Five Saints Distilling, Crazy Aaron's Now Making Hand Sanitizer

NORRISTOWN, PA — A pair of local businesses are working together on a unique venture to help the Norristown community battle back against the coronavirus outbreak.

Crazy Aaron's Puttyworld has managed to convert their production facility from making putty toys for children into making hand sanitizer amid the national shortage. To produce the sanitizer, they're working hand in hand with their neighbors and partners at Five Saints Distilling.

"We slept on it, and realized there was something we could actually do to make our community a better place," Aaron Muderick, the founder of Crazy Aaron's, said during a Facebook live video Tuesday.

The initial batch of thousands of gallons was made available to police officers throughout the region on Tuesday, the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office said.

"The MCSO offers its sincere gratitude to John and Amy George and the entire Five Saints family for pitching in with this needed resource as we battle this pandemic together," the Sheriff's Office said Tuesday.

In addition to providing sanitizer for cops, the joint venture will also donate to other first responders and healthcare workers that are on the front lines of battling back the virus.