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Anheuser-Busch delivers nearly 7,000 bottles of hand sanitizer to aid Richmond first responders

Posted at 7:17 PM, May 27, 2020
and last updated 2020-05-27 19:17:26-04

RICHMOND, Va. -- Anheuser-Busch has donated more than 6,900 bottles of hand sanitizer to Virginia Emergency Services to aid first responders in the fight against COVID-19.

The supply of hand sanitizer was produced by the Los Angeles, CA brewery and arrived in Richmond with help from Brown Distributing Company as part of a national effort to distribute sanitizer to communities in need.

In total, nearly 90,000 bottles of hand sanitizer were distributed this week.

To date, the company’s flagship breweries in Los Angeles, CA and Baldwinsville, NY have provided more than 340,000 bottles of hand sanitizer to 17 states and Washington DC in support of emergency management agencies, food banks, healthcare systems and Red Cross relief efforts.

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