Even in a pandemic you can have a fresh start
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Author Caitlin Banks & Peter Rychlik
n the midst of a pandemic, we face the challenge of getting a fresh
start and doing anything out of the normal.
Many
people stayed inside,
watched tv and became lazy, while others rose to the occasion.
Rychlik
Peter
Caitlin Banks did just that and this is how YEGsanitizer was created. and
When the pandemic started, hand sanitizer became impossible to find. They wanted to help the community and they knew what needed to be done. The following days would be filled with research on how to make it and see if they could get the right ingredients. Peter was adamant about using isopropyl alcohol instead of ethanol as its main purpose was for sanitization and overall a better alcohol for this purpose. It was a very expensive start as ingredients were high in demand, almost impossible to source and costs of alcohol were doubling overnight. They put their heads together and started with $500, but when they were selling out faster than they could keep in stock they knew they were the first local company in Edmonton to start making sanitizer.
