At Piedmont University’s Global Handwashing Day event on October 24, bright paint is used as a stand-in for soap. Participants tested their handwashing techniques to see how event they could coat their hands. Piedmont University student, Gretchen Dedolph, stirs ingredients while making soap from scratch. The hands-on activity took place during the Global Handwashing Day event on October 24. Piedmont student, Avery Washington, participates in a Global Handwashing Day activity, using paint and gloves to test how effectively she can wash her hands. At Piedmont University’s Global Handwashing Day event, students mixed essential oils like lavender and peppermint into their homemade soaps. The interactive workshop highlights hygeine in a fun, and hands-on way. Piedmont student Christina Sierra pours her soap mixture into a mold while taking part in a soap-making activity held for Global Handwashing Day in the Student Commons on October 24.