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From Spirits to Sanitizer
Written By: Deena Bouknight | Issue: 2020/06 - June
All over the United States, individuals, businesses, and organizations have come up with distinct ways to serve others.
During the state-mandated shelter-in-place order, which overnight resulted in a lack of such goods as hand sanitizer, Cultivated Cocktails (formerly H&H Distillery) in Asheville – normally a craft liquor distillery offering tastings, gifts, events, and tours – turned its attention to hand sanitizer production.
“We began to make sanitizer to donate to communities as soon as we saw the need for it in March,” said Manager Leah Howard. “Our goal was to do what we could for as long as we could.”
Howard said Dogwood Health Trust learned about the efforts to make and donate hand sanitizer and approached Cultivated Cocktails about partnering together to get the most sanitizer possible distributed throughout the state.
An initial donation of 8,500 gallons went out to various communities, including 12 bottles to Community Care Clinic of Franklin, which is a 501(c)(3) organization serving the needs of those who cannot afford health care.
“We have continued to make sanitizer since those initial 8,500 gallons, and are closing in on 25,000 gallons,” said Howard in mid-May.
On the Cultivated Cocktails Distillery website, a “Sanitizer Donation” page indicates donations of four-ounce personal use sizes, and 22-ounce small business use sizes free of charge. Interested parties need only fill out an online form to provide information regarding “sanitizer needs.” After indicating needs, individuals and businesses can pick up hand sanitizer at the Asheville facility. \
