GAINES TOWNSHIP, Mich. — It isn’t easy for small companies during these times where layoffs and closures are the norm. But thanks to a clever pivot, donated 1,000 gallons to counties and their first responders.
Borisch said Tuesday – although he couldn’t name the client yet – that they recently received an offer to make 600,000 gallons over the next three years.
It’s been a fruitful partnership for Amazon in Gaines Township, and at the six other facilities around the region that are also getting some of Wise Men’s sanitizer and have been donating some of it themselves.
“This building is 855,000 square feet, and we have hundreds of hand sanitizer locations everywhere,” said Hagan on Tuesday. “We’re really happy that we could put things in place to stay open, drive change, and be able to keep people at home. We’re really excited about what we’re doing.”
Borisch said Wise Men has already begun work on getting the proper licensing in place that will allow them to do this for years to come. Right now, they’re operating under special loopholes that allow companies like his to make sanitizer using the World Health Organization recipe.
“It’d be great if this thing just disappeared and we were all back to the way things were,” said Borisch, “but unfortunately it’s not just going to disappear.”
