on mon 14 mar 05
Hi, Claybuds.
Wes Rolley raised the question of ethics in taking toiletries from your
hotel room and donating them.
It's a great question, and one that Sample Soap spent time gathering the
answer to.
Not just because we wanted to do the right thing, but also because
Sample Soap started in a corporation that has most of the major hotel
chains as customers. And we wanted to be sure that we weren't acting
against their best interests. ;-)
So - we contacted the major chains. And every one of them told us the
same thing:
- when you rent the room, you buy the toiletries. you, as the
customer, can do with them as you please
- most upscale hotels don't have safety seals on their bottled
toiletries; just like bread left in the basket on a restaurant table,
many unused toiletries are discarded
- the hotel chains applaud our efforts and even help with alerting
conference attendees about our project
Hope that answers any questions....
and i look forward to seeing all of you in baltimore!
clifton, norwich & sabra - www.catclay.com
Paul on tue 15 mar 05
Hi Friends in clay,
Having had the opportunity to run a shelter in Omaha i might weigh in
on this. We depended on donations of toiletries to get us through
some tough times. They were perfict for the 300 or so guests we
served each night. There were several organizations that had their
traveling staff load boxes for us. Don't steal the towls but do take
the soap. It is a way you can make a diffrence without digging into
your pockets.
Thanks for all who care enough to do this.
Paul
--- In clayart@yahoogroups.com, clifton wood wrote:
> Hi, Claybuds.
>
> Wes Rolley raised the question of ethics in taking toiletries from
your
> hotel room and donating them.
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