Local entrepreneurs spread world health through soap - Indiana Gazette

Most don’t think of soap as a rare commodity, but for millions of people around the world, that’s exactly what it is. Every day, thousands of people die from poor health, caused by a lack of access to even the most basic hygiene items.

Through their new business — The Wright Sales Inc. — four former Indiana University of Pennsylvania students are helping to send soap to those who need it most. For every 10 bars they sell, they donate one bar to a variety of charities. Those who buy at least 10 bars can donate to a charity of their choice.

“It breaks your heart,” said Dalton Uncapher, a Johnstown native. “It’s not something you think about; you take it for granted.”

The products are donated through the Soap for Souls program, which has donated countless bars of soap to those in need worldwide, generally in poverty-stricken areas in Third World countries. The locals there then distribute the soap to families, schools and hospitals. If there is an excess, the soap is then sold in local stores as a way to raise money.

Uncapher and the three other men recently teamed up to begin selling natural, allergy-free soap out of a warehouse along Christy Park Drive in White Township. Amish Farm Soap has made its way into the local Giant Eagle grocery store and into Tate’s Supermarket in Clymer, Windgate Winery’s Indiana Mall location, Melissa’s Shear Magic in Homer City, Shear Simplicity in Indiana and Bouma Chiropractic, which is right next door to the warehouse.

Wright Sales has the exclusive rights to sell the soap in Pennsylvania, Uncapher said.

The soap, which costs $6.99 for a package of five, is made with all natural ingredients — including palm oil, coconut oil and corn starch — and a lotion to soften, not dry out, skin.

The company also sells a variety of grocery and health and personal care products.

“It’s a great product, and it’s a great cause. We’re about giving back,” said Uncapher, who has partnered with Kyle Wright, of Glendale, and Johnstown natives Jason Preuss and Ron Kelley. At one point, all four worked at Italian Village Pizza in Indiana while in college.

That’s when Wright, who holds an accounting degree from IUP, began selling products online through Amazon. He made his first sale at the start of 2015 and “after that, I was hooked,” he said.

“We all have an entrepreneurial spirit,” Uncapher said, and they all majored in business-related fields of study.

They also have an awful lot of soap on their hands.

Their first shipment of 96,000 bars of soap sits in a warehouse in the business park off Philadelphia Street, in space rented to them by Indiana businessman Joe Renosky, who at one time used the space for his lucrative fishing lure business.

“We’re excited to have him help us,” Uncapher said. “He’s our biggest supporter. We’re extremely grateful to Joe.”

Renosky said he is impressed with the young men, whose endeavor quickly outgrew the two small storage units they started in. And before an addition could be finished affording them more space, they were in need of even more, Renosky said.

“They just keep growing and growing,” he said. “They are hardworking kids. They’re there day and night. They know what they’re doing. They have some great plans.”

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