Clean the World Co-Founder Inspires Students
- From left to right, Mark McConnell, Shawn Seipler, Katie Hively, Calvin and Olivia Hively.
Clean the World Co-founder and Executive Director Shawn Seipler spoke at the University of Mount Union last week as part of its Heffern Business Lecture series. Afterwards, students assembled 500 hygiene kits as part of a ONE Project hygiene kit build.
Clean the World holds a special place in our hearts for us here at McConnell Marketing. They are a pro-bono client with a cause that we truly believe in.
Luckily for us, Mount Union is only 30 minutes from our office so a few of our associates were able to take this opportunity to enjoy Seipler’s presentation, and even help build hygiene kits.
The event was especially rewarding for McConnell Marketing owner, Mark McConnell who teaches at Mount Union and helped organize the event.
“One of my university colleagues asked if I knew anyone who could speak to our students about corporate social responsibility or social entrepreneurship,” said McConnell.“I immediately thought of Shawn as one of the few people with expertise in both areas… and the entire campus community was inspired by his visit.”
The other McConnell Marketing associate to attend, Katie Hively, had positive remarks about the event as well, calling it “inspiring” and adding that “Mark and Shaun are truly men of integrity, honored to have such mentors”.
Katie and kids building kits!
About Clean the World
Since 2009, Clean the World has worked with hospitality industry partners to recycle soap and send it to parts of the world where having adequate hygiene supplies can save lives. It’s estimated that 9000 children a day die from diarrheal disease and pneumonia, diseases that can help be prevented when access to soap is available.
