Southern Technical College Spreads Goodwill, Hope Through Worldwide Charity

Orlando, FL – (March 1, 2016) – A group of 75 students and staff from the Orlando campus of Southern Technical College, “Southern Tech,” gave back by volunteering Feb. 25 at Clean the World^® headquarters downtown.

The eager group (pictured above) sorted 328,000 toiletries that will be distributed in other countries as part of the charity’s efforts to provide hygiene products that can help save lives.

Pictured left to right are: staff members Jannia Louidor and Eunice Rosario-Diaz, who worked side-by-side during the Clean the World sorting project.

“Our students were excited about going out to help the community,” said Louidor.

The community service and global awareness project also served a team-building project outside of the classroom.

Southern Tech-Orlando is located at 1485 Florida Mall Ave.

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About Southern Technical College (southerntech.edu)

Founded in 2000, Southern Technical College is a career education school dedicated to providing students with the best possible career training and education in a student-centered environment. It was founded to combine traditional and job-practical teaching techniques in the areas of allied health sciences and applied technology. Delivered in a dynamic and professional environment, the curricula are designed to deliver intensive, hands-on training in core technical areas in combination with communication skills, interpersonal skills and a broad-based general education. Southern Tech is licensed by the Florida Commission for Independent Education (CIE) and is accredited by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS). Associate degrees in Surgical Technician at the Fort Myers, Tampa and Port Charlotte campuses are accredited by the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES), and the Health Information Management associate degree program at the Fort Myers campus is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM).

About Clean the World (cleantheworld.org)

Clean the World is a social enterprise dedicated to the mission of saving millions of lives around the world while simultaneously diverting hotel waste from landfills. The organization collects discarded soap and other hygiene products from more than 4,000 hotel and resort partners, and operates recycling centers in Orlando, Las Vegas, Montreal, and Hong Kong. Clean the World’s Global Soap Project promotes and provides hygiene education and microlending to make hand washing and local soap purchases a lifelong habit. Through its “ONE Project,” Clean the World provides hygiene kits to relief organizations throughout North America. Since 2009, more than 25 million bars of Clean the World soap have been distributed in 99 countries.