{"id":22145,"date":"2020-03-29T15:17:05","date_gmt":"2020-03-29T21:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/?p=63976"},"modified":"2020-03-30T07:51:38","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T13:51:38","slug":"local-distillery-provides-hand-sanitizer-to-first-responders-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/local-news\/local-distillery-provides-hand-sanitizer-to-first-responders-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Local distillery provides hand sanitizer to first responders, community"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/DSC_5750-1024x684.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/DSC_5750-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/DSC_5750-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/DSC_5750-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/DSC_5750-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/DSC_5750-2048x1367.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><figcaption><strong>Jenna Young, an employee at Fraser Valley Distilling, pours her hand sanitizer mixture into bottles to hand out for free.<\/strong><br \/><em>McKenna Harford \/ mharford@skyhinews.com<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The first weekend Fraser Valley Distilling advertised it was making free hand sanitizer, owner Barry Young got a call from the Grand County Sheriff\u2019s Office.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought I was in trouble,\u201d Young recalled.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But as it turns out, the sheriff\u2019s office was actually reaching out to Young to stock up on his new product. Of the 250 bottles of hand sanitizer Fraser Valley Distilling made the weekend of March 20, local first responders received the majority.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were crying when (EMS) came in because they need (the sanitizer) for the police officers, the firefighters, the EMTs, for the hospital, so we were like take it, how much do you need,\u201d said Rebecca Rudell, Young\u2019s daughter and a distillery employee.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\">\n<div class=\"row shn-donation p-0\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-4 p-2\">\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/shn-logo-2x-wht.png)\" class=\"p-0 mt-2 mb-2 h-75 text-center rocket-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/shn-logo-2x-wht.png\" class=\"logo m-0 p-0 invisible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-xl-8 p-3 text-center\">\n<h3 class=\"d-inline mr-3\">Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p><button class=\"btn d-inline\" type=\"button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/donate\/?utm_source=website&amp;utm_medium=news%20article&amp;utm_campaign=donation\">Donate<\/a><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>After that, Young picked up another 1,000 bottles for sanitizer and ramped up the production.<\/p>\n<div class=\"p402_hide\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/DSC_5689-1024x684.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-63977\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/DSC_5689-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/DSC_5689-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/DSC_5689-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/DSC_5689-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/DSC_5689-2048x1367.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><figcaption><strong>While the sanitizer is free to anyone, any cash donations will go to Fraser Valley Distilling staff.<\/strong><br \/><em>McKenna Harford \/ <a href=\"mailto:mharford@skyhinews.com\">mharford@skyhinews.com<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Young\u2019s other daughter and the restaurant\u2019s bar manager Jenna Young is a former lab scientist, familiar with all the ins and outs of proper sterilization, so when she began to hear about the possible coronavirus pandemic about a month ago, she jumped into action.<\/p>\n<p>First, Young whipped up several bottles of homemade alcohol sanitizer to clean her family\u2019s restaurant and distillery and send home with the staff. Then Young became inspired by posts on social media about other distilleries making hand sanitizer from the leftover ethanol from the distilling process.<\/p>\n<p>Using the World Health Organization recipe, Young collects the 80% ethanol from the distilling of grain-neutral spirits at the restaurant and mixes it with glycerol and hydrogen peroxide to form a virus-killing sanitizer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m doing 10 liter batches at a time, but often several a day, when we need it,\u201d Young said.<\/p>\n<p>So far, not only have first responders reached out for the hand sanitizer, but regular customers and those driving by have stopped in to pick it up. The distillery also partnered with Grand County Outbreak of Kindness to hand out free sanitizer with grocery deliveries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe more hands it\u2019s in, the better,\u201d Young said. \u201cWe\u2019re trying to also keep enough (at the restaurant) for the people that randomly show up.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"p402_hide\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/DSC_5715-1024x684.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-63978\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/DSC_5715-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/DSC_5715-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/DSC_5715-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/DSC_5715-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/DSC_5715-2048x1367.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><figcaption><strong>Rebecca Rudell (right) said the majority of the first batch of hand sanitizer went to local first responders who were impacted by the shortage in grocery stores.<\/strong><br \/><em>McKenna Harford \/ <a href=\"mailto:mharford@skyhinews.com\">mharford@skyhinews.com<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>While the sanitizer is free, that hasn\u2019t stopped people from donating money and supplies to the operation. Grand County EMS provided several bottles of hydrogen peroxide to the effort and neighbors have dropped off glycerol, the two ingredients the distillery doesn\u2019t have easy access to.<\/p>\n<p>Others have donated cash, which Young said is all going to the distillery\u2019s staff to help them make ends meet while the restaurant operates on curbside dining only.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been very emotional because we\u2019ve wondered \u2018do we close or do we let our staff pay their bills,&#8217;\u201d Rudell said. \u201cWe\u2019re just so thankful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fraser Valley Distilling plans to bottle sanitizer for at least as long as the restaurant stays open and Young added that anyone looking for a large batch should reach out to her directly at <a href=\"mailto:jenna@fraservalleydistilling.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">jenna@fraservalleydistilling.com<\/a><i class=\"fas fa-external-link-alt\"><\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/news\/local-distillery-provides-hand-sanitizer-to-first-responders-community\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Sky-Hi News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jenna Young, an employee at Fraser Valley Distilling, pours her hand sanitizer mixture into bottles to hand out for free.McKenna Harford \/ mharford@skyhinews.com The first weekend Fraser Valley Distilling advertised it was making free hand sanitizer, owner Barry Young got a call from the Grand County Sheriff\u2019s Office.&nbsp; \u201cI thought I was in trouble,\u201d Young [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-22145","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-19 17:44:41","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KRKY Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22145"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22153,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22145\/revisions\/22153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}