Best Formulations, a California-based supplement contract manufacturer, is stepping up amidst these uncertain times to re-tool machinery and create up to 100,000 sanitizers to donate to those in need in the Los Angeles community in support of COVID-19 relief. The initiative, known to the Best Formulations team as “Project WAWU (We are With You),” is the company’s pledge to donate an estimated $350,000 worth of hand sanitizer to county hospitals, first responders, fire departments, homeless shelters, nursing homes and senior living places.
“We heard the call from Los Angeles Mayor Garcetti and other government officials who reached out to local businesses desperate for essential items like masks and hand sanitizers, and decided we needed to do something,” said Best Formulations CEO Eugene Ung. 
Since making hand sanitizer isn’t part of its core business, Best Formulations had to pivot resources and repurpose machinery to make high quality and effective products, in a matter of weeks. This also resulted in the company providing jobs to recently displaced workers, putting them to work to make something essential for the community.
The moisturizing hand sanitizer, named Shield360, is formulated with alcohol, vitamin E, and glycerin and will be distributed in 2 oz. refill bottles. The bottles were initially designed to have a spray head, for easy application. After discovering supply chain challenges could cause lengthy delays in receiving desired spray head componentry, Best Formulations decided to move forward with capped refill bottles to get the product out as soon as possible.
Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez, along with 10th District Council member Herb Wesson, Jr., have partnered with Best Formulations to aid in the local distribution of hand sanitizers.
