Chester County’s Department of Emergency Services took delivery this week of three 275-gallon containers of specially made hand sanitizer and quickly proceeded to bottle, label, and distribute the solution to the county’s healthcare, first-responder, and long-term-care facility workers.

Thanks to the generosity of Eight Oaks Farm Distillery and Wawa, staff at Chester County’s Public Safety Training Campus bottled 1,650 half-gallon containers of hand sanitizer – a commodity that, since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, has been in very high demand.

The three Chester County Commissioners turned their hand to bottling, capping, and labeling the hand sanitizer and paid tribute to Eight Oaks Farm Distillery and Wawa for their donations.

“If you had told me a few months ago that Chester County would welcome a delivery from a regional distillery, I never would have believed it,” said Chester County Commissioner Marian Moskowitz. “But we are very grateful – not just for this hand sanitizer delivery, but also for the creativity and good intent by the folks from Eight Oaks that came with the delivery.”

Since word spread about this latest PPE shipment, requests for the hand sanitizer have been coming in from hospitals, long-term-care facilities and the first-responder community.

“In Chester County, where there is a need, there is always someone, some organization, some group that steps up to meet that need,” said Commissioner Josh Maxwell. “This is a perfect example of two companies using their resources to help our community at a time when it is needed the most, and for that we thank them.”

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