iN VIDEO: Okanagan distillery donates thousands of hand sanitizer bottles to healthcare workers

An Okanagan distillery has donated thousands of bottles of hand sanitizer bottles to local healthcare workers.

Tyler Dyck, CEO of Okanagan Spirits Craft Distillery, which has locations in Vernon and Kelowna, posted a video to the company’s Facebook page Friday, announcing that more than 20,000 bottles have been donated.

The distillery also launched a Harness Your Inner Superhero donation campaign last week, which contributed to about 2,500 bottles being created, he said in the Facebook video.

READ MORE: Hand sanitizer free to public at Okanagan Spirits

Companies across Canada are shifting gears, producing essential equipment and supplies for healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

READ MORE: Canada Goose to produce medical gear for health-care workers and patients

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Carli Berry has been telling stories in the Okanagan for the past three years and after finding her footing in the newspaper industry, joined the Infonews team in January 2020. Recipient of the 2019 MA Murray award for feature writing, Carli is passionate about stories that involve housing, business and the environment. Born on Vancouver Island, she is happy to say Okanagan Lake reminds, her slightly, of the ocean. Carli can be reached at (250) 864-7494 or email cberry@infonews.ca.